“There have been a whole series of coaches, some of which were very good,” Sir Jim Ratcliffe mused after taking on sporting control of Manchester United in 2024. “And none of them were successful, or survived for very long. The only conclusion you can draw is that the environment in which they were working didn’t work.”
Two years on, the club is still a relentless meat grinder. Erik ten Hag and Ruben Amorim have both been fired at great expense while the walls threaten to be closing in on current incumbent Michael Carrick.
