I've seen a few people say this. I would say be quiet Ed and thank me later. That's it. There is no point having this conversation if people have to ask this question. People lose form. People get injured. It gives us stronger options. It means we can rotate and the drop off isn't so high etc. There are many reasons. You buy Sancho to make teams panic so that they can't just put two men on Greenwood because in other areas of the pitch, you have players similar who can hurt you. There are so many reasons...
There is no need to explain it to Ed. Ed already loves the idea of having one of the best players of the next generation in United shirt. Sancho is a player in the mould of Neymar, Pogba, Ronaldo who is marketable, sells more shirt and will attract more business to United.
And after the emergence of Greenwood, many on this thread has been saying no need to sign Sancho. We are going to play around 60 games next season. James is a squad player, an impact sub but not a starter. If there is any injury to Rashford or Greenwood, James would be starting and he doesn't have an impact as the other two. So I would love the idea of bringing Sancho who can play on either wings, as a 10. Greenwood can play at RW as a striker. Rashford can play LW as a striker. It's a selection headache for OGS but we fans need to be happy having so many options in the forward line.
PS : We can get more farther with Sancho and Greenwood rather than with Greenwood alone.
The emphasis was on spending
90 - 100m player when you've got someone who 2 years younger and is able to reach the heights that Sancho has. I don't doubt the fact that Sancho could work wonders for us and we probably do need firepower to ensure that we deliver a PL title soon. However, there are other areas that would need upgrading as well aka
CM (if Pogba or Bruno are injured),
DM (Is the Matic resurgence temporary? will age catch up next season? can he be consistent? will he be found out by the bigger teams? can we depend on McT & Fred to deputize when required?,
CB (We need a CB that can be relied on. Maguire has been shaky at times and is slow and Lindelof albeit he's proven to be a good partner for Maguire, is he a long term option when it comes to winning the PL?
Do we need a 90 - 100m player or can we do with a 40 - 60m instead? I've already heard the shirt sales and marketability options... We've already got Pogba, Bruno, Rashford, Martial, and with Greenwood's rapid growth, not long before he becomes a hot marketing commodity as well.
Let me reiterate as a fan, I would be more than happy to get Sancho but we do not have an infinite transfer budget, should we be looking at the bigger picture?