Despite Ferguson claiming his spending was done, Gill reveals that
United are interested in filling one more position in the squad, with
two or three players on their wishlist
Manchester United chief executive David Gill has revealed that the club are looking to sign one more player this summer.
United have already strengthened heavily since winning the Premier League in May, spending around £50 million on David De Gea, Phil Jones and Ashley Young, and speculation has been rife that the Old Trafford club are interested in Inter's Wesley Sneijder and Arsenal's Samir Nasri.
And despite manager Sir Alex Ferguson claiming yesterday his summer spending was done, Gill stated that United are still interested in signing one more player.
"Yeah, we knew that [it would be busy]," Gill told MUTV. "Edwin [van der Sar] made it known that last season would be his last so we had planned for a new goalkeeper well in advance.
"With the others [Jones and Young], the opportunities came along and we were comfortable with that. So we've made three signings.
"We're looking at one more player to bring in. Nothing's happening - nothing imminent - on that at the moment, but we'll see what happens when we get home [from the tour of America].
"There'll be 31 days of the transfer window to see if anything develops. But I'm not working on anything at the moment, in that respect."
Gill added that while nothing is happening at the moment, the club could sign someone soon, but only if that player is a world-class acquisition.
"We've been looking at a particular position and two or three players in that position, but nothing's imminent at the moment," he said.
"The important thing to understand, and Alex has made it clear, is that we need someone who's going to improve the quality of the squad.
"We've got a great squad and to get into that squad you need to be a world-class player. There's no point, if you can't get the players you want, in buying someone for the sake of buying someone.
"But you never know - there's often movement in August. I'm not sitting here saying I'm working on anything because I'm not, but that situation could change quickly when we get back to Carrington [the club's training ground]."
Manchester United chief executive David Gill has revealed that the club are looking to sign one more player this summer.
United have already strengthened heavily since winning the Premier League in May, spending around £50 million on David De Gea, Phil Jones and Ashley Young, and speculation has been rife that the Old Trafford club are interested in Inter's Wesley Sneijder and Arsenal's Samir Nasri.
And despite manager Sir Alex Ferguson claiming yesterday his summer spending was done, Gill stated that United are still interested in signing one more player.
"Yeah, we knew that [it would be busy]," Gill told MUTV. "Edwin [van der Sar] made it known that last season would be his last so we had planned for a new goalkeeper well in advance.
"With the others [Jones and Young], the opportunities came along and we were comfortable with that. So we've made three signings.
"We're looking at one more player to bring in. Nothing's happening - nothing imminent - on that at the moment, but we'll see what happens when we get home [from the tour of America].
"There'll be 31 days of the transfer window to see if anything develops. But I'm not working on anything at the moment, in that respect."
Gill added that while nothing is happening at the moment, the club could sign someone soon, but only if that player is a world-class acquisition.
"We've been looking at a particular position and two or three players in that position, but nothing's imminent at the moment," he said.
"The important thing to understand, and Alex has made it clear, is that we need someone who's going to improve the quality of the squad.
"We've got a great squad and to get into that squad you need to be a world-class player. There's no point, if you can't get the players you want, in buying someone for the sake of buying someone.
"But you never know - there's often movement in August. I'm not sitting here saying I'm working on anything because I'm not, but that situation could change quickly when we get back to Carrington [the club's training ground]."
