Report: Man Utd offered £575,000-a-week star instead of Ugarte, Messi called him a “phenomenon”

The Red Devils, in their first summer under the ownership of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS, have been relatively positive, bolstering their back line with Leny Yoro and ex-Bayern Munich duo Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.

Striker Joshua Zirkzee was also signed by Erik ten Hag and Co in July for a fee of £36.5 million – but the glaring area that needs reinforcement is central midfield, especially with question marks over the future of Scott McTominay, Casemiro and Christian Eriksen