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da doce： Sometimes I wonder if being a part of a smaller club with modest history is actually a far simpler, and ultimately better variant of the two possible ones. And I bet this thought comes to most clubs, managers and even players who long for those past, overly romanticised times when you had to invest less and stood to gain tenfold.
But then they probably remember they’re making far too much money to care and they’ve developed far too big of an ego to dial it all down a bit now. No, not in the days of modern football when we know where our priorities lie despite knowing where they should be. And that is the problem Manchester United are facing right now – denial.
Denial is the first of the five stages of grief according to the Kübler-Ross model and as long as Manchester United are unwilling to accept that they are indeed grieving over past accolades, trophies, managers and overall better times, they will be unable to move forward.
No one can deny that they are a club with one of the richest histories in the world of football and living in the past is not faulting solely them, but that is undoubtedly at the very roots of all of their problems.
Manchester United were a huge club and the emphasis is on the past tense here; they should stop acting like they are still on top of the food chain. Of course they are failing to meet their expectations because those expectations are so high that even the titans of modern football would be struggling to meet them.
The first step in getting out of this slump is to stop trying to punch above their weight. Stop dreaming of all those star players joining every summer, stop praying for Champions League football until you are indeed ready to contest that trophy and stop acting like the world is at your feet when clearly you are the ones on your knees.
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This might all sound extremely harsh but just like every civilisation has a start, peak and eventual end before rebuilding from scratch, the same goes for football clubs. Don’t believe me? Just ask Milan, Aston Villa, Leeds or some other fallen titans. The list just goes on and on, really.
The road is long and painful as Manchester United have only just entered the denial stage and are yet to experience anger, bargaining, depression and then finally acceptance on their way to resurrection. No one said it would be easy but the sooner they accept their own limits and start moving forward, the better.