Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim says the club will have to sell players if they are to buy anyone this summer.
Despite being in the bottom half of the Premier League table, United only spent £25m on 20-year-old full-back Patrick Dorgu in the January transfer window.
It has been stressed by club sources that after losses of over £300m in the past three years, United’s profit and sustainability position is ‘tight’.
However, it has now been established that cost-cutting away from the first-team squad will continue, with another round of redundancies imminent and the London office likely to close.
Co-owners Ineos Group has also tried to renegotiate its sponsorship agreement with the New Zealand All Blacks and split with leading yachtsman Ben Ainslie.
Asked what impact this would have on summer plans to reshape his squad, Amorim said: “It is simple. To do something, we need to sell players.
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“Our focus now is to win these games. Then we have time to focus on that.”
Although Christian Eriksen and Victor Lindelof are out of contract at the end of the season and Jadon Sancho due to complete a permanent move to Chelsea, there are question marks over the futures of United’s highest earners Casemiro and Marcus Rashford, who has joined Aston Villa on loan.
Amorim’s words will also spark fears homegrown pair, Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho might be off-loaded in order for the club to comply with the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules which, it has been confirmed, will remain in force next season.
