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United's manager the Portuguese coach feels it's significant Sir Jim Ratcliffe publicly shared his long-term thoughts - but notes nothing is assured about the next day in soccer, never mind three seasons.

Through a conversation with a major publication recently, the co-owner said it could take Amorim three seasons to make a significant impact at the Theatre of Dreams.

Coming in a period when Amorim's future has been under scrutiny after a prolonged run of disappointing results, the comments helped quell a portion of the current stress.

Yet, discussing prior to the hundredth encounter with traditional foes Liverpool at the famous stadium, the manager underscored that the future is hard to predict in football.

"It is really good to hear it but he informs me continuously, occasionally through communication post fixtures - but recognize, I'm aware and the co-owner recognizes, that football is not like that," he commented.

"The crucial element is the following fixture. Regardless of investors, you cannot manage tomorrow in soccer."

Chief executive the club executive has conceded it has required far longer for the head coach to acclimate to the Premier League subsequent to his appointment from his former club last November than anybody anticipated.

Manchester United have achieved 10 times in 34 league games with the Portuguese coach. They still haven't achieved consecutive league victories and have not ended a fixture schedule in the current term higher than ninth.

The worrying figures are testing faith in the head coach among the Old Trafford faithful approaching a run of games their club has been awful in for the last couple of years.

United's boss commented he does not feel the uncertainty within the organization at the team's practice complex and is firm nothing compares to the pressure he places on the team - and in certain ways, he would choose the co-owner to refrain from seeking to establish serenity because he worries the impact it could have on the players.

"It's not only an item of conversation, I sense it daily," he said. "It's truly positive to listen to it because it helps our fans to grasp the management realize it needs some time.

"However simultaneously, I dislike it because it generates a sense that we own time to work things out. I don't want that sense in our team.

"The pressure I place on the team or on myself is so much bigger [than that from outside]. In football, especially in big clubs, you need to prove yourself every matchday."

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