Manchester United formulates an unconventional summer transfer plan: pave the way with the "future gains" of young players

Manchester United is changing their transfer strategy - selling their own youth training players to other clubs, and even willing to "leave them for free", but the premise is to add high-value second transfer share clauses. This operation is intended to relieve the team's "Profit and Sustainable Development Rules (PSR)" pressure while locking in potential returns for the future.

According to the Manchester Evening News, Manchester United has listed a list of youth training players aged 18 and above and opened transfer negotiations to other clubs. The special thing is:

·Almost free: Manchester United is willing to sell these players at extremely low prices or even "zero transfer fees";

·Sharing binding: The contract must include "high-value second transfer share clauses" - if these players are resold at high prices in the future, Manchester United will receive part of the profits.

This plan surprised some players' families and agents, because some of them were dug up from other clubs' youth training at that time. However, Manchester United emphasized that it has communicated with the player himself and that the player has the right to refuse to transfer.

The core goal of Manchester United's move is to avoid PSR penalties (the Premier League requires clubs to lose no more than £105 million in three years). By "release non-first team potential players at low prices + lock in future share", we can not only reduce current salary expenditures, but also obtain "cost-free benefits" in the future, thereby beautifying financial statements.

At the same time, this is also part of the reform of Manchester United's youth training system:

·The club believes that "18 years old is a key node that determines the future of youth training players." Instead of staying in the team idle, it is better to let them go out to practice in this way;

·Cost reduction pressure prompts the youth training department to adjust its strategy, legendary star Darren Fletcher recently served as the U18 coach (he has served as four roles such as U16 coach, first-team coach, and technical director at Manchester United), which is one of the signals of the reform.

Fletcher said in his inauguration statement: "I look forward to directly cultivating these young players to help them realize their potential and prepare for their top league career." Manchester United football director Jason Wilcox emphasized: "Fletcher understands youth training and knows how to integrate young players into the first team. His joining can strengthen the connection between the 'youth training-adult team'."

For Manchester United, this "short-term concession and long-term profit" transfer plan is not only a helpless move to deal with financial rules, but may also become a new path for youth training players to "export to domestic sales" - if the players who are let go are worth it in the future, Manchester United can share the profits, and may even buy them back at a reasonable price.