Not so much the Hojlund signing but all other transfer targets with Dutch connections. For example I understand the Mount transfer even though he was overpriced, ETH needs a midfielder with a certain profile, Mount is a known quantity and both ETH and DoF agree that he's the man they need.
But there is zero percent chance that United higher ups had any clue who Malacia was, zero chance they had interest in both Timber and Martinez. Wout Weghorst signing was a complete embarrassment, you're telling me a club with a scouting network as big as United's doesn't have more of a contingency plan and possible targets for each position. If they had done any due diligence and had any other right wing targets, they would never spend 95m on Antony.
Onana was available on a free transfer a year ago, these fukking idiots didn't even know they needed a goalkeeper, much less who Onana was. He was coming off of a drug suspension season and wasn't even guaranteed a starting spot at Inter. And then a year later United pays 50m for him.
I won't even get into the whole FdJ saga
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