The British "Metro" revealed that Manchester United could have gotten Paris Saint-Germain back Idrisa Gaie this summer, however, due to the inability to sell existing players such as Jesse Lingard and Nemanja Matic, they eventually had to give up the introduction of new midfielders. This leaves a big shortcoming in the current Manchester United squad, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer privately complaining that he has not won a new midfield signing.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has always wanted a strong back to improve the defensive hardness of the midfield. West Ham vice-captain Declan Rice was his first choice, but the England international was priced at £100 million and United have not had enough money to bring in. Gaye, 32, is a cheap alternative to less than £30 million. When he plays for Everton in the Premier League, Manchester United has already examined him, and tried to bring him in in 2019, but the other side is not willing to sell to the Premier League opponents.
This summer, Paris signed Liverpool's Wijnaldum and are therefore willing to sell Guye. However, since United have already spent £140 million on Cristiano Ronaldo, Varane and Sancho, the players must first be sold to buy people. And Manchester United's executive vice-president Ed Woodward, a summer window down, only sold one player, Daniel James.
So while United's negotiating director, Matt Judge, has agreed with Paris Saint-Germain that Guye could be brought in at the right price, Woodward told the cronies that they could no longer bring in reinforcements without selling existing players. Therefore, The Gayer deal can only be terminated. This season, Guyer has played well, scoring 3 goals in 8 Ligue 1 games and 1 goal in 2 Games in the Champions League.
A recently released statistic also fully reflects United's poor results in selling players. The Manchester Evening News reported that since Solskjaer took charge, Manchester United's net transfer investment is as high as 312.1 million pounds, more than 30 million higher than any Premier League opponent!
The net transfer investment refers to the club's investment in reinforcements, minus the income from the sale of players. As we all know, Manchester United spent a lot of money to buy people, but could not sell existing players, could only terminate contracts or even lose money to send redundant staff, resulting in a very high net transfer investment. Arsenal, which ranked second in net transfer investment in the same period, had a net investment of £279.7 million, Villa 244.7 million and Tottenham Hotspur 207 million. In contrast, Liverpool's net investment was negative because of their ability to sell players, that is, they earned 3.6 million pounds through transfer trading. Chelsea, Manchester City and other Manchester United rivals are also very efficient in selling people, and can sell their own youth players at high prices, which makes Red Devils fans envious.
Today, United can only hope that the future transfer window will strengthen the back area. Manchester United are rumored to be hoping to sign Inter Milan's Brozovic for free next Summer, and the 28-year-old Croatia international's contract is about to expire, and the two sides cannot agree on the renewal issue.
Brozovic wants an annual salary of £5 million, but Inter only gives £4.2 million, while for Manchester United, a weekly salary of £100,000 is simply a cabbage price. After the European Championship, Manchester United had considered 30 million pounds to buy Brozovic, and now they can get him without spending money, which is naturally more cost-effective. However, in addition to Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain has also approached Brozovic's agent. According to the rules, overseas clubs will be able to sign an agreement directly with Inter in January next year to determine the joining of the summer window.