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What is Actually Wrong with Manchester United Football Club?
Embarrassing Performances: What is Actually Wrong with Manchester United Football Club?
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This is the result of at least a decade of degrading standards across training, recruitment, coaching, tactics, leadership and investment. I don’t think anyone from the board down to the players knows what good looks like and it’s hard to imagine how Ten Hag can reverse the club’s fortunes.
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Throughout decades of Liverpool-Man Utd rivalry, whoever wins a game always get the bragging rights for the next few days. But now, there is nothing to boast about beating Man U.
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The Man UTD club recorded a loss of over 92.22 million pounds for its 2021 fiscal year.
Commercially, the club is also falling.
Manchester United, the most successful club in the Premier League era and English football history with 20 title wins, are at rock bottom.
Sunday’s 4-1 derby humiliation by neighbours Manchester City showed just how far United have fallen behind their neighbours and local rivals, and the scale of the task facing the manager who will be appointed this summer.
The Mirror Sport looked at the issues and catalogue of mistakes that have plunged United into crisis since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, on the back of their last title win.
Here is What is Actually Wrong with Manchester United Football Club.
1. Glazer Ownership and Ed Woodward
Businessmen men are not football guys.
The Glazers owners have been reviled ever since their takeover of United in 2005, taking more than £1billion out of the club in dividends and treating fans with contempt.
In contrast, Sheikh Mansour has pumped more than £1bn into City, turning them from perennial under-achievers into serial winners in a little over a decade.
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The Glazers have plunged United into debt with their leveraged takeover of the club, with the latest financial figures released last week showing the club is now £495m, an increase of £40m.
2. Bag managerial appointment decisions
United will appoint their fifth permanent manager in nine years this summer. In contrast, Jurgen Klopp has been at Liverpool since 2015 and Pep Guardiola in charge of City since 2016.
Both of Manchester United’s rivals including Chelsea knew the manager they wanted and went out and recruited him, ensuring the right support structure was in place for them to succeed. United have gone through David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, none of whom were the right fit and all of whom ultimately failed.
The next manager must be given time to succeed, but must also have the right structure and people around him in key positions, making the right decisions, as City and Liverpool have ensured.
3. Man Utd sign the wrong players
The Biggest mistake Man UTD made was when they sacked Jose Mourinho; and to make it worse, replaced him with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. If you gonna sack on one of the greatest manager of all time, you should have the decency to replace him with someone who is greater or more experienced. Jose Mourinho was not supported by management when he had issues with certain players in the club which time has proven he was right.
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They have no tactics nor a working style of play. Just haphazard passes.
One thing I keep hearing is:”Man Utd players are not good enough, they are average and overpaid egoistic flops.”
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Well yes. But also, every single team does not win games on their history, they have to win games on the park, and the start of each game is 0-0. You do not get a free pass no matter what club you are…so you have to play each game as it comes.
Also, football is cyclical. Liverpool were in the position Man Utd is in now after their 70’s and 80’s runs….looks like it is their turn now.
Man utd legend Roy Keane is on point; he looks physically wounded when United don’t play the way they’re expected to, even years after he’s been retired and is no longer United captain (on paper, as he’ll always be United captain in my eyes).
Fans need to protest against the Glazers and get them removed. They borrowed money and put massive debt on the club. They’re like the Clintons shooting someone in the back of the head and then claiming that they committed suicide. They need kicked out and replaced with an owner that cares about the fans and the football side of the club.
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‘Compelling title race a relief for Premier League’
This weekend will be the 10th time that the Premier League title has been decided on the final day of the season.
But rarely before will those in charge of the competition have been so grateful for a captivating conclusion to the campaign.
Liverpool’s challenge ultimately faded, scuppering their fans’ dreams of a triumphant farewell for departing manager Jurgen Klopp and the prospect of an unprecedented three-way battle going the full distance.
But Manchester City or Arsenal will be crowned champions in the final act of what has been a classic duel.
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Sunday may not provide the unforgettable drama of 2012’s last day, which saw massive fans’ participation at MT online sportsbooks, when Sergio Aguero’s stoppage-time winner sealed a first Premier League title for City. But whether it ends with a record fourth consecutive title for the champions or a first in 20 years for Arsenal, league bosses, broadcasters and neutrals will have the special finale they hoped for.
Off the field, however, these have been troubled times for the top flight.
The points deductions handed to Everton and Nottingham Forest this season for breaching financial rules have been hugely contentious, the punishments – and subsequent appeals – leading to uncertainty over the league table, resentment by fans and fears that the relegation battle could be decided by the rulings of commission panels.
While both teams have ultimately stayed up, the controversy surrounding the profit and sustainability regulations (PSR) is not going away.
Newly promoted Leicester City have been charged with breaking spending rules when they were in the top flight (and are now taking legal action against the league), while Chelsea have also been under investigation.
And 16 months after City were charged with more than a hundred rule breaches, a hearing in their case is not thought to be scheduled until the autumn, contributing to the mounting scrutiny of the league’s governance and processes.
While City deny wrongdoing, a sixth league triumph in seven years would only intensify questions over the fairness of how they assembled their squad over several seasons, the time the case has taken, and whether the club’s wealth has distorted the competitiveness of the league, alongside admiration for the team and their coach.
Meanwhile, a split has emerged between clubs over plans to introduce a new spending cap, and the Premier League is facing the threat of more legal action from one of its members over amended rules around associated party transactions.
As if all that was not enough to contend with, the league’s chief executive Richard Masters has also warned of the “unintended consequences” of the forthcoming independent football regulator, amid mounting criticism of the failure by his clubs to agree a new financial settlement with the English Football League (EFL).
The Premier League is also known to be deeply concerned about the increasingly congested calendar, with Masters recently warning of a “tipping point”, after criticism following the scrapping of FA Cup replays. The league has also admitted that the VAR system must improve after a series of controversies.
With the title race going right to the wire, Sunday’s final-day drama will provide a welcome distraction from such matters for Masters and his colleagues – but, one suspects, only a temporary one.
Clock ticking for Commonwealth Games
A few weeks ago in Birmingham, Katie Sadleir, the head of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), told me that any further delay beyond May in announcing a host for the 2026 event would be “very problematic”.
Since then Glasgow has emerged as a possible back-up option if no replacement is found for Victoria in Australia, which pulled out last year, plunging the event into crisis.
But there has still been no official announcement by the CGF.
Insiders claim they remain hopeful a host will be confirmed in the next two weeks, but the clock is ticking.
Super League heading stateside?
The National Rugby League (NRL) season kicked off in the US for the first time in March, with a Premiership double-header staged at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas as part of a multi-year deal designed to grow the sport in the US.
So could Super League clubs follow suit?
Talks have taken place over the Club World Challenge being staged in the US, and some Super League bosses are keen on regular season matches being part of the tie-up too.
Wigan and Warrington played each other in Milwaukee 35 years ago, albeit as an exhibition match. And with rugby league currently ‘re-imagining’ itself as part of a 12-year deal with agency IMG intended to boost its appeal, anything seems possible.
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The fact that Southgate is on that list tells how serious you should take it
No manager on earth could do anything with Manchester United until Someone takes responsibility for the club and has a viable plan for the future.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS group, the club’s new partial owners, are exploring options to assume the role. According to Team Talk, the Red Devils are considering the 41-year-old as a candidate for the manager position.
After achieving success as a player with Barcelona, Inter, and Paris Saint-Germain, winning numerous titles, the two-time Champions League winner transitioned to coaching at the senior level.
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ESPN loves ManUtd. As much they say that they hate talking about ManUtd they can’t stop talking about ManUtd 😅😅. They have spend 15 mins speaking on rumours – Hypocrites.
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It’s not Ten Hag fault when players like rashford do not put in all the effort after signing a new contract. Also ten hag had to deal with incredible amount of injuries which ESPN deliberately overlooks. So getting another manager isn’t going to solve anything.
It’s so funny how the English media fails to realize that the structure & the players is the problem at united…..but they trying to sack ETH who is an elite manger under a proper management structure 💯
The best manager that seems to be being overlooked shouod be n1 on the list for bayern utd liverpool is someone inzaghi. Hes done great things with Lazio and inter. Loads of experience and has got to european finals and won domestic leagues.
Manchester City 3-1 win over United in Manchester Derby.
It is very different getting an underdog /dark horse to perform vs going to an environment where the spotlight in on you everyday from day 1. The same thing happened at Bayern with a couple of their coaches…
Afcon 2024 victory is well deserved for Ivory Coast they left no stone unturned and they dominated throughout. If there is a one person who deserved to win the AFCON it was Sebastian Haller. In 2022, he was diagnosed with cancer but he recovered and he returned to play football in 2023 only to bottle the Bundesliga title on the final matchday to Bayern but here we are in 2024 where he scored the winner in the AFCON final to win Cote d’Ivoire AFCON title so congratulations🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🏆
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FT: Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast
But Ivory Coast won fair and square. They played better. Congratulations champs.
What Adingra did in the African Cup of Nation was phenomenal. Nigerians will remember him as a nighmare forever. The boy has a great future ahead of him.
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Haller beats cancer, then comes to the AFCON and scores the most important goal in the final, the winning goal what a beautiful story for that man and Ivory coast, congratulations to them👏👏
Congratulations to Ivory Coast from cameroonian👏👏👏you organized and won the most beautiful AFCON in story, unbelievable achievment when we look how things went for you.
One of the best tournaments I’ve seen.
Almost every team demonstrated that they were not afraid of their opponent and played above expectations.
Congratulations to Côte d’Ivoire who never gave up and believed and implemented their progress towards goal as much as possible until the last second in this tournament. Kudos to Nigeria for high yield and quality.
Thank you for making the spectators so emotional and congratulations and best wishes to the Ivory Coast and the Ivorian people.
FT: Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast
Afcon 2023 is over. What a remarkable end to a tournament dripping in drama.
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The night has only just started in Abidjan.
Congratulations to Ivory Coast for winning the Africa Cup🏆! The team showed strength and desire to win and to not give up until the end. And the fans were absolutely amazing
P.s Haller deserved it the most, since he suffered a lot.
The story of Côte d’Ivoire’s victory in the African Nations is one of the most beautiful stories in the history of football. We sympathized with this team’s version a lot and we will tell it to our children in the future 🧡
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