Manchester United 4-2 Brighton (Cunha 24′, Casemiro 34′, Mbeumo 61′, 90+6’ | Welbeck 74′, Kostoulas 90+2′)

OLD TRAFFORD — Other than Bruno Fernandes, one of the more challenging tasks in football is to name the second most successful Manchester United signing of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era.

All sorts of other names are bandied about. The lack of a clear winner typifies the embarrassment United’s scattergun transfer market approach has become.

Close to £2bn has been largely wasted on ill-fitting, overpaid stars unable to stop the rot. Until, it seems, this season.

Ineos have got a lot wrong since Sir Jim Ratcliffe decided to invest in his boyhood club. One area they seem to excel is in the transfer market, and in Matheus Cunha, the new overlords have found the poster boy for their

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