Simple question really. We all knew the Glazers wouldn’t open the purse strings enough to get a RW, CB and a DM, so why did Ole prioritise a CB over a DM?
I think it comes down to timing and opportunity.
Sancho was always going to be #1 target simply because we have wanted him for 4 years and completed much of the deal last year, so that one just had to be finalized.
CB was also going to be a high priority, and to have the opportunity to land Varane for that type of fee, was terrific business.
It does baffle me why the club is so reluctant to push player sales, when we have a 'policy of 'sell to buy' though
We have so many forward players that James, Lingard, Donny and Martial could have been made available, and we would still have ample cover.
There has to be £100m in sales there, more than enough to buy any DM that you wanted, but there just doesn't seem to be the desire to trim this squad.
We saw James go for a fee reaching £30m, so it goes to show that there was a market there.
I have to admire what Chelsea did, and I only wish that United could be so proactive..
£34m - Tammy Abrahams
£30m - Kurt Zouma
£26m - Fikayo Tomori
£20m - Marc Guehi
£8m - Kenedy
£5m - Tino Liveramento
They also sold a number of players for under £5m.
Chelsea have managed to sell about 10 players and have incoming fees of about £130m, operating the the same market as United...?!?!?
Lets be honest, United would never have made fringe players such as Abraham, Zouma & Tomori available for transfer, we'd have offered them each a new contract to stay..