Omar: United ready for summer window

The Reds can buy players again from Sunday 1 June until Tuesday 10 June, as the rules have been tweaked due to FIFA’s new Club World Cup.

The main opening for signing players then runs between Monday 16 June and Monday 1 September.

Although Berrada could, naturally, not comment on links with anyone in particular, he admitted that a lot of talks have been happening behind the scenes.

United’s lack of involvement in European football next season has been taken into account, Omar added, while technical director Jason Wilcox and his department have been heavily involved in the discussions.

“Yeah, I can't talk about specifics but I can say we have been planning for many months now,” said Berrada, in an interview conducted pitchside with MUTV at the Bukit Jalil Stadium in Malaysia.

“We were ready for all the different scenarios and now know what we need to do.

“We have a very clear idea where we need to invest in the squad to improve," he asserted.

“So Jason [Wilcox], his team and Ruben [Amorim] have been in talks, as I said, for many months.

“Now it's a question of executing that plan and doing it in a way that is prudent but, at the same time, with ambition.”

The Reds added Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu and Ayden Heaven to the squad in January – our first window with Amorim as head coach.

It has already been announced that Christian Eriksen, Jonny Evans and Victor Lindelof will depart the club when their contracts expire at the end of June.