Manchester United must hijack Newcastle and AC Milan summer transfer deal for £25m centre-back

The dust had hardly settled on the controversial Saudi Arabian-backed takeover of Newcastle and the North East club were already making better transfer decisions than Manchester United. The signing of Bruno Guimaraes in January was a masterstroke.

It didn't take long for Guimaraes to show he would improve most Premier League sides. The Brazilian made a flawless transition to England and he's encapsulated quality, confidence and composure since. Guimaraes has been levels ahead of the opposition when he's played. He's almost the complete midfielder and it's difficult to understand why United didn't move for him four months ago.

Guimaraes is everything United need in midfield. He could have played his part in a midfield three at Old Trafford alongside Bruno Fernandes and a defensive midfielder, who United will sign this summer, but he was lured to St. James Park instead.

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The competition next season in the Premier League will be intense, with clubs like West Ham, Leicester, Aston Villa, Wolves and Newcastle all looking to disrupt England's elite. It goes without saying, United need to remain one step ahead of such clubs if they want to continue to regularly qualify for Europe. They were two steps behind in January and that can't happen again.

United's recruitment has been awful across the last decade and Ed Woodward and Matt Judge are mostly responsible for that. Woodward's premiership came to an end in February and Judge is set to leave. Richard Arnold has succeeded Woodward and there has positive noise from his first few months at the top. John Murtough has also been given more power, which is promising.

This summer is a fresh start for