Manchester United's Ed Woodward steps down as executive vice chair after nearly nine years at the helm, TeamKenya takes a look at his tenure at Old Trafford.
Woodward during his time Manchester United failed to win a single Premier League title during his eight-and-a-half years in charge.
For the main part, United have since under his leadership tried to invest in exciting young English talent, but the fact remains that over Ksh153 billion (£1 billion) has been spent during Woodward’s reign and yet the team is now miles behind the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool.
In terms of prizes won on Woodward's watch, there was a Europa League, an FA Cup and a League Cup.
However, United did not keep a single title challenge in the Premier League under his tenure.
United’s poor Premier League run meant Woodward failed to achieve what he had set out to do when he was appointed in 2013.
Looking back, Woodward never recovered from his first summer transfer window.
During the 2013/2014 campaign, Manchester United supporters thought at least one big-name signing was about to rock up at Old Trafford. Instead, only Marouane Fellaini arrived through the door on the deadline day.
Woodward, later on, became a scapegoat for every poor transfer that United made, and there were quite a few.
The 50-year-old privately admits that his tenure will be remembered as a failure due to the club’s inability to win major trophies and believes that it comes down to poor recruitment.
In terms of transfers, Woodward hoped for a success rate of 70 per cent, but he admitted that during the Moyes and Van Gaal eras only three out of every 10 deals were working out.
He failed to land the right managers at the right time, and he failed to sign the right players at the right time.
The fact his last appointment was an interim who had been manager of sport and development at Lokomotiv Moscow says everything you need to know about the succession planning at the club.