Kieran Maguire: Man United have made only three ‘value-for-money’ signings in 10 years since Sir Alex Ferguson retired
Man United have spent £1.9billion on transfers since Sir Alex Ferguson left and Jadon Sancho’s exit means that only three signings have been a success.
That is the view of finance expert Kieran Maguire, who exclusively told Football Insider that Sancho’s loan deal represents the poor decisions made at board level at Old Trafford.
Sancho is on the verge of completing a loan deal back to Borussia Dortmund just two and a half years after he joined United in a £73million deal.
As revealed by Football Insider on Friday (5 January), Dortmund will only pay around 40 per cent of Sancho’s wage during his loan spell in Germany.
Sancho joins a growing list of transfers that have flopped at United since Ferguson left the club in 2013.
Maguire revealed that their total transfer spend has reached £1.9billion yet only three signings in the past decade have matched their valuation.
“Manchester United have spent £1.9billion on player recruitment since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013,” Maguire told Football Insider’s Sean Fisher.
“If you talk to Manchester United fans, they’ll probably say only three players – Bruno Fernandes, Luke Shaw and Alejandro Garnacho – have been where they’ve truly got value for money.
“The prospect of Jadon Sancho leaving on loan for a relatively small fee with Manchester United likely to be contributing significantly towards his wages is reflective of a lack of control and logical decision-making at the top level.
“They had a legacy of having a dictatorial approach under Sir Alex Ferguson, which wasn’t easy to replace.
“There appears to have been nobody from a sufficient football background to make the right decisions.
“Having two chief executives who are mainly rugby fans probably didn’t help either, because Sir Alex worked hand in hand with David Gill to make Manchester United such a dominant force in English football.“
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