You make a good point but the fact that Chelsea were able to get around 6 players and possibly another one is pretty spectacular. It kinda took them one transfer window to pretty much rebuild half their team whereas whenever our management/ board looks to rebuild, they always quote 2 to 3 years which seems like an excuse for the stature of our club. Marina may have not gotten the Sancho deal done but the fact that she was able to wrap up other deals prior to getting the Havertz one done shows that ability to multitask as well as back the manager and provide all the necessary tools to succeed.
Ole needs all the tools to put forth any sort of title challenge. VDB and Sancho are not going to be enough considering we are trying to close the gap between Liverpool, City and now with Chelsea strengthening, we would need to close the gap on them as well and anything beyond 3rd position would be considered a failure for this upcoming season. There are still quite a few good deals to be done like the VDB one.
First, am not in any way supporting the United board, I have no idea what those guys are doing and I don't want to know. When VDB deal was completed, my first question was if VDB was the target, why take so long before making a bid? Dutch league was canceled, the CEO is our ex-player, VDB should have been wrapped before the premier league season ended. What I don't do is compare us to other clubs, the circumstances are different, the targets are different, the finances are different.
A player that wants to move and a club that needs the money is different from a player that wants to move/doesn't mind staying and a club that doesn't want to sell. A club that has a bottomless pit is also different from a club in debt. Like this is not some Marina negotiating skills bringing the players to them. They went for players that are available because they want to change the whole team. Ole on the other hand wants some specific players and Ole is stubborn like SAF. If the players are not available, Ole will move on with what he has.
I'm sure the club knows if Ole is not supported, he won't do well. I told a friend of mine last week if Ole isn't backed and he ended up getting fired because of poor performance, I'm done with football altogether because I can't support another team.
