Every club has its share of transfer misfortunes. The Mancs also lost transfers under Ferguson. But often those loses occurred because they were competing for players who were coveted by top clubs in Europe. But given their financial clout, they more than often were able to outbid other clubs and get their targets.
The only time they appeared to dither was when Ferguson and Gill left. Moyes had no clue on how to run a big club and Woodward was learning his ropes. Now with Woodward gaining experience, they are getting their targets at a higher rate. Even if they don't get their first target, they appear to quickly move to the second. Greasing the pockets of Raiola and Mendes also helps their case.
The problem with us is not the lack of spending. We seem to find new ways to fuck up the transfer windows due to self-imposed rules either by the manager or the committee. It was criminal not to buy reinforcements in January which would have guaranteed us third if the signings were good.
We just seem to plan for a future which will never come. No value in January market so let us move to summer. Now in summer, we have found a fairly innovative way to screw up the VVD transfer. Either complete the transfer or move on to our second targets. Yes, maybe there are not many available central defenders around who are better than Lovren and VVD is the only one that fits the profile. If we cannot wrap up VVD then can't we at least find a defender who is better than Klavan.
Klavan is going to play a reasonable number of games next season which is not ideal. Maybe we can help our next season's campaign for top 4 by demoting him to the fourth choice?
The only time they appeared to dither was when Ferguson and Gill left. Moyes had no clue on how to run a big club and Woodward was learning his ropes. Now with Woodward gaining experience, they are getting their targets at a higher rate. Even if they don't get their first target, they appear to quickly move to the second. Greasing the pockets of Raiola and Mendes also helps their case.
The problem with us is not the lack of spending. We seem to find new ways to fuck up the transfer windows due to self-imposed rules either by the manager or the committee. It was criminal not to buy reinforcements in January which would have guaranteed us third if the signings were good.
We just seem to plan for a future which will never come. No value in January market so let us move to summer. Now in summer, we have found a fairly innovative way to screw up the VVD transfer. Either complete the transfer or move on to our second targets. Yes, maybe there are not many available central defenders around who are better than Lovren and VVD is the only one that fits the profile. If we cannot wrap up VVD then can't we at least find a defender who is better than Klavan.
Klavan is going to play a reasonable number of games next season which is not ideal. Maybe we can help our next season's campaign for top 4 by demoting him to the fourth choice?
