Man United head coach Michael Carrick sends clear transfer message to Red Devils chiefs

By Matt Law | 13 Aug 2026 17:28, Last updated: 13 Aug 2026 17:30

Manchester United caput manager Michael Carrick has said that the nine "want" and "need" to further boost their squad earlier this summer's transportation model closes for business.

The Red Devils person added Andrey Santos, Youri Tielemans and Karl Darlow to their squad this summer, portion youngsters successful the signifier of Tynan Thompson, Kit Margetson and Cristian Orozco person besides been brought in.

However, it is understood that the nine are keen to motion a left-back, different midfielder and a centre-forward earlier the September deadline.

Carrick has confirmed that Man United volition look to beryllium progressive successful the last weeks of the market.

"We're delighted with the players we've brought in, archetypal and foremost," Carrick told Sky Sports News. "We've improved the group. We've improved the squad successful antithetic ways. Balance, prime and the absorption we privation to spell in.

Carrick hopeful Man United volition marque much signings earlier extremity of summertime transportation window

"So the players that we've brought in, I deliberation we've done truly bully concern and we've got immoderate top, top, apical players. So we're delighted with that. We ever privation to improve.

"We privation more, we request more. We support looking guardant to however we tin bash that. So that ne'er stops. We're conscious of that and we've got to support pushing."

However, Carrick, successful quotes reported by the Daily Mail, has besides said that the Red Devils volition not motion much players "for the involvement of it".

"It can't beryllium for the involvement of it, but yeah, of course, we privation to improve, we request to improve," Carrick said. "It's thing that we're moving towards, for sure.

"I deliberation we've got a beauteous bully equilibrium successful each erstwhile you laic the squad out, but of people we would similar more. We would similar more, we request to support pushing for more.

"There's 1 oregon 2 areas wherever we'd similar to amended and we consciousness that there's the anticipation to improve, but again, that needs to beryllium thing that we tin bash that makes america amended and improves the group, whether that's prime oregon whether that's a small spot of depth.

"That's thing we've got to manage. That's beauteous obvious."

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Man United volition reason their pre-season against AC Milan connected Saturday afternoon, earlier opening their 2025-26 Premier League run against Hull City connected August 22.

The 20-time English champions won the Boyle Sports Cup connected Wednesday nighttime courtesy of a penalty-shootout triumph implicit chap Premier League broadside Leeds United.