The Fall from Grace of Manchester United

The Fall from Grace of Manchester United

New manager, new players, but the same result. Manchester United sit languishing seventh on the table. United are having a ghastly season, one shaping up to be their worst since the 1980s. 

But it is just a blip. Manchester United are too big a club to suffer a fall in Grace and drift into mediocrity. Manchester United may have a bad season, even two or three, as they rebuild after Ferguson. 

There were times in the past when they were relegated three times and failed to win a major honor for 37 years, or the post-Busby era, when they again succumbed to relegation.

There were times in the history when the traditionally big clubs became small due to drift in form. But when it comes to Manchester United their financial strength wouldn't allow them to drift to that zones. Preston North End, Aston Villa, Sunderland and Wolverhampton Wanderers the fortunes of these clubs subsequently ebbed and flowed but, apart from Villa’s glorious but brief European Cup-winning period, none recovered that status.

But, now a days the big clubs remain big. They may have rough patches but they regain their status quickly. When you look at top three football clubs in revenue generation, You'd always have Manchester United present in them. 

Over the last decade, Manchester United have used their on field success as the country's most successful team to generate the largest commercial deals like the 45M Pound jersey sponsorship deal with Chevy or the 20M Pound training kit deal with AON. All these deals put Manchester United in a position of absolute strength for at least the next decade.