Manchester United have got two weeks to complete their next transfer mission

Following a slow and quiet start to the summer transfer window, Manchester United will be hoping that the impending arrival of Mason Mount will mark the beginning of a flurry of activity.

After several weeks of negotiations and discussions, United made a significant breakthrough in their efforts to extract Mount from Chelsea on Thursday, agreeing a £60million fee. United are expected to pay the Londoners £55m up-front and an additional £5m in add-ons.

Getting the Mount deal wrapped up will now give United a clearer idea of what size budget they have to work with for the rest of the summer, though they will be hoping to gradually increase its size through player sales. It is understood that United, without taking potential sales into account, had a starting budget of around £120m.

Thus, with £55m of that poised to be deposited into Chelsea's bank account, United are set to have very little left in the kitty to secure the world-class striker that they are after. The Reds, of course, have long since drawn up a list of targets to strengthen their attacking options and all of them will command more than what you would describe as a low fee.

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Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane and Victor Osimhen of Napoli are the two most luxurious members of that list and will command huge fees. Spurs, despite Kane now being in the final year of his contract, will not entertain the idea of selling the England captain to a Premier League rival without inflating the cost, even if at all, and Napoli are in a position where they can demand an eye-watering fee for Osimhen after a successful 2022/23 campaign.

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