Goal net: £1 billion to pay for 0 titles, United's Woodward era ended in failure

According to previous reports, Woodward will step down as Manchester United's executive vice-chairman, according to the "Goal Network" report, 1 billion pounds spent 0 crowns, Manchester United's Woodward era ended in failure.

Woodward stepped down as United's executive vice-president after nearly nine years at the helm and would have done a lot different things if he had been executive vice-chairman again. Of course, that's not surprising, as United haven't won a single league title in the eight and a half years he's been with, and, in fact, they've never really come close to a title.

In terms of the trophies Woodward has won – there's a Europa League title, an FA Cup and a League Cup. But they have not remained competitive enough in the Premier League and have become losers in the Champions League. The poor return means he failed to meet his goals when he was appointed in 2013.

Looking back now, Woodward failed in his first transfer window. Woodward admitted that Ferguson's abrupt departure made his tenure an incredible challenge at the start of his tenure, and he was frustrated that he had not been able to work with a man he considered "genius."

In fact, given that his background was in investment banking rather than football, Woodward quickly became a scapegoat for every bad move united made, and there were already quite a few. He failed to find the right manager at the right time and signed the right player at the right time.

Woodward has privately admitted that if United had made different management decisions, they might have won the league title. He greatly appreciated Guardiola and Klopp, the latter of whom he had the opportunity to invite to manchester United to coach. Woodward later admitted that Dutch coach Louis van Gaal was given too much autonomy when signing players.

The Dutchman is responsible for signing some of the losing players of the post-Ferguson era – Di Maria (£67.5 million), Rojo (£16m), Depay (£30.6m), Schneiderling (£31.5m) and Martial (£54m).

On the transfer side, Woodward had hoped for a 70 per cent success rate, but he admitted that in the days of Moyes and Van Gaal, only 3 out of every 10 trades were successful. During the Mourinho era, United also spent a lot of money, bringing in the likes of Lukaku (£76m), Pogba (£89m), Fred (£47m) and Mkhitaryan (£30m). Before Solskjaer took office, the main problem with the team was that their crazy spending didn't seem to solve the problem.

The truth is that more than £1 billion has been spent during Woodward's tenure, but the squad is now behind the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool. Woodward has admitted that United will deal with the impact of their poor transfer deals in the coming years. They are struggling to sell players who are overpaid and under the team's standards, and the current squad is not enough to compete for the title.

It is understood, however, woodward hopes he will make it clear that he is not the only person in charge of United signing bad players, which will spare him some of the insults that have been made against him and his family in recent years. As far as the fans were concerned, it was the last straw – they had questioned Woodward's lack of football knowledge for years, so in their opinion, his pivotal role in the transfer confirmed their worst guesses.

Woodward admits he made several mistakes, but he believes there are also some notable successes – his focus on commercial deals has brought enough money to United to be able to sign players without the financial support of club owners.

However, no matter how good his business deals are, or how much improvement has been made in the hiring process, there is only one way to look at his tenure – and that is after eight and a half years, five head coach appointments and no big trophies, the Woodward era was a failure.

(Bear & Raspberry)