Erik Ten Hag calls for more signings to help Man United challenge next season

Manchester United made their first signing of the season with Joshua Zirkzee joining the club for £36.6m from Bologna.

They made their second signing of the summer transfer window with Lille centre-back Leny Yoro for £59 million.

However, despite the new signings, Ten Hag still wants to add new signings before the end of the transfer window.

Ten Hag is looking to add more players to his team after last season's injury crisis destroyed Man United's campaign.

When asked how many new players he wants, Ten Hag said, as reported by Daily Mail, “Just the squad as strong as possible. We already had two very good buys, so when everyone is fit we have a team that can beat everyone.

“But the squad depth we have to catch up because we had injuries. We are vulnerable and we have to avoid this first by getting less injuries and second our squad has to be that good in the depth. 

“The quality we have in [terms of] depth we have to catch up but even more because this season will be the survival of the fittest.”

Should Casemiro or Scott McTominay depart, United wants to bolster its full-back positions and add a new defensive midfield player.

They are also searching for another centre defender, as they have been connected to both Matthijs de Ligt of Bayern Munich and Jarrad Branthwaite of Everton.

The Red Devils will open their Premier League campaign against Fulham in August with Ten Hag looking to start the new season with a win.