As for United’s poor form, Carragher insists they should hold fire on major signings until the summer, when they will have a better opportunity to bring in the players Amorim needs to make his system work.
“I don’t think he’s going to get the players he wants in January. We know it’s a tough market to sell players or bring players in. It’s doubly difficult this season because the European competitions have gone into January,” said Carragher.
“If I’m Man Utd, I’d be keeping my powder dry for the summer, there’s going to be a lot more movement there where you can get players in and get players out as well. What you don’t want to do is end up spending money and then get to the summer and think these players aren’t good enough to improve this team or the system.
“They’re going to have to go through a lot of pain – we all know that and we accept that. I don’t think there’s too much mounting criticism around the manager. They’ve had a few good results away from home, against Arsenal in the FA Cup and Liverpool in the Premier League.
“We know it’s going to be a rollercoaster because the players aren’t good enough – they’ve shown that with different managers and different systems.
“I can’t get away from the quote he said, I do not believe that was in his best interests at all.”
