Craig Burley

And I wouldn't want to be, guys, I wouldn't want to be this United board who have made...

And listen, this board are not culpable for all the mistakes that have been made, but they've certainly made some.

Amarim and the Ten Hag new contract was a disaster.

And they're in a position now, Mario, I suppose, where the next decision is probably the biggest decision they're going to have since they arrived at this club and put that money in.

But it's not just the recruitment on the manager's side, Mario.

If you think about it, it's the recruitment on the player's side as well.

it's not just about and it shouldn't just about being gone out and spending 100 or 100 million or 70 million or 65 million on a player every time you look at what other clubs certain other clubs are doing particularly brighton and brentford and one or two others who've sold all their best players but all but seem on the face of it with their data driven i think it's data driven for the most part

but a good recruitment policy and a good scouting system going out and finding the Caicedos and, you know, don't forget, Basuma was at Brighton, Caicedo was at Brighton, McAllister was at Brighton.

The list goes on.

You know, these clubs are going out and signing these players.

They're ready to pounce once they sell their players.

United have to be in that position as well.

It cannot just be about trying to go out and splurge two or three hundred million every summer

to fix the problem.

There has to be a balance between signing good quality, expensive players and going out and finding hidden gems and then bringing them into the team and you sit back and go, wow, what a signing that is.

Other clubs seem to do that better, not just in United, than some of the big clubs or the clubs with more money who seem more fixated

to me and just being able to go out and spend that money rather than finding these players.

I think some of the other Premier League clubs, and I throw Bournemouth into that ring as well, who have just sold three or four top quality players.

Why are the real big heads in the Premier League, why are they not finding these players?

Why are they waiting for the smaller clubs to get these players and then they go in and they spend a fortune to bring them to their club?