When you list all the players OM sold this last couple of years without significant replacement (with exception of the lucky landing of Lass) despite the money they made, it is easy to understand that they are struggling this year.
(Payet, A Ayew, Imbulla, Michy, Mandanda, N'Koulou, Mendy, Lemina...)
If you add to that a coach that is very unexperienced and is forced to make use of the youth academy which has never been a strength of the club, this season will be quite long and painful.
Let see what are the new investor plan, but I doubt the team will finish anywhere close to European spot this year.
It is also my plan to do ML with them and try to bring them back to glorious days. The amount of money they have at the start of a ML is quite important (25MEuros) compared to their recent spending. The venue of Frank McCourt, with hopefully some fresh cash fueled in the club, makes it a bit more realistic. I am still wandering if I will wait the January transfer window before starting strengthening the team for realism sake.