Regardless of nationality, ive seen us follow the pattern of the arsenal and liverpool sides of about 2005-2017.
Bloated with mediocre/poor mercenaries who dont identify with the club and lack either the skill to improve or the desire to perform.
We always had tenacity and work-rate under Ferguson. And the players that didn't have that had star quality (berbatov springs to mind). The problem with many of our recent big buys is they arrive here thinking they are the bollocks and then stop performing. Sanchez, di maria, mikhtaryan, falcao, fred, matic all look/looked like dross out there. There must be a reason behind that sharp decline and i think it must be mentality.
Then Theres also been a problem with the development of younger players - shaw took a while, januzaj, rafael, depay, amongst others, all discarded.
And then theres the players we shouldnt have signed - rojo, darmian, schneiderlin etc.
So i am on board with this policy - players who have potential, desire, want to improve. Its a long term project. No good signing any more players who only have a couple of seasons left in them