Manchester United: Five things the Red Devils need to do to return to glory

#2 Appoint a Technical Director

Edwin van der Saar is reportedly among the candidates for the Techical Director's role at United

One of the primary reasons for Manchester United's recent debacle has been the club's consistently poor performance in the transfer market. Since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement, Manchester United have lacked precision and direction in all of the transfer windows. The Red Devils have been taken for a ride by every other club in Europe and have been forced to overpay on quite a few occasions. Ed Woodward has failed to impress over the years and United have paid for his lack of understanding of the game. This is why a Technical Director becomes an absolute must at the club right now.

Ideally, the new person would be responsible for all the transfer business and would work in unison with Solskjaer, who desperately needs a helping hand in recruitments, from a football brain. Perhaps the best example would be how City work at the moment. Pep Guardiola concentrates all his labor on the football, leaving the scouting and the recruitment work to Txiki Begiristain. At United too, a Technical Director would provide Solskjaer with much-needed support and give United a long term plan in the transfer window.

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