“Catch up” – Ten Hag admits Manchester United have more work to do in transfer market

Erik ten Hag held his first press conference of the US tour in Los Angeles, where he was asked about Manchester United’s current activity in the transfer market.

The Reds have already added two new players to the squad this summer. Dutch forward Joshua Bologna joined from Atalanta while French centre-back Leny Yoro after two years in Lille’s starting line-up.

At his first press conference in America this summer, Ten Hag stressed there was not a specific number of signings he wanted. He stressed the importance of wanting the squad as strong as possible for the 2024/25 campaign.

“No, just the squad as strong as possible,” Ten Hag told reporters, as quoted by the Manchester Evening News. “We already had a very good two buys.

“So when everyone is fit we have a team who can beat everyone but the squad depth we have to catch up because we had injuries.

“We are vulnerable and we have to avoid this by getting less injuries and second, our squad has to be that good. The quality we have in depth we have to catch up but even more because this season will be the survival of the fittest.”

I was of the opinion that we struggled last season due to injuries. There were over 60+ cases of players missing due to injury or illness and we didn’t see any real consistency throughout the campaign as a result. United will improve if our star players stay fit for the upcoming season.

Ten Hag went on to admit United are open to reinforcing in every position. This doesn’t come as a surprise since United are open to selling several players who are deemed surplus to requirements or have limited time left on their deals.

“We are looking in all of the positions to reinforce and we are looking for a plan in our squad to reassure ourselves we are always occupied,” Ten Hag added.

“We are occupied (at centre back) but we work continually and the good thing is we already signed two players but I think it belongs to a club asManchester United that you are always looking if the opportunity is better and we still have time until August 30.”

United have been strongly linked with moves for Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Manuel Ugarte and Bayern Munich centre-back Matthijs de Ligt.

Meanwhile, an array of players have been linked with moves away from Old Trafford. Some of those players include Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Casemiro and Christian Eriksen.

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