No chance because there just get bought by someone else, plenty of interest in taking on one of the worlds most profitable football clubs.
If they hadn't sold Ronaldo, they would have lost £40m last year.
Of the current squad, only Rooney has serious market value.
The Glazers haven't got any money of their own.
If BT and others manage to squeeze some money out of Sky, total income to the Prem will decline. This could be like ITV Digital x 100.
If/When Ferguson retires, I can easily see them spending (by their standards) five years in the wilderness - not challenging for the title and only scraping the top 4.
Best case, they're like Liverpool after Dalglish - drifting around as the 'best of the rest' after a decade of dominance.
Worst case, they're Leeds.