Manchester United assistant coach Steve McClaren believes the club will succeed under INEOS. He was attending the world premiere of ‘99’ – a documentary about the club’s Treble-winning campaign in 1998/99 – and everyone hopes that can inspire the current crop of players to drive out of their current slump.
McClaren was Sir Alex Ferguson’s assistant manager in 1999 when the team won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup. That was 25-years ago and a lot has changed since then, but McClaren is back as part of the coaching staff under Erik ten Hag.
The present team are positioned eighth in the Premier League and have not won the Premier League since 2013. Our last Champions League triumph came in 2018 and the FA Cup in 2016.
“Arsenal are back after being down and Man United will do the same,” McClaren told BBC Sport reporter Simon Stone. “We have had many storms. I see tremendous plusses from INEOS coming in and what they are trying to do.
“It is identifying the standards and getting back to them. At certain times since I have come back over the last two years, we have had those standards. We have also had standards that have not been Manchester United.
“Speaking to Sir Jim Ratcliffe, speaking to Sir Dave Brailsford, they are getting the best people in. They want this to succeed. They have done that in their other sports and businesses. I am positive they will do it again with Manchester United.”
United will hope to end the season by winning the FA Cup, but beating Man City in the final will be a mammoth task.
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