Up to now as sad as it maybe, we all have to agree Man United have been more active in the market than anyone else and already spent more money than any other club will probably spend all summer. The only question i would be asking myself if i was united fan is where is the major signing of a central midfielder coming from, which is clearly needed from watching the champions league final. Just put it out there you may be able to answer this one for me?
The window for signing players from overseas isn't open yet. The only business anyone can finalize right now is domestic.
The European window opens next week, so I would expect something to develop from there, ideally Sniejder but who knows.I think United will break £100m this summer, Udinese confirmed United have lodged a £27m bid for Sanchez and we all expect a top CM to come in.Could Nani be bait for Sniejder?Inter have previously shown interest in him, I hope not but it would explain the Sanchez bid. Having lost VDS, Scholes and Neville to retirement and likely to see the end of Brown, Gibson and O`Sheas United careers as well as the release of Hargreaves (thats around £20m a year in wages alone) there is plenty of room in the squad for further additions. There is also the conundrum that is Berbatov, clearly not trusted by Fergie for the big games, I think he would accept any reasonable offers for him.With Welbeck returning with the promise of game-time Berba could be surplus to requirements. If we count De Gea as our 3rd signing so far I think we will bring in another 3 players, a CM, a RB and a winger/forward though this could be where Nani will feature more due to his lack of appetite for the defensive side of wing play that SAF insists on.
Two possible scenarios RE the debt.We all know they are making a fortune each year and with the bond release and paying off the PIK debt along with the huge amount of wages being freed up with players leaving there is a huge surplus to add to the £170m we had sitting in the bank. Or, it was the Qatari`s that paid off the PIK debt(Glazers accounts were quickly moved to Delaware which is the American equivalent of a Swiss bank) and they are funding the spending spree before announcing the deal, which makes sense to sort the majority of our future transfers now as we would get our pants pulled down on every transfer if the selling club knew we had the Qatari Billions behind us. The Debt on the Bond is reported as between £380-450m depending on different sources but the club have been buying back what they can.Either way, we will know soon enough but I expect there will be another 3 signings after De Gea.
The debt is not affecting the operating profit, it is essentially the glazers debt not uniteds. The debt is tiny compared to the value of the club therfore, in reality ie when they sell, there is no debt only a huge profit for the glazers
