Yep, it had crossed my mind. Suddenly Woodward is happy to sign off on 75m for Maguire, when last year he wouldn’t pay 60m (speculation of course).
I wouldn’t say it was a mistake to sack Jose, but it seems strange that we now find ourselves in the exact same position, just with a worse manager.
He didn't back Jose last summer because Jose had been behaving appallingly. Attacking everyone in the media, from the board, to the players. Constantly blaming everyone but himself.
There's no way the board would take Peresic at this point in exchange for Lukaku. Peresic is already over the hill.
Jose had 2 and half years, spent £400 million. His teams played horror football, greatly underwhelmed, while he fell out with absolutely everyone.
If he was still here he'd be demanding £500 million this summer to sign the likes of William, Peresic, Alex Sandro, Cancelo, Nainngolan, Bale, Kedira, Matuidi etc. Short term planning which could potentially ruin the club financially in the long run.