That's an interesting theory. You can't deny their refereeing favouratism back then for example.
They had a chance get back though. When Ronaldo returned, after dominating Europe with Madrid, and like you mentioned, says the facilities aren't up to scratch, they should have been on that and revamped the setup. It's much cheaper than one average signing fee.
And will still have more if their new stadium project comes to frution and there's no development hiccups.
It's just very suspect that Ferguson struggled badly for years and then all of a sudden they started dominating right from 1992 and the inaugural PL season. They got a lot of favours from referees (even though their delusional fans deny it) and some of the pressure that bully Ferguson put on officials was scandalous. They were often allowed to kick teams off the park too.
I don't think the problem is really their facilities. Ronaldo was miles past it when he went back in 2021 - said it was a mistake at the time. He had been three years removed from the three in a row with Real Madrid. Better facilities would help, but that clown Ronaldo didn't care about the club - had Rangnick been playing him every week he'd have been perfectly happy. He was just raging he'd been dropped and lashed out. Updating the jacuzzi and sorting their gym isn't gonna fix their problem of signing poor technical and physical footballers. You need the right ingredients in terms of players, then you need facilities.
Look at Rangers - got a grea training ground in Murray Park years ago but have barely brought through a decent player. Why? Because facilities mean absolutely fuck all if you don't have the right players, coaches and intelligent people to get the best from those facilities.
Let's hope their new stadium doesn't - it's a disgrace they want the tax payer to pay for it in these belt tightening moments. Plus they're just fucked anyway - the EL has screwed their money plans, they have £300m outstanding payments on transfers, they lose money for not being in the CL in terms of prize and participation money and gate recepits and other stuff from matchdays.
Their reckless spending has finally caught up with them. And even if they somehow recover, INEOS are absolutely clueless and will get the wrong players anyway. They're already spent a fortune on clowns like Ugarte, De Ligt, Zirkzee and Dorgu, and will never identify intelligent targets.
I mean they spend almost £30m on Dorgu. Anyone can tell he's fucking hopeless. Spending that sort of money on a wing or full back who personifies mediocrity? This isn't a serious club.
