Simon Stone
BBC Sport’s chief football news reporter
Question: Will winning the Europa League or not determine Man Utd’s transfer plans?
Manchester United officials will tell you there is a plan for transfers if they win the Europa League and one if they don’t. That is fairly obvious. What they are less keen to talk about is the financial impact of no Europe.
The level of players you can buy has to be lower because there is not as much money available and you can’t offer a place in the Champions League. Then, I guess, it will come down to whether United go after the same level of player – but fewer of them – and it would be more expensive, or recruit younger players from a level below. The key is getting it right.
Recruitment, as we are all aware, is not something Manchester United have been particularly good at for many years now. There is no quick fix here. It is going to take years for United to be really competitive at the top end of the league. But even with the current squad, they should not be where they are now.
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