i think its no secret Jose wants to bring in players like alderweireld, willian, perisic
however they are approaching 30s and cost alot.
even for maguire. he's like unknown player until he came to leciester one season ago. who honestly heard of him?
and he cost 75m pounds?
i dont think ed is willingly to fork out that much
and bringing 30yrs old in are seen quick fixes and no guarantee they will fit in the system or even bring success
Look it’s simple, Jose needed instant success for 2 reasons, 1) Personal duck to break 2) Get fans/board of his back.
If today Jose went out to buy 3-4 young players with no name and little experience (e.gz Baily and Lindelof) , will fans give them time to adapt and grow? Answer - NO. Look at the Brighton match , obviously is individual mistakes made but fans blame Joss. I think Jose himself will feel wtf by the standards played
So obviously he wants to buy experienced players who can slot in straight away (eg. Zlatan). He was pretty old when he came in, but any of us complain? Answer - NO.
But there are rare cases where experienced players coming in but don’t fit (e.g. Sanchez) reason nobody knows. Look at him when he was at Arsenil, one man carry whole team. But come in like kns.
So again, amount of money outflow is not our money, dontnreally care if it cost a lot. I’m sure Utd so big company, (yes company no club, they are listed remember) will have done all the numbers needed to offset signings if they really need to sign a player.
The question that GNev posted made a lot of sense, why give Jose an extension in Jan and then deny him signings?