Former Manchester United forward Louis Saha says the club are having to pay huge fees for players due to their recent failures on the pitch.
United had a frustrating end to the summer transfer window as moves for players like Paulo Dybala, Christian Eriksen and Bruno Fernandes failed to materialise.
The world-record fee paid for a defender they forked out for Harry Maguire, however, plus the earlier outlay on Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James, meant United still spent big. They made €80 million (£74m/$90m) back through the deadline-day sale of Romelu Lukaku to Inter , but Saha thinks their new signings could have been available for less.