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Manchester United: Ed Woodward hits back at critics and backs boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Woodward has come under fire recently, while the club's owners, the Glazer family, were the subject of supporter discontent during the dismal defeat at Newcastle on 6 October.
However, it is being stressed funds will be available should potential signings emerge in January, which is seen as a key month by some in making sure a disappointing season doesn't career out of control.
Club sources are aware the current situation is far below expectations.
This is United's worst start to a league campaign in 30 years, with three wins from 11 games in all competitions and no more than one goal in any game since the victory over Chelsea on the opening day of the campaign.
Yet any mid-season recruitment will be done with a long-term view. Signing older players for the sake of it is being ruled out.
United's three summer signings - Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James - have all made a positive impact.
"The changes we saw over the summer have resulted in a very young squad," said Woodward.
"But it's also a squad, with the players and the culture, that provides a base camp for us to build and grow from as we start our new journey."
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You can imagine a perturbed Omar Berrada, in his office with transfer deadline day looming, approaching the red phone a la Commissioner Gordon in the Batman 60s series. Gordon had the Bat-phone. Manchester United have the Bayern phone.
United, once Bayern Munich's equivalent in England, have become their patsies. Dutch dead wood who played for the Dutch manager? We'll take them. A crocked midfielder? We'll take him.
Ed Woodward ridiculed the prospect of United moving for the injury-prone Bayern defender Jerome Boateng on deadline day in , citing the signing of Bastian Schweinsteiger three years earlier. He could have been referring to Owen Hargreaves, too.
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Schweinsteiger was 30 when he relocated from Munich to Manchester, sustained a knee injury against Sheffield United in the FA Cup third round in January and did not play for the club again all season. He did, however, travel to Dubai, Miami and Germany to watch his tennis-playing partner, Ana Ivanovic. In a knee brace.
In the words of a senior United teammate, that "p****d off" the squad. The besuited Schweinsteiger shamele