Michael Carrick wants more signings as Man Utd chase big-spending rivals

Michael Carrick has admitted Manchester United still need to strengthen this summer, but they will not be splashing the cash on the level of their Premier League rivals.

United have so far spent around £85 million (€99.5 million) on Andrey Santos, Youri Tielemans and Karl Darlow, but after another big summer of spending elsewhere, they are the only one of the Premier League’s ‘big six’ still to have never broken the £100 million mark on a player.

United need to build depth ahead of a return to the Champions League, and their midfield reinforcements come after Casemiro’s exit.

“I think we’ve done really good business and we’ve got really some top, top, top players,” Carrick said at United’s pre-season training camp in Co Kildare.

“We’re delighted with that. We always want to improve. We want more, we need more, we keep looking for how we can do that. That never stops.”

But United are trying to keep pace as Chelsea have spent £117 million on Morgan Rogers, cross-city rivals City signed Elliott Anderson for £116 million and Tottenham brough in Sandro Tonali in a deal that could rise to £100 million.

“Money’s money, I get that,” Carrick said. “It’s still about the football, and that’s where the competition lies.

“Certainly the situation is what it is as well, whether that’s finances or whatever. For now, we’ve got to make the most of it, but we’ve got to keep pushing and push everything and every boundary that we can to be able to win again.”

When asked why United were not spending on the level of other clubs, Carrick added: “To be honest, I haven’t got the answers for that. We’re working with pushing everything that we can to make the best of it.”

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