Manchester United transfer news RECAP Erik ten Hag addresses summer plans and Mason Mount latest

Manchester United will look to book their place in next season's Champions League when they take on Chelsea tonight.

The visitors will be without the injured Mason Mount, who is being linked with a switch to Old Trafford. Frank Lampard hinted his future may lie elsewhere when asked about the rumours.

Meanwhile, speculation says United are seriously considering a move for Declan Rice, albeit are unlikely to entertain his £100m price tag.

Erik ten Hag's side need a point to secure a Premier League top four finish for 2022/23 and head into the clash - against a struggling Blues side - on the back of successive wins.

United picked up maximum points from the Bournemouth and Wolves matches and could be boosted by the return of Marcus Rashford this evening.

The Old Trafford encounter comes amid United's takeover saga - with Sheikh Jassim and Sir Jim Ratcliffe the two parties still leading the race to buy the football club. And transfer speculation, ahead of a key summer window, remains rife.

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We're going to call time on today's transfer blog here, folks, and switch our focus to tonight's game at Old Trafford between United and Chelsea.

Stay tuned to the M.E.N website for all the very latest.

After Manchester United and Chelsea had finished 16 points apart at the end of last season, few would have anticipated an even bigger gap forming between the two of them this time around.

But while it was United's turn to slide down the Premier League table last season, it has been Chelsea's turn to tumble at an alarming rate this term.

The two sides head into