source. ‘There were loads of reports’ sums this thread up. This place have a habit of dismissing reports when they don’t say what they like then using them to back assumptions. The reason the question is a good one is because people struggle to answer it directly.
He’s had 3 windows. If he made it a priority he could have sold Sancho. Again, Sancho is not out of the squad now for anything more than his reaction on Social Media. You can speculate all you like about matters beyond this but that’s just it. . . speculation.
So he was told he had to use him but after a public fall out that he initiated he is allowed to banish him to the u18s? Ok.
Again, this was EtHs attempt to light a fire under Sancho & for whatever reason it didn’t work. We now find ourselves without the leadership to bang their heads together.
From the very beginning of this I have remained consistent that both parties could/should have done things differently. Simply backing EtH because ‘he’s the manager’ is just a take I can’t get behind. If he had the clout of a Klopp or Pep then fine but calling people out for their performances in public then going on to lose 13 games by Christmas doesn’t sit right.
For what it’s worth I reckon neither will be at United next season.
This for example, from Chris wheeler, who's actually been relatively reliable when it comes to united news.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...nthony-Martial-13-Man-United-stars-leave.html
It was going round at the time he was on the list of people to sell to raise money. He could only leave so he would not cause a loss for FFP, so a decent fee was needed and no one was interested.
I don't know what you're really asking for when it comes to "making a priority". He's made it an absolute priority now, but what exactly else could he have done in the summer for example, to make it a priority?
Ok that's a fair point, I imagine he wasn't "told to use him", but he was told no one would pay what we need to sell him for so he won't be going anywhere.
I don't really know what leadership is meant to do here as no one is interested in paying any sort of fee we need for him. You can only undermine your manager by telling him who he has to play, or take the financial hit.
I don't particularly care about who the manager is in this scenario, I'm mainly looking at the performances of someone we paid £70m+ and is one of our top earners. He was crap when he first got here, we gave him the benefit of the doubt due to adapting to the league and hasn't improved a jot since he's been here. I'm not particularly backing the manager, I just don't believe for Sancho's side at all as he has 0 creditability here.
Probably true, but if they both aren't, it won't be down to the other.
It will be of their own doing in both cases.