Manchester United have biggest decision to make since appointing Sir Alex Ferguson
Monday marked exactly 37 years since Sir Alex Ferguson was appointed Manchester United manager on November 6, 1984. Ferguson joined from Aberdeen and he arrived with no experience in England as a player or a manager, but it would prove to be an appointment that would be the most important event in the dramatic history of the club.
It was a watershed moment, but the decision from the United board to resist calls from the national media to sack Ferguson a year into his tenure following an awful start from his team on the pitch was just as important.
"Fergie must go," was the headline of one newspaper article that resurfaced on social media recently, with the copy suggesting, "he's been in charge for more than a year and has spent £2million on new players, yet the team is worse."
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Ferguson survived that tumultuous start and United's wait for a league title was ended in the inaugural Premier League season of 1992/93. The rest is history and he'll be remembered as the greatest manager ever by many.
There have been five permanent United managers since Ferguson retired in 2013, but the closest the club has got to a league title has been two runner-up finishes with Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in charge.
The recruitment in that period has been dysfunctional and over £1billion has been spent on a scattergun strategy. "We have f***ing burned through cash," Richard Arnold said himself in a covertly-recorded conversation last year.
United have spent enough to deliver a Premier League title but the money hasn't been spent well. Sir Jim Ratcliffe has described it as 'dumb money' and the club should make shrewder decisions with the British
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