Manchester United’s new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said he wants the club to sign “the next Kylian Mbappé” this summer.
United have been linked with the Paris Saint-Germain forward, who is expected to join Real Madrid when his contract expires in the summer.
“I think in a way what I would rather do is try to sign the next Mbappé than spend a fortune trying to buy success,” Ratcliffe told Geraint Thomas on his Cycling Club podcast.
“It’s not that clever buying Mbappé, anyone can figure that one out. What’s much more challenging is to find the next Mbappé or [Jude] Bellingham or Roy Keane.”
“The solution isn’t spending a lot of money on a couple of great players,” Ratcliffe continued.
“They’ve done that if you look at what they’ve done the last 10 years, they have spent a lot of money on a couple of great players.
“The first thing you need to do is get the right people in the right boxes managing the club and make sure we get recruitment right, that’s such a vital part of a football club, getting recruitment right.”
