At first, it felt like something was finally changing. After the big “Rebuild & Unite” press conference, people had started to believe again especially with the improvements for the women’s team already happening. There was hope in the air. It wasn’t huge, but it was real.

But that hope didn’t last long.

Reality came crashing back, hard and cold. The truth was simple, Manchester United City was broke. The club had lost millions in sponsorship deals after the match-fixing scandal, ...