Man United can save millions on three transfers with Erik ten Hag genius completing Ineos dream

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Sir Jim Ratcliffe's claim that he would rather find the next Kylian Mbappe than pay hundreds of millions for the current one is by now a well-known quote.

Unearthing a talent is often more efficient than buying a proven one, especially when the second choice costs £200million. If you can't afford them, get in early and develop them.

It's a simple concept much easier to explain than to do. It becomes harder to actually integrate players as young as Mbappe at Moncaco (in his mid-teens when breaking out as a rapid Champions League star) when the talent in the first place is not always there.

Understandably when the standard is of an almost certain future Ballon d'Or winner, a world champion, a two-time World Cup finalist, and a Champions League runner-up by the age of 25, the promise of that level rarely comes around.