Some good quotes in the Grauniad's review of the year (worst things to happen)...
Sir Big Jim Ratcliffe’s Manchester United revolution continues to cause shivers of embarrassment. Every mistake imaginable, gutting a club for no glory, just utterly naff. There might be some sympathy for someone wanting to make his boyhood club great again making such a mess of things if only Jim’s minions had afforded those laid off with anything approaching decency. Being a billionaire should not grant the privilege of treating human beings like a packet of surplus paperclips.
Rasmus Højlund has never looked a £7.2m striker, let alone a £72m one.
Jim Ratcliffe. The Manchester United co-owner has offered a masterclass in how not to run a football club. Ratcliffe’s lack of class has served as a betrayal of far too many good people at Old Trafford.
Jim Ratcliffe. How is it possible to somehow look worse than the Glazers? Ratcliffe has somehow managed it, with redundancies, mean-spirited cutbacks, inexplicable public statements and a managerial appointment that seemingly paid no attention to the makeup of the squad.