What a catastrophe of a transfer market, it was for Manchester United? The supporters at the beginning of the transfer market on July 27th was excited about the possibility of signing 20 year old Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund. Here is a player that has the potential to be next great talent in football. The supporters were encouraged that this could be a reality since personal terms with the player had been agreed and Sancho wanted to play for the club. It has been said that, it is the hope that kills you and many supporters were killed psychologically when the transfer window closed on October 5th and Sancho remained a Borussia Dortmund player.
What went wrong? Let's review the facts. Borussia Dortmund asked for a sum of 120 million euros from Manchester United to prized Sancho from them at a deadline of August 10th. Manchester United didn't abide by either of those stipulations but it's just my theory that Ed Woodward, Matt Judge and company believed that they could bully Borussia Dortmund on the final week of the transfer window by submitting a bid lower than what they asked for and they would cave in. If you look at Borussia Dortmund's history of selling players they never yield to buying clubs. So I ask you, why this wasn't something, Ed Woodward and Matt Judge didn't research? The dynamic duo made the club look like amateurs as their gamble didn't come off. To cover up their embarrassment, they panic signed Edinson Cavani, a 33 year old striker from Paris Saint Germain, who has been plagued with injuries in the last couple years. It hasn't been all bad news because the signings of Donny van de Beek from Ajax and Alex Telles from FC Porto are quality signings who will add dept to the squad but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has not been backed by the board. A Center Back and a Right Winger was needed. The board failed the manager.
This catastrophic transfer market is just another example of the club not backing the manager year after year. It comes to a point that the supporters of this club must stop buying merchandize and when unfollow them on social media. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
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