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Originally Posted by devo22
probably because he was already allowed to sign two CBs and it's done nothing for them. Look, I'd be happy to fire the whole CB gang into the sun, but Mourinho has helped build that CB corps. He signed Lindelöf and Bailly, he accepted giving Rojo a new contract and he's been unwilling to sell Smalling and Jones.
Look, you can't just go full short-term. Swapping the likes of Martial for 30-somethings is not smart business.
no objection here.
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Which is a good point, he addressed the CB issue, spent a good bit of money doing it and it didnt solve the problem. So then he asks for midfield help and he gets that and then he asks for strikers and he gets that too.
But then he goes back to the CBs and says: we need better ones.
Its no wonder the board would stand back and say: "Whoa! Hey! We already splashed cash on the CBs you wanted, we dont want to do it again."
Which isnt unreasonable. Its not as though Mourinho hasnt had any money to spend, he just hasnt spent it all that wisely which would naturally make the people whose money it is significantly more cautious and hesitant to give more.
Mourinho can lament his terrible squad and give dire predictions of 'a hard season' all he wants. The fact of the matter remains that hes operating with an improved version of the squad that finished 2nd last season, its not as though hes being tasked to take Huddersfeld to the Champions' League Final.
Hes not managing a squad of bums, its still a really good team and if they underperform at times, like today, its not because he didnt get to buy who he wanted, as much as he wants you to believe that.
Even the best teams play badly sometimes, but right now with United its got to be incredibly difficult to play well with your manager's toxic attitude while hes screaming from the rooftops that the team he has isnt any good.