“I really feel now this football club is moving in the right direction and that is my own personal view, that is not a biased view because I'm working here.
“I look at every department and I'm going to talk about the sporting department only because it's unfair for me to talk about any other departments, but when I think about the sporting department, we are making progress in every area.
“In every single area we are making progress, and the fans have been a huge contributor to making sure we can make the right decisions and ultimately our plan, our idea, is for us to get back winning for them.
“They are a huge part of this football club. Part of the history is one thing, but the fans, the generations that come to Old Trafford, is something special. You can't begin to explain it, it's very, very special.”