Originally Posted by owen10:
“The clubs focus was to get Fabregas at all costs. They looked at other players but their main target was Fabregas as they felt that he was the player that they needed. And by focusing so much on getting Fabregas they never bothered with strengthing the other positions in the team like a new center back. Thats why Moyes bought Felliani because he was desperate to get a player in before the transfer window shut
So how can you say the board backed him when he only bought one player who was never their target. If the board was backing him, then they would have bought players that they needed. The club getting one player which they never wanted is not backing the manager”
No.
Moyes' focus was Fabregas.
You do not understand how it works at United. The manager picks the players, picks how much we are willing to bid etc. and the board follow his instructions (obviously within reason but as Pogba, Di Maria, Martial etc show that in reality, the board will pay whatever it takes).
Moyes pulled us out of the race for Thiago, underbid for Fabregas when a few million more would have got him, waited until after Di Rossi's deadline expired before bidding for him, left it too late to get round the loopholes in Herrera's clause, waited until Madrid couldn't find a replacement in time for Coentrao etc.
The board backed him, as they backed Fergie, Van Gaal and Mourinho. The difference is those managers knew what they wanted. Moyes was utterly inept and paid the price and it's idiotic that people are still trying to excuse his pathetic display as United manager.