Manchester United have two new transfer ambitions under Ineos to avoid FFP and PSR concerns

Now, the real business can begin. After an opening to the transfer window dominated by dubious deals, PSR calculations and accountants coining it in, clubs can start to flex whatever muscles they have.

Manchester United avoided the rush to raise cash by June 30, with a series of January loan deals and Alvaro Fernandez’s move to Benfica making sure they were comfortably within their limit on the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability rules (PSR).

The end of the financial year for clubs’ accounts on June 30 essentially wipes the slate clean. It is a boost for those clubs who didn’t have to sell. Every departure from Old Trafford now is a positive on this year’s accounts, while the £150m loss from 2021/22 will also drop off the monitoring period.

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United have experts on PSR in their finance department and having stepped back from the precipice in the first half of 2024, they don’t expect to be in trouble now. The sales of Mason Greenwood and Jadon Sancho will further enhance their position.

Another reason for the confidence is that, under Ineos, United expect to get better at this sort of stuff. Nobody can look at the transfer business at Old Trafford in recent years and conclude it has been going well. Too often they have sold on the cheap and overspent when buying.

There are two aims for Ineos as they tentatively open the chequebook in their first window. To get better at holding the line and to get better at selling players. Nail both of those ambitions and the books should balance a lot easier.

Look back just over the previous two summers and you will find