Rumours that Fernandes has been offered a £200m contract in Saudi Arabia.
If he takes that it’s genuinely possible they get relegated next season.
Sunderland, Burnley and Leeds will be much closer to the pack than Southampton, Ipswich and Leicester were, and if Amorim doesn’t start the season well they’ll spiral downwards again.
They weren’t quite as bad as their finishing position made out, but United still have enough cache among players that opposition teams will pile on if they think there’s a chance, we’ve seen that over the last 5 years plenty.