Manchester United closing in on double signing as club get £75m boost

Here are your Wednesday morning Manchester United headlines.

United signing Fletcher brothers

Manchester United hope to sign Darren Fletcher's twin sons, Jack and Tyler, from City before the end of the month amid a "revenge" move by their rivals.

City are about to sign centre-back Harrison Parker, 16, from the United academy after the club refused to meet his demands for a higher salary.

United sources believe City's approach for Parker is a response to the anticipated switch of the Fletcher twins, 16, to Old Trafford.

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Well-placed sources say Parker was offered a competitive financial package but the club were unwilling to break their salary structure.

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United get £75m boost

In the last two summers, Manchester United have waved goodbye to seven senior players with more than 1,500 games for the club, letting World Cup winners, title winners, players of the year and academy graduates depart without recouping a fee for any of them.

But the exodus has saved in excess of £75million a year off the wage bill and it is finally allowing football director John Murtough and Erik ten Hag to bring the contract situation under control at Old Trafford.

Nemanja Matic, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Paul Pogba, Edinson Cavani, Phil Jones and David de Gea were the seven players to leave when their contracts expired and it's hard to make a case that the wrong decision was made in any instance. Pogba has been plagued by injury at Juventus, Lingard had little impact at Nottingham Forest, and none of Matic,