The Portuguese coach has said after the defeat that he will walk away from United if the board and fans don’t want him around anymore and his first six months in charge have clearly not gone to plan.

Napoli had been in advanced negotiations with Manchester United for Alejandro Garnacho in January and will try again, but although the price reportedly dropped to €71m, it is still too high.

As the transfer season gets underway, Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is already in the spotlight.

Matheus Cunha is arriving from Wolves for about £62.5 million and it is essential for Manchester United to make some sales to raise the sum for the sensational transfer deal

Garnacho’s brother Roberto also accused Amorim of “throwing” the player “under the bus”.