Man United get green light to complete wonderkid transfer that Ruben Amorim and Ineos would love

The story of Manchester United's transfer business, albeit no new signings have been made yet, has been player release clauses and how the club prepare to work around them.

Two players United have been strongly linked with are Matheus Cunha and Liam Delap. Following his contract extension at Wolves in February, Cunha has a £62.5million release clause that must be met. Delap, at Ipswich Town, will cost £30m.

Sources have told The Manchester Evening News that Cunha is 'optimistic' that a deal could play out. However, with the constant reports that United face financial restraints due to PSR and a lack of European money, the £62.5m needed to sign the attacker is rather steep.

Last summer, United did not pay anymore than £60m for any of their five signings under Erik ten Hag. Joshua Zirkzee had a release clause worth £36.5m at Bologna and United were able to sign him by paying the fee across instalments over three years.

The potential sales of Marcus Rashford, Antony and Jadon Sancho are all, hopefully, going to help United sign at least two new attackers this summer. But it's understood that the club are likely to attempt to split Cunha's fee across instalments, just like they did with Zirkzee.

Whilst Cunha, Delap, Victor Osimhen and other attackers continue to dominate the headlines, United do need to place some of their attention on other positions. Victor Lindelof and Christian Eriksen are expected to depart at the end of the season meaning at least one addition will be needed in their position.

Thankfully, in defence, United are not desperate for a ready-make, world-class centre-back. The signings of Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro last year, alongside Lisandro Martinez and Harry Maguire, means United could do with one