Manchester United are making their most important change since hiring Sir Alex Ferguson

Manchester United had not won a league title for 19 years when Sir Alex Ferguson was appointed. Ferguson arrived from Aberdeen with no previous experience in English football as a player or manager but, after surviving a disappointing start in Manchester, he ended the wait for top-flight success when leading United to win the inaugural Premier League season of 1992/93.

An unprecedented era of dominance followed and Ferguson retired having won 13 league titles, which is why he is considered as the greatest manager of all time by many.

The Premier League trophy has not been seen at Old Trafford since Ferguson departed and just four trophies (The FA Cup, League Cup twice and Europa League) have been won in a decade.

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United have spent over £1billion, they have appointed five different permanent managers, including Erik ten Hag, and what was a bad season for Ferguson - finishing second or third and winning a domestic cup competition - has been a successful campaign for his successors.

The standards have dropped and anger with the Glazers has intensified. The structure of the club has set it up to fail and change was required to restore United to former glories.

Throughout the strategic review, sources indicated Sir Jim Ratcliffe would make radical changes if he was successful in acquiring a minority stake and the British billionaire has made good on those suggestions since his breakthrough to purchase a 25 per cent stake was announced.

Crucially, Ratcliffe has gained control of football operations as part of his investment and an increasingly likely appointment of Dan Ashworth from Newcastle would be another