Manchester United, Chelsea, and Tottenham were all left scrambling forforwards on what was a damp squib of a transfer deadline day as last-minute panic left United desperately trying to seal a deal for random target Odion Ighalo. Now he is 30 and certainly not improving — and yet there were United battling to negotiate a loan move late on deadline day. Again, with top scorer Tammy Abraham injured, it was clear they needed a striker — but they didn’t get one. “Being not busy in the transfer window does not give you the opportunity to be relaxed in this business.”Being busy on deadline day doesn’t make you relaxed, either. Scrambling around for second-rate strikers at 11pm isn’t the way business should be done especially not at Old Trafford.

Source: Irish Examiner January 31, 2020 22:30 UTC