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“When a championship team, top selling music group or hit TV show ends its run, it usually isn’t pretty. The Chicago Bulls fell apart when Jordan left. John married Yoko, became a tree-hugger and the band split up. Suzanne Sommers doesn’t even speak to John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt anymore.

It looks as if Man United will soon join this list of great things that crashed in a fiery ball of sniping, back-biting, finger-pointing, name-calling and all around nastiness.

It started last season as Sir Alex seemed to go from managerial genius to borderline nutjob. His pronouncements, media bullying and attempted “”mind games”" were about as effective as a Spurs contract offer to Rivaldo. They paid a ton for Juan Sebastian Veron and he plays like garbage. Then the team comes up goose eggs in the trophy department. They then start this season with an embarrasing loss to a team no one has ever heard of in a Champions League qualifier. Now their captain, Roy Keane - who already embarrassed himself during the summer with his World Cup tantrum - looks set to be disciplined by the FA for remarks made in his ghost-written “”autobiography.”"

This is how it goes when a dynasty crumbles. It’s ugly.”