Manchester United have struggled to convert player recruitment into net financial returns, with Daniel James the only post-Ferguson signing sold for a profit. Recent outgoing fees are modest, with £25.7 million for Scott McTominay the largest receipt in over a decade aside from earlier loss-making sales of Angel Di Maria and Romelu Lukaku. The club spent nearly £200 million on four signings but have generated no transfer income this summer. United state that departures are necessary to balance the books and avoid breaching Premier League profit and sustainability rules. Marcus Rashford's season-long loan to Barcelona reduced his salary burden on the wage bill.
Daniel James has a unique claim to fame in the recent history of Manchester United. He is the only player who has joined the club since Sir Alex Ferguson retired as manager in 2013 and left for a higher transfer fee than it cost to sign him in the first place. James, signed from Swansea for £15 million in 2019, was moved on to Leeds for £25 million two years later.
For United, there is also the jarring reality that the £25.7 million received from Napoli for the transfer of Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay 12 months ago is the biggest fee banked by the club -- aside from the loss-making exits of big signings Angel Di Maria and Romelu Lukaku -- for over a decade. Di Maria left for Paris Saint-Germain for £44.3 million in 2015, a year after arriving from Real Madrid for £59.7 million. Lukaku, meanwhile, moved to Inter Milan in 2019 for £68 million, having cost United £75 million to bring in from Everton two years earlier.
With the 2025 summer transfer window now into its final two weeks before the Sept. 1 deadline, United's repeated shortcomings when it comes to offloading players are once again threatening their ability to reshape their squad. United have consistently stated that players must leave this summer for the club to balance the books and avoid the risk of breaching the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules (PSR). But despite spending almost £200 million to being in four new signings Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Sesko and Diego León, they have raised precisely nothing from outgoings.
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