Paul Rouse: Man United’s onfield decline irrelevant when placed beside Greenwood allegations

Allowing for the right of innocence until proven guilty, this week has brought shame and much else.

Manchester United's Mason Greenwood has been suspended by the club

This evening Manchester United play Middlesborough in the FA Cup. It is the club’s last realistic chance of winning a trophy this season. It is true that they have reached the knock-out stages of the Champions League, but it is exceptionally difficult to make a sustainable argument as to how United might win that competition.

The club built to greatness by Busby and then remade by Ferguson lives on, but it is unable to compete with the best teams in England or Europe.