Three ways to back your team: Man Utd

Jose planning for the future

Jose Mourinho is taking his Manchester United side in a new direction. Getting rid of the likes of Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic proves he wants fresh blood in his team. Younger, hungrier, more ambitious players who can lead the side to glory for years to come.

The Special One may be playing the long game, but he wants instant success in the coming year, with an improvement on last season’s efforts the least expected of his crop. Manchester United have a big campaign ahead, let’s check up on how Coral’s odds compilers see it working out.

Instant impact needed from the new faces

The Red Devils are back in the Champions League. Jose may have missed out on the top-four Premier League finish he would’ve mapped out 12 months ago, but they managed to sneak in through the back door, winning the Europa League to be gifted entry into the continent’s premier competition.

That is exactly where Mourinho believes he belongs as a manager, on the main stage, that’s where fans want to be playing their football, and that’s where the club’s money men need to be to help balance the books as transfer fees and wages spiral out of control. Everton striker Romelu Lukaku is a £75m target, with the free-scoring Belgian expected to arrive any day now. An expensive buy, but he won’t be the last big name coming to Old Trafford this summer. Can he help guide Man Utd to the Premier League title? Of course. Will he help guide them to the prize? Our traders want to keep United onside, and price them up as 3/1 second favourites for league glory, behind Man City.