lex talionis
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That was never his mistake to make. People rated him while at Leicester, but unlike with Pogba, Maguire was never seen as a generational-type of player. As far as I'm concerned he has improved his overall game since joining, and he should be given the benefit of the doubt regarding his price. Our board decided to spend record-breaking money on a decent+ player and that's what we got. Absurdly enough, people will see the foolishly high transfer-fee and recognize it as foolishly high only to somehow put the blame on the player instead of the board, as if 2+2=3. Thank god our fanbase is starting to recognize Maguire as an important asset regardless of how much money United transferred into Leicester's bank account that one summer.
I completely agree, but was just pointing out why there are so many Maguire haters in the fan base. Had he cost us only 40m the haters would accept the occasional mistake, which has undoubtedly made, that for many is unacceptable for an 80m acquisition.
I don't care whether we spend 8m or 800m on a player, so long as whatever we spend on a player allows us to address areas of need within the squad. A case in point is Sancho, whom we decided wasn't worth 108m (can't be sure of the exact number now) and that's ok. Maybe the board had the cash and decided that they weren't going to be held hostage or maybe they didn't have the cash because of other cash outlays for players like Maguire and then Van De Beek. I have no idea, but what I do know is that we have one of the better CBs in the Premier League and he's a consistently very good servant of the club and I don't really care how much flew out of the pockets of the Glazers to fund the transfer. He's here now and while no player is above criticism, I agree that he should be given the benefit of the doubt, whenever a doubt a arises.
When a bonehead mistake is made, on the other hand, it's open season. I think that's fair.