Pogba, Sanchez and Lukaku all dropped. What an indictment of their form, of Mourinho's struggle to get a tune out of any of them and -- the big one here -- of #MUFC's idiotic, star-struck, Woodward-driven transfer policy of recent years.

Man Utd have done the easy bit and sacked Mourinho, whose negativity has infected the whole playing side. The harder part is changing the club, which is a commercial deal-making factory gone wrong.

Glazers at Manchester United: impose £525m debt, appoint their banker Ed Woodward to run club; fail to plan Ferguson succession, burn through managers' reputations including Mourinho; take ££ms in dividends.

In time, making Manchester United supporters fall out of love with Solskjaer could be Woodward's ultimate low. That, however, will take an awful lot more and the heat will first turn on this abject group of players and a hierarchy entirely out of their depth.

Anti social media. For SCMP Sport scmp.com/sport/football…

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Not saying I’m desperate but did United get a buyback clause on Fellaini

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To those patronising #mufc fans, saying ‘this isn’t the way’, what would you like them to do? Failed by government when Glazers came in. They tried every form of polite protest. They set up a Phoenix club. The owners do not engage. What else is left but non-violent direct action?

Putting these elements together, I estimate that the Glazers have taken out £1.1 bln from #MUFC (interest £743m, debt repayments £147m, dividends £166m, directors remuneration £55m & management fees £23m). Total cost to United rises to £1.6 bln if £465m share sales are included.

Typical Glazers this: after years of under investment as they bled the place dry, there is huge amount required to get United up to speed. And they'd much rather someone else did the heavy lifting.

Qatari owners would take more from Manchester United than Glazers ever did. By Jonathan Liew #MUFC theguardian.com/football/2023/…

"United were streets ahead when the Glazers took over." Matt Slater tells Laurie Whitwell and Mark Chapman how #MUFC's owners have 'squandered the lead' they had over their rivals... 🎙️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/167138

Massive £500m debt Glazers loaded on Manchester United to pay for their own takeover still on the club; Glazers now want £6bn, mostly personal gain, for selling club they drained of £1bn in interest and charges. An all time capitalism classic. #MUFC theguardian.com/football/2023/…

If Qatar buy Manchester United, we will have passed the point of no return. A sportswashing free-for-all, an all-you-can-buy buffet of our national sport. All of us waiting to see how football shifts on its axis while we watch on. inews.co.uk/sport/football…

Imagine if the Glazers had put as much effort into running Manchester United (or at least into finding people qualified to run it) as they have put into the auction to sell it

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Here it is... Come together @SEVENBRO7MCR to commemorate one year on from the Manchester arena tragedy. We will be hosting live music, art and poetry (as well local craft ale) and raising lots of money for some very, very good causes 🐝💛 #BEES7RONGMCR #RT

A half empty Stretford End saying goodbye to Carrick symbolises everything that’s wrong with Old Trafford.