The combined might of Manchester United and Barcelona have been scrapping around for relegation-quality strikers. United have got Ighalo on loan, Barcelona are begging for permission to activate £20m release clauses on Leganes players. There simply isn't anyone available right now, hence we should have either acted last summer (when the manager decided to spend money on prospects like Clarke instead) or not released Llorente (again, a management decision).Oh but why sign a striker? Get the fuck out of my club levy you fucking cheapskate
Poch did not decide to sign Clarke. Levy did.The combined might of Manchester United and Barcelona have been scrapping around for relegation-quality strikers. United have got Ighalo on loan, Barcelona are begging for permission to activate £20m release clauses on Leganes players. There simply isn't anyone available right now, hence we should have either acted last summer (when the manager decided to spend money on prospects like Clarke instead) or not released Llorente (again, a management decision).
Yeah, Ighalo would really have made all the difference if we'd convinced him to join us over United.
January wasn't the problem. Trying to buy strikers in the January market is a fool's game. The issue is that we released our striker in the summer (presumably Poch's decision) without replacing him.
The combined might of Manchester United and Barcelona have been scrapping around for relegation-quality strikers. United have got Ighalo on loan, Barcelona are begging for permission to activate £20m release clauses on Leganes players. There simply isn't anyone available right now, hence we should have either acted last summer (when the manager decided to spend money on prospects like Clarke instead) or not released Llorente (again, a management decision).
You think that if Poch had said he'd rather spend that money on a backup striker, Levy would have said no? Obviously he's been tight with pursestrings in the past. But I think it's inconceiveable that he'd entirely dictate priorities to Poch.Poch did not decide to sign Clarke. Levy did.