What Kind of Transfer Strategy is This?

It has been reported that United’s transfer plan is one area of the pitch per window: defence in 2024, attack in 2025, midfield this summer, and defence again next summer. Who thought this was clever? Every other club buys where it’s weakest and takes deals when they appear, rather than telling the market in advance what it needs. Advertising a left-back and centre-back shopping list pushes prices up. So who is will be left into United’s back four next season and how many deals can United actually do in a window? This sounds like a transfer strategy built for a PowerPoint slide. 0:00 Three summers6:24 The phased plan8:07 Who else buys like this?9:29 It increases the price, surely11:33 United’s defence15:25 How many deals can United do?18:48 Champions League or bust20:17 Some of this isn’t INEOS’s fault21:29 One area a year, really? Sponsor Ready to have an AI that can tackle real work? Try Claude Cowork today. Claude.ai/NQAT Hate the ads? Want more NQAT? For ad-free listening and our weekly bonus show, find us on Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Socials Twitter - https://x.com/nqatpod Instagram -   / nqatpod   BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/nqatpod.bsky... Patreon -   / nqatpod   #mufc #manchesterunited #premierleague