Sir Alex Ferguson’s legacy at Manchester United will live long in the football history books and it will take someone truly remarkable to overtake him as the Premier League’s greatest manager.
United haven’t had so much joy since his retirement, though, with four sackings in just the nine seasons since his departure.
We’ve had a look back at each of those campaigns since the Scot departed and ranked them from worst to best.
9. 2013-14 (7th)
It was never going to be an easy task to take over from Fergie at Old Trafford, but this was a bit of a disaster.
David Moyes was the man trusted with the job and, apart from winning the Community Shield, early signs weren’t too promising, with United making their worst start to a campaign since 1989.
Amid the results was a farcical summer window where they failed to land almost every target they had. Aside from Marouane Fellaini, of course.
Moyes’ nightmare didn’t even last a full season as United passed the task onto Ryan Giggs, who took charge until the end of a long, hard season which brought the club’s lowest finish since 1990.
8. 2021-22 (6th)
Statistically, this season was actually worse than 2013-14 as United picked up just 58 points from 38 Premier League games.
The fact that United were being tipped as title contenders at the start of the 2021-22 campaign makes their underperformance even more striking.
Alongside their poor performances in the league, they also lost to Middlesborough in the FA Cup and were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid to make it five seasons without a trophy.
But Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Old Trafford did at least give United fans something to cheer about. He was their best performer and produced some excellent moments, including late winners against Villarreal and Atalanta and hat-tricks against Tottenham and Norwich City.
7. 2018-19 (6th)
Well, how on Earth do you sum this one up?
Mourinho suffered from his infamous third season syndrome and was…
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