Devil worshipers mourn as transference trauma continues

Failing to make a significant impact on the transfer market over the past two transfer windows, many Manchester United fans have expressed frustration with the club's transfer failures, reports PUNCH Sports Extra.

The Red Devils, as United are affectionately known, spent €83.80 million in the summer of 2020/21 on bringing in Donny van de Beek, Amad Diallo, Alex Telles and Facundo Pellistri.

They then spent 140 million euros the following season to secure the services of Jadon Sancho, Raphaël Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo, all of whom arrived from Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid and Juventus respectively .

So far this transfer window, despite being consistently linked with a transfer of Frankie De Jong from Barcelona, ​​United have been unable to complete the signing of left-back Tyrell Malacia of Feyenoord only for 15 million euros.

Free agent Christian Eriksen is also heading for a move to Old Trafford and the 30-year-old Dane has verbally agreed to a transfer and will sign for the club on a three-year contract.

He is expected to become the signature number two.

For a club known for ordering big signings in the past like Paul Ince, Andy Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Nemanja Vidic, David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, the transfer activity of United this season has not been well received by their supporters as they have only managed one signing so far.

United won't be playing Champions League football next season and have a lot of work to do to close the gap to the Premier League Top 4, but their transfer policy has failed so far. 'now means they could miss out on the club's even biggest competition next season.

The club's slow market activity has left some club loyalists frustrated with club legend Cristiano Ronaldo threatening to leave the club if no big signings are made.

Speaking to PUNCH Sports Extra, former Nigerian Football Federation technical committee chairman Chris Green, a United fan, admitted the Old Trafford giants had been mediocre with their transfer policy since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson.

"Assessing the transfer of the club lately, I will say that they have been very poor," Green said.

"I think the owners of the club are actually the problem because their priority is different from what we want. Gone are the days when Sir Alex was there and insisted on signing a player. They gave him gave what he wanted.

"They gave him millions of pounds to spend and at the end of the day he delivered. But we're here now, I think all they can think about is is the economic side of the game, which is profit and forgetting that winning games and getting mercurial signings could also help the team.

"So looking at the club as a whole, I would say that the transfer period was very bad."

Veteran journalist Godwin Enakhena, also a fan, does not believe the Red Devils are ready to fight for the titles.

"I don't think we're serious at all," he told PUNCH Sports Extra.

"In every area where we had problems last time, nothing was done (to fix them). Ronaldo is obviously not going anywhere, but he's just talking about the game. mind of all the club's fans. Whatever they said, he simply backed it up with his outburst.

"The defense is nothing to write home about and we are signing a player who is no better than the ones we have right now, what difference will that make? In the middle of field, Fred is not a good defender and he said it many times and Bruno (Fernandes) lost it, we can not explain what happens to him Where does the competition come from because a lot of players go ?

"We have been chasing Dybala since 2015 until now, when are we going to have Dybala? It shows that we are not ready because all serious clubs are done with signings. We are not asking Manchester United to sign 10 players but quality players who can make a difference.

"All the great players have been linked to different clubs while Manchester United players are in the BBC column, it's very sad. Give them the whole season they don't still won't sign."

Also expressing his frustration is Duro Ikhazuagbe, who also supports the record-breaking English champions.

"I'm not happy with Manchester United's transfer policy at the moment, given what happened last season and the fact that one of our legends, who is arrived and did some sort of salvage work, is almost on her way out of Old Trafford.

"New coach Eric Ten Hag hasn't done well in the transfer window and I won't say I'm excited about that. I'm frustrated and I'm also not happy club transfers."