{"id":25879,"date":"2025-07-21T10:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/25879\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:32:20","slug":"ed-woodward-bragged-his-man-utd-signing-would-send-shivers-down-the-spine-of-opponents-he-completely-flopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/25879\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Woodward bragged his Man Utd signing would ‘send shivers down the spine’ of opponents, he completely flopped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ed Woodward might have been an utterly terrible figure for Manchester United, but he was always one for theatrics and headline-worthy statements.<\/p>\n

The one comment that stands out is when Woodward told Manchester United<\/a> fans, \u201cwe can do things in the transfer market that other clubs can only dream of\u201d, only not to back it up.<\/p>\n

During his eight years in charge of transfers, Woodward made some terrible signings<\/a>, despite often discussing his desire to sign superstars.<\/p>\n

These failures have been a constant point of attention, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe slamming Woodward for having no football knowledge<\/a> as recently as April.<\/p>\n

Jose Mourinho was also not a fan of Woodward<\/a>, with the CEO failing to back the Portuguese manager in 2018, which led to a doomed campaign that saw the \u2018special one\u2019 sacked in December.<\/p>\n

Woodward finally left United in 2021<\/a>, although his legacy lives on in the battle Ineos are currently in to steady the sinking ship.<\/p>\n

But now, on the 10-year anniversary of one United signing, it is worth looking back on one left-field prediction that Woodward got very wrong.<\/p>\n

\"BastianPhoto by Gareth Copley\/Getty ImagesEd Woodward predicted Bastian Schweinsteiger would be a sensation for Manchester United<\/p>\n

On July 21st, 2015, the United CEO discussed the signing of Bastian Schweinsteiger, who had joined the prior week, and he was absolutely thrilled to be doing so.<\/p>\n

As quoted by the Metro<\/a>, Woodward was not coy over his excitement around the fact that he had managed to sign Schweinsteiger for United.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to see a player like that come to Manchester United.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s our first ever German, and what a German \u2013 he\u2019s won absolutely everything and comes here with fantastic experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people see Bastian on the teamsheet, that\u2019s going to send some shivers down the spine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schweinsteiger cost \u00a314m and was 30 years old, which makes it bizarre that Woodward would bill the midfielder as though he were prime Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n

It also created expectations that Schweinsteiger would never have been able to live up to.<\/p>\n

Bastian Schweinsteiger was a massive disappointment at Manchester United<\/p>\n

While Schweinsteiger was among the best midfielders in the world during his time at Bayern Munich, this was one of the first deals that saw United take a player past his prime from another big club.<\/p>\n

The drop off was clear from the player that we assumed United had signed, with his athleticism completely gone.<\/p>\n

During his debut season for United, Schweinsteiger missed over 130 days through injury between January and June.<\/p>\n

At the end of this season, Louis van Gaal was gone, and Jose Mourinho came in with no intention of using the German<\/a> and actually treated him harshly in the end.<\/p>\n

Schweinsteiger was forced to train with the U16s and banished from the senior squad by Mourinho.<\/p>\n

Woodward\u2019s dramatisation of the transfer window is not something we miss.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ed Woodward might have been an utterly terrible figure for Manchester United, but he was always one for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[22625,22626,403,99],"class_list":["post-25879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-bastian-schweinsteiger","tag-ed-woodward","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}