“Even though we don’t make any signing again, I’m okay”: Manchester United’s coach Ruben Amorim is happy with the club’s latest transfer signing, says he don’t want any signing again
Ruben Amorim believes Manchester United’s mistakes in previous transfer windows are impacting his attempts to do business in January as he waits for Patrick Dorgu to become his first signing.
United are close to agreeing a deal with Lecce for the 20-year-old left wing-back, but with just five days of the window to go it has been a difficult month for the club, who are balancing a precarious financial position with the desire to strengthen Amorim’s squad.
The 40-year-old has inherited an underperforming squad that isn’t suited to his 3-4-2-1 system. However, after making a loss of more than £300million in the previous three years, the money has run out, and the club is concerned about breaching financial fair play regulations.
Antony has left on loan to join Real Betis, but United are still open to offloading Tyrell Malacia, Casemiro and Marcus Rashford before Monday’s deadline. Chelsea and Napoli continue to hold an interest in Alejandro Garnacho, with United reluctant sellers, although they will consider an offer they feel is too good to turn down.
That would help boost Amorim’s budget and as well as Dorgu, United remain open to signing a forward on loan. But it has been a testing first window for the head coach and the £600m the club have spent in the previous three summers and a patchy recruitment record over the past decade have led to this position.
“This window is always really difficult, and we don’t want to make the mistakes of the past,” said Amorim. “We have to understand the situation of the club, a lot of things are changing, we have to be careful in this type of window and you guys know the situation of the club at the moment, so it’s not easy.”
