Overall, I think the Thomson family probably invested and lost a lot of serious money on running United - perhaps we will never know the real fiqures, would be interesting to know, but we can only speculate.

It's a shame the way things worked out for all concerned, but football is a rough business with little loyalty when the going gets tough.

Moving forward, I don't think the new owners will have a significant amount of money to invest in the club and they will have little experience of running a football club - but lets hope they have a plan of action to get United back on track and competing in the Premier league.