Blundering Man Utd chiefs ‘ignoring scout reports’ on hidden gems and blowing millions on flops
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BLUNDERING Manchester United chiefs "ignored scouting reports" on hidden gems and instead blew millions on flops.
A United source revealed bosses over the years have passed on some solid players, only to spend more money on lesser players.
One story emerged that Jose Mourinho opted against a move for Virgil van Dijk, only to live to regret it.
That incident occurred in January 2018 - when Liverpool spent a then world-record for a defender £75million to land the Dutchman.
Since then, the Reds have come within a point of winning the Premier League and are Champions League holders.
Speaking on a now-disjointed Man Utd, a club source told The Independent: “They’ve got reports on so many players, but they mostly go ignored.
“Some of the players they’d spend fortunes on, they’re not as good as better players who they’ve got reports on, but mostly go ignored.
NO UNITY
“There’s no unity of ideas.”
The source continued to say United are an "agent-driven club", saying: “If certain players are offered, there’s a better chance of them biting.”
That means, all-in-all, United have collected a hatful of players who don't work with each other.
Some are talented individuals, but could never work in Man Utd's scheme.
United have looked a shell of their former selves in life post-Sir Alex Ferguson.
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The club have burned through David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and Mourinho in that time - and have utterly lost all sense of identity
Current chief Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is aiming to develop youth and at least give the club a direction - with a host of youngsters working their way towards future stardom.
But for now he is hamstrung by the errors made by his predecessors.