It’s been quite a week for Manchester United. Ratcliffe’s plan for a new giant stadium made public, the United boss’s statements about overpaid and too bad players, where several were named. Ratcliffe’s statement that he believes Ruben Amorim will lead Manchester United for a long time to come. Then the Europa League match on Thursday. A week with a lot of chaos, but also a glimmer of light through the fog that has been over Old Trafford for almost a year and a half.
The Real Sociedad players came to Old Trafford believing that Manchester United was a team in a breakup mood. Ratcliffe had basically just said that today’s United players were useless, except for Bruno Fernandes. What faced the Basque club on Thursday in the second leg was a Bruno as Europa League king, but also a United team that created impossible working conditions for the La Liga players.
The United captain scored three out of four goals, United surged from Sociedad, from a 0-1 result until the 16th minute, to a 4-1 win and advancement to the quarter-finals of the Europa League.
When we look back in one, two, three, three years to put our finger on where things finally turned around for Manchester United, this could be the week.
From chaos, greatness can also rise.
