bosnian_red
Worst scout to ever exist
You do realize it's the club that made the choice to give him the contract for that reason?
This was always inevitable. This is a profoundly unique situation. There were always going to be massive internal emotional and political problems with the change. Anyone who doesn't understand that doesn't have the least bit of understanding of psychology.
And the team wasn't going to splash the amount that was needed to get a player like Herrera. They just didn't. We are and were always going to have to pay more to get a natural CM. We just haven't wanted to pay that amount for 4 years. Go figure.
Why on earth did we spend 27.5 million on Fellaini then? I agree with you by the way, its just every time somebody brings up we weren't willing to spend a large amount on a proper midfielder, you can't ignore that we actually did spend close to 30m on a player who obviously was never suited to us from day 1, and Moyes of all people should have seen that.
Also, I know it's the club that gave him the contract of course, but that's a shite reason as to why. Giving somebody a 6 year contract as manager of one of the biggest clubs in the world, replacing the best manager ever, despite them having no experience whatsoever of being at a top club or lacking most of the attributes that you would associate with United is madness IMO. Saying it's so they don't get put under a lot of pressure isn't a good reason, because it's one of the biggest jobs in the world, and like it or not, he has to be able to handle all the enormous pressure that comes with it and at the end of the day, it is still a business.