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How the Giants have fallen: Inside Man United’s worst season; what went wrong and is there a silver lining?

The season began with excitement as fans celebrated the return of the prodigal son, Cristiano Ronaldo, back into the team after 12 years. Who knew that nine months down the line, this football season would turn out to be the worst in decades for Manchester United. Going through a tumultuous season, the infighting of team members, lack of a team spirit, continuously changing management, and even a lack of responsibility from the owners can all be attributed as reasons for the awful performance this season. This time, it is not just the players and coaches facing backlash for the performance. After being dubbed as the worst owners in the premiere league this season, the owners of the Manchester United Football Club the Glazer family are also being held massively responsible for the poor performance of the team. Manchester United’s shocking performance: Being one of the top-performing teams of all time, Manchester United shocked everyone this season with its unbelievably inferior performance. Finishing 6th with 58 points on the table, 35 points short of the season champions and local rivals Manchester City, the football season, which opened strongly, got haywire pretty quickly. There were so many…

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Football transfer rumors: Moise Kean and Granit Xhaka to Milan

With no goals in 11 appearances and a late arrival for a team meeting having blotted his copybook, Moise Kean could be forgiven for thinking his move to Everton has started badly. And if he isn’t he better start thinking that way soon because Mino Raiola is his agent and he waits for no man. The man who once branded Pep Guardiola ‘a coward and a dog’ in a war of words over Paul Pogba are apparently exploring possible exit routes for the 19-year-old forward who only landed in the Premier League three months ago. Milan is at the head of the queue for the Italy international who was excelling for Juventus last season before a surprise move to Goodison Park. Talks have already taken place and are set to get serious if you believe the reports in Kean’s homeland. Hopefully, Raiola has got a few properties in his Milan portfolio because Granit Xhaka has been busy house-hunting in the city prior to his own planned move to the Serie A strugglers. The Swiss midfielder is so fed up with being stripped of the Arsenal captaincy and abused by the fans he is willing to…

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Football transfer rumours: Mandzukic and Dembélé to Manchester United

Having retained the Revenue Cup on Tuesday after announcing record income of £627m, Ole Gunnar Solskjær knows that if he could get his Manchester United team to match the performances of the club’s world-beating marketing bods, things would be just hunky-dory at Old Trafford. To do this he needs cold, hard goals, though. United have scored only eight in the Premier League this season and with a threadbare strike force that has an average age of about 12, he wants a wily old head up front. The Class of 99’s Teddy Sheringham is not currently available so instead United will “swoop” for rugged Juventus forward Mario Mandzukic, who has won medals wherever he has gone by sticking his rock-hard head in where it hurts and joining the dots with some neat hold-up play. With Juventus understood to be only too happy to let him go, the 33-year-old – who United were close to signing last summer – should be available for a packet of fags and some spare change. But one cheap-as-chips forward just won’t do – Ed Woodward has a point to prove and United have cash to burn, so they might break their…

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Football transfer rumors: Donyell Malen to Arsenal or Liverpool

Anyone who has watched Arsenal this season would know exactly what it is they need to take that next vital step towards becoming a fixture of the Premier League’s top four again. Unfortunately “anyone” is not in charge of recruitment at north London’s premier entertainment business, so instead of making a defender who can actually defend a priority, the Gunners will join the queue of clubs looking to sign PSV Eindhoven’s £50m-rated striker Donyell Malen, who has scored 10 goals in 13 games this season. That’s the same Donyell Malen who Arsenal sold to the unbeaten Eredivisie side for just £500,000 two years ago. Even if they really did need a forward, to save face and look vaguely competent, they really shouldn’t let it be known they’re interested in that one. It says here the Gunners will have to duke it out with 45 other unimaginative clubs who have a member of staff who knows how to type “in-form Dutch striker” into Google. Liverpool is on that lengthy list too. While we’re on the subject of young strikers who have made lazy scouts sit up and take notice, Erling Braut Haaland’s hat-trick for RB Salzburg…

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