Manchester United have failed to compete for, never mind win a Premier League title since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement six years ago.
After David Moyes, Louis Van Gaal and Jose Mourinho all failed domestically at Old Trafford, there has to be a wider issue behind the club’s problems. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side’s humiliation at Everton yesterday demonstrates the club is as far away as ever to getting back to the glory days of the Ferguson era.
Many United fans have recognised the role of Executive Vice-Chairman Ed Woodward in the club’s recent demise, blaming a scatter-gun recruitment process and a failure to appoint a footballing director as key attributing factors.
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Since Sir Alex Ferguson left, Woodward, replacing former CEO David Gill, has overseen almost £650 million spent in transfers, many of whom have failed to perform at the club. Alexis Sanchez’ recruitment has come under particular criticism, with the Chilean’s extraordinary wages now making it increasingly difficult for the club to tie other players down to contracts.
Many Reds are also concerned of the reported impending appointment of Mike Phelan as technical director, as per the Telegraph.
Check out some fans tweets regarding Woodward’s failure below:
I think most fans would see Ed Woodward as a big part of our problems. Recruitment has been very poor.
Always easy to blame the owners but to be fair to them I think they have always supported big price purchases.— Graeme Webb 💙 (@LeftAtTheStart) April 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/TacticsUnited/status/1120269249266835456
https://twitter.com/YoungProf_MUFC/status/1120310057152000001
https://twitter.com/ManUtdSZN/status/1120337871578099714
Don’t be fooled by Ed Woodward coming out and saying he made a mistake with the Alexis deal that’s just the tip of the ice berg he’s a very savvy operator the easiest thing he can say is the obvious. But his mistakes are bigger than Alexis not investing in the defence….
— Phil Wingate 🔴⚪️⚫️ (@Phizza_Monster) April 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/marcmcgoldrick/status/1120339505792323585
@ManUtd I just hope you realize Ed Woodward has been the major cause of our decline in the EPL for the past 6 seasons. Thank you.
— Big Yemi 🇺🇸🇳🇬 (@AduOpeyemii) April 22, 2019
I actually think Ole Gunnar Solskjær is the right man for them, but he won't get the backing he needs, and that will lead to his demise at the club. He won't do as well as Mourinho did in terms of stats, but he's brought back belief.
United's real issue is Ed Woodward.
— Champions #20 🏆🇵🇸 (@dboetan7i) April 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/palaceer/status/1120335653357654016
https://twitter.com/ManUnitedTalk/status/1120332854074970113
