![]() ![]() ![]() On 28 July, United returned to Old Trafford to play Premier League debutants Brentford. Anthony Elanga pulled a goal back for Manchester United in the 73rd minute, but it was not enough to prevent defeat. QPR then scored three goals in the space of eight minutes in the second half to give them a 4–1 lead with half an hour to play. Jesse Lingard opened the scoring in the third minute, but Charlie Austin equalised four minutes later. United's next game was against Queens Park Rangers on 24 July. Colin Kazim-Richards pulled a goal back for Derby, but United held on to win 2–1. He was substituted at half-time by Facundo Pellistri, who added a second on the hour mark. Tahith Chong, who was playing despite having agreed to join Birmingham City on loan for the season, scored the first goal in the 18th minute. Instead, they played matches in England, beginning with an away match against Championship side Derby County – managed by United's record goalscorer, Wayne Rooney – on 18 July 2021. This was United's fifth trophyless season in a row, their longest since a run of six between 1968––74.ĭue to the COVID-19 pandemic, Manchester United did not go on an overseas tour in the 2021–22 pre-season. Erik ten Hag was appointed as Solskjær's permanent successor on 21 April 2022, to take over from the end of this season. Eight days later, Ralf Rangnick was appointed as interim manager until the end of the season, taking charge officially on 3 December. On 21 November 2021, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær was sacked and replaced as caretaker by first-team coach Michael Carrick. ![]() In August 2021, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the club from Juventus after 12 years away, having left for Real Madrid in 2009 for a world record transfer fee. United finished sixth in the Premier League, and were knocked out of the EFL Cup in the third round and the FA Cup in the fourth round, as well as reaching the UEFA Champions League round of 16. His reported £250,000 jet across the Atlantic pond to watch the game is not far away from the £2.1 million that the Women’s team can spend on player salaries for a squad that has multiple top-quality talents entering the final months of their contracts.The 2021–22 season was Manchester United's 30th season in the Premier League and their 47th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. Maybe The Reds could’ve overcome Chelsea in the final if they had not needed to start from scratch again when the team was re-established in 2018. Avram Glazer appeared at the Women’s FA Cup final earlier this month to watch the team that he and his family scrapped shortly after joining the club because it was not in their “core business” interests. Their tactics to increase the price remain classless. Thankfully, the likelihood of them leaving seems more than likely, but the way in which it has been handled is through the pure greed that we are now used to. A couple more billion quid by waiting a few years? We would not be surprised. The family is still yet to invest a single penny of their own money into the football club and are still aiming to drag the price higher, or even worse, feel like they still have a part to play after smelling the smallest of successes under new management. Perhaps this is what we all should’ve expected. Yet, it could all be impacted by the leeches at the top in their last efforts to have negative impacts on the club. If Ten Hag is going to be successful at United, this window could be pivotal. The Dutchman has made large strides in his debut campaign at Old Trafford, winning the club’s first trophy in six years with a victory against Newcastle at Wembley in February – a game that Avram Glazer made a rare appearance at – but the need for reinforcements in the squad is evident. Erik ten Hag admitted last week that he’s in the dark and is unsure about his budget to improve his team. Instead, we are continuing to see reports of United’s interest in players but which depend on the ownership situation. Yet, after everything in the last seventeen years, maybe some believed that the Glazers would at least give the potential new owner a chance to come in ahead of one of the club’s most important transfer windows in recent memory. That is, however, how the Glazer family operate.Ī smooth transition is hard to come by when dealing with astronomical fees like those involved in this process. After announcing their intentions to “explore strategic alternatives” in November, not many people would’ve thought that we’d still be in the dark about the takeover process in late June. ![]()
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