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20th September 2020
12:14pm BST

“We have a very good group," said Shaw. "But personally I think we need more players to strengthen the squad. It can give us a boost. “When you look around at how other teams are strengthening their teams, then we must also do it to keep up with the others. “The pre-season we’ve had together is not the way it should have been. We’ve had a week all together. “We haven’t been able to prepare in the way we wanted and that’s not an excuse, because we have the quality of players to be able to win games like this, but we weren’t up to it.”
Earlier this week, Woodward spoke to United's official pre-match programme, United Review, in an interview in which he tried to explain the club's lack of transfer activity during the summer. In summation, United are victims of the coronavirus pandemic which has wreaked havoc over our lives this year.
“Disruption from the pandemic is continuing to create huge economic pressures from the top to the bottom of the football pyramid," he said. "While we are fortunate to be in a more resilient position than most clubs, we are not immune from the impact. "Despite this, we are delighted to have brought in Donny van de Beek from Ajax, adding further quality to a midfield already strengthened by the recruitment of Bruno Fernandes in January."So yeah, at this point, it doesn't look promising for United fans. But on the bright side, given how much we know about Woodward's business nous, there should be a brand new protective mask partner being announced any day now.
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