MANCHESTER UNITED NOW EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF LIGHT INVESTMENTS IN THE TRANSFER WINDOW
Describing Manchester United’s current season in one word may result in a lot of different adjectives such as horrible, bumpy, and well unexpected.
Here at Manchester United Channel, these adjectives are used to describe Manchester United because the current season has been filled with nothing short of consistent highs and consistent lows for the Red Devils. From the thrills of watching Manchester United walk into this season's UEFA League competition and defeat not one but two big teams in Sevilla and then move forward to successfully secure yet another three-point against another tough opponent in Paris st German in the Champions League yet again.
With Manchester United’s form in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League Competition showing no signs of deflating during the early stages of the competition, the expectation appeared to be that the Red Devils will take their current positive run of form and transfer the team's positive form into this season’s Premier League competition. According to recent evidence, the Red Devils have failed to transfer their good form from the UEFA Champions League into this season’s Premier League competition leaving questions to be asked such as why exactly has this transition of good form in the UEFA Champions League not worked out well for Manchester United in this season’s Premier League competition so far?
The more obvious answer which has been making rounds across the world in response to why Manchester United are currently experiencing a slight struggle in the current season appears to be the projected issue that the wrong level of a manager is currently in charge of leading Manchester United. According to some opinions around Manchester United, current manager Ole Gunner Solskjaer is a manager who whilst having an outstanding reputation as a Manchester United legend and whose repertoire as a legend of the club will forever remain a respected accomplishment for Ole Gunner Solskjaer.
However, the situation around Ole Gunner Solskjaer’s current resume as a Manchester United manager and the debate of if Solskjaer should retain his position as Manchester United manager has become more complicated rather than an easy decision.
As the current season moves on, the debate of Ole Gunner Solskjaer being the right man for the managerial job at Manchester United becomes even more conflicted because while the recent rocky results Manchester United have registered under Ole Gunner Solskjaer has not been the best, the Manchester United manager can present the case of not being fully backed by supplying the Norwegian Manager with the complete set of signing which Solskjaer needed to be in a better state to lead Manchester United to success this 2020/21 season.
Therefore, does this mean that manager Ole Gunner Solskjaer and the Manchester United players are completely blameless for the rocky season Manchester United is currently experiencing this season?
Not necessarily. However, the fact that Manchester United has met a few struggles recently does not automatically rule out any connection between the incomplete investment in the 2020 summer transfer window and the current bumpy start to the 2020 season which Manchester United has experienced recently. Coming into the season, the board of directors at Manchester United football club during the 2020 summer season failed to sign enough players signed to add depth and even fill up some holes in the squad.
There should be no doubt about the few blames Manchester United players and Manchester United managers must own up to in terms of the recent level of fluctuating performances seen from Manchester United in the early part of 2020/21. Despite the recent attempts shown football critiques as well as attempts shown by Manchester United supporters to narrow down and pinpoint the blame on one single player for the current shacky level of performance displayed by the Red Devils, the facts are that the current misfortunes experienced by Manchester United are not tied down to one player specifically. Instead, the Red Devils have to be a judge on facts and the facts are that Manchester United players, in general, have all played a part in the recent level of poor results generated by Manchester United.
Therefore, the Manchester United team in general should all take the blame for the recent struggle seen in the performances displayed on the pitch. Most importantly, the one man who must not be exempted from the blame for the current level of doubtful performance displayed by Manchester United is current manager Ole Gunner Solskjaer.
The Manchester United manager has left question marks around his ability to lead Manchester United to any significant trophy under his managerial term and this mostly due to the decisions we have seen Ole Gunner Solskjaer make during the early course of the season. As a result, premature talks centered around the topic of managerial replacement have once again resurrected at Manchester United with recent favorite Maurice Pochettino rumored to be the next Manchester United manager in the summer of 2021.
There is really no debate and there is really no doubt over the current struggles faced by Manchester United except the possible reason of Manchester United simply reaping the results of the club’s choice to invest half-heartedly in the transfer window project which the club was originally expected to be completely invested in during the 2020 summer transfer window. The recent struggles seen in the performances displayed by Manchester United over the course of the current season outlines the unfortunate missed opportunity by the Red Devils to boost their squad a little further than what the club achieved during the 2020 summer transfer window.
Manchester United can still pull off a massive achievement come to the end of the season by winning the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League trophy to repaint current manager Ole Gunner Solskjaer as the right man for the job.
However, for this to be achieved, the board of directors at Manchester United needed to provide much more than they did this past 2020 summer season for Manchester United to be in a better state to succeed this season and at the moment, Manchester United do not appear to be a team whom can place any consistent threat in this season’s Premier League and UEFA Champions League competition.