Since taking over the sporting department as a minority owner, sir Jim Ratcliffe had a clear plan – to stop the huge amount of spending and revamp the team in order to (finally) be competitive again. The sporting part definitely is not working yet (see: Eric ten Hag, Ruben Amorim, Michael Carrick), but the finances are in order. After sacking the staff, getting rid of (almost) all overpaid and under performing players, and upping the prices, United have managed to get some financial order. And they even made some good decisions in the last three transfer windows, but this latest report is interesting and it casts a doubt over their long-term thinking.Ex Gunner spoils United's partyIt was evident in June 2025 that Manchester wanted to revamp the attacking sector. They spent a lot of money but acquired Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko. This June, it was time to rebuild the midfield. 173 million euros were spent on three midfielders: Carlos Baleba (75 million euros), Andrey Santos (56) and Youri Tielemans (41 million). Time will tell if those players were worth it, but the central area is settled for years to come. The next logical step would be to address one glaring need – defense. And while it will probably be done come June 2027, an interesting report came from Germany. Just days after the transfer window was shut until January, United asked Dortmund about their star Felix Nmecha.United finally sign their dynamo midfielderThe young German is the next big star to come from Bundesliga, but Borussia has him under contract until 2030 and rebuffed interest from Newcastle earlier in August. Sky Sport Germany reported that the player was also not keen on the move as he expected a ‘bigger’ club from England. But now, that bigger club has appeared, and they are playing the Champions League as well as Dortmund. Whether it will be in January already, or in June (which is more likely) nobody knows, but the price won’t be under 80 million euros and the Red Devils need to sort out the defense as well. It’s also puzzling why are they looking for another midfielder days after spending so much money on the three of them…##NAJAVA_MECA_9936754##
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