For Sports Director and MU CEO, this week has a little “break” from the worries about the club's summer transfer work.
Jason Wilcox and Omar Berrada spent a few days in Iceland at the invitation of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, mainly to discuss all MU issues in a more comfortable context, while enjoying the hobby of fishing flies – one of the passion of the British billionaire.
It has been 50 days since the worst season in more than half a century of MU ended in Hong Kong hot and wet, where they played the second match during the post -season trip. Earlier, the Reds lost the ASEAN All-Stars shock in the first friendly match in Kuala Lumpur, and then received incessantly booing.
Mbeumo arrived in time to fight in the US
Ruben Amorim was completely able to join Rotcliffe in Iceland, but the Portuguese military leader was busy preparing to help MU have a better Premier League season, starting with Arsenal at home in less than a month.
Amorim will definitely feel the best for the good news on Friday: MU has finally reached an agreement worth £ 71 million with Brentford to recruit striker Bryan Mbeumo, after a long pursuit process and the fee is much higher than the original proposal.
This summer has never been predicted to be easy for the Reds' reconstruction. The pursuit of prolonged MBeumo, difficult to liquidate the stars that Amorim is dismissed like Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho and Jadon Sancho, along with Liam Delap chose Chelsea instead of Old Trafford – all proved that. And that is not to mention the competitors who are reforming forces early.
Amorim will be relieved to have Mbeumo in the squad before the flight to Chicago on July 22, starting the summer tour in the US, although he himself hoped to have this star when MU returned to Carrington on July 7.
Slow and expensive in transfer
Ratcliffe once heavily criticized the way MU transferred the post -Sir Alex transition, both in terms of fees and quality of players.
Does this make them hesitate in the Mbeumo case, or simply notified that they can recruit target players at cheaper prices, it is unclear. But people have the right to ask the question: Should focus on Mbeumo first and then switch to Matheus Cunha better?
MU is willing to spend 62.5 million pounds to activate CunHa's contractual release terms at Wolves clearly set a “floor price” for Mbeumo – a player of the same age, position, goals and experience in the Premier League.
In addition, the attention from Tottenham and Newcastle makes MBEumo's recruitment at a cheap price is unthinkable, especially when Brentford has the right to renew the contract with the UK until 2027.
Some fans will ask why MU starts with 45 million pounds plus 10 million surcharges, only to pay as Brentford wants. However, about 65 million pounds guaranteed will be paid for 4 phases, like Cunha's fee is paid in 3 phases, helping the Red Devils lightly carry the financial book.
Amorim needs more reinforcements
The Portuguese coach still wants an extra striker after slipping Delap. Goals like Hugo Ekitike (to Liverpool), Viktor Gyokeres (to Arsenal) and Joao Pedro (to Chelsea) are out of financial level.
Benjamin Sesko (RB Leipzig) is a long -term goal, but the price is too high. Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), Moise Kean (Fiorentina) or Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) are considered. Watkins has a high price and has no resale value because it is 29 years old.
MU is also invited to free players such as Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Callum Wilson or Jamie Vardy, but is now just a backup plan.
Amorim also wants an additional midfielder and may be a center -back, after Victor Lindelof left, Jonny Evans retired and long -term injury of Luke Shaw and Lisandro Martinez. MU even considered recruiting new goalkeepers to put pressure on Andrre Onana, who was recovering a hamstring injury. Senne Lambens (Antwerp) and John Victor (Botafogo) are two names that were contacted.
Emi Martinez (Aston Villa) is also rumored, but it is only feasible if selling onana – this is now almost no happening.
Create pressure for the group to be abandoned
If Amorim wants to reform widely, MU will have to sell players and reduce the salary fund in the remaining 43 days of the transfer period.
There are a few small successes such as 20.7 million pounds from resale terms (Anthony Elanga, Alvaro Carreras, Maxi Oyedele) and a fine of Chelsea for not buying Sancho. But to have a real change, MU must push players like Sancho, Garnacho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia. In the immediate future, Rashford landed Barca on the form of borrowed.
Amorim is trying to make life at MU become uncomfortable with this group of players. They were only allowed to come to Carrington after 5 pm, when the whole team left. Rashford was deprived of the number 10 shirt, yielding to CuHa.
Juventus is interested in Sancho, and can propose to exchange Douglas Luiz or Dusan Vlahovic. Antony wanted to return to Real Betis, but the La Liga representative just wanted to borrow.
Garnacho is still the biggest hope for MU to collect significant money. Villa, Spurs, Chelsea and Atletico are interested. The relationship between Garnacho and Amorim is almost impossible to heal, especially after this player wears Aston Villa's shirt in the name “Rashford 9”.
Responsibility and pressure
With the presence of CuHa and Mbeumo, Bruno Fernandes is likely to step back to the central midfielder. MU wants Atalanta's midfielder Ederson but is rejected.
Due to not playing in the European Cup next season, Amorim plans to operate with a smaller squad and will lend many young players. 18 -year -old rookie Diego Leon is trying to score points in training to win the official capacity.
After the last match last season, Amorim once declared to the fans: “The upcoming beautiful period”. Whether he can realize that, time will answer.
Amorim understands very well that the scratch will be very strict, from the transfer market, friendly matches to the opening stage of the season. Therefore, the decision to cancel the backstage filming plan with Amazon at Old Trafford is also reasonable. There have been too many attention to the MU.
