Wayne Rooney tells Man Utd how many transfers they need before summer deadline - with Red Devils legend spotting ‘worrying sign’

The Red Devils have spent big on four new arrivals at Old Trafford. Premier League pedigree has been acquired in Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, while potential has been snapped up in Diego Leon and Benjamin Sesko.

Ruben Amorim is still waiting on his fresh faces to deliver a much-needed spark, with one point being picked up from meetings with Arsenal and Fulham at the start of the 2025-26 campaign.

Rooney is of the opinion that United’s squad still looks a little light, saying on his BBC podcast when asked if Amorim remains the right man to take the Red Devils forward: “It’s difficult. Obviously, to sit here and say, ‘Yeah 100 per cent’, I don’t think anyone could do that and I don’t think Ruben Amorim would say that himself with what we’ve seen since he’s been at the club.

“I think the recruitment has been good in the summer, but I still want to see two or three more players brought in, I’d like to see that. But yeah, it’s difficult to say that this is going to be our manager for the next four or five years on what we’ve seen.”

United’s all-time leading goalscorer went on to say of the same mistakes being repeated at Old Trafford: “We’d love to see him turn it around and sometimes we might be going too quick on this because Manchester United brings a lot more attention and it’s only two games into the season.

“But the worrying sign is that we’re seeing things we saw last season and that’s a concern. I’d have liked to have hoped that all those mistakes, players walking and being easy to play against at times would have been gone, but today that was a bit of a worry.”

United will see a Carabao Cup second-round clash with Grimsby and Premier League meeting with Burnley carry them into the first international break of the new season. They will hope to get more transfer business completed prior to the summer window closing on September 1.