Man United can save millions on three transfers with Erik ten Hag genius completing Ineos dream
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSir Jim Ratcliffe's claim that he would rather find the next Kylian Mbappe than pay hundreds of millions for the current one is by now a well-known quote.
Unearthing a talent is often more efficient than buying a proven one, especially when the second choice costs £200million. If you can't afford them, get in early and develop them.
It's a simple concept much easier to explain than to do. It becomes harder to actually integrate players as young as Mbappe at Moncaco (in his mid-teens when breaking out as a rapid Champions League star) when the talent in the first place is not always there.
Understandably when the standard is of an almost certain future Ballon d'Or winner, a world champion, a two-time World Cup finalist, and a Champions League runner-up by the age of 25, the promise of that level rarely comes around.
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