At this point, Manchester United’s transfer window is closer to a Madlibs rewrite than a new era.
The addition of Marko Arnautovic and Adrien Rabiot — the former already canceled and the latter potentially moving forward — to the Summer 2022-23 transfer gossip has put a Joker-esque comedic turn on Erik ten Hag’s project.
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Consider the following:
New Manchester United boss (insert name here) has seen the club fail to land No. 1 target (insert name here) and is now being linked with a Champions League wantaway (insert name here) and a shocking budget target (insert name here) while struggling to offload disgruntled star (insert name here).
Yes, you can add Arnautovic and Rabiot to the long list of targets well below Manchester United’s historic reputation, not unlike previous surprising signings Odion Ighalo and Daniel James and former surprising rumors like Julian Draxler and Sean Longstaff.