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IT will take years to unpick this mess, years. Try maybe five at best.
If anyone thinks Ruben Amorim or any other new manager at Old Trafford is going to turn water into wine, or rather champagne, then forget it.
It is a mess of Manchester United’s own making. Or that of part-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
Mind you, he has washed his hands of such problems, claiming it is in fact the new ‘management team’ or whatever they are called, who take these decisions.
The Glazers have washed their hands of it, too, despite still counting the dollars.
Omar Berrada, Jason Wilcox and Dan Ashworth all claim to have arrived too late to be involved in the decisions at the end of last season. See how the buck is getting passed.
To recap, that was when Ratcliffe thought Dutch boss Ten Hag should go but a shock 2-1 win over Manchester City in the FA Cup final suddenly turned the tide of popular opinion.
Still, he and his right-hand man Sir Dave Brailsford — how do you get these knighthoods? — tried to sound out other candidates.
Nobody wanted it. Who can blame them. What player or manager has come to Old Trafford in the last 11 years and enhanced their reputation?
So, they went back to the man they had in the first place, knocking on his holiday home door in Ibiza to ask if he still wanted to be the boss after all.
You can’t make it up. Except with United you can and it comes true. Yes, Erik, even “fairytales”.
The problem was this past summer immediately set in motion the problems that have now resulted in 54-year-old Ten Hag being sacked. — Sun.
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