Zion Suzuki has shown Erik ten Hag one Manchester United challenge he's yet to overcome

Manchester United have rarely missed a beat in the transfer market since Erik ten Hag was appointed as manager last summer, but their latest rejection flags up one remaining challenge for Ten Hag and key figures responsible for incomings and outgoings to overcome in the following weeks.

Aside from their garishly public attempts to sign Frenkie de Jong - who resisted the Reds' advances to become a key player for them last season by staying put at Barcelona - his former Ajax manager Ten Hag and the United recruitment team have, generally speaking, acted promptly and decisively in the market.

Lisandro Martinez, Casemiro and Antony were mainstays in their debut seasons, so too Christian Eriksen after being identified as an effective (if shorter-term) alternative to De Jong in the engine room. Arriving on a free transfer, the Denmark playmaker was the bargain of the summer.

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Moving forward, Ten Hag will have similar hopes for Andre Onana, Mason Mount and Eriksen's fellow countryman, Rasmus Hojlund.0 While there can be no denying how much the United squad has improved over the last 14 months, coaching and recruitment have played a part there.

On his first day in the Carrington office, Ten Hag would have circled problems and potential concerns to assess and address if United were to return to the top on his watch. From the outside looking in, though, an upgrade for David De Gea might not have been considered at this particular juncture.

Whatever your stance on the long-serving Spanish goalkeeper, his Player of the Season