A loan signing is strange for a club of United's stature, but Coentrão is an excellent player, and would have been a fine addition. To hear that this transfer has fallen through is predictable. Our transfer dealings this summer have been nothing short of disgraceful. Even if Real Madrid are the ones at fault for the deal falling through, it is still unacceptable that United would wait until the last possible moment to attempt to complete a signing. It's utter humiliation.