Despite spending £406m and recruiting 16 players within 12 months, there is a danger Man United are getting worse.
Of the 16 players Manchester United have signed under Erik ten Hag, eight have played in the Netherlands and two have switched to the same agency that represents Ten Hag to coincide with their transfer.
If there is a club where it can suddenly spiral, it is United. But the profile of many of their 16 signings for Ten Hag suggests they recruit for the manager, rather than the club. Recruitment figures at United were unconvinced by Amrabat but, three games into the season and with Casemiro exposed in each of those struggling performances, United yielded to Ten Hag's demand despite reservations over the eight-figure loan fee.
Harry Maguire has reserved his finest form for England, Luke Shaw had a season-long hangover after a stellar European Championship and Paul Pogba was more consistent for France than United, where he wanted out for four-and-a-half years of his six-year contract. Romelu Lukaku gained muscle for Belgium and then failed to lose it for United while Edinson Cavani rewrote quarantining rules by staying in Uruguay long after playing for them.
4. Players developed in intense and/or high-calibre leagues who would assimilate quickly to the Premier League Ten Hag said during the pre-season tour the Bundesliga is "perfect preparation for the Premier League". Shinji Kagawa, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Jadon Sancho and Marcel Sabitzer is not a compelling quintet to sanction future raids on the German league.
Bruno Fernandes has been United's best signing in the last decade as he has the drive to succeed. He embraced the challenge of moving to an elite club, is a risk-taker and has leadership characteristics. He would not be out of place in the great teams Sir Alex Ferguson assembled and Fernandes has to be the prototype of any future signing.Wan-Bissaka and Van de Beek are two high-profile examples who have never been truly in sync with their teammates.
Giving youth a chance will forever be an obligation at United and Kobbie Mainoo is poised to become Ten Hag's second academy legacy after Alejandro Garnacho. While any club worth its salt has to be on the lookout for outstanding overseas prodigies , it has not often paid dividends for United.
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