Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has revealed the coming months will be difficult for the club and will look to be smart in the summer transfer window but insists United are in a strong financial position.
The Red Devils manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said he is waiting for budget certainty about the club’s target for next summer despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“We’ll have to take a big look at things ourselves to see how hard we’ve been hit. I know the club has announced a few numbers before.” the United manager said.
“It’s not for me to say here now we are going to have X amount because I don’t really know. I don’t really know how hard we have been hit.
“We are a financially strong club, but we are also probably being hit more than anybody else. There’s still a lot of uncertainty and these three or four months, every businessman in the world, every footballer in the world, I think everyone is still unsure what the effect will be.” Solskjaer added.
Paul Pogba’s agent has said the midfielder is keen to return to Juventus in next summer but Solskjaer hopes the World Cup winner to stay at Old Trafford as he plans Bruno Fernandes partnership.
“He wants to be the best he can be. He knows he’s a special talent and he doesn’t want to in five or ten years time look back and think I didn’t make the most of it.” Solskjaer said.
“He is already a World Cup winner, he has won things with Juventus and us so I’m not surprised by his enthusiasm and dedication to us. Yes, we are looking to keep Paul here and we are looking to keep the best players here anyway.” Soslkjaer added.
United have booked their place in the FA Cup semi-final following a hard-fought 2-1 victory against Norwich on Saturday night.
