Source:
https://www.transferleague.co.uk/ma...sh-football-teams/manchester-united-transfers
List of players in since Sir Alex retires:
2013/14:
Guillermo Varela £2,400,000
Marouane Fellaini £27,500,000
Saidy Janko £700,000
Juan Mata £37,100,000
2014/15
Vanja Milinković Undisclosed
Ander Herrera £29,000,000
Luke Shaw £27,000,000
Marcos Rojo £16,000,000
Ángel Di María £59,700,000
Daley Blind £13,800,000
Victor Valdez Free
Sadiq El Fitouri Free
2015/16
Memphis Depay £25,000,000
Matteo Darmian £12,700,000
Morgan Schneiderlin £24,000,000
Bastian Schweinsteiger £6,500,000
Sergio Romero Free
Anthony Martial £35,000,000
Regan Poole £400,000
2016/17
Eric Bailly £30,000,000
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Free
Henrikh Mkhitaryan £30,000,000
Paul Pogba £89,000,000
2017/18
Season 17/18
Victor Lindelöf £31,000,000
Romelu Lukaku £75,000,000
Nemanja Matić £40,000,000
Alexis Sánchez Swap
I'm not going to type them all out but compared to the 2 teams challenging for the league:
Liverpool- https://www.transferleague.co.uk/liverpool/english-football-teams/liverpool-transfers
City- https://www.transferleague.co.uk/manchester-city/english-football-teams/manchester-city-transfers
I'll be interested to see what Ole's signings will be, I think he will go for the cheaper, hungrier players however will Ed get in his way and insist on more Hollywood signings that are going to get him instant publicity?
I am worried heading into next season, I can see some of what Jose was getting at, yes he didn't help the situation but the players are showing similar attitudes to some of his games in charge, the mentality is poor, they seem to be up for the bigger games but are borderline surprised when the smaller clubs arent just swept aside, the shakiness as soon as we concede a goal is beginning to annoy me, we have our backs to the walls as they take advantage and come at us again and again, forcing us into errors or last ditch desperate defending/ save from De Gea. I was expecting it to happen when Barca scored but for some reason it didn't (good it shouldn't) but you'd expect them to be more intimidated and shaky after a big club score not the smaller ones I really cant explain why it keeps happening. I also think we will beat City partly because of the awful event it will help towards becoming even more inevitable but also because I feel the players will turn up for it.
I think we need to look at mentality a lot, plus fitness which obviously is something that cant be increased too much at this moment in time, I cant work out why the players dont seem to make intelligent runs or be on the same wavelength sometimes a fantastic pass will be played and they all look blankly or react too late by which time the ball is gone. Can that be coached or is it limitations of the players?
Ole can do all the prep work but he cant make the players finish the chances. I think we will regret not taking our chances vs Barca we won't see them that bad again.
I think we definitely need to give Ole a couple of transfer windows and a pre season however are we potential going to be in this same position say 2 years down the line saying why arent we in a better position for all that money spent. Unfortunately Liverpool have spent wisely lately and brought in players in positions they were weak in. It pains me to admit they were good signings. However look at some of our signings above- look good on paper so why haven't they worked out?
I fear for us if we don't get champions league next season, if it's a battle between us and a club with CL over a player who has the greater incentive? Yes we got Pogba without it but will that be an exception? We cant even guarantee we will be back in it the season after, add to the fact they are signing for a relatively "unproven" manager, yes we are Manchester United but the name alone used to help draw players because they knew they would be part of a great side challenging for multiple honours- is our reputation strong enough anymore? Add to that the fact we have shot ourselves in the foot as they will all expect Sanchez money, agents will potentially have us over a barrel with contract negotiations and new signings. They will want what he is on or close to.
I completely agreed with what Ole said after the Westham game, I'm glad he didn't try and sugar coat it and say the Moyes type comments of we were unlucky/ I thought we played well etc, however are the players going to like that? Tough if they dont they should play better however player power is too big nowadays look at Chelsea for another example. Social media and money dont help either. These players should try for Ole and want to improve with him, they were all quick enough to call for his appointment when everything was rosy, let's see what they do when the going is tougher. I think the PSG was a massive high however why not use that to add momentum for the other games? There will be no more magical CL comebacks next season if we dont get top 4. Also I don't think you can blame the poor form on appointing Ole officially before the end of the season as it started before he was officially announced.
We also lack a leader, no one tries to stand up and be counted and try and rally the other players, imagine Keane allowing these sorts of performances around him. I would like to know what the players were saying in that huddle after Pogba's 2nd penalty, maybe he was trying to show leadership knowing Ole is looking for another captain? However will he be here next season? Clubs approaching our players and trying to sign them also isnt helping but again would that be happening if we were near the top of the league?