Beleaguered Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim warns players to expect exits

Due to United's financial situation, any new signings in the summer will need to be funded through player sales. Amorim has made it clear that he is ready to be "honest" with his players about whether they are part of the club's future plans at Old Trafford.

"We can talk about that (departures) at the end (of the season)," Amorim said.

"We have a lot of games to play. But that is clear, and I think that is not a difficult situation because everybody understands that in football; sometimes you stay, sometimes you have to move on."

"When you are honest with someone, they can take it. In the beginning, it is hard, but they will understand. So I'm quite honest with my players and they already know that sometimes they have to move on at the end of the season."

A lack of available transfer funds has made Amorim's task more challenging.

There has been speculation that the 40-year-old, who joined from Sporting CP in November, has been taken aback by the scale of the challenge at Manchester United.

However, Amorim insists he was well aware of how difficult it would be to turn things around.

"I knew the situation," he said.

"It's hard because the perspectives can be different. So it's hard to say if they (the club) are honest or not."

"I felt that they were honest, but I need to see things and to feel things myself. So it's always a difference of opinion in that matter. So I knew the situation. I knew that it was a risk, but we are surviving and doing everything."

"I think today is really hard. I know, but this is going to help us in the future. So I have hope. We will see. I think the good thing is that we have a clear path."

"Now is hard, but we are doing things to achieve success in the future."

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