One would think, right after Liverpool won their twentieth Premier League title and equalled Manchester United, there would be some alarm bells going off at Old Trafford, but no.

Sporten.com has been told by a member of staff on his way out that the ambition for next year is top six in the Premier League. Our source, who will be anonymous, has also spoken to 90min who will probably confirm Manchester United’s lax goal.

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“The only thing that counts now is to reduce the deficit no matter what the consequence of that is. Until Old Trafford is completed, Manchester United will not aim to become a number one club”.

In practice, this means five years of “realism”

At the beginning of March, Manchester United announced their stadium plans, a stadium that will be hyper-modern and house 100,000 fans.

Co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has decided because Manchester United will tread water for a while go for Ruben Amorim also in the autumn, even if they fail to win the Europa League trophy.

“Erik ten Hag led with fear and nothing has improved since, everyone who works at the club is more concerned with keeping their job than winning”

Last season, Manchester United finished 8th in the Premier League and qualified for the Europa League after winning the FA Cup, now they are in 15th place in the Premier League and have qualified for the Champions League by winning the Europa League.

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