Manchester United could have signed the inform England Midfielder. Like any other club. Manchester United has not been spared from having its transfer efforts foil the following are some of them. Others include inefficiencies in signing such as signing unsuitable players. And failing to sign the ideal ones that are evident in the ‘what if ‘moments of the club’s history.
Their poor performance in the transfer market will go down in history. Through the act of missing out on signing Kroos in 2014. The strategy to leave the team with no striker in the squad was spotted in most of the preliminary work done.
But finally, Louis van Gaal denounced the deal. Another such chance came in the year 2020 when Manchester united initiated a very serious bid for England Midfielder Bellingham. The club’s scouting been an issue of controversy most of the time.
However, in this case they were insistent get Bellingham to Old Trafford. An example is when Mike Phelan noted that he had seen ‘the next Bryan Robson’. While stressing on the fact that the club was always on the lookout for the best talent. However, the authorities cannot capture all celebrities and some of them continue their activity.
Manchester United proved this research or homework accurate when they move for Madrid midfielder. The budding talent of Birmingham City. What transpired was a swift attempt to get him to sign the pile of papers that were brought in front of him.
However, Borussia Dortmund appeared and somehow managed to persuade the talented youngster to sign for them. And only them by branding themselves as the team that plays the ‘transition’ role from the German Bundesliga to the Spanish giants Real Madrid. This saw Bellingham get physical contact with Manchester United’s training facilities.
England midfielder could have been a Red Devil
Carrington where he had a requisite interaction with legends. Bryan Robson was so sure that had won them the match. However, other histories state that with Ed Woodward presenting United. The emphasis was a little too much on the balance sheet. Reports had it that Sir Alex Ferguson was angry hearing Murtough interrupting him when talking to Bellingham.
At that time, it is also crucial to mention that Mike Phelan owned the position of an assistant manager in the Manchester United team alongside with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He was the one who really pushed for getting Bellingham with the team. Manchester United bid for Bellingham was a strong statement of their direction to go for young promising talent.
However, moving forward United had realized early on through the fruits of adequate scouting that Bellingham was indeed capable of coming into the team and doing a job at Dortmund. Due to this culture of preparing young talents for the premier league the club become a attractive option for any young talent.
Bellingham was close to Utd
The Sun reported in late 2019 how Phelan had personally scouted Bellingham and urged United to push to sign for the midfielder.
The visit to Carrington was supposed to be the last nail that would be used to bring Bellingham to his knees. Astonishment when all the top official of the club treated him of their facility awareness, and also they tried to make him familiar with many personalities of the club. Nevertheless, the case of Dortmund happened to convince Bellingham with guarantees of regular first-team football and.
Therefore, the prospect of upward career mobility. This case brought out the cut throat nature of football transfers. It also demonstrated and explained how at times financial factor tend to dominate other factors that players consider when transfer to a new club.
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