Selling someone will pay! ESPN: After Sir Alex retired, the only one who made Manchester United make a difference is D-James

 5:33pm, 22 August 2025

There are still 10 days before the summer window of the Premier League is closed, and Manchester United's "Bomb Squad" has many players unsold.

Rashford joined Barcelona on loan, temporarily lifting Manchester United's burden of his 325,000 pounds weekly salary. In addition, Garnacho, Sancho, Anthony, and Malaysia have not yet found their next home.

ESPN author Mark Ogden wrote that Manchester United must benefit from the transfer. Looking at Manchester United in the post-Ferguson era, Daniel James can be regarded as a "legend". He is the only player who has allowed Manchester United to "make a difference" since the retirement of the old Lord in 2013. In 2019, Manchester United introduced Daniel James from Swansea for 15 million pounds and sold it to Leeds United two years later.

Another player who "embarrassed Manchester United" is McTominay. Manchester United sold the Scottish midfielder to Naples for £25.7 million a year ago. This income is actually the highest transfer fee Manchester United has received in the past decade. Of course, this also requires excluding the two "discounted and low-selling" transactions of Di Maria and Lukaku. In 2015, Di Maria joined Paris for 44.3 million pounds, while Manchester United bought him a year ago and spent 59.7 million pounds; Lukaku transferred to Inter Milan in 2019, while Manchester United introduced him two years ago at a cost of 75 million pounds.