2. Not Getting The Paperwork For Fabio Coentrao In On Time
On transfer deadline day, it emerged that United had made a
shock loan bid for Real Madrid's Fabio Coentrao after giving up on Leighton Baines. By the time the 23:00 BST cut-off point had been and gone, confusion reigned as to whether or not United had actually been successful in signing the player. And the reports early this morning suggest they have failed due to the necessary paperwork not being filed in time, which again demonstrates staggering incompetence on Moyes's behalf. And it again proves that he simply left it far too late to complete deals. The bid for Coentrao came with just hours of the window remaining and was the very definition of "last ditch". United should have gone in for the Portugal international far sooner, and if they had, they might have landed their man.