Manchester United are doing what Liverpool FC wish they had done with Mason Mount signing

Central midfield has become a key battleground in this transfer window and Manchester United have managed to contribute to the spending spree with a potential £60millon deal for Mason Mount.

Liverpool are close to signing their second midfielder of the summer, Manchester City have already signed one and Arsenal are pushing to add Declan Rice to Kai Havertz in their own rebuild in that area of the pitch.

It's Liverpool who have had to be busy through necessity. Their engine room kept cutting out last year and the loss of power condemned them to a season without Champions League football.

Jurgen Klopp let his midfield grow old together and they left it one year too late to start the rebuild. The addition of Alexis Mac Allister is a shrewd one and Dominik Szoboszlai also looks like being a good signing as well, but the fact is they are making up for lost time.

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Klopp had plenty of midfield options last season, but a combination of a loss of form and a collection of players with fitness issues meant that area of the pitch fell apart dramatically.

Maybe it is the way Liverpool saw their midfield fall off a cliff that has led to their rivals staying ahead of the curve. City's addition of Mateo Kovacic is a replacement for Ilkay Gundogan, who has signed for Barcelona, while Arsenal want Rice and Havertz to help take them to the next level.

When United signed Casemiro and Cristiano Eriksen last summer they might not have expected to be back in the market for a midfielder this summer, but the signing of 24-year-old Mount looks a sensible one. United will pay an initial £55million for the England