It would be interesting to hear the New Year's resolutions made by Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Ratcliffe is stripping Manchester United of its identity and his cuts are continuing, leaving many to wonder what could come next?

Some of the cuts Ratcliffe is making mean United are in danger of losing what makes the club special and most savings are a drop in the ocean compared to first-team transfer fees.

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United have spent over £1billion in the last 10 years and Erik ten Hag was responsible for spending in excess of £400m during his tenure. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out where money should be saved - it shouldn't be by making staff redundant or cutting the funding they provide to the Manchester United Foundation.

Lessons from the post-Sir Alex Ferguson years must be learned and recruitment must be improved. United have wasted millions in the market and the signing of Antony in the summer of 2022 needs to the be the final time the club forks out an extortionate fee for a player who doesn't produce the goods.

Ratcliffe having 'don't sign players like Antony' as one of his New Year's resolutions would be fair. Unfortunately for Antony, not much has gone right for him during his time in Manchester. The appointment of Ruben Amorim offered a clean slate but Antony must be sold in the summer window if he's unable to improve between now and the end of the season.

The Brazilian has never looked to be at the standard required and what makes it even worse is that the Anthony United let go a year after the arrival of Antony is going from strength to strength.

Anthony Elanga is attracting interest from top Premier League sides and United would have been better off keeping him than signing Antony.

Since signing for Nottingham Forest, Elanga has scored or assisted an impressive 20 goals in the Premier League - 18 more than Antony has managed in the same period.

United signed Antony in a deal worth £86million and sold Elanga for £15million. United sold an academy graduate for what seemed like a reasonable fee, but they wasted an inexplicable sum on Antony a year earlier.

Elanga made his first-team debut for United just three months before Cristiano Ronaldo re-signed and he observed how the five-time Ballon d'Or winner trained, prepared for games and carried himself, something that Ronaldo hinted other youngsters didn't take proper notice of.

The Sweden international had the mentality to succeed, or at least be a valuable squad player, at Old Trafford, but his pathway was blocked by a poor £86m signing and he was sold.

United must consider how they handled Elanga when future academy talents emerge.