MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: Manchester United say there is sufficient cash in the kitty to allow new manager David Moyes to chase a “stellar player” before the new season, British media yesterday quoted chief executive Ed Woodward as saying.
According to Woodward, the English Premier League champions are “absolutely” able to compete for players in the £60m-£70m ($90-105m) bracket.
“We haven’t got money burning a hole in our pocket but we have got a strategy on player purchases and if David wants to go after a stellar player he can do that,” Woodward said, his comments featured in several national newspapers.
“The way we worked with Alex was he would identify the transfer targets and take them to (joint chairman) Joel (Glazer) and (former chief executive) David (Gill), who would have discussions which ended with them backing him in the transfer market every single time and we see that continuing with David Moyes,” Woodward explained.
“We could have broken the transfer record in the past if we’d wanted to. Alex may not have got all the players he wanted but that was never down to not releasing funds. There’s never been a cut-off price.”
Speaking in Thailan, Woodward said regarding Rooney: “There are no contract renewals that are being discussed. I am not sitting down with any player on an extension and there is no trigger date in the diary.” AFP
