Former Manchester United assistant coach Chris Armas has finally spoken out regarding his time at the club.

The coach was brought in by then interim boss Ralf Rangnick last season, but the arrangement was a complete failure.

Armas, who since went to Leeds United and failed there as well, was reportedly compared to the fictional character Ted Lasso by Man United players last season.

Armas told The Athletic: "When I initially got there, it wasn't like, 'Oh, the American is here'. It didn't feel like that.

"You talk to players and Cristiano [Ronaldo] is like, 'Oh, you're from the Bronx.' They read a little bit about you, they know a few things here and there. But I would say at some point, when things were getting tougher for the club in terms of results, yeah, I think I was an easy target.

"Things came out publicly, the training sessions, what have you, that frankly were just not true. So journalists, or whoever is putting that out there, just flat-out lying. Just lies.

"So that part, is it because I'm American? I'm not sure. But I think I became an easy target at a certain point in the season when things weren't going well."