Leny Yoro, Joshua Zirkzee, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui have all joined ahead of the 2024-25 Premier League season, setting United back at least £139.5million.
That takes their spending under Erik ten Hag to a whopping £546m but the Dutchman – to no one’s surprise – wants to spend even more before deadline day on August 30.
The goalkeeping department looks set in stone with Andre Onana holding a firm grip on the No.1 shirt while the defensive unit has been beefed-up thanks to two additions from Bayern Munich.
With Mazraoui able to cover both full-back areas and De Ligt becoming United’s sixth senior centre-back, it’s unlikely that United will do any more recruiting in the rearguard.
“It would have been Frenkie de Jong and Casemiro,” Ten Hag told Sky Sports. “They would really be connected with each other. They would be really complementary to each other. That’s a typical player, if you want to play the Ajax style, you need that type of player.”
But that was then and this is now. 2024 has seen the emergence of Kobbie Mainoo as a nailed-on starter, so if Ten Hag was able to convince De Jong, it’d likely be at the expense of Casemiro.
The Brazilian has had serious interest from Saudi Arabia and could command a lofty fee, but he’d be a fine rotation option if we were to stick around.
In the centre, Bruno Fernandes will likely need to get used to more rotation over the course of the new campaign, especially if Red Devils sign Ivan Toney.
The English striker has entered the final year of his contract but amid Brentford’s demand for £60m, the Independent report that United could make an attempt to sign him on loan in the final days of the window
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