As United fans we don’t get that many good news with all the drama around Glazers, problematic players and transfer sagas. So I just allow myself to be happy about him joining and I hope he will smash it.
I’m really glad to see we got him over the line before preseason. Hope we get a GK and Striker in ASAP too.
We struggled immensely at the beginning last year because we made our transfers very, very late into the window. Including when the season had officially kicked off.
I’m not a United fan so correct me if I’m wrong but hasn’t that been a theme for ages for you? When was the last time you made your signings early in the window? Mourinho’s first summer with Zlatan et al maybe?
It’s one of the reasons why United supporters say we’re not a very well run club. Our transfer nous has been subpar since Fergie and David Gill retired
Do you know if you’ve finally employed a Data Analysis service of some kind or are you still lagging behind in that department?
I remember back when United signed Wan-Bissaka Woodward was bragging about how he was chosen from a shortlist of 804 options and StatsBomb Podcast I believe it was were amazed that he didn’t realize that it wasn’t actually a thing to brag about but actually indicated an incredibly wasteful and inefficient scouting setup.
Honestly I’m not sure, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re still behind the times. Rangnick often pointed out how inefficient the club was. LvG and Mourinho have also said similar things.
Last year we sacked senior members of our scouting staff just before the summer window opened, the ineptitude runs deep at our club 😅
