Here are your Manchester United headlines on Tuesday, May 27
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Manchester United's season may be over but they have the small matter of a post-season tour to South East Asia to contend with before their players can begin to recharge ahead of next season.
United are in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to take on the ASEAN All Stars on Wednesday before making the trip to Hong Kong to take on their national team on Friday.
Ruben Amorim spoke to the travelling media on Tuesday morning and shed some extra light on United's transfer plans ahead of a busy summer.
With that in mind, here is a round up of the key United headlines on Tuesday, May 27.
United's transfer plans
Ruben Amorim admits Manchester United "cannot do much" in the summer transfer window to overhaul their squad after their worst season in 51 years.
At a pre-match press conference for United's post-season tour match against the ASEAN All-Stars in Kuala Lumpur, Amorim was asked about the impact of no Champions League football for the 2025-26 season.
“Omar (Berrada, the chief executive) is here, he can explain better than me," Amorim said. "We always prepare two plans: one with Champions League, one without Champions League.
"Without Champions League, we don’t need a big squad, we can control the squad in a better way. Then we have a plan that is to bring some new players, of course.
"But our big plan is to improve the team that we have, is to improve our academy, because I think that is the future. It was the past, so can be the future.
"It's not going to change so much because we have the financial fair play rules. We are not allowed to do much in this summer, even with Champions League, so we are prepared for that.
"It’s important to stick together. We are going to struggle, it is not going to be everything right away but I have a feeling and I see the team improving and that is the most important thing.”
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Fernandes future
Ruben Amorim has reiterated the importance of Manchester United keeping captain Bruno Fernandes as part of their rebuild.
Fernandes cast doubt on his future in the wake of the Europa League final defeat to Tottenham last week, suggesting United could "cash in" on him amid interest from Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal.
The 30-year-old signed a new contract in August but the expiry date was extended only by a year to 2027. United also have the option of an additional year.
Fernandes ended 2024-25 as United's top scorer with 19 goals and he has won the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award in four of his six seasons with the club.
Amorim said last month that Fernandes is "not going anywhere because I’ve already told him" yet United are prepared to listen to offers for any player this summer.
“We already talk about that many times," Amorim said of Fernandes. "You can see by the performance, the leadership, the passion he has for the game, it’s really important. Especially in these kind of moments.
"The last game the team was without pressure, they performed quite well, everybody wants the ball. But we had some difficult moments and in those difficult moments you can see that Bruno is the guy that takes responsibility.
"He should be (taking responsibility) because he’s the captain, he’s experienced, he’s really important for us and really important for what we want to build with this team.”
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Dream XI
Man United plan to be busy in this summer's transfer window to try and revamp the squad after a miserable 2024/25 campaign.
The signings of Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Liam Delap should be sought as a priority with all three players helping to make up Ruben Amorim's dream XI next season.
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