Erik ten Hag’s transfer budget from Manchester United is anticipated to be restricted in January due to worries that they overspent during the summer.
In the first transfer window under Ten Hag, United spent nearly £200 million on players like Casemiro, Tyrell Malacia, Lisandro Martinez, Christian Eriksen, Antony, and Martin Dubravka. The most money they made off sales was the £10 million they received from the sale of Andreas Pereira to Fulham.
Club officials were eager to support Ten Hag, who recently admitted that he wanted United to begin “looking to the January window” to continue adding new players to the team in order to create the squad in his image. However, The Athletic do not anticipate that to happen.
United had only planned to spend about £100 million during Ten Hag’s first window, but it is clear that they far exceeded that budget late in the summer.
The next significant opportunity to bolster the team will come in the summer of 2023, according to owner Joel Glazer, chief executive Richard Arnold, and football director John Murtough.
Nevertheless, United would permit Ten Hag to reinvest any proceeds from player sales. Many players, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Phil Jones, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Brandon Williams, Donny van de Beek, and others, already have uncertain futures under the manager.
United is not well-known for its January business and has hardly ever been a significant player in the winter window. Bruno Fernandes, the first significant addition since Alexis Sanchez in 2018, was the most senior player to join midway through a season in 2020.
