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The image of Old Trafford stadium leaking rainwater everywhere during the match between Man United and Arsenal in round 37 of the Premier League deserves to be considered typical of a disastrous season for the "Red Devils".
Not only that, it even symbolizes the decline of one of the world's biggest sports brands.
In the middle of the season, the Glazer family promoted the transfer of ownership of Man United to billionaire Jim Ratcliffe. Although not exactly as expected (waiting for billionaires with bottomless pockets from Arabia), this is still good news for "Red Devils" fans. Not too much money, but Sir Jim is famous for being a true football fan. At the same time, he has a lot of experience in investing in football.
But the revolution cannot happen overnight. As the season draws to a close, the new leadership team is increasingly aware of the overwhelming workload ahead of them. As Ronaldo has noted, Man United are now in an incredible decline in terms of facilities, professional departments... In early May, the British media reported that Sir Jim had confirmed that a new Carrington training ground would be built for Man United. And this past weekend, the whole world saw how the famous Old Trafford stadium also needed to be renovated.
The first question is... where is the money? The British billionaire owns a huge fortune, estimated at about 16 billion USD. But he spent 1.5 billion USD to buy 27% of the team's shares. To buy the "Red Devils", Sir Jim had to spend about 6 billion USD. New infrastructure projects for Man United are estimated to cost hundreds of millions of USD more. And finally, this summer, Man United will continue to spend a lot of money in the transfer market to reform the squad.
Coach Erik Ten Hag may or may not be fired. But the Dutch strategist has created an unimaginable loss for Man United due to failed contracts - at his request. Under Ten Hag, Man United actually spent 400 million euros on the transfer market. Of which, more than half was spent on players who did not contribute anything like Antony, Mount, Malacia, or who declined rapidly like Casemiro...
How much are Man United losing? To put that into perspective, this summer they desperately need a rich team from Saudi Arabia to take Casemiro - who was bought for 71 million euros. But Man United has almost no hope of getting the transfer fee back, they just hope to release Casemiro from his contract with a salary of up to 19 million euros/year. Antony and Mount, although younger, are likely to also fall miserably in the transfer market.
How much money is enough for a squad overhaul? Over the past two years, the football world has seen Chelsea spend up to a billion euros on players, but still fail miserably. Numbers cannot be said so easily. At the moment, Man United can only estimate the losses. For example, losing a ticket to the Champions League next season will cause the "Red Devils" to lose nearly 100 million euros.
Disastrous failure on the pitch, and incredible deterioration behind the scenes. One of the biggest sports brands on the planet is in serious trouble.
In the early morning of May 16 (Vietnam time), two make-up matches will take place that will decide the race for a ticket to the Europa League next season in the Premier League. They are the Man United - Newcastle match, taking place at 2:00 and the Chelsea - Brighton match at 1:45.
Newcastle are currently in the lead with 57 points, ranking 6th. Chelsea also have 57 points but are below Newcastle due to a poor goal difference, while Man United only have 54 points. Even if they beat Newcastle in this round, and Chelsea lose to Brighton, Man United will still have to settle for 8th place due to a poor goal difference.
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