Premiership: 'We won't slump when Fergie leave' says Kenyon

The slump suffered by Manchester United when Sir Matt Busby retired has become almost as legendary as the man himself, but senior figures at the club do not fear the same effect when their current knight of the red realm releases the managerial reins.

The slump suffered by Manchester United when Matt Busby retired has become almost as legendary as the man himself, but senior figures at the club do not fear the same effect when their current knight of the red realm releases the managerial reins.

Busby’s era was followed by one of the worst periods in United’s history when they were relegated from English football’s top flight in 1974, just six years after winning the European Cup.