Manchester United’s 2026–27 season is in need of ignition, and there’s nothing that a big victory on the road in Europe can’t solve.
Michael Carrick’s Red Devils are currently masquerading as a meek, insipid iteration of the team that soared to third in the Premier League during the second half of last season. A porous out-of-possession structure continues to be exacerbated by a lack of intensity, and the Premier League’s bottom-dwellers, Tottenham Hotspur, were the latest to expose United’s glaring issues.