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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jamie Jackson and Jacob Steinberg

New Manchester United manager to get limited January transfer budget

Rúben Amorim at a Sporting training session last month
Rúben Amorim, pictured at a Sporting training session, has a €10m release clause. Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images

Rúben Amorim or whoever succeeds Erik ten Hag as Manchester United’s manager will have a limited budget to strengthen the squad in January.

After Ten Hag was backed in the summer with a £200m spend on five players – Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte – there is only modest finance to try to turn around the side’s fortunes in the winter window.

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