What happens next at Manchester United? It is a question that has hovered over Old Trafford since Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos group purchased a minority stake in the club in February. That 27.7% share secured control of football operations at the Premier League's biggest, and most underperforming team.
The only certainty at United is that the club, both on and off the pitch, are facing a summer of upheaval and change. Although manager Erik ten Hag has guided United to a second successive FA Cup final, his side have also endured a humiliating group stage elimination from the Champions League and the team are at risk of matching the club's lowest-ever Premier League finish of seventh.
CEO Richard Arnold and football director John Murtough have left United, with Omar Berrada (CEO) and Dan Ashworth (director of football) set to replace them. While there are many obvious issues to address, actually being able to do so is the challenge facing United's new hierarchy.
So many other areas are also important, but the most significant element in success or failure is player recruitment, and United have only shown consistency in this field over the past decade in the mistakes they
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