New co-owner of Manchester United, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has expressed his desire to recruit a promising talent akin to "the next Kylian Mbappé" instead of engaging in the bidding war for the French superstar's services this summer.

Ratcliffe, along with his team led by Sir Dave Brailsford, is gearing up for their inaugural summer transfer window since acquiring a 27.7% stake in the club.

Despite Mbappé becoming available following his decision to depart Paris Saint-Germain at the season's end, with reports indicating a potential move to Real Madrid, Ratcliffe hinted that United will prioritize signing emerging prospects over established stars.

"I think in a way what I would rather do is try to sign the next Mbappé than spend a fortune trying to buy success," Ratcliffe told Geraint Jones on his Cycling Club podcast.

"It's not that clever buying Mbappé, anyone can figure that one out. What's much more challenging is to find the next Mbappé or [Jude] Bellingham or Roy Keane."

Despite significant investment in transfers over the past ten years, Manchester United has experienced a prolonged period of disappointment, securing only four major trophies since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013.

High-profile acquisitions such as Paul Pogba and Ángel Di María have failed to live up to expectations at Old Trafford despite commanding substantial transfer fees. However, Ratcliffe suggested that the club's recruitment strategy may be undergoing a shift.

"The solution isn't spending a lot of money on a couple of great players," Ratcliffe said.

"They've done that if you look at what they've done the last 10 years, they have spent a lot of money on a couple of great players.

"The first thing you need to do is get the right people in the right boxes managing the club and make sure we get recruitment right, that's such a vital part of a football club, getting recruitment right."

Ratcliffe has already made a number of changes to United's off-field structure by hiring Omar Berrada from Manchester City as the new CEO and luring Dan Ashworth from Newcastle United as sporting director.

There are question marks about whether manager Erik ten Hag will continue in his role next season but Ratcliffe chose to dodge a question about whether he's called Jürgen Klopp, who will leave Liverpool in the summer.

"You can't ask questions like that," Ratcliffe said.

But the 71-year-old British billionaire admitted he is a fan of the German coach.

"I didn't see the match between Liverpool and Man City and one of the things I read was that only three or four of the Liverpool players would get in the City team," Ratcliffe added."But Klopp has this ability to drive his players to a frenzy where they have total commitment on the pitch. That's one of the things a good coach can do."