Manchester United has not yet officially announced the joining of Dutch high center Verhorst, but it is only a matter of time before he puts on the Manchester United jersey. This is Manchester United's second new aid in January. The "Daily Mail" claimed that after getting Verhorst, because the club may rent out strikers such as Peristeri or Erlanga, Ten Hag also wants to introduce another new striker, but the source predicted , this goal is difficult to achieve.
Not only that, the British "Daily Telegraph" stated that Ten Hag must ensure that Manchester United returns to the top four in the Premier League this season, qualify for the Champions League, and clean up the redundant staff in the summer before they have the opportunity to spend money again this summer. Ten Hag wants a world-class centre-forward, as well as another high-level midfielder.
United are interested in Tottenham captain Harry Kane, Napoli striker Osimhen and Salzburg-bound Leipzig-bound Benjamin Seshko, according to recent rumours. As for midfield options, Barca's Frenkie de Jong and Borussia Dortmund's Jude Bellingham are the subject of rumors.
However, the introduction of these players may require 300 million pounds! Even if Manchester United successfully changes ownership and the Glazer family leaves and is replaced by Middle East oil financiers, the club still needs to abide by UEFA Financial Fair Play rules and live within its means. This means that only by returning to the Champions League and selling the redundant players in the team, Ten Hag will have room to continue to buy people to transform the team.
However, the introduction of these players may require 300 million pounds! Even if Manchester United successfully changes ownership and the Glazer family leaves and is replaced by Middle East oil financiers, the club still needs to abide by UEFA Financial Fair Play rules and live within its means. This means that only by returning to the Champions League and selling the redundant players in the team, Ten Hag will have room to continue to buy people to transform the team.
United are expected to earn between £590m and £610m this season. Based on the calculation of 600 million pounds, 70% of the share is 420 million. It seems that the amount is sufficient, but it must be known that the annual salary expenses of Manchester United players exceed 384 million, so the remaining funds available for buying players are less than 100 million.
Therefore, Champions League qualification is very important, which means more than 50 million pounds in bonus income. Not only that, according to the sponsorship contract between Manchester United and Adidas, if they miss the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, the penalty clause will be activated, and the annual sponsorship fee of 75 million pounds will be waived. A 30% cut, or £22.5m.
Manchester United also needs to sell redundant staff and save wages. People like Maguire, Fred, Van der Beck and Wan Bissaka may be included in the transfer list. They are not the main players, but their combined weekly salary exceeds 500,000 pounds! After one season, the total salary is 26 million pounds.
There are also players who cannot play at all, such as Phil Jones, Brandon Williams, and Tuan Zebi. Eric Bai and Alex Telles, who have been rented out this season, are also redundant personnel. , the summer window can be fully cleaned.
In addition, Manchester United still has an unpaid installment transfer fee of 307 million pounds, which will limit the expenditure in the transfer market. Once the situation is not good, Ten Hag can only choose one of strengthening the striker and strengthening the midfield. In the winter transfer window, he has already felt the pressure of lack of funds. The club only gave him a budget of 10 million pounds, and he can no longer spend 230 million pounds to buy players like the summer transfer window.
"cab토토" analyzed that if forced to choose a position to reinforce, Ten Hag will definitely give priority to signing a new center forward. After all, there are Casemiro, Eriksson and Bruno Fernandez available in the midfield. On the contrary, No one on the front line has scored 20 goals in a single season in the league.