MANCHESTER UNITED SET FOR YET ANOTHER MANAGERIAL TRANSITION IN 2020 ?

Ole Gunner Solskjaer to be out of the job already? Hard to believe considering that the club legend has only stepped into his position as Manchester United with the club legend yet to complete a full season as club manager under his belt. But desperate times call for desperate measures and with Manchester United currently dangling dangerously above the relegation zone of the Premier League table the idea of Ole Gunner Solskjear being out of the job by January 2020 is far from being a dream.  

How did Manchester United return to the same situation the club found themselves in under last manager Jose Mourinho? Was current manager Ole Gunner Solskjaer not meant to be the solution to the clubs' marooned fate of remaining below the top four spots of the Premier League table? These questions and many more questions relating to clubs' recent state continue to run around the minds of not just Manchester United fans but also on the minds of unbiased football fans worldwide.






While the question of how the mighty Red Devils got to this situation is tempting to address, the more important question which should precedent is are the rumors of a sacking valid? To a certain degree, one might look at the recent rumors of a sacking being a strong possibility to come to pass in Ole Gunner Solskjaers not so distant future and on the other hand, there is some evidence that will suggest that there might be some truth to the matter.   

Looking back on the list of the last three managers that have been removed from the position of being Manchester United manager one factor remains a commonality and the factor appears to be missing out on the top four spots in the Premier League table. While current manager Ole Gunner Solskjaers present style of attacking football which the Norwegian manager has currently enforced on his team appears to sit well with the Manchester United fans, the positive style of football Solskjaer has enabled his to team to display on the field this season still does not mask the fact that Manchester United current sit 12th in the Premier League table capturing just 9 points out of the available 24 points from the eight matches already played. 

A result that most certainly signaled the beginning of the end of the careers of Solskjaers predecessors Louis Van Gaal and Jose Mourinho. As originally stated, while Ole Gunner Solskjaer has already received the backing of the clubs head owners via comments from a representative of the Manchester United board of directors, there is no doubt that the level of leniency afforded to Solskjaer might only extend to the belief in the manager to deliver top-four finish in the Premier League table come end of the season.   

Regardless of how any writer, any commentator or any spokesperson will like to address the current  difficult status the football club has found in the bottom line remains that Manchester United are definitely in uncharted territory and the situation might take more a few nice words to convince the media and most importantly the fans that positive change has indeed made its way into Old Trafford especially on the football field. 

Another point that sometimes fails to be highlighted amongst the current difficulty that currently faces Manchester United is that should the Red Devils fail to qualify for next seasons Champions League competition signs point to Solskjaer seeing himself out of the job by April or much sooner. Whether or not Solskjaer should take blame for all of Manchester United's recent struggle remains irrelevant simply because the Manchester United have shown the best way to attempt a quick fix is to enforce another quick managerial change even the problem the club faces comes as a result of poor club management from the Manchester United board of directors directly.  

The big thing about Manchester United at the moment is confusion. By that what is implied is while the Manchester United fan base and some of the rare trustworthy football analysts have clearly understood that the problems limiting Manchester United's success on the field come directly as a result of the lack of major support delivered to the manager from the clubs board of directors, the situation becomes complicated when the club managers openly take the entire blame for Manchester United's lack of success in the past four years. 

The trend of managers taking the entire blame for the teams' poor form has been ongoing since the days of David Moyes managerial term at Old Trafford and according to the recent comments delivered by the current Manchester United Ole Gunner Solskjear the trend, Ultimately, has not come to an end. This past two weeks after the loss to Newcastle United at St James Park some of comments given by Solskjaers post-match press conference looked to be once that possibly got under the skin of a few Manchester United fans with the manager hinting at the possibility of Manchester United remaining at the same pace they have been for the  majority of the season. 

Finally, the major points to take away in the past two weeks in Manchester United's case appears to be that while the clubs current struggles on the pitch and off the pitch continues to pull the team lower in the Premier League table, there appears to be no solution in terms of major recruitment in January 2020. While Manchester United appears to be struggling at the moment, the apparent solution seems to be to wait until April 2020, see if Solskjear can turn the situation around and if not, make room for a new manager next summer.