Man Utd made transfer ‘mistake’ with £25m star ‘difficult to replace’ amid Ten Hag admission

Manchester United have been told they made a mistake selling Scott McTominay to Serie A giants Napoli before the summer transfer window closed.

There were significant changes at Old Trafford ahead of the 2024 summer transfer window as new co-owner overhauled their recruitment team with the appointments of sporting director Dan Ashworth, technical director Jason Wilcox and chief executive Omar Berrada.

This set up nicely and they had a strong transfer window. They spent around £180m to sign Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte.

The Premier League giants also sold well as they freed up funds by ridding of some deadwood.

The sale of McTominay brought in the most funds as he joined Napoli for an initial £25m p…