Amorim apologized for London visit | Liverpool FC Supporters Club Norway

Sporting boss Ruben Amorim was the favorite to take over the Liverpool job as late as a week ago, but since then a lot has gone wrong for the Portuguese.

On Monday, the news came that the 39-year-old had traveled to London to have meetings with West Ham, who are also looking for a new manager for next season. The meeting ended badly, and a few hours later it was claimed that he had left to put pressure on Michael Edwards and Liverpool.

Now Amorim has apologized for the incident.

– That trip was completely wrong, the timing was wrong and it didn’t feel like the right time. Everything just went wrong, especially when I’m so demanding with my players. I’m always the first to say that the team is most important. I’ve removed players from the squad for minor problems in the past, so I’ll take this on board. I just have to accept and live with it, he said ahead of tonight’s match against Porto according to This is Anfield.

Black with Slot news

A couple of days after the Portuguese’s departure, rumors that Liverpool had decided on Feyenoord manager Arne Slot began to emerge. According to several English media, it came on the back of the Sporting manager’s trip to London.

– It didn’t seem so bad at the time, but it has become very clear afterwards. I have given my explanation to the staff and players, so now it is time to move on. I would also like to take this opportunity to apologize to the Sporting supporters for the mistake I made. We are in the middle of a title race, so this has only caused noise, Amorim continued.

Amorim, who by all accounts will not be Liverpool’s new coach, was on the list of potential candidates for a long time. It came out in this weekend’s comment from David Lynch.

“Indeed, it is understood that the agent believed, as recently as last week, that his client was among the final two candidates for the job. In this light, the sudden “interest” from West Ham seemed like a desperate attempt to force Liverpool into action, with concerns that they might want to choose someone else, he writes for Liverpool.no.