Are you a pro footballer? Or a billionaire? Man Utd probably want you as part of their mad summer dash – The Warm-Up

THURSDAY’S BIG STORIES Man Utd want everyone Ad Deep breath, one and all. In the past few days Manchester United have reportedly upped, ended or registered their interest in: Antony, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Moises Caicedo, Casemiro, Matheus Cunha, Moussa Dembele, Sergino Dest, Joao Felix, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Mauro Icardi, Illan Meslier, Thomas Meunier, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Alvaro Morata, Christian Pulisic, Adrien Rabiot, Yann Sommer, Jamie Vardy, Hakim Ziyech, and probably another handful more we have failed to remember*.

TransfersChelsea to continue spending spree by targeting £50m-rated Gordon – Paper Round14/08/2022 AT 23:13 Yes, indeed, they are single-handedly keeping the transfer window alive given the majority of Premier League clubs have probably called it a day already, you know, what with the season starting already and points already at stake. As Jason Burt poetically puts it — the Telegraph journalist among those trying to stay across this mad dash for players — United are “throwing a lot of names against a wall to see if any of them stick”.

Quite right, with reports claiming they now want to make five signings before the windowslams shut. That’s right, never mind that Erik ten Hag was confirmed as Manchester United boss on April 22, handing them the summer and heck even some of the spring to write up a recruitment plan, with two weeks to go they are supermarket sweeping their way across Europe, hoping a player doesn’t realise they’re in the trolley before the contract is signed and the woeful unveiling video published.