Daniel James has a unique claim to fame in the recent history of Manchester United . He is the only player who has joined the club since Sir Alex Ferguson retired as manager in 2013 and left for a higher transfer fee than it cost to sign him in the first place.

James, signed from Swansea for £15 million in 2019, was moved on to Leeds for £25 million two years later. For United, there is also the jarring reality that the £25.7 million received from Napoli for the transfer of Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay 12 months ago is the biggest fee banked by the club -- aside from the loss-making exits of big signings Angel Di Maria and Romelu Lukaku -- for over a decade. Di Maria left for Paris Saint-Germain for £44.3 million in 2015, a year after arriving from Real Madrid for

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