I expect Manchester United will suffer many losses and draw till the next transfer window opened.
What's the next transfer window going to change, Manchester United have spent quite a large amount of money in the last couple of years, with no real results to show for it in the EPL, yes they have won the Carabao and Fa Cup in the last two seasons, but they have been very poor in both the EPL and the CL. I can't really say for sure what the problem is with United and even if they recruit more players in January, it'd still be the same story sadly.
It seems that many people are too confident that Manchester United will be eliminated from the team challenging for the title at this season, just like you, I also feel that Manchester United is no longer worthy of being a favorite as a team challenging for the title this season although they have spent more than 200 million euros in the transfer market, manchester performance in the last few matches has not improved at all and even bringing in players like De Ligt and Zirkzee has not given them a good effect due to the poor game strategy implemented by Ten Hag so far.
I think Manchester United cannot continue to waste money trying to bring in the players that Ten Hag wants at the moment, because since Ten Hag coached Manchester United, they has spent more than 600 million euros to build the squad, but in fact Ten Hag has not been able to meet expectations from Manchester United fans and management , firing Ten Hag might be a better solution for the Red Devils before they get worse with Ten Hag in the future.