I can't remember what we were all expecting at the time, but I recall thinking I hope he works out on the right, otherwise him and Pogba would be operating in the same space, in each other's way. Turned out we had 4 players who all wanted to operate from the left, in Martial, Rashford, Sanchez, and slightly deeper, Pogba.
I'm not sure who decided to buy him - i.e. Woody or Jose. Even though almost all of us were buzzing, I think most knew that a 4 and a half year contract on that ludicrous salary was a huge mistake.
It wasn't mainly down to tactics. It was down to his attitude, the fact he waltzed in on 2-3 times what everyone else was earning, and looked physically past it. It could only go downhill from there.
Buying him was Ed's worst piece of business, by a landslide, and getting rid and taking that loss, was Ed's best piece of business.