Managing Man United: Victor Osimhen hijack, Matthijs de Ligt deal, major weakness solved

Manchester United's optimism going into the new season has been slightly dented after injuries to Leny Yoro and Rasmus Hojlund last weekend.

Yoro in particular has drawn plenty of excitement from United supporters with his signing seen as a massive coup after strong Real Madrid. United have signed one of Europe's most promising defenders with his arrival resulting in jealous rival fans putting together compilations on social media of his 'mistakes' at Lille.

The club will be concerned though that injury issues have occurred so soon after last season's problems. Many will be questioning whether more could be done to prevent what could derail Erik ten Hag's plans ahead of a hugely significant start to the Premier League season for United's manager.

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The Reds return to competitive action against Fulham on August 16, nearly a week after a Wembley re-match against Manchester City in the Community Shield. Below, MEN Sport has taken a look at the priorities which face United and Ten Hag before the end of the transfer window...

The injury to Yoro has made United's next priority in the transfer window clear. Matthijs de Ligt must be signed before the season starts, otherwise, Ten Hag's team will have a weakness in central defence at a time when they desperately need a good start.

Many will point to the fact that De Ligt joining would just be a lazy transfer with United signing another player Ten Hag has previously worked with. But the Bayern Munich defender was previously regarded as one of Europe's most promising centre-backs and aged 24, he still has plenty of