Man Utd endure bleak start and Ed Woodward faces tough early-season questions
There must be times when Ed Woodward wonders how his job has turned out the way it has.As Manchester United's executive vice-chairman sat in the Old Trafford directors' box watching Crystal Palace celebrateand the best top-flight start to a season in their entire history, it will not have been lost on him that one of the chief architects of the Eagles' 3-1 victory - double goalscorer Wilfried Zaha - is a player he sold.
Yet he was still the target of an increasingly agitated supporter base dismissive of the figures, and the obvious financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic that costs United £5m in lost revenue every time they play a home game. He knew that Liverpool had just committed £65m to Thiago Alcantara and Diogo Jota. He was aware Tottenham were ready toWoodward really needed United to start their season with a win. Not only did they fail, they were awful.
Throughout the side, United were poor - Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford ineffective in attack, Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes shadows of what they can be in midfield, Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof out-thought and outmanoeuvred at the back. "Roy [Hodgson] said they had four friendlies and this was their third competitive game," said the United boss. "It is a big difference to our one friendly against Aston Villa last week. You can see we are short.
United argue they have a strategy, which is delivering results. They also point out their self-sustaining business model demands prudence in these uncertain times.
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