Manchester United has made encouraging progress during their pre-season tour through the US, but the trip to Chicago, New Jersey and Atlanta has attracted more attention for what happened outside the field; Bryan Mbeumo completed his move from Brentford on the eve of the club's departure, left the 'Bomb Squad' in Carrington, and the decision to go for RB Leipzig -strits Benjamin Sesko who in turn had doubts about Rasmus Hojlund's future in Old Trafford.
Ruben Amorim will have been happy to get the Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha Deals at the start of the transfer window, giving him the players he wanted to fill the two no. 10 positions in his 3-4-2-1 system and time to work with them in the preseason.
United certainly looks like they benefit from more time on the training pitch in the victories over West Ham and Bournemouth in the Premier League Summer Series. However, Amorim will not be dragged along and will know that he needs more additions before the transfer window closes in a month.
What have United done so far?
In addition to more than £ 130 million in Mbuemo and Cunha, the club has also concluded a deal with a value of a maximum of £ 7 million for the young Paraguayan left back Diego Leon.
Mbeumo cost £ 71 million from Brentford after a long -term transfersaga in which United saw the competition deviating from Tottenham and the former manager of the player Thomas Frank. Cunha was a more simple deal because United was able to activate his £ 62.5 million release clause at Wolves.
The two attackers are signed to match the system that Amorim used in a good effect at Sporting Lisbon, so that United was persuaded to install it as the replacement of Erik ten Hag in November.
It did not necessarily fit with the United Squad that he inherited, with Wingers Alejandro Garnacho, Antony and Jadon Sancho for sale and Marcus Rashford already on loan in Barcelona.
But Bruno Fernandes, Mason Mount and Amad Diallo will continue to give Amorim options on number 10 and Mbeumo, in particular, can play as a striker of the required. He still has to make his United debut because he lags behind in his preparation for the season after the move from Brentford.
In the meantime, Leon clearly made it to Manchester after completing a transfer that started in January that he was not going to get to United to just go on loan.
The teenager promised to make an impression on Amorim in training and did exactly that with his power of character and equally powerful approach for a young man who only turned 18 in April.
This season he could become a very member of the Senior Squad as a backup of Patrick Dorgu at the left-wing wing base.
What do they have to do?
A striker remains the striking problem for a united side that only scored 44 goals in 38 games on their way to their lowest Premier League finish last season.
Amorim needs a Center-Forward to lead the system he has set up, and there are persistent doubts about Hojlund that that man is. There is no doubt that the DANE suffered in a poor team last season with even worse service, but a return of four Premier League goals is not good enough.
There is a lot of noise around the goalkeeper position, forced with Andre Onana to watch tours from the sidelines after cracking his hamstring on the second day of the preview course in Carrington.
Monaco inquired about the Cameroon International early in the transfer window and was noted £ 30 million, which clearly suggests that United is open to the sale at the right price.
The other area where United could strengthen is central midfield, but they are reasonably well filled in that position, despite the departure of Christian Eriksen as a free agent, where Captain Fernandes will probably play more often instead of one of the number 10 roles.
Is there enough budget and PSR headroom left to meet their needs?
United has blown up a large part of their budget on Cunha and Mbeumo, but they have cleared some headroom by sending Rashford on loan to Barcelona that all his £ 315,000 a week pay and hope to give themselves more breathing space by Alejando Garnaco, the Antony, Jadon Sancho, Jadon Sancho, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon Sancho, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon, Jadon Sancho and Jadon, Jadon Sancho and Jadon, Jadon's Sancho and Tyry, Jadon Sancho and Tyry, Jadon's Sancho and Jadon. 'Bombarim's' Bomb 'Squad' Bomb.
They will not all be sold, which were taken on loan last season. Further short -term movements are a possibility, but at least it will lower the wage account.
The sale of Garnacho in particular will generate 100 percent profit on the PSR balance, so United wants to close a deal for around £ 40 million.
Who are they aimed at?
After he missed Chelsea for their no. 1 Spits -White Liam Delap and Viktor Gyokeres and Hugo Ekitike to Arsenal and Liverpool, United focus on RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko.
The director of the recruitment of United, Christopher Vivell, manages the deal that has worked with Leipzig and Sesko's old club, Red Bull Salzburg, hoping to close a deal for £ 60-70 million plus add-ons.
Despite a preference for signing players with Premier League experience, such as Mbeumo and Cunha, United has chosen to go for Sesko for Ollie Watkins because they thought the price would have been too high for the Aston Villa striker that will be 30 in December.
Sesko has not been proven in England and more expensive, but at the age of 22 he offers a better value for more money and has a good success rate for Leipzig and Slovenia.
Nicolas Jackson is the other name that is consistently linked to Old Trafford, but the Chelsea striker is considered too expensive and talked about a Swap deal with Garnacho has been fired.
As United decides to recruit a new keeper, a number of options have been considered. They were able to go back for EMI Martinez after Villa had rejected an offer to sign him on loan, and United were also associated with Paris Saint-Germain keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and John Victor van Botafogo.
And who goes on the way to the exit?
Rashford is already on loan for the Nou -Camp, and it would be a surprise if Garnacho, Sancho, Antony and Malacia would not follow for the end of the transfer window.
Garnacho has made it clear that he wants to stay in the Premier League after he fails with Amorim, and attracts interest from Chelsea, Villa and Tottenham. United wants about £ 40 million for the Argentina wing player that was appreciated at £ 70 million when Napoli asked in January.
Sancho starts the last year of his contract and the end of a disappointing united career that started with a £ 73 million step from Borussia Dortmund in 2021.
Dortmund was able to bring him back to the Bundesliga and there have also been conversations with Juventus, but Sanchos £ 275,000 a week wages remain an obstacle.
Real Betis wants Antony to return to the club after he had spent the second half of last season on loan, but United wants more than £ 30 million for the Brazilian and a compromise will have to be reached. Malacia is now available after returning from his loan at PSV Eindhoven.
Hojlund will probably leave if United is successful in signing Sesko. The question will be if they take a big loss on the £ 72 million, it costs him to sign from Atalanta two years ago or to send the young Dane on loan to try to increase his value somewhere else.
If United signs a new keeper, it seems very unlikely that Onana would not stay 2. He would like to be the first choice in another club that had attracted interest from Monaco and FC Neom in Saudi Arabia, while United would like to earn back part of the £ 47.2 million. They paid Inter Milan two years ago. This may be possible until the end of the transfer window.