The transfer window was closed on the 5th October 2020 in Europe. In one day, Manchester United made four signings after only making one signing previously and going through large periods of it without making any signing. First Signing Of The Summer The first signing we made I felt was uncharacteristically efficient and swift. We signed a quality, young player at a reasonable transfer fee, Donny Van De Beek. Van De Beek’s quality and versatility mean that we have now got cover for Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes and he can play with them too. The Ones That Missed The Boat Now for the biggest open-book secret of this transfer window, our interest in Jadon Sancho. Only at United would the main transfer target be common knowledge and this interest would drag on to the end. A club would slap a transfer fee on a player, the club that wants to sign the player has every right to negotiate to get a favourable deal. If the selling club is not budging, you are faced with two options, ...
2005-06 vs Benfica, 2011-12 vs FC Basel and 2015-16 vs VfL Wolfsburg. These were the Champions League matches that Manchester United needed to get a positive result in to qualify for the knockout stages and failed to do so. Now added to this list of ignominious defeats and disappointing exits from Europe’s elite club competition, 2020-21 vs RB Leipzig. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axTUw9IOEKo Tough Group United was in the same group as the mega-rich, perennial champions of France, Paris Saint-Germain and a controversial but upcoming German club, RB Leipzig. Both teams were semi-finalists in last season’s Champions League with the French club finishing runners-up. It was a tough group to be part of but we started the campaign like a dream. We beat both PSG and Leipzig comfortably and with some style. We looked odds on favourites to qualify before our return fixtures against both these clubs. Where It Went Wrong? Where it all went wrong from a promising position was in an unfate...
Inter clinched their 19 th Scudetto on Sunday after they got the result they wanted from Sassuolo vs Atalanta. I guess you could say the writing was on the wall after Inter were efficiently picking up wins and the chasing pack were dropping points. Inter’s Pazza Inter reputation, meant we were not taking the title for granted until it was mathematically confirmed. Not Heavy Favourites At One Point Inter fans all over the world exploded with joy after the title was confirmed. I felt glad but the joy was tempered from either not having fans in the stadium or not clinching it on the day of the match. Looking back, after Inter’s untimely Champions League exit, Antonio Conte was obliged to win the Scudetto. It was either Scudetto or burst for him. I didn’t feel we were heavy favourites to win going back to the 2-2 draw against Roma at Stadio Olimpico in January of this year. Samir Handanovic was conceding goals from half of the shots on target while we looked like a team who couldn’t win...
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