How Man United's transfer strategy is changing for the better

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Manchester United's £52.1 million signing of 18-year-old defender Leny Yoro is the game-changer in minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe's attempt to reset the club's recruitment policy and make decisiveness, rather than desperation, the new guiding principle at Old Trafford.

For the first time in longer than anyone cares to remember -- potentially as far back as 2008 and the pre-Abu Dhabi ownership days at Manchester City -- United have beaten a major rival to the signing of a player regarded as one of the brightest young talents in the game.

Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain had both made efforts this summer to sign the France under-21 international from Lille,…