Ruben Amorim is planning a summer overhaul of his wrestling team in Manchester United, but the club will have to sell before they can buy in the midst of their difficult financial position
Manchester United -Baas Ruben Amorim is planning to use the money from the sale of Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford to strengthen his search for a new striker, in the midst of reports that the club is a move for Ipswich star Liam Delap. It is said that United is one of many top clubs that follow Delap after his excellent season for the Tractor Boys.
So far, Delap has ten Premier League goals under Kieran McKenna in this campaign, which leads to speculation. There could be a tug of war for the 22-year-old. He would have a release clause of £ 40 million and will be seen as a more affordable option than many of their other goals this summer, including Red Bull Leipzig, Benjamin Sesko, Eintracht Frankfurt Vooruit Hugo Ekitike and Sporting Lisbon's Viktor Gyokeres.
United is desperately looking for more firepower in the front after he has not viewed Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee this season and Amorim knows that he needs better quality if he has to make new life of the club's fortunes.
But United's financial struggles were exposed this year after football chef Sir Jim Ratcliffe was forced to lower 200 jobs, in addition to increasing ticket prices, removing concessions and removing free lunches in their canteen.
The position of the club means, in addition to PSR rules, that they have to sell before they can buy and the Daily Mail claimed that Amorim hopes to use Rashford and Sancho to finance his transfer Kitty this summer.
Rashford is currently on loan at Aston Villa, but has made an impression on two goals and four assists, which will please the Portuguese boss – knowing that it should help him in the window and secure an exit. Villa has an option to buy Rashford for £ 40 million.
Sancho – who is on loan at Chelsea – is struggling to blind at Stamford Bridge Non to score or to help since the beginning of January, a run that stretches 13 games.
However, United will guarantee his situation after negotiating an obligation of £ 25 million to buy in his Chelsea loan agreement. Now that the English international is now lagging behind, the blues would still have to pay a large part of that fee if they wanted to go back.
The report of the mail highlights Delap as one of the “priorities” of the club in the transfer star this summer, with internal discussions underway about signing him.
It also says that they are confronted with competition from Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle and Manchester City in the race for his signature.
Clubs who are interested in Delap recently received a boost in their bids to sign him after Ipswich chairman Mark Ashton had hinted that the club would be open to sell it. He said: “Of course there is always a natural time when a player has to move. That is the cycle of life, it is the cycle of football. But we are very, very well protected.”
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