1. Sir Alex Ferguson's Failure To Replace Players Sooner
Nigel French/EMPICS SportAs easy as it is to lay all the blame for United's recent woes at David Moyes's door, his predecessor, Sir Alex Ferguson, has to shoulder a lot of the blame as well. Ferguson got the best he could out of an ageing and decrepit squad before announcing his retirement in May 2013, and his Premier League win that season merely papered over the cracks that were there for many to see. Even though Sir Alex's Red Devils stormed to the title that year, many onlookers agreed the squad was one of Ferguson's worst crop of players, while stalwarts such as Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra were allowed to age without being replaced. The task of replacing those players is only now being taken into hand, one year after Ferguson's retirement, and the cost of overhauling United
is currently costing £60 million, with Louis van Gaal signing Luke Shaw and Ander Herrera, while the likes of Mats Hummels, Angel Di Maria and Arturo Vidal have been linked in recent weeks. These signings should have been made seasons ago, and if they had, United probably wouldn't have to pay
the reported £200 million it's likely going to take this summer to get the club back to the top of English football.