Man Utd working on nine deals as Ruben Amorim puts finishing touches to squad

Manchester United have spent over £200million in the summer transfer window, with three forwards arriving to bolster Ruben Amorim’s squad, and they have more deals in the pipeline

Manchester United have completely revamped their attack in the summer transfer window, spending over £200million in an attempt to improve upon their dreadful 2024/25 campaign, but they are not done yet.

United have signed Matheus Cunha (£62.5m from Wolves), Bryan Mbeumo (£71m from Brentford) and Benjamin Sesko (£74m from RB Leipzig). They have also welcomed left-back Diego Leon from Paraguayan side Cerro Porteno in a deal which could reach £7m.

Amorim’s side begin their Premier League campaign against Arsenal on Sunday, but still have lots of business left to do before the transfer window closes on September 1. Having finished 15th and lost the Europa League final last season, improvements were obviously required and the club hope to get further additions through the door.

Speaking earlier in the summer, Amorim explained the blueprint for their targets. “We want players who have proved [themselves] already,” he said. “Sometimes you have a player with a lot of potential, you have to be aware of that, but all the players that are coming, we need to know the player. We need to talk to the player, we have to explain the project.

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“And then one really important thing is that they want to come here. That is the key point. If during the market we can find someone that can help the team and have all those boxes with them, we are going to do it.”

The next priority for the former Sporting Lisbon boss is a deep lying midfielder. Amorim fielded Casemiro alongside captain Bruno Fernandes in their final pre-season friendly against Fiorentina on Saturday, but the veteran doesn’t have the legs to perform the role. Manuel Ugarte has been unconvincing since his £50m arrival from Paris Saint-Germain last summer, while Kobbie Mainoo is better as a box-to-box midfielder.

Carlos Baleba is a transfer target for the position, but Brighton’s £100m valuation – backed up by the fact he has three years on his contract – may make that deal extremely difficult to conclude. They have previously been linked with Atalanta midfielder Ederson, who is valued at around £52m, and Sporting’s Morten Hjulmand, who Amorim knows well.

The other main transfer priority is in goal, where Andre Onana and Altay Bayindir have failed to convince. United have been linked with Aston Villa’s Emi Martinez, PSG’s Gianluigi Donnarumma and Royal Antwerp’s Senne Lammens.

Onana is expected to stay put and United would likely need to secure the exit of Bayindir before they signed a new goalkeeper. Lammens is the most realistic of the three aforementioned keepers, with Antwerp having already signed his replacement, although PSG are reportedly ready to wave goodbye to Donnarumma for a knockdown price.

The problem for United is that they need to sell players before they can buy. Having started the summer with five members of their ‘bomb squad’, there are still four in situ, with Marcus Rashford the only one to leave so far and Jadon Sancho, Alejandro Garnacho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia still on the books.

Garnacho is the subject of interest from Chelsea, who first enquired in January about the winger’s availability. He has agreed personal terms with the Blues over a permanent transfer but negotiations are ongoing over a transfer fee.

Sancho had appeared close to joining Galatasaray and Juventus before those moves went quiet. He is still being linked with a move to Italy, with Inter Milan and Roma reportedly keen, while a return to Borussia Dortmund is a possibility.

Antony wants to rejoin Real Betis, where he was on loan last season, but United are holding out for a permanent transfer for the highest price possible. Meanwhile, United have received little interest in Malacia, whose career with the club has been ruined by injuries.

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The arrival of Sesko has placed the future of Rasmus Hojlund in serious doubt. United are willing to sell the Danish striker for around £30m and there is interest from Italy in the form of AC Milan, where he still has a good reputation thanks to his spell at Atalanta.

Another possible departure concerns Toby Collyer, who is well down the pecking order in Amorim’s squad. The midfielder didn’t make it off the bench against Fiorentina and could be sent out on loan in order to get regular game time; he and left-back Harry Amass are reportedly being targeted by crisis-stricken Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.

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