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Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

£1bn spent since Fergie: Man Utd's transfers assessed - the hits, the flops, the managers, the hierarchy

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Sky Sports

Sports, Sports News, Soccer, News

4718 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In the 2020 summer transfer window, Manchester United surpassed £1bn spent on players since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013. The honours they have to show for it? An FA Cup, a League Cup, and a Europa League. So why hasn’t money spent translated into success? On this Pitch to Post Podcast special, Jasper Taylor is joined by James Cooper, Gerard Brand and Jack Wilkinson to take an in-depth look at Manchester United AD - that’s After Dominance - and dissect their transfer business post Fergie. We go through the managers (06:05), Ed Woodward and the hierarchy (23:06), and ask: do United need a sporting director? We also look to the future, including what the club should do with Paul Pogba (35:52), and Jack and Gerard give their 5-4-3-2-1: five worst, four best, three that got away early, two past legends to rejoin and the one future signing in today's market (48:46).

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0:00.0

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0:21.0

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0:32.5

Hello and welcome to this pitch to post podcast special.

0:38.2

In the 2020 summer transfer window, Manchester United surpassed 1 billion pounds spent on players since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.

0:46.5

What honours do they have to show for it?

0:48.4

An F8 Cup, a league cup and a Europa League.

0:51.3

And no, we are not counting those two community shields so why hasn't money spent

0:56.8

translated into success here we'll take an in-depth look at Manchester United AD that's after

1:03.2

dominance and dissect their transfer business post-fergi four managers 36 signings from

1:09.7

philani to kevani over one billion pounds spent. We've broken

1:14.5

this podcast down into four sections. Section one is the managers where we take a look at the

1:19.7

individual approaches of the four men who have attempted to replicate Fergie's success and which

1:25.3

one of them has got closest. Section 2 sees us turn our attention

1:29.1

to the United hierarchy. What actually is Edward Wood's role? Who makes the decisions? And is that

1:35.1

the best way forward for the club? And speaking of the way forward, section 3 focuses on the

1:40.1

future of United. What is the new United way and is Olli the right man to lead them back

1:45.8

to glory before Section 4 sees our own special countdown, the five worst signings, the four

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