I'm not holding my breath.

They've been pennywise and pound foolish for years now. Recall Sir Alex's infamous "There is no value in the market" comments from 2010. Or how the summer they sold Ronaldo for 80 million and replaced him with 16 million Valencia. Sir Alex's brilliance covered up a lot.

The current SOP seems to be ..."Why take a risk and spend 50 million on a player when we can renew the one we have"

As an example, there is no money for CB upgrades last summer, but instead they renew and extend Smalling to 2022 and Jones until 2023. The double whammy is the new wages basically make them impossible to sell. Same case with Rojo. He was renewed and extended in March of 2018 at wages that make him unsellable.

While I'm ranting, take Sanchez. The bankers were all over that because it was basically a free. His salary though has caused great problems. You can't sell him, and the rest of the team wants to be paid like him. Rashford is asking for $300K a week now for crying out loud.

Still ranting. Look at how they handled Ole's appointment. He's a legend no doubt, but I will not be convinced that his appointment was not impacted by how cheap he was to sign, and how little football legwork had to be done in the decision making process. He's 2OLEGEND and easy sell.

I'm in the camp that this summer will be like the last and ones before it. They'll sign more sponsors than players.

For all the high end attacking quality, their midfield (minus pogba) and especially their back line are shit.

I do not consider Lukaku and Rashford (nor Lingard or Mata for that matter) high end attacking quality. Martial is the closest, except when he mostly acts like a petulant child when things don't go his way - which is often.

The other names you mention - at Manchester United - are squad players.

starting with midfielders everywhere - especially since Herrera may be on his way to PSG - and also the backline.

Sancho, Fekir, de Ligt, Bailey, Tielemans, Sessegnon, Alexander-Arnold, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Militao, de Jong, all of them possibilities.

The time is now - before we turn into Arsenal. Let Madrid reel in more galacticos. United needs to invest in an up and coming young core before it's truly too late.

The Spanish sides are making us look like the Notre Dame of European soccer. God knows Liverpool had that perception all to themselves.

or anywhere else for that matter.

Man, I don't know where that comes from.

will turn its focus to Galacticos this summer after significant investment in elite young players the past 3 seasons during the Champions run. Madrid has spent major dollars in South America to get Vinicius, Rodrygo Goel, Brahim Diaz, Militao (in Europe already), Fefe Valverde in addition to their Spanish stable (Asencio, Ceballos, Oscar, Odriozola, Reguilon). Add in their loan players (Theo Hernandez, Ashraf Hakimi, Lunin, Raul de Tomas) and the next generation has some nice pieces.

I think Madrid is about to splash the cash this summer but they are doing exactly what you suggest in young player investment. I am actually a bit skeptical as to how much Madrid will spend this summer. I still think it will be Hazard and a striker but Zizou's love for Pogba may change the plans a bit in addition to the opportunity to nab Icardi for less than $80M. It will be a fun summer across Europe + Copa America.

Sancho: Possible, but it's going to be a long line of suitors if he gets a price tag
Fekir: Possible, but he may be damaged goods
de Ligt: Nearly impossible, highly difficult since he's all but signed with Barcelona
Tielemans: Possible
Sessegnon: Sure, but...is that really a high potential?
TAA: Impossible
CHO: Highly, highly unlikely since they'd sell him to Bayern cheaper than United
de Jong: He's already signed

If you're truly shooting for youth (sub 25), particularly in midfield, then you'd definitely need more realistic options: Thorgan Hazard, Weigl, Lemar, Neves, and Rodri.

As far as the back line goes...they need to spend. Skriniar would be a good start. Maybe Lenglet could be an option if he wants more playing time, he has a good future.

CHO: Highly, highly unlikely since they aren't likely to sell him at all, and if they did decide to sell, they'd sell him to Bayern cheaper than United

He has interest outside the PL so they’d be happier sending him overseas.