Man Utd's relative success in the transfer market under Ferguson was, I believe, down to their ability to bring in one or two top class players rather than 5 or 6 average ones.
Can't argue with that logic mate - it's a point which has been made a number of times in recent years... quality over quantity. I firmly believe that's how a strong squad should be built - you buy quality and move, if needs be, your erstwhile first team starters to 'the bench'/squad.
The buy one, sell one [one in, one out] 'policy', which we appeared to be following for a while, needs to change now we're back in the Champions League and I think it will. I said earlier that,
if we continue with the "make room" 'philosophy', which sees higher earners moved on to "make room" [wages], then we might see the back of some or all of Lucas, Agger and Johnson. To me that would weaken the squad
unless we are buying
two (of equal or better quality/experience) to replace each of them.
By default therefore (and again, I've said this before); we should
not be looking to shift players who have had an impact in the first team... only those who haven't.
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