‘United could have written a book on how not to do transfers’ - Robbie Fowler slams Manchester United's recruitment

Robbie Fowler has criticised Manchester United’s transfer policy, with Liverpool closing in on the signing of Darwin Nunez from Benfica. United were reportedly interested in bringing the prolific Uruguayan to Old Trafford, but the Reds are now within touching distance of securing his services for a fee in the region of €80 million, plus a €20m add-ons fee.

Ad/> The Red Devils have made a host of underwhelming signings for huge fees in recent years, including £80 million spent on Harry Maguire and a then world-record fee of £89 million for Paul Pogba. Premier League‘He’ll always try and rocket it!’ – Why Liverpool are signing £68m Nunez5 HOURS AGO Alexis Sanchez was also brought to Old Trafford amidst plenty of fanfare in a swap deal with Arsenal for Henrikh Mkhitaryan in January 2018, but the Chilean was a huge flop after scoring only five goals in forty-five appearances across all competitions.

He said in his column for the Mirror: “United being there in the background — for me — highlights just why this could so easily be another masterstroke for Liverpool in the transfer market, and it’s a point that is so often overlooked in the desperation to see new faces, new signings, new excitement. “I don’t want to be cruel, but United could have written a book on how not to do transfers in recent seasons.

Signing players just because you don’t want them to go to a rival? Check and double check.” The Liverpool legend lambasted United for those decisions to bring Sanchez and Pogba to the club on inflated wages, believing they could learn a thing or two from their arch-rivals in the transfer market, a and questioned the decision to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to the club last summer. He added: “Cristiano has done his job well