Club will do “everything in our power” to accomplish the task, insists exec
Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada has said that the club can achieve their ambitious vision of winning the Premier League by 2028 to mark their 150th anniversary.
Despite United finishing in 15th place last season under new head coach Ruben Amorim, Berrada expressed confidence that the club were making the best plans towards meeting the target, saying they were “on the right path”.
The target is part of a long-term plan called “Project 150”, in which United are eyeing a return to the summit of English football by the 150th birthday of the club. United were founded in 1878 as Newton Heath, before changing their name in 1902 to Manchester United.
“Can the team win the Premier League title by 2028? Of course,” Berrada told United We Stand fanzine. “We’ve just finished 15th and it seems an impossible task. But why not aim for it? Why not do everything in our power?”
Berrada believes that with two or three more summer transfer windows, the club will have a squad capable of winning titles, although he acknowledged that it “won’t be easy”.
“There’ll be some difficult moments ahead,” said Berrada. “Nothing is going to get solved with one summer window, but we are on the right path.
“We’ve put the worst part of this transformation phase behind us and now we’re going to start building. I’m very confident we’ll get back to the top.”
Berrada also expressed support for Amorim, who endured a tough first season, having taken charge of the squad in the middle of a difficult campaign. The United CEO drew comparisons with former colleague Pep Guardiola.
Having worked closely with Guardiola at Manchester City, Berrada sees encouraging similarities.
“It was difficult in Pep’s first year,” he said. “He didn’t win anything and there was suspicion about whether he could implement his football vision in the Premier League. People said he was arrogant and wouldn’t change his style of play. But he stuck to his principles and given what he’d won, he had an enormous amount of credit in the bank.
“He was allowed that first year to be below-par by his standards. The club backed him that summer, the team started winning and created this winning cycle that lasted until this season.”
