Woodward heads United’s transfer dealings (Picture: Getty)

Manchester United chief Ed Woodward has rubbished claims he picks transfers by watching YouTube.

Woodward has faced consistent criticism for his transfer dealings in recent years and the likes of Gary Neville has even urged United to axe their executive vice-chairman.

With Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Woodward under pressure to turn United’s fortunes around, the club chief denied he had any major involvement in signings.

‘The decisions related to recruitment are all taken by football experts. My involvement is signing off the money,’ he told fanzine United We Stand.


Maguire was United’s marquee summer signing (Picture: Getty)

‘The manager has a veto on a player – we would never sign a player the manager wouldn’t want because he wouldn’t play him.



‘But we also feel the recruitment department, the football experts, should have a veto too.

‘I don’t get involved in recruitment like people think I do. There’s a myth that I look at YouTube and choose players.

‘I don’t. Having an eye for players is an art. I have no interest in doing that.

‘I just want to have a disciplined process because if you are spending a lot of money on a player you have to make sure you get more right than wrong.

‘Where I get involved is that I have to sign off the money, yet when you have target one, two or three from your process I feel fine going after the No.1 target and, if it’s not to be him, then number two or three.’

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