The Origin of Manchester United’s Problems.

By Soibi Ransom



The name Manchester United may have flooded your timelines in the last couple of days as Jose Mourinho was given his marching orders on Tuesday after a miserable run of form and loss to arch-rivals Liverpool. But as awkward as it may sound Manchester United’s problems all began quite earlier than many have observed.
It was in the month of May in 2013. Manchester United were celebrating their 20th Premier League title having staged a revenge title reclaim over their noisy neighbours Manchester City.

The Citizens had come from 8 points behind to usurp United to their first Premier League title in the modern day Premier League in 2012 as Sergio Aguero netted in injury time against Queens Park Rangers on the last day.
Manchester United won the league back by 11 points and three games to spare as City were only second best in that season.

United’s title claim was Ferguson’s last as the Legendary Scot had strolled into retirement with a historic 13 Premier League medals and 38 trophies to his legacy. Ferguson’s exit has seen the club punch below its status as they are yet to win the Premier League since 2013.

Manchester United had been a club who gave managers all the time in the world to get results but the modern day financial consequence of not winning trophies and not finishing in top 4 has instilled a new ideology of fail and get fired.

Three managers have subsequently been fired with Mourinho the latest to be shown the door after an abysmal start this season which has seen the team sit in 6th place, 19 points behind top of the table Liverpool. Mourinho also failed to beat any of the big five with a loss to Spurs, Liverpool and City while draws against Chelsea and Arsenal.

Mourinho had become a toxic and disgruntled figure in the dug out as his team were defensively vulnerable conceding more goals this season just at December than they managed all through the last campaign. His demand for a Centre Back which was not fulfilled has also played a role in his ordeal.



Paul Pogba his world record signing fell out with him in the last few months with rumours of a possible January sale on the cards. United had had enough of the whole drama and chose to cut the cord with Mourinho.
While each manager may have played a part in his own downfall there seemed to have been some root problems they inherited in addition to their own short comings.

Trophies won by Manchester United since Ferguson’s retirement.

FA Cup 2016 won by Louis Van Gaal
League Cup 2017 won by Jose Mourinho
Europa League 2017 won by Jose Mourinho

Duration of Stay by Man Utd’s full time Managers

David Moyes : July 2013 – April 2014 (10 months)
Louis Van Gaal: July 2014- May 2016 ( 22 months)
Jose Mourinho: July 2016 – December 2018 (30 months)

Number of signings made by Manchester United’s full time Managers and total amount spent.

David Moyes: 3 Players @ £67m
Louis Van Gaal: 13 Players @£290m
Jose Mourinho : 11 Players @ £400m

Percentage wins by Man Utd’s full time Managers in the Post Ferguson era.

David Moyes; 52.94%
Louis Van Gaal; 52.43%
Jose Mourinho: 58.33%

The summary of each Manchester United manager’s era.

David Moyes

David Moyes was sacked just 10 months into a six year contract with Ryan Giggs taking charge temporarily till the last day of the season. His tenure collapse was blamed on poor transfer activity with many transfer targets refusing to join the club over doubts of Moyes’ quality. Moyes also failed to keep some key backrooms staff ( Mike Phelan and Rene Meulensteen) who knew the club in and out. The Scot’s public questioning of the quality of his squad saw a disastrous campaign which meant United finished 7th in the League and won zero trophies.

Louis Van Gaal

The Dutch man had a time to forget as his team were known for a sideways possession passing game which did nothing to breakdown opponents.
Despite his winning the FA Cup in 2016. His failure to make the top 4 after a huge spending spree only made the decision to sack him easier for the club.

Jose Mourinho

Despite winning the League Cup and Europa league in his first year, Mourinho was a victim again of his third season slump. His style did not improve in the attacking sense and after a series of frustrating rants and poor results he was sacked on Tuesday.

Where the struggles began

In the summer of 2008 Manchester City had experienced a turnaround in their fortunes as Sheik Mansour had bought over the club. The sky blue club spent heavily recruiting big names while Manchester United had begun to act miserly in the transfer market. United had lost Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for a world record fee of £80m yet Sir Alex Ferguson had said he told he was not going to spend big. In fact he had mocked City with his ‘’ small club with a small mentality jibe ‘’
The Scot out of sheer arrogance opted for cheaper alternatives signing Michael Owen for free, Antonio Valencia for £16 million from Wigan Athletic and Gabriel Obertan for £3m. While also letting Carlos Tevez leave the club to join Man City. City had signed the likes of Mario Balotelli, Yaya Toure, David Silva and much later Samir Nasri by beating United to their signatures. The quality of the team’s performance was gradually waning as City

Because referees (Webb) used to win matches for them during Ferguson era

Jilo83:
Because referees (Webb) used to win matches for them during Ferguson era

You were watching the behind of the television during Ferguson's era

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