For any top team coach, it’s important that the players take his ideas on board and turn them into results on the pitch. But the nature of modern football is such that the influx of money is just as significant. And Manchester United need a lot of cash.Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag received encouraging news this week. Club CEO Richard Arnold told the Dutchman that he would be able to count on a major increase in funds made available for signing new players – provided the potential takeover of the world-famous club goes through.Erik ten Hag on Man Utd takeover. As if he can’t wait for the new owners to arrive 😀 pic.twitter.com/fiCCufbMM6— UtdFaithfuls (@UtdFaithfuls) December 15, 2022 Of course, it was like music to the coach’s ears. Even though he’s spent nearly $300 million on new players in his first transfer window at Old Trafford, it’s not enough. The former Ajax tactician knows that he will need world-class additions to the squad if he’s to have any chance of breaking the domination of cross-town rivals Manchester City and arch-enemies Liverpool.Current owners, the Glazer family, will listen to offers of around $6 billion but are hoping that figure could go as high as $10 billion if media giants like Apple, Amazon and Google enter the race to gain ownership of the globally-supported club.##NAJAVA_MECA_6886653##Ten Hag confirmed that he’d had conversations with Arnold regarding potential investment in the playing squad.”We spoke about the culture, objectives and goals we want, and he confirmed it won’t change. It will be even better because more money will become available for this project. My information is that it will only be a good thing because more investment will be possible. I look at the competition around the Premier League, and they all have the opportunity to invest.”A bad sign for the Glazers, a great one for the supportersWith the number of foreign investors taking control of numerous clubs in the Premier League, the competition is getting more fierce with every passing year. Long gone are the days when Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea could count on finishing in one of the top four spots and securing Champions League football, along with the revenue that comes with it. Now six, seven or even more clubs are going after one of the top four places in the table. Ten Hag knows that Manchester United cannot afford to get left behind again.”It’s a tough competition between seven or eight clubs. That’s a change in circumstances compared to five or ten years ago. Newcastle are coming and even West Ham. Maybe not now in the table, but they have huge investments. You can quickly count seven or eight clubs that can compete in the league. Even at the bottom, I don’t see weak teams. They’re all strong. There are no easy games. The competition is tough, so you need the right players.”
