Manchester United needed a good transfer window this summer to provide the springboard required to surge back up the Premier League table after a historically poor campaign.
The Red Devils landed 15th in 2024–25, seven places lower than their previous worst finish in the post-1992 era. United lost more matches (18) than they won (11) for the first time in 35 years, and averaged just 1.16 goals per game in the league.
Ruben Amorim’s arrival midway through the season brought with it a very different tactical setup, one that has needed adjustment time and new personnel to get right.
United remain a work in progress, impressing in a dominant performance against Arsenal without translating that into a positive result. They’ve subsequently played well in patches against Fulham and Burnley, collecting four points from those games, but have also suffered the humiliation of a Carabao Cup elimination at the hands of League Two’s Grimsby Town.
