Just to let Manchester United fans know, since so many of you have followed me over the last few days (thank you all): the club had already planned not to go any further at the time of my tweet. You deserved to know the truth.
What followed was purely a PR and communication strategy. If the club had abruptly ended negotiations, they would have been legally vulnerable to lawsuits from Atalanta or the player's agents for wrongful termination of discussions ("rupture abusive des pourparlers"), given that a principled agreement had already been reached.
That is precisely why the club panicked when they saw my tweet and pushed several journalists to issue blanket denials, making it look like everything would be finalized after Brazil's World Cup run ended.
That is the one and only reason why the club directed the media toward a deal that was supposedly still ongoing (giving them time to secure their medical and legal case). Yet, behind the scenes, the truth was very different... 🤭
Case closed. Onto the next one.
with all due respect to rashford this club still needs summerville.
rashford physically isn’t the same and he’s only getting older even if the ability is still there.