United 9-4 not to win a trophy for three years

MANCHESTER UNITED have a fantastic opportunity to get their first win of the season when they head to Burnley on Saturday but several bookmakers reckon the damage is already done and offer 1-8 that Louis van Gaal’s side finish the campaign without a trophy. 

By comparison, at this stage last year the Red Devils were 23-20 to end the season with no silverware in the bag – even in late January David Moyes’s side were rated more likely to pick up a trophy than Van Gaal’s side are currently.

So if they aren’t going to win anything this term, when will they next get something other than pre-season tin pots to put in the illustrious Old Trafford cabinet?

Bet365 are betting on when United’s next major trophy arrives and offer 7-2 about this season, 2-1 about next and 7-2 about it coming in the 2015-16 campaign.

It’s just 9-4 that the Red Devils enter what is by their standards a serious drought, by failing to win a trophy during that period.

Several bookmakers have a raft of specials on how Angel Di Maria fares in a United shirt and Ladbrokes offer 5-2 he gets an assist against Burnley. 

Punters who think his first game will be uneventful can back him to get neither a goal nor an assist at 8-13. It’s 16-1 that he makes more assists than anyone in the Premier League and 7-2 that he is United’s player of the season.

Coral offer 5-2 that the wiry Argentinian is named Premier League player of month at any stage this term. 

He is expected to scored roughly eight times – bet365 pitch their league goals line at 7.5 while Betfred have theirs at 8.5.

Former Catania manager Rolando Maran is the 11-10 favourite (Paddy Power) to be named the new Leeds boss. 

Steve Clarke and ex-Brighton coach Oscar Garcia, who has resigned from his role at Maccabi Tel Aviv, are joint-next in the betting at 5-1 with Hills. 

Then comes Neil Redfearn (12-1), Benito Carbone (12-1) and Gary Megson (14-1).

Former boss Dave Hockaday was sacked on Thursday after only six games in charge.