Manchester United’s recruitment has been good enough, claims Ed Woodward

Not only that their decision to let Romelu Lukaku leave in the summer without signing a proper replacement has come under a lot of fire. While the Red Devils were linked with moves for Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala, Solskjaer and Woodward opted to sign no one and utilize the club’s younger players instead. Yet despite that Manchester United’s vice-chairman Ed Woodward went on to admit that the club’s recruitment has been good enough with an efficient and productive system in place.

"There is a myth that we have non-football people making football decisions. I think that is insulting to the brilliant people who work on the football side in this club. We've expanded our recruitment department in recent years and we believe this now runs in an efficient and productive way. Player recommendations and decisions are worked on by this department and by the first-team manager and his staff, not by senior management," he said reports the BBC.

Reports have indicated that the club will look to add reinforcements during the January window with many looking towards the winter window to help patch up a struggling team. Yet for Manchester United, the BBC reports, that any mid-season recruitment will be done to satisfy a long-term goal and not a short-term one. That, the BBC further added, is Solskjaer’s view for the club and Woodward went on to admit that it’s Manchester United’s as well.