Manchester United are reportedly in the latter stages of negotiations for Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Carlos Baleba at a sum considerably short of his previous $135 million (£100 million) valuation, serving as the latest example in the club’s newly cost-effective recruitment strategy.
Back in 2019, years before he would be a minority investor in Manchester United with control over sporting matters, Sir Jim Ratcliffe lamented how his boyhood club was the “the dumb money in town.” After a couple of years to make some mistakes of his own, the Red Devils are threatening to have actually found their way in the market.
