The distress at United has been a routine over the last few years with the club unable to hold on to the weight of the history the name bears.
Players arrive every season with the fans behind them hoping for a turnaround in fortune but the results have not improved.
The arrivals Mbeumo, Cunha, Sesko have not been able to produce a remarkable impact either with only Mbeumo promising potential.
Further the poor treatment of academy players, especially Kobbie Mainoo, inspite of disappointing returns from the first team has added to the frustration of the fans.
Kobbie Mainoo, the academy prodigy turned starboy has found himself struggling with not enough game time and uncertain future.
Ruben Amorim has not backed the youngster in an already underperforming squad with the midfielder getting only 171 minutes in the league, everything coming off the bench.
The strange exclusion of Mainoo definitely instigates anger among the fans as he had been one of the positives from a dull reign under Erik Ten hag.
He was chosen to start 24 games under Ten Hag in the 23/24 season and another 25 games in the 24/25 season when the Dutchman was sacked midway in the season.
Since the arrival of Ruben Amorim, things had been shaky from the start and Mainoo was slowly excluded deeming as a misfit to the manager’s system
Ruben Amorim’s side have not shown any sort of improvement despite not utilising Mainoo’s service, stalling at 8th in the table below teams like Crystal Palace, Sunderland and Brighton.
But the manager has the backing from the owners who are willing to invest for his system by offloading a list of players who could free up the wage bill as well as bring in good money.
Kobbie Mainoo is already a candidate for sale from reports during the summer transfer window and might join a long list of promising players unable to flourish at United
A history of released players from United have gone onto provide innumerable contributions to their respective teams.
The most recent being Scott McTominay , who was chosen as the Player of the Season in the 24/25 Serie A helping Napoli win the league.
Interestingly he was an academy graduate of the club as well which might be a great blueprint for Mainoo to take note of.
A recent video of his training has caught the attention of fans nodding a cryptic message regarding his future at the club
Kobbie Mainoo’s personal trainer Jonas T D on his Instagram page @eatsleeptrain had invoked his support for the youngster in a video of him training with a captioned audio running along in the back ground. The lines as follows :
“I think you should fail friend. I think you should try new things. Find your passions. Fail a lot, grow, be happy, learn and experience everything that life has to offer because the life you want and those dreams are on the other side. So go fail friend and try again.”
The lines “the life you want and those dreams are on the other side” suggests that the trainer wants Kobbie to move on from United and follow the path of success just as the history says.
With the winter transfer window nearing, Mainoo’s situation at United is expected to find a conclusion where a sale is on the cards too.
