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Ed Woodward explains why Man Utd ignored Jose Mourinho’s transfer targets

Archie Blade
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Ed Woodward explains why Man Utd ignored Jose Mourinho’s transfer targets

Ed Woodward explains why Man Utd ignored Jose Mourinho’s transfer targets during his time as their manager at the Old Trafford.

Jose Mourinho’s time at Old Trafford was tumultuous to say the least. He helped them win the Europa league and come second in the Premier League (his greatest achievement according to him). However, with United hovering around the relegation zone in his final season, he was sacked with United in tatters.

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Jose Mourinho has openly said that he did not receive the backing of United’s higher ups in the transfer market. He criticised the club for their failure to land a centre back. While the club did purchase Fred and Diogo Dalot, other major targets such as future signing Harry Maguire were avoided.

In a recent interview, Manchester United’s executive vice-chairman has now revealed the reason behind their refusal to meet Jose Mourinho’s player demands in the transfer windows.

Ed Woodward explains why Man Utd ignored Jose Mourinho’s transfer targets

“It is true that there was a difference of opinion on one or two players between the manager and the recruitment department,” Woodward told United We Stand.

“Sometimes I have to be one who delivers the ‘no’, which isn’t easy, because our natural tendency is to back the manager in every possible circumstance, but we have to listen to the recruitment experts too.”

It is perhaps time to reconsider the advice Woodward receives from regarding the players. Especially, considering the players United have bought post Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement and their performance since. The statement regarding his recruitment department is made even worse considering, they eventually bought Harry Maguire at a much higher price than they could have got him for under Jose Mourinho.

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Archie Blade

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Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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