"Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again. This time more intelligently." Manchester United have failed time and time again, on and off the pitch, since the much-maligned Glazer family assumed control.
It was only a history-making manager that papered over the cracks and allowed United to carry on succeeding beyond the 2005 takeover.
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They have been since before the Glazer family announced a "strategic review" of their ownership in November last year. Cynics would argue there has been nothing - or very little - strategic going on at United in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson years, aside from one or two trophies drip-feeding their way into a usually flooded cabinet.