The former United chief executive effectively banned signing Bayern Munich players
Manchester United have been active this summer in the transfer window with four major acquisitions so far but have broken a rule imposed by former chief executive Ed Woodward in doing so.The defence has also been reinforced with the signing of promising youngster Leny Yoro from Lille, though the defender will be out of action for the next three months following surgery on a foot injury.
However, both moves ultimately did not pay off in the long-term for United, with Hargreaves suffering chronic injury problems at Old Trafford and Schweinsteiger leaving in 2017 after falling out of favour under then-boss Jose Mourinho.And in signing both De Ligt and Mazraoui, it seems United have broken a rule imposed by former chief executivehad been keen to recruit a new central defender and wanted to bring Jerome Boateng from the Allianz Area to Old Trafford.
"We did a pre-season game away at Bayern. There were only a couple of reporters there, and Jose had taken a couple of us to one side and said he was desperate to sign Jerome Boateng from Bayern. An ageing centre-half, obviously still a good player, but coming towards the end of his career."United refused to do it. On deadline day that summer, there was a press conference at United, and we were sat in the little press room to the side at Carrington when Ed Woodward walked in.
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