Published: 02:00, 1 November 2025 | Updated: 02:00, 1 November 2025

Ruben Amorim reaches his first anniversary as Manchester United’s head coach on a high after three straight Premier League wins propelled his team into the top six and eased fears over his future at Old Trafford.

Amorim knows the situation could turn sour again quickly and will not be getting carried away as United head to the City Ground to face struggling Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

But as the Portuguese chalks up his first year in arguably his strongest position since it was announced at the beginning of last November that he would leave Sporting Lisbon to take over at United, Daily Mail Sport looks at what’s improved and what hasn’t – and what Amorim needs to do in year two.

Results business

Any manager knows football is a results business, and Amorim is no different. He also knows that results simply haven’t been good enough over the past year.

He inherited an under-performing team from Erik ten Hag and made it worse, contributing to United’s poorest season in more...