United have spent £150million so far this summer on Leny Yoro, Joshua Zirkzee, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, and could pay another £50m for Uruguay international Ugarte.
Ten Hag is satisfied with his new signings so far and is ready to bide his time until the window closes a week on Friday to make another addition.
‘Patience, you guys, wait,’ he said. ‘Be patient, sit, wait, keep working very hard. We will always try to make the best squad possible. We have a couple of days and we will always improve. As long as we have the opportunity we will look for it. When we have news we will bring it.
‘I’m very pleased. They’re showing we’re going in the right direction. We know as a club we have to catch up but it shows our ambition, the way we want to go. We have done good business, very good players, quality players who will add and contribute to our squad.’
Erik ten Hag insists Man United are prepared to do business in the final days of the window
United have offloaded a number of players to make way for the new signings, with Uruguay winger Facundo Pellistri the latest to leave after United agreed terms with Panathinaikos.
‘He’s very talented player,’ added Ten Hag.
‘He progressed very well last year, but we have a lot of competition in wide areas. We look at what we need as a squad but every player needs prospects and in this moment we had many players to compete in these positions.
‘We couldn’t give him the right prospects but he has high potential and he needs games to improve and progress. He gets the opportunity at Panathinaikos.’