Omar Berrada has made the ambitious claim that Manchester United will be champions again by 2028 but a Treble-winning Red Devils icon has blasted the 'dreamlike' comments
14:40, 19 Jun 2025
Teddy Sheringham has mocked Manchester United's plan to win the Premier League title by 2028.
Despite United's shambolic season, chief executive Omar Berrada has made the ambitious claim his club will be champions again in three years. United launched 'Project 150', which is aimed at the club winning a 21st league title by the year it celebrates its 150th anniversary.
But Treble-winning hero Sheringham has labelled the plan 'pie in the sky - and accused Berrada of living in dreamland. And he reckons manager Ruben Amorim could be sacked within months if United make a poor start to the next campaign.
The former United favourite told Sky Bet: "Omar Berrada’s comments are dreamlike. In football clubs, you’ve got to have small steps to get to places.
"If you see those small steps and are encouraged and moving in the right direction, that’s when you start looking positively at the future.
Manchester United hero Teddy Sheringham has spoken out about the current state of affairs at the club
Manchester United hero Teddy Sheringham has spoken out about the current state of affairs at the club(Image: Getty Images)
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"But when people come out with quotes like that, it can be pie in the sky when you’ve got to give the manager time to get things right.
"For United, the results must improve. It can’t go on like this. The way the talk is - 'it’s alright, we’re gearing for next year, everything is ok for next season'.
"But I think they’re a long way off being anything like the United of old and the pressure will be on Amorim, without a doubt.
"If he starts the season like the end of last season, there's only one way things will go."
Sheringham, meanwhile, believes every player should be up for sale this summer, apart from captain Bruno Fernandes.
He added: "Any player that's underachieving at United would be surplus to requirements.
"And there’s not a lot of players at United who are playing at the top of their form, other than Fernandes.
"So I would think that any offers that come in for anyone playing for United would be very welcome, to be able to get players out and to get others in.
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"Sometimes players fall off a cliff, but I can’t see him (Fernandes) doing that, he's still got the appetite to go out and do better and lead by example."