Manchester United made tactical adjustments beyond the pivotal introduction of Christian Eriksen at half-time in their Champions League win over Copenhagen.
05.10.2023 - 07:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Brighton, Crystal Palace, Galatasaray. When it rains it pours. At Old Trafford it even rains inside.
The leaking roof is far from the biggest problem facing Manchester United, a club whose recent history is so turbulent the word crisis almost immediately follows. But what the water seeping through the stand epitomises is the attitude taken by those at the top, evidenced further by the sheer volume of Galatasaray fans in the home end. It's the drip, drip, drip of failure, of indifference, of the draining of the club by the Glazers.
Financially they have loaded the Reds with debt, mismanaged for more than a decade and frittered away money in the transfer market. The potential sale process has been a farce from start to non-finish.
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Joel and Avram Glazer, the only two siblings still with any real interest in owning this club, are barely at games. They pledged improved communication on the back of the European Super League debacle but, in a surprise to no one, nothing followed.
The culture and standards being set by the owners are non-existent. Malaise at the top spreads. It certainly looks to have reached the players, who are shorn of fight, while supporters must be wondering where the light at the end of the tunnel is.
"It would be best if they sold the club with some speed and efficiency and allowed at least the off-the-pitch items to be corrected properly that reset the tone and culture," said former Red Gary Neville last month on X of the ownership situation. "Football is volatile so results on the pitch can be erratic and cyclical but if the off-the-pitch stuff
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