Manchester United's transfer window thus far has been all talk and no action. The links, some spurious and others with substance, follow the club all year round and intensify in the summer.
United have been frustrated in their efforts to sign Mason Mount from Chelsea while their interest in Harry Kane at Tottenham has been met by a Daniel Levy-shaped roadblock.
There are other irons in the fire but nothing appears imminent. In isolation that is no great cause for panic - it is still June and, while every club wants their business done swiftly, in reality that ambition is often a pipedream.
The issue facing Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford is the painfully slow takeover process that began in November and has progressed at a snail's pace since.
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