Manchester United have six young players who could benefit from transfer market struggles

Exactly seven weeks now stand between Manchester United and their opening game of the 2022/23 Premier League campaign against Brighton at Old Trafford.

The opening day visit of the Seagulls, who crushed United 4-0 in their last meeting, will mark the beginning of a new era in M16 and Erik ten Hag's first competitive game in charge. It will also mark an occasion where United's supporters will be hoping to catch a glimpse of the club's summer intake.

However, if things continue as they currently are, United's supporters' scouting reports on any new additions will not take too long to compile. That is because the club is yet to complete its first signing of the summer transfer window and all of their energy, certainly from the outside looking in, appears to be focused on signing Frenkie de Jong from Barcelona.

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Progress on bringing the Dutchman to Old Trafford is slow and it appears to be hindering United's progress on trying to get other deals over the line simultaneously. Pre-season starts next Monday, meaning time is running out for Ten Hag to incorporate any new additions in his plans for the first day of pre-season training.

Despite United's desperate need for fresh blood, a lack of signings so far could be good news for several younger members of the squad, who will have ambitions of impressing Ten Hag on the training ground and over the course of the pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia. United face Liverpool in their opening game of pre-season in just 23 days' time on July 12. That is not much time for the club to get the squad into a position that Ten Hag would have dreamed about when he accepted the job in April.

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