When Was the Last Time Manchester United Got Relegated?

There's no other way to put it: Manchester United are hitting rock bottom. Last season, they finished eighth under Erik ten Hag, their worst-ever Premier League finish. Ten Hag managed to keep hold of his job thanks to his FA Cup Final victory against Manchester City, only to be sacked on October 28 after accumulating 11 points from nine matches. Ruud van Nistelrooy was given the interim post with the club sitting in 14th place, before making way for Rúben Amorim.

Having ended a 19-year title drought at Sporting, expectations were high for the Portuguese manager upon his arrival, but so far, he's been unable to deliver. United have taken just 26 points from 22 matches and have a -5 goal difference, and they sit 13th in the table, just 10 points above the relegation zone. To put that in perspective, United haven't finished outside the top eight since 1989/90, when they placed 13th under Sir Alex Ferguson.

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From the playing squad, which now looks like a depression quilt of players signed by different managers, each in various states of being broken by this club that seems to ruin players, to the ground which is in dire need of repair. This wouldn’t look so bad if the funds were there for a rebuild of the squad to go with the new manager, but from an Financial Fair Play point of view, the January transfer window will resemble a Russian dinner on a stormy night in the 80s, somewhere in Siberia.