Why Manchester United have never spent £100m on a signing eight years after Ed Woodward’s plans to were rebuffed

ON transfer deadline day in 2018, Ed Woodward spent more time getting his excuses in rather than bringing in a centre-back at Manchester United. A disenchanted Jose Mourinho had already had his say at a morning press conference. Around an hour later, Woodward told confidants he was prepared to pay £100million for a defender. Woodward...