Transfer news: The 4 positions MU are targeting, truth about the transfer budget

Finally a moving campaign is finally and now Manchester United has a lot of work to do.

The club hope to make the 2024-25 season a distant memory as soon as possible as they recover from a manager who fired, mass redundanties, a European last defeat and their worst competition finish for 50 years.

Ruben Amorim, when he comes through the summer, since club sources indicate that he will do so, it needs players who fit his 3-4-3 system, and although Matheus Cunha is on the way of Wolves in a £ 62.5 million deal, this can only be the beginning.

So what will United do, how much can they spend and will their club captain be on their way to Saudi Aarabia?

Here the man from Mail Sport's Man United Chris Wheeler answers all the important questions prior to a crucial summer for the club.

What does Manchester United need this summer?

A total reset, to be honest, but there is simply not the money that is available to do it all in one go.

United has reached the same point that they were at Erik ten Hag after he won the FA Cup a year ago.

They allowed the Dutchman to keep his job and then supported him with £ 200 million more on the transfer market.

He received nine Premier League matches in the season and replaced by Amorim, who benefits a completely different system and type of players.

So a club whose history and tradition is built on Wingers, Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Antony can leave this summer and replace it with no 10 species such as Cunha and Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo.

United will also be on the market for a center after seeing Rasmus Hojlund -struggle for goals – only 14 in 62 Premier League matches since he registered £ 72 million in 2023 – and a central midfielder.

It is possible that they can go back for another center if there is enough money left to add to a contingent that includes promising young players Leny Yoro and Ayden Heaven, plus experienced veterans Harry Magire, Lisandro Martinez and Matthijs de Ligt.

How big is their budget and is PSR a great concern?

The budget is a lot smaller as a result of not qualifying for the Champions League via the Europa League final and touching a jackpot of £ 100 million.

It costs United another £ 10 million as a fine to sponsor Adidas, and more millions have been lost in Premier League Merit payments for the end of the 15th in the table.

Under PSR, clubs can lose £ 105 million in three years and that brings a huge squeeze on United, which are on track this year to announce another £ 100 million losses.

It is a reason why the sale of Garnacho and possibly also Kobbie Mainoo is a more attractive proposition, since both players are appreciated more than £ 60 million, which would count as 100 percent profit on the balance because they are from their own soil.

It is also the reason why United should reluctantly listen to an offer of around £ 100 million for Captain Bruno Fernandes of Saudi Pro League Club Al Hilal.

United is deemed to have a reduced budget of approximately £ 125 million this summer and will have to sell to buy more players.

In who are they interested?

United will land their primary target by activating the release clause of £ 62.5 million from Cunha at Wolves and paying the reimbursement in three episodes of £ 20.85 million over two years.

The Brazilian fills one of the two no. 10 places in Amorim's 3-4-2-1 system, and they would like to sign another for the deadline.

Discussions have taken place with representatives of Brentford's Mbeumo, who is available for around £ 50 million, and there are other more expensive options, including Ebereechi Eze, from Crystal Palace, Bournemoutth's Antoine Semenyo and Tyler Dirabling from Southampton.

In terms of midfield, Christian Eriksen will leave as a free agent, but a lot can depend on Casemiro and Mainoo.

It is unlikely that United will be able to find a club that is willing to take Casemiro's £ 375,000 a weekly wages despite countless attempts, and there is now an acceptance that the Brazilian will see the remaining year of his contract.

Conversations about a new deal with Mainoo have been towed for a while without signs of a resolution. The player born in stockport is supposed to find a salary of £ 180,000 a week to offer parity with at least some of his teammates, and also wants to know that he fits in the system of Amorim, in the midst of worries, it can influence his prospects in England.

After he said goodbye to Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans, a new center is a possibility back, but Amorim still has a decent stable of defenders for his back three.

Which young players could break out next season to fill gaps in the team of the first team?

Amorim has already begun to bleed his young players, sometimes due to necessity and on other occasions with a view to the future.

Promising young striker Chido Obi broke in the first team together with Center Backs Heaven and Tyler Fredricson, Plus Left Back Harry Amass.

Big things are expected from midfielder Sekou Kone who could spend at least part of the following season on loan.

Mali Youth International Kone traveled to the Far East for a tour after the season through Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Other names in the 32-man team of United for the journey that could have an impact in the near future are Jaydan Kamason, Godwill Kukonki, Jack Moorhouse, Jim Thwaites and Shea Lacey.

Which players are ready to leave?

It has already been confirmed that Eriksen, Lindelof and Evans leave as free agents on 30 June after they said goodbye after the last game of the season against Aston Villa in Old Trafford.

United will try to sell the four players who have been on loan – Rashford, Sancho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia – or that the least negotiates about another loan agreement.

Garnacho has been told that he can go after he has expressed his disappointment to stay more than 70 minutes of the last defeat of the Europa League against Tottenham on the couch, and Mainoo's contract means that he is probably an attractive target for other clubs.

The bottom line is that every player is available for the right price and even Captain Fernandes could go if Hilal table is an offer that is too good to reject.

The other two players who would like to hold United are Yoro and Amad Diallo, but there are no guarantees if the club goes into a summer of uncertainty.

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