Utd have struggled since City became competitive. That one season where they had RVP & Mancini had a breakdown, masks a long period of decline.
If Bob had kept his shit together, we would have won it that season as well & the picture would be clear, that this started under Ferguson, not Moyes.
In spite of changing managers, & short term fluctuations, we have had a long term target of what we want to be, & how we want to do it.
This Sanchez situation is a perfect example of that, in action. We plan for a player, put it all in motion, & they jump in at the last minute, to try & fuck it up, when we are already 15 points clear at the top of the table & don't even need him.
What they should be worried about, is beating us to whatever we are planning for 2020, not reacting to what we've already done, in 2017.