Episode 33: The Devil Wears PradaESPN’s Senior Football Writer Mark Ogden joins The Michael Anthony Show to discuss the past, present and future of Manchester United, as well as the current state of international football. As a man with over twenty years experience of reporting on one of the world’s biggest clubs, the former football journalist of the year offers a fascinating insight into the factors leading to the recent slump that has accompanied post-Ferguson United in the least six years. Additionally, Ogden analyses the club’s current affairs and outlines his opinion on how and if they can attempt to retake their place at world sports top table. The man credited with breaking the story of the iconic Sir Alex Ferguson’s pending retirement in 2013, Ogden, like the majority of football people, could never have imagined the drama that would surround Old Trafford from that day on. Stability, romance, professionalism and success were words once intertwined with the Manchester club’s identity. A change in personnel came with a change in ideology and so dawned the money over trophies and likes over league points business that we see today. To hear the views of a man who witnessed first hand how the club became the antithesis of its former self makes for an intriguing listen. Follow and Listen now on iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud at The Michael Anthony Show.Links to all three in description.

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