Man United well placed to agree '£60m' January signing- expert
Manchester United would likely be able to make a £60million January signing because they would only have to pay six months’ worth of costs in this financial year.
That is the view of former Man City financial adviser Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider a deal of that magnitude would likely only impact Man United’s profit and loss by around £10million.
United were believed to be close to the profit and sustainability (PSR) limit last season, with Premier League clubs only permitted to make £105million of losses over a rolling three-year period.
But the Manchester giants are expected to avoid a potential spending breach after they were allowed to add back certain expectational costs.
Borson previously told Football Insider United will have spent up to £37.5million on sacking Erik ten Hag and appointing Ruben Amorim over the past couple of weeks.
Football Insider revealed on 6 November the Premier League side could be forced to focus on loan deals in January due to the costs associated with the recent managerial change at Old Trafford.
Man United big-money signing wouldn't impact PSR situation
But Borson doesn’t believe making a big-money signing would have a significant impact on United’s financial situation this season.
He told Football Insider: “You don’t need that much space to be able to do a deal in January, almost for any player.
“For the sake of discussion, if you think about signing a £60million player on a five-year contract, that would have a £12million-a-year amortisation impact, plus the wages.
“But if it’s only for six months of a financial year and you buy them on 1 January, you are only going to have six months of his costs in the financial year that runs until 30 June.
“All of a sudden, the £12million of amortisation costs becomes £6million and the wages are only half of his annual wage, so it probably wouldn’t cost much more on the profit and loss for a £60million player than £10million all in during this current financial year.
“It’s just not that significant, especially in the context of being able to potentially sell a young player before 30 June to balance the books.”
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