It’s been a disappointing window. Thought we’d bring in one more signing at least, and move on Darmian, Rojo and the like.
Herrera was not replaced, which is of grave concern.
I do hope we are saving our pennies for a big money move for Sancho.
Other than the knee jerk reactions of “Woodward is incompetent” and “Glazers won’t spend”, I think there is something far more fundamental at play.
While a net worth of £3.9b for the Glazers seems like a lot, when you dig into it, it’s not enough. When Malcom Glazer died, he presumably split his fortune among his children (6) and wife. Not sure if his wife is still alive, but, basically, the empire has been split at least 6 ways. That’s a lot of outside pressure to maximize profits from Man Utd and not necessarily investing in the squad.
When you look at other PL club owners, most of them have higher net worth. In order to stay in the top 4 and challenge for the title and book a place in the CL every year, net spend is going to hit £200 - 250m per year. I don’t think that amount can be spent because we are clearly funding transfers through profits with little, if any, transfer fees being paid through capital injections.
We probably will be sold at some point in the next 5 years.