Tag: Manchester United

When you look across the list of players in the Manchester United squad, you can't help but sort players into four distinct categories 1) Future building blocks, 2) Players who could potentially be useful, 3) Players who should have been sold years ago, and 4) Players who should have never been signed in the first place. Distinguishing these players is often not difficult at all. Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo, for example, are very obviously building blocks for the future, and you'd be hard pressed to find many reasonable Manchester United fans who think Harry Maguire and Antony were remotely worth their price tags. It's an unfortunate reality, though, that Manchester United have far too many players in the third and fourth categories, but that's typical for a fallen giant tha...

On Nov. 24, Manchester United will officially kick off the Ruben Amorim era when they face Ipswich Town, and nothing less than a win will be expected for the Portuguese manager, even in his debut game with the club. Manchester United finally grew sick of the Erik ten Hag ruse, firing a manager they should have tossed aside before the season even started. But Man United may not have too many regrets if Amorim immediately proves to be the answer, since they may not have ended up with him if they fired Ten Hag earlier. Without a full transfer window of his own yet, Amorim will have to make do with a host of talented pieces who couldn't quite be put together as a cohesive unit under his predecessor, and this will be the kind of challenge a manager who truly aspires to be great, like Amor...

Manchester United are about to kickstart a new era after the international fixtures, as Ruben Amorim has officially taken over for interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy on Nov. 11. Amorim's first actual game in charge will come on Nov. 24 against newly promoted underdogs Ipswich Town, fresh off a 2-1 upset victory over Tottenham this past weekend. There is a lot of optimism surrounding the Amorim appointment, because so many other big clubs around European football were interested in hiring the Portuguese manager from Sporting CP. But Amorim waited and ended up leaping at the opportunity to be the guy who finally turns Manchester United around after a revolving door of managers, with the most recent being the thoroughly disappointing Erik ten Hag. With Manchester United coming of...