MANCHESTER UNITED GREATEST PROBLEM
Defending Premier League champions Manchester United may be just three points off the top of the table and through to the fourth round of the FA Cup, but things are not exactly going swimmingly at the moment. The Red Devils have had a tumultuous campaign by their own standards, and it has come at just the wrong time with both title rivals— Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur —on an upward trajectory. There is still a long way to go this season, and as such there is plenty of time for one or more of them to conspire against them. Here are a dozen problems that are currently threatening to affect United. Alex Ferguson's Impending Retirement Sir Alex Ferguson has been in charge of the club for 25 years now. His extraordinary tenure was recently marked by having a stand at Old Trafford named after him. He recently stated that he thinks he has three more years in him , as long as his health holds up. The last time Ferguson put a date on his retirement back,...