As if a nightmare start to the season and a fan revolt weren’t worrying enough for Manchester United, the club’s in-house TV station chose a bad time to go off-message yesterday.
Discussing United’s bid to sign Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot in a £15.2million deal, former Old Trafford favourite and popular MUTV pundit Lou Macari was perhaps a little too candid in his assessment of the situation.
‘I’d never really heard of him,’ said the 73-year-old Scot (right). ‘Clubs spend millions of pounds to put scouts out there all around Europe to keep an eye on players.