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Like many managers, Amorim professes not to read, listen or consume opinions on his side’s performances, but his reference to Neville implied others within the club do, and are too sensitive to such criticism.
Is one of those figures Wilcox? Amorim’s reference — command, even — to the “sporting director” to “do his job” was the most pointed line. The pair speak daily and have held discussions over his system in the past, and Wilcox is known to like the 4-3-3 that brought success at his former club Manchester City.
Amorim still has his advocates, but up to this point, his most important ones have been within the very hierarchy he appeared to take aim at on Sunday.
If a head coach — or manager — who has won 24 of 63 games is saying ‘back me or sack me’, many executives would not treat that as an ultimatum, but an invitation. It is certainly an escalation, a most risky one on Amorim’s part.