Man United face £43m transfer worst-case scenario as Jadon Sancho outcome emerges

The traditional pre-season opener is around the corner as Manchester United have one eye on silverware and the other on proposed transfers. Ineos have already managed to secure deals for Leny Yoro and Joshua Zirkzee with a string of further options dependant on outgoings.

Erik ten Hag and key figures behind the scenes at Old Trafford are 'open' to signing up to three centre-backs and a new left-back is also on their radar. Another midfielder is wanted, too, as United target a top-level replacement for Casemiro following his sharp decline in form last season.

But which players exactly will be sworn in this summer amid ongoing interest in Bayern Munich defender Matthijs de Ligt, Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite and others? Here, we take a closer look at the latest media reports and give a different angle on those updates;

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Reports from Sky Germany - via Florian Plettenberg on social media - claim that Bayer Leverkusen set Bundesliga giants Bayern a hard deadline in their chase for Jonathan Tah and it could havemajor repercussions in the De Ligt saga. United are effectively in a 'transfer triangle' with the two German sides.

It was proposed that a successful swoop for Tah would allow Bayern to sell the £43m-rated De Ligt to United. However, as per the above update and a follow up from journalist Jan Aage Fjortoft - who indicates that Bayern have said 'no' to Tah this summer - that scenario has been thrown up in the air as Bayern consider what to do next.

MEN Sport says: "At face value, this comes as a significant blow to United in their push to sign De Ligt, at least at anytime soon.