Avram Glazer wore the smile of someone who either hadn't seen Manchester United's latest financial results or simply didn't care enough even to pretend he was concerned.

The 64-year-old was doorstepped by Sky Sports News in Miami as he strode purposefully towards a meeting with US President Donald Trump. He did his best to ignore questions on United, but the grin on his face suggested he wasn't feeling any sense of worry or angst about what is going on back in Manchester.

After trying to fob reporter Mark Stone off with the idea that this wasn't the right time to talk about it due to his impending tete-a-tete with the president, Stone asked if he was planning to sell the club. "No," came the dismissive reply, said with a sneer that suggested nothing could be further from the minds of the Glazer family. It sounded like the question had come as a surprise, which shows just how deeply heads are buried in the sand.

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That this happened on the day that interest payments under the Glazers reached a total of £1bn seemed to be lost on this family member. As Sir Jim Ratcliffe carries out the Glazers' dirty work back in Manchester, they remain insulated from the crisis engulfing the club they have brought to its knees.

On the day that Ratcliffe marks the one-year anniversary of his investment in United, this was a reminder of who is really to blame for the football club's current position. There is plenty of flak flying the way of Ineos at the moment, and they have had a difficult 12 months since Ratcliffe's deal essentially gave him control of the club.

But the 72-year-old did inherit a mess. He is now carrying out cuts and spending reviews that the Glazers could never have achieved without major protests. The goodwill afforded to Ratcliffe is beginning to run out, but if the Glazers had tried to make staff redundant or hike ticket prices, there would have been no breathing space afforded to them.

Although they have become even more absentee owners in the last year, they are still the majority owners of this club, and that is part of the problem. How long can this union between Ratcliffe and the Glazers, specifically Avram and Joel, last? Ratcliffe is on the ground, making all the decisions and taking all the stick, but if his plans ever bear fruit, it is the Glazers who will benefit most of all.

Then again, can this club ever be successful again while it is haemorrhaging the kind of money it has done over the last twenty years? The debt burden the Glazers placed on this club continues to weigh it down, and it has now reached a point of crisis. The accounts are a disaster, and with football suffering more than ever, the road back to the top is long and painful.

Do the Glazers care? It certainly didn't look like it last night as Avram prepared to gladhand Trump. This summer marks 20 years since the Glazers' first visit to Old Trafford, one which ended in violence and with them being smuggled out of the stadium. If they ever came back, the response would be the same, but two decades on, they continue to cling on to their cash cow. Success is neither here nor there for them, and it never has been.