Despite his team entering 2025 in 14th place in the Premier League, Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim is “very excited” about the year ahead. United’s 2-0 home defeat to Newcastle on Monday saw it suffer five league losses in the same calendar month for the first time since September 1962,

Ruben Amorim has said he's not expecting reinforcements to his squad in the January transfer window as he attempts to arrest Manchester United's worrying slide towards the relegation places.

Manchester United’s wretched run of results continued on Tuesday night as Ruben Amorim’s men were consigned to a fourth straight defeat in all competitions by Newcastle. A pair of headed goals from Alexander Isak and Joelinton put Newcastle 2-0 in front after only 20 minutes and the Red Devils simply had no answer,