Things can change so quickly in football

I can only describe the feeling in the pit of my stomach as being similar to when a pet dies. I was sad and could not hide this disappointment.

The following day, I was publishing our official statement confirming Ronny was, in fact, coming home to United and, not only would my son get to see him play when attending a game at Old Trafford for the first time, he also then saw him score a hat-trick in his second outing to the Theatre of Dreams.

My point here is: a day can be a long time in football.

I'm not quite sure why it came to mind but I worked out the other day that the start of next season means I will have watched more football post-Millennium than in the last century, which I am…