Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward did not appear at the 0-0 draw with Wolves. He has recently been the target of attacks by fans. His £2 million villa in Cheshire was attacked. In response to this, Sandoko's reaction was to move to avoid it, but he refused to resign and would never leave the Manchester United club.
At Manchester United, the 48-year-old Woodward enjoys the highest annual salary as a Premier League club CEO. In 2018, his income was as high as 4 million, which dropped last year to 3.16 million! Although Santoku has excellent business ability, he would definitely not be treated like Manchester United if he went elsewhere. Moreover, he is also convinced that he is the right person to lead Manchester United back to the top and is shocked that fans attack him. But the British " Daily Telegraph " stated that he is determined to prove himself to Manchester United fans and conquer them.
Woodward and his family were not at home when more than 20 fans stormed Woodward's villa with fireworks. Santoku has moved his family to London, and he works in the Manchester United office in the British capital, so there is no problem. Only occasionally when they return to Manchester do they stay in the apartment that was recently attacked. Woodward's wife and two daughters are said to be worried about the safety of the Manchester United giant, but he is confident that he can win the approval of fans.
Woodward knows that the Glazer family does not intend to sell the Manchester United club to Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Salman . They must receive a sky-high price of more than 4 billion pounds before they will consider transferring the Red Devils. As long as the boss remains unchanged, Sandoko's position will be safe, because Americans pay more attention to economic income than football results.
According to British media rumors, Manchester United may appoint a director of football in February, but Woodward has once again gone back on his word. He has rejected the two most popular figures in recent rumors-Portuguese Luis Campos and Antero Henrique. . Among them, Campos created Ligue 1 Monaco and Lille , while Henrique created the Portuguese Super League's Porto and French overlord Paris Saint-Germain .
However, the American "The Athletic" reported that Manchester United will not hire either of these two people to serve as football director. The Red Devils have announced to invite a director since 2018, but have not yet implemented it. The main reason is Woodward's existence. His reasons are speechless: one of them is that he is worried that the new director will be held to high expectations and thus take the blame; the other reason is that he believes that they are not suitable for the Red Devils.
Woodward introduced Portuguese international Bruno Fernandez in the winter transfer, and he became the top bidder in the European winter window. In addition, Manchester United loaned out Nigerian center Ighalo, plus Maguire, Wan-Bissaka and Wan-Bissaka were introduced in the summer window. Daniel James, the Manchester United giant believes that his transfer harvest is very good, and plans to continue to wait and see what the follow-up feedback will be. Therefore, it is still unknown whether Manchester United will finally appoint a director of football in February.
British " Daily Express " stated that hiring a football director to be responsible for transfers may be just a means for Woodward to divert attention when he fired Mourinho. Whenever he was criticized, he would raise rumors of hiring a director. , and once the crisis is resolved, Manchester United's position on appointing a football director will immediately change.
Today, Woodward and his crony Matt Judge still control the transfer. The "Daily Express" revealed that Judge vetoed the transfer of Belgian Genk midfielder Sander Berg in the winter window. Yes, in the end Borg landed in the Premier League with a record transfer fee of 22 million pounds in the history of Sheffield United. According to the British media, Manchester United did get the opportunity to introduce the 21-year-old Borg, even on loan, but Judge directly refused.
