Jurgen Klopp's six-word comment sums up thoughts on replacing Ruben Amorim at Man Utd

Manchester United can rule out Jurgen Klopp as a potential replacement for Ruben Amorim should they pull the trigger on sacking the Portuguese boss. The 40-year-old has had a dire start to the season with the Red Devils, leading them to just two wins in their first six Premier League games.

Their latest loss, a 3-1 defeat against Brentford, marked Amorim's 17th league defeat in just 33 games. With United sitting a lowly 14th in October, the position of the United boss is under intense scrutiny.

Rumours have linked Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner to the United job following the Eagles' stellar start to the season. The south Londoners remain the only unbeaten team in the top-flight after their weekend victory over Liverpool.

One manager who the United hierarchy can rule out as a possible successor for Amorim is the former Liverpool boss. Klopp, 58, left Anfield at the end of the 2023/24 season and only returned to work in January earlier this year as the Head of Global Soccer at Red Bull.

While the German has returned to football, he previously poured doubt on his future in the dugout while categorically refusing to ever manage another football club in England, other than Liverpool.

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"The last thing I am thinking about actually is to be a manager again," Klopp revealed earlier this summer during his appearance at the 10-year anniversary of Hout Bay United Football Community [quotes viaKick Off].

"I coached 1,081 games. I lost absolutely each final available. Some of them I won as well." In a telling further six-word comment, Klopp added: "And, no, I'm in a happy place." It was after his announcement in January 2024 when he revealed he'd be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season that he said: "If you ask me, ‘Will you ever work as a manager again?’ I would say now no.

"But I don’t know obviously how that will feel because I never had the situation. What I know definitely – I will never, ever manage a different club in England than Liverpool, 100 per cent. That’s not possible.

"My love for this club, my respect for the people is too big. I couldn’t. I couldn’t for a second think about it. There’s no chance. This is part of my life, we are part of the family, we feel home here. There’s no chance to do that. But all the rest, will I ever work again? Of course, I know myself, I cannot just sit around.

"I will find something else maybe to do. But I will not manage a club or a country at least for a year, that’s not possible, I cannot do that and I don’t want to. That’s all.

"It’s such a strange situation because I have to explain that I don’t have energy anymore, but now I’m sitting here and I have energy and I’m buzzing for everything that’s happening here."

Klopp reiterated his comments in a new interview earlier this week where he admitted he has no desire to work as a coach again. Speaking to The Athletic, he revealed what he spent time doing during his break from the sport as he said: "I played sports.

"We enjoyed life, spent time with the grandkids, completely normal stuff, knowing I will work again. But knowing as well, that I don't want to work as a coach anymore.

"That's what I think," Klopp answered when asked to double down on never returning to management again. "But you don’t know. I'm 58. If I started again at 65, everybody will say, 'You said you'll never do it again' Er, sorry, I thought 100 per cent (when I said it)! That is what I think now. I don't miss anything."

In what could be a key game deciding Amorim's future in Manchester, his side host Sunderland on Saturday who sit fifth in the league after an impressive start to life in their return to the top-flight.

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