MANCHESTER UNITED YET TO ADDRESS A SERIOUS ISSUE FACING THE MANCHESTER UNITED WOMEN'S TEAM
The summer transfer window is on and with that comes the favorite time of the year for football fans and that is looking forward to how each team can strengthen in preparation to possibly challenge for trophies next season.
For a lot of clubs, the ambition will be to at least strong enough to stay in the Premier League and avoid relegation. But for big clubs such as Manchester United Chelsea Liverpool a Manchester City, the goal coming into the new season will be to deliver a major trophy.
Anything short of a major trophy next season will be conceded to be yet another failed season particularly for a club such as Manchester united whom, in all honesty, has been nothing short of a transitioning teen for the past three years at the very least.
The excuse for Manchester invented post the Sir Alex Ferguson era has been that Manchester United will find their way back to the top again, the team just needs time.
While the idea of giving time and patience to find their w3ay back to that champions mentality remains true, another point which also remains true is that the club is run by owners who lack football mentality - basically the mentality to look past profits and focus on the larger prize which is to invest in the goal of building a team that can win football matches consistently which directly increases profits coming into the football club consistently with each trophy won.
A smart and effective mode of operation which has seen clubs search as Manchester City, Liverpool, Paris Saint Germain, Chelsea, and Arsenal boost their women's team to admirable heights over the past three seasons at least. On the other hand, Manchester United just recently turned their attention into strengthening their women's team into a strong force that can be successful not just in the Barclays FA Women's Soccer League but also move on to be a dominant force in India UEFA Champions League very soon?
For any club to improve and achieve success, mistakes have to be owned and corrected if the club is to move forward and attain success soon. To that point, some facts must be stated for corrections to be made and one such fact is that Manchester United F.C certainly has not made the greatest start in terms of the improvement administered in this Manchester United Women's team as the new season approaches.
Manchester United came out of the 2020 /2021 season not only challenging for the Barclays Women's Soccer league trophy during the early part of last season but the club mounted a serious challenge to former champions Arsenal in the race for the third and final Champions Leave spot despite operating with Manchester United team which was decimated with injuries that caused long absences to marquee players' throughout last season.
Whilst a lot of conversations have been had on the departure of impactful ex-manager Casey Stoney who had been rapidly stimulating the growth of the manchester united women’s team, with Casey Stoney’s absence now established, the two major questions yet to be answered is - Will the Manchester United’s women’s team be strengthened this 2021 summer season and who will the next manager be? Let's take a look at the little information which Manchester United Channel has received so far.
In a recent letter drafted out to the Manchester United fan base by the Glazers, the Manchester United owners sincerely apologized for their recent attempt to completely monetize the football club by joining the attempted 2021 Super League.
In the letter, the Glazers wrote out their sincerest apology for their recent shortcomings. The Manchester United owners went on to emphasize that there are still committed to bringing positive change to the club. Here’s are fragments of the letter by the Glazers and in the part of the letter the American owners stated
“In particular I want to acknowledge the need for change with deeper consultation with you as our main band represented body across a range of important issues, including the competition we play in.”
“We also recognize the importance of fans and football interest being embedded in key decision-making processes and every level of the club, and we are open to constructive do decisions on how to reinforce that principle.”
(Joel Glazer-ChannelNewAsia.com. May,9. 2021.)
The letter continues to explain a couple of goals Manchester United FC is striving to achieve this summer. Impressive as these goals were, the letter points out one concerning flaw in the plans for the future which has been carved out by Manchester United football club, the main goals for the future of Manchester United FC outlined in the letter appeared to be targeted towards the Manchester United men's team.
That's a huge concern for the women's team that just came out of their thoughts easy almost securing a place in the USA Champions League come teacher but next season and the women's team that is frazzled by their current climate of not having a manager installed as the new season crawl ever closer.
Manchester United women’s team currently in a disgruntled state of not only left without a manager, but the team is yet to resolve a couple of issue in the manner of key players steadily approaching the end of their current contract without any talks of a new contract in place four key players such as Tobin Heath, Christen Press, and Ella Toone—who just signed a one-year contract extension- specifically with no news yet of a new contract to be offered to these players.
With there being no mention of funds provided for the new manager who will come in, the situation around the Manchester United women's team at the moment appears to be that the women’s team will be put in the back Bunner with most of the attention focused under men's team to address the 2021 summer transfer window.
A huge concern indeed because what this means is should the women's team find the manager late in the summer, the new manager might be left with little time to complete any business in the upcoming 2021 summer transfer window.
As we finally arrived into the 2021 summer transfer window, Manchester United appeared to be and one could best be classified I said dead zone in terms of the summer transfer window but the women's team. from what has been gathered here a Manchester United channel, majority of the emphasis for the summer transfer window activities appear to be focused on how to modify the men's team in preparation for next season.
As previously pointed out, Manchester United has already made financial provisions for the 2021 summer transfer window with a budget of approximately £80 million provided for manager Ole Gunner Solskjaer to spend in modifying his Manchester United squad in preparation for next season.
Not the best step forward by the Glazers to show that they are fully committed to building Manchester United back to the powerhouse this the club once was but the intent to improve the men's team is shown at least. However, the more concerning issue in regards to the progression of women's football is the knowledge that the Glazers are yet to expand this intent to install the right modifications and improvements capable of producing success on the field to the Manchester United’s women's team.
While this notion has already pointed out in today's article let’s reiterate, Manchester United women’s team is still without a manager, to begin with. Also, the team still has a handful of players who are heading into next season with expired contracts with no idea what their future at Manchester United footbaLL club is as Manchester United football club is yet to offer these players new contracts. Most importantly, the club is yet to make any new signing toon back and improve this squad to reach the levels of her Chelsea or Arsenal women's steel regressed death in quality.
The reality is that a couple more improvements needed to be done in terms of new signings completed during the 2021 Summer transfer window before heading into next season if the Red Devils are to match the standards of a Chelsea team or an arsenals women's team in terms of being regarded as potential champions.
Talks of the club being interested in signing a good player such as Saista Oshoala is a good start- if the club does in fact pull through and signed the player. However, as this week continues to progress, the possibility of Asisat Oshoala becoming a Manchester United player has continued to build momentum. With the recent display of intent from Manchester United owner- the Glazers- to invest in strengthening the Manchester United Women’s team during the course of the 2021 Summer Transfer Window, signing a player such as Asisat Oshoala will be a great start in regards to the statement of intent displayed by the Glazers to build the Manchester United women’s side into a Title winning side in preparation for next season
Putting aside the unresolved issue of appointing a new Manchester United women's team manager aside for a second, the fact remains that until Manchester United football club can actually deliver quality signings this summer to prove that Manchester United FC is indeed building up the Manchester United Women's team to deliver the Barclay’s Women’s Soccer League trophy and secure Champions League football very soon, doubts over just how much the board of directors at Manchester United do indeed back the Manchester United women’s team to succeed will continue to linger around Old Trafford.
