Manchester United transfer news LIVE Ronaldo and Pogba latest plus Erik ten Hag updates

The wait for Manchester United's final game of the season vs Crystal Palace is now down to nine days.

Ralf Rangnick's side are still reeling from yet another embarrassing defeat after they were hammered 4-0 by Brighton on Saturday, ensuring that they will register their lowest ever points tally in the Premier League era this season.

Meanwhile, Manchester City are closing in on the signing of Erling Haaland, ensuring that United once again miss out on the striker, while Karim Adeyemi has chosen to replace the Norweigan at Borussia Dortmund rather than move to Old Trafford.

The German's agent, Thomas Solomon, said: “We’re now close to completing the deal with Borussia Dortmund," he said, via Fabrizio Romano. "There will be no release clause included into his five-year deal."

“Rangnick? Yes, Manchester United wanted to enter the race - but we want BVB."

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Paul Pogba's impending Manchester United exit will bring an end to one of the longest transfer sagas in the club's recent history. For the majority of the season, the question fans have been asking is not whether he stays but where he goes next.

The inevitability of Pogba's departure has seen his already rocky relationship with the fans deteriorate even further. When the Frenchman was re-signed for a club-record fee in 2016, many United fans thought he would be the catalyst for the club's resurgence under Jose Mourinho.

Initially, this seemed to be the case with a Community Shield, a League Cup and a Europa League title in his debut season; a haul that Mourinho himself referred to as a treble with a sly wink to the camera. Unfortunately, lifting a European trophy would be the high point of his United career and his stock has