Okegoal.com - Manchester United is expected to fail in the summer transfer market of 2023.
There are three reasons why it will be difficult for Man United to succeed in the transfer window this season.
Manchester United is one of the teams that appears to be busy in the 2023 summer transfer market.
To date, many players have been linked to Manchester United.
However, Manchester United could only officially sign one player, Mason Mount.
Setah Merah will almost certainly get the services of Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana.
However, as long as no official announcement was made, Onana's transfer still stood a chance of falling through.
Indeed, Manchester United's opponents have attracted a lot of new players.
Take Arsenal, for example, who did their best this summer by bringing in three star players, Kai Havertz, Jorjen Timber and Declan Rice.
There is also Liverpool who brought in Dominic Zuboszlai and Alexis McAlister.
So, what caused Manchester United to fail so miserably in the transfer market this summer?
Quoting Sportskeeda, here are three reasons why Manchester United have failed miserably in the transfer market this summer:
1. Less attractive than Manchester United
Although it is hard to believe, in reality, Manchester United currently does not have such a strong attraction for star players as it once did.
In the past decade, the Red Devils have failed to compete to win the Premier League.
Apart from that, Manchester United can't speak much when asked to compete in European competition, especially the Champions League.
Despite reaching the final and winning the Europa League, Manchester United should not be in the second tier competition in Europe.
Therefore, many star players prefer to pin their rivals.
Name it after Erling Haaland who ultimately chose Manchester City over Manchester United.
Erling Haaland has proven he can pull off the winning hat-trick after joining The Citizens.
2. Limited conversion budget
This summer, Erik ten Hag was reportedly given a spending budget of just £120m.
This amount is certainly not a lot for a big club like Manchester United.
Moreover, half of the budget was used to bring in Mason Mount from Chelsea.
In addition, Onana has also taken up nearly half of the current transfer fee.
Thus, Manchester United will inevitably have to sell players to get new money.
Players such as Jadon Sancho, Harry Maguire, Fred and Scott McTominay can be released.
However, with their erratic performances in the 2022-2023 season, it seems that it will be difficult for the Red Devils to get big money from selling these four players.
3. Ownership is still unclear
So far, the news about the takeover by Manchester United continues to come out.
The Qatari conglomerate, Sheikh Jassim, was mentioned as a candidate for the new owner of Manchester United.
However, the Glazer family as the current owners of Manchester United have made no decision.
Indeed, The Glazers tend to stall for some time to sell the club based in Old Trafford.
Not only that, but it is also believed that the Glazers have no intention of selling Manchester United.
Under these circumstances, there is clearly confusion about who will sit at the negotiating table in the future.
The club's plans for the future will be different from the current one.
This is what is considered capable of making Manchester United not fierce in the 2023 summer transfer market.
