Manchester United need to avoid repeating six transfers if they want be taken seriously

It is clear from the appointments of Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox that Manchester United have grand ambitions under Sir Jim Ratcliffe's stewardship.

The Ineos chief, who secured a minority stake in the club in February, has wasted little time in trying to make long overdue changes at Old Trafford. Securing control of football operations, Ratcliffe has appointed Berrada as the club's new chief executive and Wilcox as technical director.

The aforementioned due are no strangers to one another, having worked alongside each other at Manchester City, meaning they will each bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to their respective roles. Extensive football knowledge is what has been missing from United's hierarchy in recent years.

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Along with Dan Ashworth, who remains United's top target to become their inaugural sporting director, Berrada and Wilcox will be tasked with playing key roles in putting the club back on the map and improving its success rate in the transfer market. United need to improve their recruitment hit rate after a series of errors in recent years.

"The first thing we need to do is get the right people in the right boxes who are managing and organising the club and make sure we get recruitment right," Ratcliffe said last month, speaking on the Geraint Thomas Cycling Club podcast. "That's such a vital part of running a football club, getting that right."

United have been guilty of committing too many errors on the recruitment front over the last few years, not least since Erik ten Hag's appointment as manager in