Manchester United targets the top six in the Premier League next season? Will senior executives draw or bottom rebound? Fans: Keep the Premier League seat first!

From the "Red Devils" to "relegation quagmire", Manchester United's fall speed shocked the football world

When Sir Ferguson's statue still stands outside Old Trafford Stadium, this giant that once dominated the Premier League with "Ferguson Time" has delivered a jaw-dropping report card this season - the Premier League lost 17 games in 36 rounds, ranking 16th, setting the worst record since relegation in 1974. What's even more ironic is that this team that "bullies people" in the league actually stumbled all the way to enter the Europa League final, competing with Tottenham, who is also struggling for the final "fig leaf".

Manchester United executives recently announced: The goal of next season is at least the top six in the Premier League! As soon as this statement was made, the fans were upset - was it the management's rational plan after realizing the reality, or another "painted-style" self-comfort?

What exactly did Manchester United lose in the "disaster performance" this season?

From fighting for four to relegation, Manchester United has refreshed the lower limit

This season, Manchester United's Premier League winning rate is only 38.9% (14 wins in 36 rounds), with a goal difference of -3, and conceded 58 goals (the fourth most in the Premier League). If the season ends with its current form, Manchester United will fall into the bottom half of the standings for the first time since 1974.

has only won 1 (1-0 against Manchester City), and has repeatedly lost points against relegation teams Burnley, Sheffield United, etc.

Rashford's state has declined sharply, Sancho has publicly criticized the coach, and Casemiro's aging problems have been exposed, and the team's cohesion is almost collapsed.

Although we reached the final, Manchester United's path to advancement is controversial:

The opponents are not worth enough: facing Galatasaray and Copenhagen in the group stage, they only defeated Real Sociedad (6th in La Liga) and Rome (7th in Serie A) in the knockout stage.

Schedule bonus: The UEFA Cup has not encountered top teams such as Leverkusen and Liverpool, and the final opponent Tottenham Hotspur is also in civil unrest.

The price of "double-line defeat": In order to protect the European game, Manchester United rotated the main players many times in the league, which made the league record worse.

The senior management sets the tone of the "top six goals", is it pragmatic or flat?

If the final ranking of 16th this season, the goal next season will be directly set to the top six, which means that the default team has become the middle level.

By setting the bottom line of "Sixth" to reduce fans' expectations for championship and four, and buy time for reconstruction.

If the UEFA Cup wins the Champions League directly, the top six goals in the league may become "blank checks". Why don’t fans buy it?

The last time Manchester United failed to enter the top six was in the 1989-90 season (13th place), but the Premier League was not yet established at that time; now it has fallen to the bottom in the peak of commercialization, which is difficult for fans to accept.

In the past five years, Manchester United's net transfer expenditure exceeded 600 million pounds (third in the world), but it failed to miss the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.

Liverpool, Arsenal and other mortal enemies have been successfully rebuilt, but Manchester United is difficult for Brighton and Villa to compete.

Manchester United's path to redemption requires a goal of "scraping the bone to cure the poison"

The top six in the Premier League seems to be a compromise between the management and reality, but in fact it is the beginning of Manchester United's complete tearing off the label of "fake giants". If you want to truly revive, the team must face three major questions: Are you willing to give up short-term results in exchange for long-term reconstruction? Can we completely bid farewell to the operational thinking of "traffic first"? Do you dare to attack meritorious players and capital forces?