I can't imagine any way in which Utd would have loaned Garnacho to the Championship in the second half of last season. Pellistri already only seemed vaguely plausible. Also, would Spence have really picked us ahead of Ligue 1 Rennes for a loan? Picking Arajo instead of Archer was just a rubbish decision though. The lame signings of Ferreira and Araujo seem firmly to be placed at the door of Manga and his team - but I think we already knew that given Costa's network and that Manga basically admitted that he'd underestimated the Championship initially.
Ferreira wasn't too bad was he but got injured and never really re-gained his place. Arajo was too lightweight - mind you we had another striker who was supposed to be perfect for the Championship and he was rubbish too.
This is a hit piece commissioned by the club. I could believe Sissoko, Livermore and Spence. Not Archer or Garnacho though. We had a budget of £2m. Plus the wages we'd have sunken on those to boot. I don't buy all of it. I completely believe there being too many cooks in the kitchen. I think though the wrong chef got sacked.
Does sound like there were some ****-ups, if it's true that we turned Spence and Drameh down for Ferreira, and Archer for Araujo, those would have to go down as bad ones, but imagine the reaction if we'd signed Livermore in January? He's been a pleasant surprise, but he wasn't getting a place in the West Brom team (and as the only midfielder of his type, him signing alone wouldn't magical fix everything as he won't be able to play every game)
Wasn’t Garnacho part of the Man U squad? Maybe they mean the other young player we were linked with who Bilic wanted .
Even if Manga has basically admitted that he got it wrong in January, I'd still rather have had his input rather than Giaretta and Duxbury, only at a push Hoedt (a Bayat bargain bucket deal) and Porteous (an opportunistic punt on a player whose contract was expiring) were what we needed, the rest were young players with potential but either unsuited to English football (Araujo and Ferreira), or just far too wet behind the ears to immediately succeed in the rough and tumble of the Championship (Koné and Martins)
Certainly wasn’t commissioned by the club! In fact, nobody working there now contributed to it. If some look worse than others then that’s how it is, but nobody comes out of the whole mess looking good.
Even if it were a smear job on Manga to make him look like a clown, it won't reflect well on the club as they appointed him in the first place!
Or make sure the manager at the time wanted to work with him ? Mind you we’d probably had 2/3 in the time Manga was appointed to when he came !
