Few football clubs stir passion like Manchester United F.C. Generations of fans have followed them through highs and lows. From Old Trafford chants to dramatic finals, the club’s story is packed with moments. But the real heart of the club? That’s the ...

United’s past is always at the wheel. As a club, they exist in a ‘retrotopia’, which sociologist Zygmunt Bauman defined as a tendency among people who are insecure and dissatisfied with the modern world to look for a solution to their problems in the days of yore. They are prisoners of the past.