Manchester United's new owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, acknowledges that fixing the club's issues will take time and multiple transfer windows.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has warned that it will take Manchester United 'two or three' summer transfer window s to fix all of their problems amid the opening of the January window. The mid-season window opened for business on Wednesday, providing clubs with a month to strengthen their respective squads ahead of the second half of the season, and supporters are dreaming of seeing some new additions at Old Trafford.
However, United have said there is 'no money' to be spent on new additions this month, meaning Ruben Amorim faces an anxious wait to find out if the club will be able to generate funds via player sales to strengthen his squad. Amorim replaced Erik ten Hag in M16 at the start of November and wasted no time in changing United's identity, switching their shape from a 4-3-3 to a 3-4-3. It means United are lacking quality in key areas of the pitch, not least at wing-back. But even without the financial constraints United are facing this month, they have rarely spent big in January. For example, Ten Hag was not supplied with a permanent signing in either of the two January windows he oversaw during his time in charge. United's decision to stick with Ten Hag last summer risks setting the club's long-term project back years, with Amorim being drafted in just months after the club triggered the option to extend Ten Hag's stay by a further year. As a result, Ratcliffe's idea that United will require up to three summer windows to fix their troubles risks being pushed even further back. 'We're sort of a bit handicapped in that sense, so I think we'll do a fairly good job,' Ratcliffe said, previewing the 2024 summer window. 'It will take two or three summer windows to get to a better place. 'I'm not confident that we'll solve all the problems in the first transfer window.' Regardless of the manager situation, Ratcliffe was right. United were never going to be able to fix all of their issues in one windo
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