Michael Carrick has stated that Manchester United will not make a £100m signing this summer due to their finances, with the manager also insisting that Marcus Rashford “is our player” despite the forward and club preferring him to depart. In the current window United have invested a total of £85m on Youri Tielemans and Andrey Santos but have never spent £100m on a single transfer. This is in contrast to Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Chelsea, the rest of the traditional big six, who have all spent £100m-plus on a player in recent years.
Carrick was asked how United can compete. I get that,” said the manager. What we feel naturally as a group is to try and win games.
So there’s a lot that goes into that, but certainly the situation is what it is as well, whether that’s finances or whatever.” Carrick guided United to third last season and was asked why the money from Champions League qualification cannot be invested in expensive elite players. We’re working with pushing everything that we can to make the best of it,” he said. Carrick said: “A little bit depends on what position that is and what you’ve got and the dynamics you need at certain points.
Sometimes you do need that if it’s the right player. Again, it’s not purely on money. Obviously over time we need to be pushing to look to enhance the squad.
So, yeah, 100% we need to do that. So we’re delighted with that [but] we want more, we need more, we keep looking for how we can do that, so that never stops.” Rashford joined the squad at their County Kildare training camp base on Sunday following a post-World Cup break. The 28-year-old has been on loan the past season and a half at Barcelona and Aston Villa respectively, due to a breakdown in his relationship with the club’s executive and the former United head coach Ruben Amorim.
Relations have eased and Rashford is focused on working under Carrick, though the player’s preference is to depart. The club want the same as they seek to reduce the wage bill. The forward’s final two years of his deal are worth £35m.
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