In the January window United bought only Patrick Dorgu from Lecce for £25m despite Ruben Amorim’s squad needing a major overhaul – the majority of the players he inherited on becoming head coach in late October not being suited to his 3-4-3 system.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe will make another round of about 200 redundancies at Manchester United, part of a bid to counteract the club’s £300m loss over the past three years.
United’s limited winter window budget came despite the 250 previous cuts and offoading 75% of Marcus Rashford’s £365,000 weekly salary by loaning him to Aston Villa.
In late November United’s accounts revealed the club had to pay £21.4m to sack Erik ten Hag and hire Amorim as the Dutchman’s replacement.
Ten Hag was removed on 28 October, with his coaching staff René Hake, Jelle ten Rouwelaar, Pieter Morel and Ruud van Nistelrooy all following.
