One of the major reasons Man Utd used to fall behind their rivals is that they didn’t move fast enough during the transfer windows. With Mason Mount arriving and Onana being close to joining the red devils, Ten Hag and the board are reviving United’s backroom operations despite the uncertainty looming around the ownership. What can be considered a successful transfer window for a team like Man Utd moving forward?

Getting those early door signings really sets the mood at any club. MacAllister joining Liverpool, and Jude joining Madrid, are some of the recent examples of how those clubs operate even before the window officially opens. By getting in those significant signings, the clubs use the majority of the time in the transfer window to unearth opportunities like Guler joining Madrid. In the last summer transfer window, United wasted all their time chasing Frenkie, overpaying for Antony and reactively signed a 30-year-old Casemiro for 70m pounds. This mistake hopefully doesn’t happen again and seems like it won’t.

The next sign of the transfer window would be to trust and sign the players suggested by their scouting team. Only when those major signings happen early in the window, can the time be spent on getting the hottest young prospects out there. United’s scouts are good. They scouted Caicedo while he was playing in South America, Garnacho is doing well in the first time, Amad just had his breakout season in Sunderland. Trusting the scouting department means giving them due time and space to sign their suggested targets.

The last part of success in the window lies in sales. Man Utd Historically has been poor at selling players at good value. This boils down to giving contracts that make the players sellable, being ruthless in chucking players out when needed(CR7 and DDG come to mind), and not being held in a desperate position to offload players. A club like United needs to have replacements lined up for their potential replacements because in the current market. That shows signs of success in the transfer window and that has to be the blueprint for a club of United’s stature