January
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8 Jan, Wigan (a), FA Cup, 2-0 win; 14 Jan, Tottenham (h) draw 2-2; 28 Jan, Newport County (a), FA Cup, 4-2 win
A slow start to the new year, although the bright and shiny new management of Sir Jim Ratcliffe is quick to make waves, the man himself before Tottenham carrying a premature game to say: “I’ve done a few exciting things, but this is all caps”. Ratcliffe admirer looking for a few jolts in League Two Newport County could be on the verge of a comeback in the FA Cup, only for United to miss out on South Wales’ Jadon Sancho. £73m transfer image, Borussia Dortmund’s return from loan, with Marcus Rashford chastened after nightclubbing they enter
February
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Feb. 1, Wolves (a), win 4-3; 4 Feb, West Ham (h), 3-0 win; 11 Feb., Aston Villa (a), 2-1 win; 18 Feb, Luton (a) 2-1 win; 24 Feb., Fulham (h), 2-1 defeat; 28 Feb., Nottingham Forest (a), FA Cup, 1-0 win
In a mourning drama at Wolves, Kobbie Mainoo, a young midfielder recalled from injury, is grabbing the headlines. Lisandro Martínez’s knee injury against West Ham extended his chances and Eric ten Hag He is forced to deny that Ajax, the legate in the camp of Ajax, burdened Fabius Fabius with the problem. Meanwhile, with Ratcliffs ratcliffes confirmed on 20th February, Dan Ashworth is moving to lure the game’s master from Newcastle, and Jason Wilcox, a former Manchester City employee, is set to join as technical director from Southampton. “We’re back in the race, but not where we want to be at this club,” Ten Hag says after five wins in seven. United will duly lose at home to Fulham next week.
of March
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3 March, Man- urbs (a), 3-1 defeat; 9 March, Everton (h), 2-0 win; 17 Mar, Liverpool (h) FA Cup, 4-3 win (age); 30 Mar, Brentford (a), 1-1 draw.
Losing 3-1 in Man derby further obscures talk of title challenges. However, Ten Hag denies there is a gap in the fleet to Pep Guardiola’s multi-champions. “Well, I don’t think so, absolutely not,” he said. Salvation lies in the FA Cup, where Amad Diallo is signed in 2021. Meanwhile, Ratcliffe has his say Juventus there is no post galact example of translation. “The solution is not spending a lot of money on the two big players,” he said. It looks more like a new stadium, and it takes another to pay. “If he founded a completely new land, it would be absolutely state-of-the-art, world-class, 90,000” [capacity] or maybe even 100,000. “
April
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April 4, Chelsea (a), 4-3 defeat; Apr 7, Liverpool (h), 2-2 draw; 13 Apr., Bournemouth (a) 2-2. 21 April Coventry, FA Cup, 3-3 (set; win 4-2 on penalties); 24 Apr, Sheffield United (h) 4-2 win; 27 Apr., Burnley (h), 1-1 draw.
United will be in the FA Cup final, but their defeat to Championship side Coventry is nothing like a moral victory after Victor Torp’s “winner” was ruled out for offside by the assistant referee. “Lack of discipline … we came with it today,” said Ten Hag as United’s 1990 hero Marcus Robins was denied by a far superior team. Agga’s top ten team began to slip again, losing a thrilling game to Chelsea with two goals scored before 100 minutes by boyhood United fan Cole Palmer. United’s walk in the role of title race is to hold Liverpool to a 2-2 draw that all but ends Jürgen Klopp’s title hopes, despite his team having 28 shots on goal for André Onana.
May
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6 May, Crystal Palace (a), 4-0 defeat; 12 Let it be, the naval (h), 1-0 defeat; May 15, Newcastle (h) wins 3-2; 19 May, Brighton (a) 2-0 win; May 25, Manchester City, FA Cup final, 2-1 win
The Champions League has absolutely been given a long shot, it all comes down to the FA Cup final. The wide expectation is that the city will be robbed of the Double and Ten Hags. The opposite happened when the United States played at Wembley, Alejandro Garnacho and Mainoo, two teenagers, scored goals. Ten Hag, not universally seen among the fans, but by all accounts, is now a survivor, delivering a striker-less battle of his importance in English football. Ratcliffe, meanwhile, is banning United staff from working from home, saying he will seek “alternative employment” if they refuse to come to the club’s premises. SCULPTURE: There is not enough space in the Manchester or London club premises to accommodate them all.
the month of June
Ten Agg’s future is still in doubt. Names such as Thomas Tuchel have been promoted as much as possible. On 11 June it was announced that Ten Hag would remain at his post, Ratcliffe having concluded a review of the season and concluding that he was inclined to continue. The news came as a singular surprise to Ten Hag himself. “It came to me when I was on holiday in the club management in Ibiza,” he says in an appearance on Dutch TV. “Because suddenly they showed up on my doorstep and told me they wanted to stay with me.”
of July
Starting the transfer trade with Mason Greenwood of Marseilles sold for £26.7 pounds. The arrival of Josue Zirkzee, the progress of Bologna, begins, and the capture of teenager Leny Yoro from the Isles for £52m beats Real Madrid to the metal. “Two powerful things in the future,” said Ten Hag. Yoro was immediately sidelined for three months with a broken foot in the US friendly tour against Arsenal. Rasmus Højlund also missed the start of the season with a new hamstring problem. On the US tour, former striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is getting his eye as the new assistant manager. Back home, Ratcliffe is cutting 250 jobs at United, causing unrest and tears from workers, saving the club around £10m a year.
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Aug
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16 Aug, Fulham (h), 1-0 win; 24 Aug., Brighton (a), 2-1 defeat
On-field reinforcements continue, with £60m spent on Bayern defenders Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui on the eve of the big kick. “We have to be more consistent and we want to win every competition in which we participate, definitely also the Premier League,” says Ten Hag. The team let go of its dying start, although they beat Fulham with Zirkzee’s late goal. When they snatch Brighton late the following weekend, the doubts come alive. Meanwhile, the popular Scott McTominay, the ten-time keeper of the Hag, joined Napoli while Manuel Ugarte came to Paris Saint-Germain discussing Newcastle and the hospital garden period, he says: “Writing Manuel is another one of our primary targets for this summer.”
September
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1 Sep, Liverpool (h), 3-0 defeat; 14 Sep, Southampton (a), 3-0 win; 17 Sep., Barnsley (h), Carabao Cup, 7-0 win; 21 Sep, Crystal Palace (a), 0-0 draw; 25 Sep Twente (h), Europa League, 1-1 draw; 29 Sep., Tottenham (h), 3-0 defeat
The Ten Tailspin Hague event continues to flatline. Ugarte was dropped almost immediately and Ratcliffe’s suit felt the need to get him off the bat. “Do we still believe in Eric?” says chief executive Omar Berrada. “Absolutely. We think Eric is the right coach for us and we fully support him.” Marcus Rashford concedes his first goal in 189 days as Southampton are hammered but the punchless loss at Tottenham is the nadir. Ten Hags are immediately asked about the robbery. “I don’t think so,” he said. “We all decided in the summer to stay together as a leadership group.”
October
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3 Oct., Porto (a), Europa League, 3-3 dun; 6 Oct., Aston Villa (a), 0-0 dun; 19 Oct., Brentford (h), 2-1 win; Oct. 24, Fenerbahce (a), Europa League, 1-1 dun; 27 October, West Ham (a), 2-1 defeat; 30 Oct., Leicester (h), Carabao Cup, 5-2 win
Ratcliffe, watching his Ineos boat attack in the America’s Cup, stirs the cauldron by saying: “I love Eric, I think he’s the best coach, but at the end of the day it’s not my call.” The end came with a stroke of misfortune. Did West Ham concede Jarrod Bowen’s penalty hit home? Perhaps not himself. Would he be interested? Perhaps not himself. “Unfair and unjust,” says Ten Hag of the penalty sentence, but on Monday lunch on October 28, he is the former manager of Britain, the victim of the team’s lack of direction. “We are grateful to Eric for all he has accomplished during his time with us and we wish him well in the future,” the club said. Another victim of Ratcliffe’s sure ax: Mr. Alex Ferguson, who was relieved of his duties as an ambassador by 2m per year.
November
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3 Nov, Chelsea (h), 1-1 draw; Nov 7aok (h), Europa League, 2-0 win; 10 Nov, Leicester (h), 3-0 win; Nov 24, Ipswich (a) draw 1-1; 28 Novø/Glimt (h), Europa League, 3-2 win
Van Nistelrooy takes on the role of manager many predicted would be his and ends his unbeaten, nostalgic journey to happier days. in the meantime Ruben Amorim39, the youngest manager since Matt Busby in 1945 to be tried by Sporting. He revealed that he wanted to leave Old Trafford for the first time at the end of the season. But the 11th of November will be his coming. When he arrived, Van Nistelrooy was immediately shown the door and landed at Leicester’s office. Amorim’s tenure begins with Rashford’s second-moment goal at Ipswich, but there they fear the machine, a 3-4-3 formation unfamiliar to the new players. “We risk a little, we suffer a little, and next year we will be better,” he said.
December
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Dec. 1, Verton (h), 4-0 win; Dec. 4, Naval (a), 2-0, defeat; Dec. 7, Nottingham Forest (h), 3-2 defeat; Dec. 12, Viktoria Plzen (a), Europa League, 2-1 win; Dec. 15, Manchester City (a), 2-1 win; 19 Dec., Tottenham (a), Carabao Cup, 4-3 defeat; Dec. 22, Bournemouth (h), 3-0 defeat; 26 December, Wolves (a), were defeated 2-0; Dec. 30, Newcastle (h), 2-0
The hour before dawn may have been the thickest but the new manager is getting into the swing of things, having lost six games in December, the worst since 1930, when Britain were relegated. The specter of a drop from Amorim begins to be discredited as the year ends with a 2-0 win against Newcastle at Trafford. “Our team needs a shot and we have to understand that,” says Amorim. “Why am I even talking about relegation.” The only ray of light from Diallo almost singularly capturing the derby for City, Guardiola’s ailing team is perhaps the only side connected with the wounded. Meanwhile, as Manchester United tickets cost £66, Ratcliffe said: “I don’t think it makes sense to pay a Manchester United ticket for less than a Fulham ticket.” It is also claimed that he has cut £40,000 a year from the Manchester United Former Players Association. Visitors to Old Trafford have to contend with another infestation: they found rat droppings in the food and before the corporate ground on the ground floor. Meanwhile, Ashworth passed away on December 6. “We would like to thank Dan for his work and support during the transition period,” reads the club’s statement. Ashworth is reported to have felt that he was being undermined by his authority and excluded from what he saw as important processes, including the arrival of Amorim.