by belleebee » Sat Jul 24, 2021 3:09 pm
Saw this hilarious appraisal of the Sancho signing in the Grauniad:
(United) "... remember, is a club that can claw back millions on a transfer via image rights and myriad global commercial tie-ups. If Paul Pogba is the current billboard player, his successor just joined. If the asking price for Harry Kane, who is six years older, is north of £150m then Sancho’s acquisition is slick work by Ed Woodward, who can expect a rare Twitter amnesty even in a rabid social media age because no criticism should be aimed his way.
What the executive vice‑chairman achieves in signing Sancho is to elevate Solskjær’s side, while enhancing the United glamour factor because the lad from south London’s goal- and assist-rich displays come sprinkled with stardust. For the sole English club whose allure has them in the Club Hollywood bracket with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich, his arrival is a statement that the world’s finest young talents with their best years ahead can and do choose United."
No prizes for guessing who wrote it (clue: he usually writes the match reports for City games in said paper).