Former Manchester United Chef Tom Keane has lifted the lid on the record-breaking summer transfer window of the club.
Keane was their head of negotiations when they had a club height of £ 225 million out of six new signing sessions.
In Erik ten Hag's first window in Old Trafford, he bought Antony (£ 85 million), Casemiro (£ 70 million), Lisandro Martinez (£ 57 million), Tyrell Malacia (£ 13 million), Christian Eriksen (free) and Martin Dubravka (loan).
Keane, who was on United for only six months, played a huge role in conversations and even flew to Spain to complete the Casemiro deal.
Keane opened where things went wrong, the overlap said: “There were a few challenges. One of the biggest was that everyone was new.
“I had just walked through the door, the manager came in in May, John Murtough had been in the club for a while, but had just become a football director, Richard Arnold had just become CEO and there was a new head of data.
“The way in which it would work normally is closing the transfer window and in September they will start planning the next summer.
“What happened for us that summer, I think the work started in May because of the circumstances.
“It felt like we were doing a year of work in 12 to 16 weeks.
“I literally lived on the training field and I didn't see my family, which was fine because I knew what I was taking on and it was part of the experience.
“The budget side of it, the financial department supervised everything that was going on to ensure that the club remained full at the PSR obligations.
“In terms of negotiations, the process was really detailed and had to be.
“Big sums of money, so the bet is high and with football players you signs.
“You can't guarantee anything and all the work tries to minimize the risk. You try to improve the chances that the signing is a success.”
All those involved in that transfer window, including ten Hag, Murtough and Arnold have since left the club.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has built his own team in which CEO Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox is involved.