Steve Nicol says the recruiters at Man United are ‘MAKING A MESS’ | ESPN FC

It starts with honesty: United are a mid-table club pretending to be a title contender. They need to admit it and make a plan to rebuild.<br><br>Some clubs take years to see that. Arsenal took 15 years to hire the right coach. Liverpool and Villa each waited 30 years to win again. The sooner United face the truth, the better.<br><br>Then get a coach who knows where to look. Klopp got Robertson from relegated Hull. Villa built around Watkins and Rogers, both from the Championship. Arsenal&#39;s title-winning defence came from Ligue 1: Gabriel and Saliba. Klopp, Emery and Arteta all took years to build their teams, and their clubs gave them that time.<br><br>United don&#39;t need to wait decades. Be honest, recruit smart, and give the coach time.

And to add to Shaka&#39;s statement, yes, the academies are crucial but when you have a manager the likes of Pep Guardiola, that is a major piece of a winning formula. He had been successful with 2 different clubs in 2 different leagues before coming to Man City. He is a proven winner and that played a big role in enticing top talent to join the club. When asked, newly acquired players often stated that they were excited to learn from one of the best managers in the world and that that was one of the reasons they said yes to Man City.

The Club is going nowhere until it is COMPLETELY sold. 100% - Brand new owners. Who actually cares. Know Manchester United. Want the Club to succeed. ON the pitch. The current scumbags are the Glazers. 1.3bn debt. Allowed buy the Club in 05 by the FA and Premier League under 560m in debt. And that was the beginning of the rot. And it took 21 years. But its fully set in now. <br>The Club is finished until a full sale. If you&#39;re a lifer United fan like me, you know what&#39;s happening. And how it will be fixed.<br>That&#39;s the ONE and ONLY answer. It doesn&#39;t matter what manager you bring in. <br>Ole. Carrick. Rangnick. Van Nistelrooy. Fletcher. Giggs. Moyes. LVG. Mourinho. Amorim. Ten Hag.......It doesn&#39;t matter.<br>Manchester United are dead in the water. Unless it&#39;s sold, it&#39;s finished. Trust me.

Man United has been a Mid club table for a decade now. I have kids who are almost adults who have never seen Man U lift the PL. Financially they are still big but as a club being competitive in the league they are a mid club table about time the older generation are admitting they are a mid club table

It&#39;s not even just Man United,the quality of the Prem is so low in any technical sense and actually playing football apart from City and Brighton who try and do that and Chelsea in spurts,but the problem is people are trying to browbeat you every day into believing it&#39;s a top level football playing League