Gary Neville: Man Utd are worse under Ruben Amorim

Gary Neville thinks Manchester United have become worse since Ruben Amorim took charge.

The Portuguese coach has had a mixed set of results since taking over as United boss last November and the former Red Devils full-back thinks there could be "more pain" in store for his former team between now and the end of the season.

Speaking on 'The Gary Neville Podcast', the Sky Sports pundit said: "I thought it would get better when Ruben Amorim came in, the enthusiasm of him and the new system, the players would buy into and we'd see a bounce.

"But we've seen the absolute opposite and it's got a lot worse - and that's surprising.

"There's going to be a lot more pain towards the end of the season and it's going to be damaging - because they're obviously going to stick with Amorim. But the more you lose, the more difficult it is for the manager to convince the players of his idea.

"In the very early days he said, 'I will not change my idea', and you need the players to buy into that. If they keep losing and they keep getting criticised and the spotlight comes on them more and the fans are leaving unhappy, you know it creates a feeling and you can't keep losing.

"You just can't. It will depress the thoughts of the players to a point whereby they'll start to lose faith in the idea and it'll damage you."

Neville doesn't expect Amorim to change his tactics but warned that United's dire results must improve in what remains of the season.

The former England international said: "He can't change his approach now because he's died in the ditch on it and rightly so. But he's lost more games at Manchester United than he lost in the last 75 at Sporting Lisbon which is just absolutely alarming, so he will not be enjoying this.

"It can't keep going on as it is and they somehow have to start playing better - because at this moment in time it's a very sorry situation when you watch United play."