Legendary manager says it could take 10 years to bring the Premier League back to Old Trafford
Sir Alex Ferguson has suggested what Manchester United fans might not quite be thrilled to hear, after the legendary manager said it could take the club as long as 10 years to win the Premier League under Ruben Amorim.
United have not won the Premier League since Ferguson’s final season in charge in 2012-13. In the years since, a succession of managers have failed to restore the club’s dominance, with standards steadily eroding both on and off the pitch.
Amorim is the latest figure tasked with ending that long drought, and he is already under pressure after United finished 15th in his debut season (joined midseason), their worst league position since the Premier League was established.
On Amorim’s chances, Ferguson said: “He [Amorim] is a good personality. It is not easy. I remember looking back on my own time there, starting off when Liverpool were the bee’s knees. They were a fantastic club winning the European Cup four times and all that, but then it took them 31 years to win the league again.
“We are now in the same situation. It could be ten years, could be 11 years, because of that cycle. It has to be thought out carefully and we have to make sure the recruitment is going to be better than what it was.”
