Klopp basically bought players this summer based on his own selection. He even convinced the owners to go against our age policy for Endo. The sporting director had very little say on it. What I’m trying to say is when it works it works, but when it doesn’t the ownership gets the flak. When you really look at Uniteds recuitments, except Antony, I don’t see anybody else who should be THIS bad. Sancho was tearing it apart in Dortmund, Hoilund is raw but the talent is obviously there, Varane when available is still very good, Martinez when available is again still good, Casemiro should nowhere near be THIS bad, Mount (I was never a fan of) but again as a workhorse his contribution in that midfield should be significantly higher and Amrabat has been good. So blaming recruitment and scouting team is just lazy at this point. What do they even do? WHo shouldve they brought in?
If they had got Frenkie de Jong instead of Casemiro/Amrabat, they’d be cooking. There was a window of opportunity when Barcelona was open to selling.
It’s always felt like it’s a bad manager - squad combination, because I just see a big vacuum of ball-players in the midfield. Casemiro is decent but strengths are elsewhere, Mount is not all that, Amrabat and McTominay are definitely not up for it, and even Eriksen is not good enouh to be a key player for a top side and can’t do it all by himself.
Klopp basically bought players this summer based on his own selection. He even convinced the owners to go against our age policy for Endo. The sporting director had very little say on it. What I’m trying to say is when it works it works, but when it doesn’t the ownership gets the flak. When you really look at Uniteds recuitments, except Antony, I don’t see anybody else who should be THIS bad. Sancho was tearing it apart in Dortmund, Hoilund is raw but the talent is obviously there, Varane when available is still very good, Martinez when available is again still good, Casemiro should nowhere near be THIS bad, Mount (I was never a fan of) but again as a workhorse his contribution in that midfield should be significantly higher and Amrabat has been good. So blaming recruitment and scouting team is just lazy at this point. What do they even do? WHo shouldve they brought in?
If they had got Frenkie de Jong instead of Casemiro/Amrabat, they’d be cooking. There was a window of opportunity when Barcelona was open to selling.
It’s always felt like it’s a bad manager - squad combination, because I just see a big vacuum of ball-players in the midfield. Casemiro is decent but strengths are elsewhere, Mount is not all that, Amrabat and McTominay are definitely not up for it, and even Eriksen is not good enouh to be a key player for a top side and can’t do it all by himself.