Manchester United need (to sell) Harry Maguire to mount a title challenge.
who’s valued by the Serie A club at £43m. Assuming they manage to get those deals done on favourable terms the most United can hope to have left over to spend on a striker is £20m. Again, that’s not enough.
United will need at least £60m to land either Randal Kolo Muani or Rasmus Hojlund, with other targets like Victor Osimhen quite clearly beyond their means. They therefore require an extra £40m to prevent Anthony Martial leading the line next season, which also happens to be Harry Maguire’s asking price.
But it’s not just that neat bit of accounting that points to United’s hopes of a title push resting on Maguire’s broad shoulders. He’s also their most saleable asset – somebody really should pay £40m for England’s starting centre-back – and United may not need to sign a direct replacement should he be sold, with Luke Shaw proving himself more than able to play as a centre-back last season.
You could make those same arguments for Jadon Sancho, who has reportedly been made available for £45m – an attractive price tag for Tottenham, Aston Villa or other interested clubs – and the emergence of Alejandro Garnacho means Sancho’s exit perhaps wouldn’t require United to sign a like-for-like replacement.and there was some evidence last season that the 23-year-old could rediscover his Borussia Dortmund form at Old Trafford.
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