There are reasons why a club with a diminishing income and limited leeway within Profitability and Sustainability Rules would submit a £62.5m offer around 48 hours after their season ended.
Manchester United, left with more questions after a torrid campaign, could look at the numbers and see that Matheus Cunha scored 15 Premier League goals last season. It is more than double the combined haul of Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee. They could add in the efforts of Marcus Rashford, Mason Mount and Antony in United shirts and still have fewer than Cunha had mustered by the end of February.
