‘He’ll kill you!’ – Man Utd star opens up on Ruben Amorim’s zero tolerance approach towards lazy players in training
LENY YORO has opened up over Ruben Amorim’s zero-tolerance approach towards lazy players in training. The Manchester United boss has shown it’s his way or the highway after packing Marcus Rashford out on loan to Aston Villa. PARuben Amorim’s brutal training demands have been revealed[/caption] GettyLeny Yoro says all Man Utd players are expected to work to the highest standards[/caption] ReutersMarcus Rashford felt the wrath of Amorim for his lack of effort and is now at Aston Villa[/caption] A key man under former manager Erik ten Hag, Rashford was quickly axed by Amorim after failing to match the intensity demanded at Carrington. It saw the forward linked with some of Europe’s top clubs. But in the end it was Aston Villa, eight points above United in the Premier League table, who won the race for Rashford. Amorim has since wished the ace good luck while insisting he could not find a way back for Rashford in United’s squad due to his lack of work ethic. And defender Yoro has now lifted the lid on Amorim’s no-nonsense approach to life on the training field. Admitting the tactician has a zero-tolerance policy for passengers, Yoro told Rio Ferdinand’s podcast: “I have a really good relationship with Amorim. “I just try to do what he asks me to do. He’s big on communication with the players because he played at a top level. “He’s been at a lot of clubs so he knows your feelings when you’re not playing or when you have a bad game. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS “He knows how to speak with you and that’s really important for me. In training, it’s really, I would say, hard. But it’s important. “We have a lot of training and, for him, training is really important because you play the game like you train. “The most important thing is to be really good in training. If you are not working, if you are lazy, he won’t like you — he’ll kill you! “It’s normal because you play like you train. He’s really strict on this because, to win games and trophies, you need to be disciplined outside the pitch. You need to be punctual.”
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LENY YORO has opened up over Ruben Amorim’s zero-tolerance approach towards lazy players in training.
The Manchester United boss has shown it’s his way or the highway after packing Marcus Rashford out on loan to Aston Villa.
A key man under former manager Erik ten Hag, Rashford was quickly axed by Amorim after failing to match the intensity demanded at Carrington.
It saw the forward linked with some of Europe’s top clubs.
But in the end it was Aston Villa, eight points above United in the Premier League table, who won the race for Rashford.
Amorim has since wished the ace good luck while insisting he could not find a way back for Rashford in United’s squad due to his lack of work ethic.
And defender Yoro has now lifted the lid on Amorim’s no-nonsense approach to life on the training field.
Admitting the tactician has a zero-tolerance policy for passengers, Yoro told Rio Ferdinand’s podcast: “I have a really good relationship with Amorim.
“I just try to do what he asks me to do. He’s big on communication with the players because he played at a top level.
“He’s been at a lot of clubs so he knows your feelings when you’re not playing or when you have a bad game.
“He knows how to speak with you and that’s really important for me. In training, it’s really, I would say, hard. But it’s important.
“We have a lot of training and, for him, training is really important because you play the game like you train.
“The most important thing is to be really good in training. If you are not working, if you are lazy, he won’t like you — he’ll kill you!
“It’s normal because you play like you train. He’s really strict on this because, to win games and trophies, you need to be disciplined outside the pitch. You need to be punctual.”