Man Utd: Fernandes is player of the season claims pundit
Manchester United won't have £150million to spend in the summer transfer window, in part becuase their £46.6m signing of Bruno Fernandes came out of the club's summer budget, and club chiefs could have difficulty deciding where they want to spend the money becuase of the positions Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to improve. That's according to transfer expert Duncan Castles, who discussed the issue on the Transfer Window Podcast.
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United have reportedly put as many as six players up for sale in order to fund their summer bids, including Jesse Lingard, Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones and Alexis Sanchez.
They have already spent big this season, having forked out for Fernandes in the January market.
The Red Devils paid £46.6m for the Portuguese midfielder, and he had an immediate impact since joining the club.
But the move could have jeapordised their chances of signing Sancho in the upcoming window, as club chiefs will have to decide whether they want to put all their funds towards the attacker.
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Castles explained on the Transfer Window Podcast that United chiefs might opt against bringing in the English winger because of the need to improve their defensive options.
"The budget, I'm not sure there'll be £150m to spend on top of the Bruno Fernandes transfer fee from January," he said.
"United are on record as saying the Bruno Fernandes money was brought forawrd from the summer budget.
"Solskjaer himself has talked about how he wants to be careful in the market and wants to spend the money in a thoughtful concerned fashion.
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"Ed Woodward has talked about the issues that Covid has caused the club.
"There's a sense that they want to keep that spend down if possible, but there's a question of how you allocate the money if Solskjaer feels that more of it needs to go to the defence because the attack is doing so well.
"With Greenwood on that right wing position, he's still got Daniel James as a reserve, and he's very much become a reserve in recent times, do you then put the majority of the money into Jadon Sancho, who is very expensive in wage terms?
"His salary has been agreed in principle, but it's going to be very substantial to get him out of Borussia Dortmund, who have made it quite clear that they're not in the market for letting him go at a discount."
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