Mark Goldbridge makes bold Ruben Amorim prediction after Man Utd's Premier League fixtures released
Mark Goldbridge has made his feelings clear with a prediction about Ruben Amorim after Manchester United's Premier League fixtures were confirmed.
Having finished 15th in the Premier League and failed to qualify for next season's Champions League following a defeat to Spurs in the Europa League final, the 2025/26 campaign is a pivotal one for United.
Amorim is preparing for his first pre-season with United, who have made one signing by bringing in Matheus Cunha for a fee of £62.5 million.
But on Wednesday morning, United learned their schedule for next season when the Premier League released all 380 fixtures and face an extremely tricky start to the campaign.
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United welcome Arsenal to Old Trafford in their season opener on Sunday 17 August, before they take on Fulham and Burnley.
United will play rivals Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on 13 September and follow that up with a trip to Chelsea the following week.
It is certainly not the set of fixtures United would have been hoping for after losing 18 games and collecting just 42 points from 38 games.
Mark Goldbridge reacts to Manchester United's fixture list
United fan and content creator Goldbridge is concerned by the first fixtures and believes Amorim could given the boot early on if the team are mid-table as he called for more signings.
"Berrada needs to get those signings in ASAP," he posted on X.
"If we're mid table after the first 5 then it's hard to see Amorim surviving. Essential we have a team ready to go for Pre season so we can hit the season running."
Goldbridge continued his assessment in a video on The United Stand channel, where he explained fears about momentum and confidence going out of the window if the first run-in doesn't go well.
Speaking when leaks emerged before the fixtures officially dropped, Amorim stated: "Many would people would say you've got play them all at some point and there's no point moaning but that doesn't actually work. If you had to play the five best teams in the first five games of the season and you lose them, momentum and confidence disappears so you want a good start.
"You want Sunderland at home, you want to play Burnley away second game. Third game let's have maybe Bournemouth at home. We don't want Man City and Arsenal in the first four games - we don't want that. That's not what we want.
"It's exciting, you can't do anything about it but it's not a good start and I'd say put your money on Amorim out before Christmas now before it drops officially because he has a huge job."
United have another tricky period in January and early February when they play City, Arsenal and Spurs.
They host Liverpool at the start of May and also play Sunderland and Nottingham Forest before finishing the Premier League campaign against Brighton.
Major Premier League fixtures in 2025/26 Premier League season
17 August -
Man United vs Arsenal
30 August -
Liverpool vs Arsenal
13 September -
Man City vs Man United
20 September -
Arsenal vs Man City
Man United vs Chelsea
Liverpool vs Everton
October 4 -
Chelsea vs Liverpool
October 18 -
Liverpool vs Man United
November 8 -
Man City vs Liverpool
November 22 -
Arsenal vs Spurs
November 29 -
Chelsea vs Arsenal
December 13 -
Sunderland vs Newcastle
January 3 -
Man City vs Chelsea
January 7 -
Arsenal vs Liverpool
January 17 -
Man United vs Man City
January 24 -
Arsenal vs Man United
February 7 -
Liverpool vs Man City
Man United vs Spurs
February 21 -
Spurs vs Arsenal
February 28 -
Arsenal vs Chelsea
March 14 -
Liverpool vs Spurs
March 21 -
Newcastle vs Sunderland
April 11 -
Chelsea vs Man City
April 18 -
Chelsea vs Man United
Everton vs Liverpool
Man City vs Arsenal
May 2 -
Man United vs Liverpool
May 9 -
Liverpool vs Chelsea
Topics: Ruben Amorim, Mark Goldbridge, Man Utd
Josh Lawless