- Manchester United must take"smart" decisions when signing new players during the close season and nurture their youth players so they can compete in the Premier League next season, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said.
The 20-times league winners dropped down to sixth as a result and cannot finish higher than fifth on the final day. Solskjaer said player injuries in the final weeks of the season cost United a top four spot. "This club is huge and the media and everyone's criticising us as soon as they've got a chance. We got a few injuries and it's been ups and downs for the last two months, but that's football.
Defender Luke Shaw was named the club's player of the year but the English left back said he would trade the award for a successful season with the team.