That it was his recomendation taints him slightly though, doesn't it? Somehow, in all the confusion, someone on the board will sanction rebuilding Old Trafford in wood.
Every country has an obsessed media. Are you suggesting that France, Italy Argentina, Russia and Holland have no right to call themselves top international teams too. As they're not on your little list of 'bona fide' contenders. Or do you just mean 'top 3'?
I suppose that we might have decided that if we couldn't get the midfielder we wanted then there was no point getting a cheap, s*** one which meant we would only be left enough money to buy a cheap, s*** central defender.