Ian Wright left puzzled by three expensive transfer mistakes Man Utd have made under Ten Hag

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Manchester United’s recruitment over the past decade has suffered as a result of poor structure, now Ian Wright has called out three deals.

Poor recruitment has seen Manchester United squander a significant amount of money in recent years, with the net spend telling the entire story.

From 2014 until 2023, United had a net spend of £1.196bn, which was the most worldwide by a substantial amount according to the BBC.

Erik ten Hag isn’t the only culprit of this with other managers, the recruitment staff and ultimately the Glazer family to blame as well as practically no players hold value.

Now though, Ten Hag has been slammed for three of his incoming over the past few seasons that Ian Wright simply can’t get his head around.

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Ian Wright slams three deals Manchester United never should’ve done

Speaking on the Kelly and Wrighty Show on Premier League Productions, Wright was left puzzled by a trio of incoming under Ten Hag which simply doesn’t make sense.

“You have to look at, is this the manager to take them to the next level?” Wright asked before calling out three deals in particular.

“If you are looking at it now, I still don’t know what their main structure of play is. You can’t buy players like Antony and it doesn’t work. [Sofyan] Amrabat coming in, but it doesn’t work. Why did you buy Mason Mount?

“So, you are looking at players they have bought, just those three and you are thinking to yourself ‘who is making those decisions?’

How much did Man Utd spend on Antony, Mason Mount and Sofyan Amrabat?

Arguably the worst signing in the club’s history is Antony. The Brazilian cost United £85m in 2022 and for that money, we’ve received nine goals and four assists while looking unlikely to add to his tally.

Mount is another poor one, signed for £55m a year ago and has barely featured mainly due to injury as we approach the season’s run-in.

This combined means United have spent £140m for two players who’ve not contributed to more than 15 G/A.

Amrabat is only on loan, but the fee United have paid for this loan is quite expensive at £8.6m but looks unlikely to have his stay extended beyond this season. Going forward, Ineos’ new footballing structure should be more effective and solve this problem.