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Originally Posted by Russ
....and for the 4th time just because a player is available doesn't mean he'll work in a particular team....
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and for the fourth time no one is saying that particular player, just using him as am example of what was available, we all know about the ones that weren't like hummels
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'Really poor'? Considering he'd managed exactly half the number of league goals that he'd scored the previous season and left in the January transfer window I wouldn't call that 'really poor'. It may not have been his best few months but it was a respectable amount and to go from that to only scoring one goal for Chelsea during that season indicates he just didn't work in the team.
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The rot had clearly set in and his signing for Chelsea was no more the managers signing than shevchenko was
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Given the mess Moyes left the club in I think it's pretty obvious any player United were interested in would want more assurances than just sending a club rep while LVG was in Brazil. Woodward made a right pig's ear of transfers up to that point so they only really had the short space of time after the
A man of Van Gaal's experience is not going to be so stupid as to not be 100% involved in transfer targets, or assume he justify his contract on what was already in the team.
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Moyes was there a season, not many players came or went during his time so he can hardly be blamed for the mess the club was in when he arrived and Herrera and Shaw were moyes choice of transfer target, I don't even blame moyes for getting rid of the backroom staff, most managers would've done exactly the same.