Today marks the 20th anniversary of the acquisition of Glazer van Manchester United.
It is unlikely that something will be official to mark the opportunity or a reason for celebration in Old Trafford.
Two decades later and the Buyout lever in May 2005 remains just as toxic as always among United fans who continue to protest against the American owners and the £ 1 billion debts they have accumulated at the club.
In the past 20 years there have been times when United fans thought they had hit the bottom, but the irony is that it was only when the glazers handed the club to Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos every day that it really felt like the wheels were coming.
Hearing Ratcliffe admits in March that United could have been bankrupt at Christmas indeed.
In the midst of a wild cost -saving drive that claims 450 jobs by the time it is ready, it is morally sunk into a low point.
On the field, United has put such depths in the Premier League that the largest club in English could now possibly finish one place above the relegation zone after Sunday's 2-0 defeat at home near West Ham.
So who could blame Ruben Amorim when he stood opposite the media afterwards because he admitted that he might hand over the reins to someone else if the situation does not show any signs of improvement?
Amorim knew the danger to leave a completely good job at Sporting Lisbon and to reach United in the middle of the season. He would have preferred to wait until the summer, but the message from Old Trafford at the end of October was now or never.
Amorim knew the risk that he would impose his style-in particular wingbacks on either side of a defensive back-three on a group of players who did not belong to him. Was it a sensible movement? In retrospect, probably not.
He has been brutally honest about the team he inherited from Erik ten Hag, but last week doubled an earlier claim that United might be the worst Premier League side in the history of the club.
But Amorim knows that he cannot push his honest part of the debt for that either. United was 14th when Ten Hag was fired and 13th after caregiver Ruud van Nistorelrooy was in charge of his last game.
Amorim has only won six of his 25 Premier League matches, half of those victories that come against the three degraded clubs Leicester, Southampton and Ipswich. It is unforgettable considering the team he has at his disposal and the costs to put it together.
The only thing that turns a complete crisis at Old Trafford is an unbeaten run to the Europa League final against Tottenham a week on Wednesday that can still be rewarded next season with Champions League football and £ 100 million to help with summer interrogation.
Yet that looked like the last that Amorim's thoughts were when he spoke after the defeat of West Ham. In two separate interviews – with the written press and competition of the day – he increased the prospect to leave.
He said he was 'ashamed' to see United in 16th place. He said he didn't know if winning the Europa League was a good thing because the prospect to combine Premier League and Champions League football next season, felt as far away as the moon.
On Sunday he looked like a man who doesn't know what way to be at the moment. Teat at the best times on the touchline, Amorim ran between his technical area and the Dugout shaking his head.
When Rasmus Hojlund went down with a injured left shoulder in the first half, the man who had a big plaster over his knuckles when United Athletic Bilbao defeated in the semi-final of the Europa League on Thursday evening on his fingers while watching the TV monitor.
Manchester United does this on the best of them. David Moyes and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer were definitely grayer by the time they left. Who can forget Louis van Gaal who winds to the floor during a match against Arsenal or Jose Mourinho's 'History' Rant?
Amorim is just the newest poor soul that is swallowed by the soap that is united. Will he also be spit out? Time will learn it, but let's not underestimate the decision that United Face is supported to support Amorim on the transfer market this summer.
One of the reasons why Ashworth was so ruthless by Ratcliffe as a sports director was his influence on keeping ten hag and spending £ 200 million on players for the Dutchman, as well as his opposition against naming Amorim.
As it looks now, there is nothing to say that United will not stay with the Portuguese and he will not decide to start as head coach next season.
The victory over Tottenham in Bilbao was able to offer a silver lining for the season, just like beating Manchester City in the FA Cup -Final Ten Hag gave a new life of life, no matter how temporary.
It made an eighth placed finish, the worst of United in the Premier League era so far. When Moyes was fired with United in the seventh, it felt like the world ended.
The defeat on Sunday against West Ham left Amorim's side in the 16th. With their last games against Chelsea and Aston Villa – two clubs that champions League – football chasing – the prospect of ending in the 17th is very real.
Twenty years after the takeover of the glazer, it feels like United's problems are worse than ever.