Gary Neville believes that Manchester United winning the FA Cup at the end of a shambolic season could kickstart their rise back to the top.
After Monday’s 4-0 defeat at Crystal Palace, the absentee-hit Red Devils are currently in eighth place and need to win three more games to avoid having their lowest finish and point total since the Premier League’s inception.
The FA Cup final between United and neighboring Manchester City is more significant now that United’s disappointing results and performances have put more pressure on manager Erik ten Hag, who is already under fire.
Whatever happens at Wembley, there will be significant changes as Ineos aims to return the Old Trafford club back to the top.
According to The Independent, former captain Neville thinks that the match on May 25 may serve as a spark for better things to come.
“As sure as the sun will rise, Manchester United will start to win again,” he told the PA news agency. “It’s a fact.
“When that is, I don’t know. It can be no guarantee, but I know that these things go in cycles.
“I lived my whole childhood watching Liverpool, Everton and Arsenal win trophies, win the old Division One, and was patient.
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“I had to wait until I was 18, 19 when Manchester United first won a league title in my life – and then we won a load of league titles, and now we’ve not won one for 10 years.
“Look, I hope in three, four weeks that this FA Cup final against Manchester City, which is such a tough game, we know how good City are, but if they can just defy the odds who knows where that might lead to.”
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