Man Utd chief claims club can win Premier League in three years as plan revealed
Manchester United endured a woeful season under Ruben Amorim but there is still belief behind the scenes that the former Sporting Lisbon head coach can restore the club to their former glory
Manchester United CEO Omar Berrada claims the Red Devils can win the Premier League by 2028, having given his backing to Ruben Amorim. United have endured a rotten few years recently, which culminated in their worst-ever Premier League season last term.
They slumped to 15th under Amorim after losing 18 of their league games. United also failed to earn a spot back in the Champions League having lost out to Premier League rivals Tottenham in the Europa League final.
Despite their dismal campaign still being fresh in the mind, Berrada is still convinced that United can challenge for the Premier League crown over the coming seasons. Asked if the club are capable of winning the title, he replied: 'Of course.
'We've just finished 15th and it seems like an impossible task. But why not aim for it? Why not do everything in our power?
'I firmly believe that we can do it. We have two or three summer windows to build a team to start competing to win the Premier League and if we can achieve it before then, we'll all be happy — and so nobody's saying that we don't want to win it until then.'
The closest United have come to winning the league since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson came in 2018 and 2021 as they finished second to local rivals Manchester City under Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer respectively. And Berrada still has faith that Amorim could be the man to end that long wait despite claims last season that he could have been jettisoned.
'We saw it as an investment for the following seasons, because we were going to give time to Ruben to get to know the squad, the club, the Premier League,' Berrada added.
'So by the time that we got to now, we'll have had all the discussions about what does the squad need, the two-to-three-year plan to get to a squad that's capable of winning the Premier League.
'We have a very clear roadmap of how we're going to get there. Had Ruben started on July 1, 2025, we wouldn't have been able to have all that knowledge, right? And that's what I feel these seven or eight months that he's had. He's suffered in the Premier League, and the team has suffered. That's why I feel that it's really going to help us in the future.'
United have already been busy in the transfer market as they attempt to recover from their woeful campaign. The Red Devils activated a £62.5m release clause in Matheus Cunha's Wolves deal to sign him.
They also remain keen on a deal for Brentford star Bryan Mbeumo but are facing competition from Spurs. United also want a new striker this summer with Viktor Gyokeres a long-term target.
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