But we don't need another LB, Shaw plays almost half our games each season on average.
Shaw is a good Left back, and should be our first choice. Problem is his injury problems are very well documented. Williams is more a of a rightback and doesnt look natural at left back. Shaw is our only natural left back. We needed a backup/competition.
Why are you crying over a Madrid reject? Move on. Am sure he is not better than some in our academy.
That Madrid reject shutout Greenwood(our most talented academy player) for the whole match in EL semi final, and also assisted for their goal. Williams struggled the whole match in our left back in the same match.I appreciate the sentiment, but there is no left back in our academy ready to challenge Shaw right now. Williams is better suited at RB.
Incredible seeing folk praise Woodward and co. in here. Okay, you may not have wanted a buy-back. Fair enough. But let's see if they have any alternatives lined-up. I bet they don't, and for that they receive zero credit. It has been clear for weeks what Madrid's stance was on the clause inclusion, in that time we can only pray they have scoped out another target.
But for now - no credit given to the club, quite the opposite really.
Exactly.
The point is - nobody knows, and yet you've all been manipulated into losing your minds and hating our club over a player you probably never heard of 3 weeks ago. A player that wasn't on one single fans 'wishlist'.
I think we will all agree that Romano is legit. He confirmed that United and Spurs were both in for the player. United rightly pulled out if the buy back clause is true.
The problem is not the buy back clause or the player or his quality. The problem is we do NEED a left back as backup/competion for Shaw, and its looking more and more likely we are not going to get one.
This is not a problem in isolation. The same thing is happening with Sancho and RW. We have positions we need to fill up, and instead of buying players who are attainable, and will improve our squad, we are chasing players and failing, and then NOT signing anyone.
Its basically the board absolving themselves of buying any players by saying "Look we tried. It just didnt happen". Another version of "No value in the market".
I support Man Utd. I support OGS and his vision, and for that he needs backing in the transfer market. Which he is not getting from the glazers, while the competition has significantly strengthened. We have not made a single signing for our first 11 so far.
Feck the glazers.