This summer was supposed to have offered Manchester United fans hope. After years of watching their side in decline, a new manager was arriving to turn things around.
Just two games into the new season and the crisis is getting worse. Defeats to Brighton and Brentford – the latter in humiliating fashion – have exposed all the same problems that were present during the disastrous 2021/22 campaign.
Erik ten Hag has so far been unable to turn the tide, with his signings having failed to fully freshen up a squad that was lying stagnant after last season’s debacle. He hasn’t been helped in that regard by the club’s failure to follow the approach of their greatest ever manager.
