Ruben Amorim: Manchester United need to sell players before buying this summer

Ruben Amorim warned Manchester United will have to sell before they can buy this summer due to financial constraints that are impacting different areas of the club.

Next Thursday marks a year since Sir Jim Ratcliffe completed his deal to become minority owner of United and he has overseen some controversial, wide-ranging changes during that time.

Ticket price hikes have infuriated United fans, and the PA news agency understands those views were put to the British billionaire at a Fan Advisory Board meeting held at Carrington on Thursday.

The club shed a quarter of its staff over the summer and more redundancies are planned as the club continues to cut costs in a bid to reduce losses and aid investment in the team.

Amorim is attempting to oversee that challenging rebuild on the field and leads misfiring United to Tottenham on Sunday, ahead of which he nodded to the issues at hand.

“Our biggest problem now is Tottenham,” the head coach said. “We know the moment of the club. Of course I have to understand all of these problems but that problem of our club is not new. You already knew the rules of fair play.

“We have a problem at the moment, but that cannot influence the way I coach the team and prepare the next game, so my focus is on that and not the other things.”

Pushed on the longer-term impact after restrictions hampered their winter transfer business, Amorim said: “Here is simple – to do something we need to sell players.

“My focus is to prepare the game. We cannot do (signings) now. The window is closed.

“We need to focus on the games that we have, especially the next one, and then in the summer we will see.”

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