They can spin their new signings into making the rags into title contenders as much as they like. The cold hard facts are that their best player De Gea wants out, is he going to be pulling them out of the shit like last season when they won't negotiate a transfer with Madrid and prefer to let him go on a free to flog him one last time this coming season?
Then their most talented out field player Tia Maria goes awol. The silence is deafening over this situation, could you imagine what the raggy media would be like if Sergio hadn't rocked up for training on Monday morning and Pellegrini was giving answers in press conferences saying 'He was not sure where Sergio is'.
Sky sports talk sports and all the shitty papers would be in full on wank fest to satisfy their raggy subscribers. United have let talent like Di Maria, de Gea and van Persie slip away from the club and replaced them with bang average and a talented crocked German happy to have one last pay day in manchester.
Let them believe they are contenders, but when the cold light of day hits them in January when the likes of west brom are doing their annual points grab at old Trafford, the denial will soon turn to realisation that they are on the slide.
Top players don't want to join Manchester United and the talented ones they have there want to leave Manchester United.
Read that back a few times lurking rags or please copy and paste it on rag cafe. You may have an epiphany moment.