Berrada: There’s a clear idea of what we want to do
Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada has explained his vision for the club’s future, both on and off the pitch, during a wide-ranging interview with United We Stand.
Our CEO sat down with fanzine editor Andy Mitten on 2 June and quotes have been teased via The Athletic. Read the full interview by subscribing to United We Stand.
Amongst many talking points, Berrada speaks passionately about Ruben Amorim’s appointment and the men's team’s future under the Portuguese head coach.
Omar admits a mid-season arrival presented many challenges but explains why everybody has benefited from that process.
“We saw it as an investment for the following seasons, because we were going to give time to Ruben to get to know the squad, the club, the Premier League,” says Omar. “So, by the time that we got to now (June 2025), we’ll have had all the discussions about what does the squad need, the two-to-three-year plan to get to a squad that’s capable of winning the Premier League.
“We have a very clear roadmap of how we’re going to get there. Had Ruben started on July 1, 2025, we wouldn’t have been able to have all that knowledge, right?
“And that’s what I feel these seven or eight months that he’s had. He’s suffered in the Premier League, and the team has suffered. That’s why I feel that it’s really going to help us in the future.”
“We’ve taken all the short-term pain in this season, but as of this summer, the worst bit is going to be behind us,” Omar states. “We will have settled the management team; we will have settled the coaching team with the technical team around them.
“I sit here today and I’m actually very optimistic and quite positive about what’s ahead. Of course we need to get a lot of decisions right. And we will make mistakes, there’s no doubt. We’ll try to minimise those. But what we want is to build something that’s sustainable for the long, long term, right?”
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With the summer window now open, the subject of transfers is on everybody’s lips and Berrada is “confident that we will come out of the window with a much stronger team than what we’ve gone into.”
The chief executive is delighted by the arrival of Matheus Cunha from Wolverhampton Wanders and predicts the Brazilian will become a fans’ favourite.
“He’s a player that I think fans are going to love,” Berrada said. “We can talk about his technical abilities and he can play in three different positions.
“He’s a playmaking attacking midfielder; he can score goals, he can make assists. I think he’s going to lift people off their seats. He’s got a bit of a swagger about him that people are going to really like. Dare I say, (Eric) Cantona-esque.
“He was an important one to get done. We’re going to do our best to do more signings quickly.”
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