Ole and Phelan are trying to do the right things, but they need someone better than Woodward to negotiate transfers.
Maguire, and Fernandes deals should have been done by now. Pennypinching is no good at this time. Pay the money or move on to plan B.
Get rid of the players that don't want to be here,and bring in players that will play for the badge and not money.
The Bruno Fernandes situation is just baffling to me.
Apparently we scouted him extensively last season, and decided he was one of our top transfer targets, this news was leaked as far back as March, or so I understand.
So surely when the transfer window opens you put in a bid..?
If it's rejected, you immediately put in an improved bid, and get the deal done..?
Or worse case scenario, if a deal isn't going to happen, you move onto an alternative target, but surely the sooner better?
The FIFA transfer window opened on 9th June, but here we are on 9th July and we still don't even know if we've actually made a bid.
Why would you scout a player extensively but not make a move?
It makes even less sense to me when you are looking at Premier league players, because the domestic transfer window opened on May 16th, so to still be 'preparing' or 'considering' to make a bid in the middle of July, whats that all about?
It was early May that Ole made this comment, and I'm still waiting to be surprised...
"You’d be surprised how many players’ agents have been touting, not touting, but telling us their players would love to be a part of Manchester United in the future.....players still want to come to Manchester United and you would be surprised by the names that ask.”