United have an unsolvable problem

Not a United fan, but as a Benfica fan I share the sentiment.

Manchester United fans believe that a change of managers or a trashing of a dozen players will change the club for good.

The reality is that other clubs have caught up (and surpassed) United financially and, more importantly, in Human Resources.

Their problem spans across many verticals which requires many, many people to be aligned with the same ideals to have a remote chance of ever getting back to winning days.

They cannot catch up financially to the likes of City, Newcastle and Arsenal. They do not have the internal structure of a Liverpool, a Brighton, a Brentford.

You do not build a scouting department in a year. You do not build a team of analysts in a month. You do not throw money at the problem and expect it to go away. Their methods are old and carry on from the bygone era of AF. When you hire a bunch of great coaches who all (arguably) fail at the club (LVG, Mourinho, Ten Hag, even Amorim who couldn’t get a manager bounce), the problem is rooted much deeper than in the team playing 4-3-3 or 5-2-3.

It’s unfathomable how United have consistently shot their own foot these past 10 years. No meat left.