Manchester United hoped to have secured their top transfer targets by the beginning of play in the 2020-21 season, but embarked on the new campaign with just one new face in their opening matchday squad.
Donny van de Beek is the sole addition to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s squad amid mounting pressure on executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward to deliver Jadon Sancho as the club’s record-signing.
The Sancho saga has dragged on from the summer well into the autumn and failure to snag the English winger from Borussia Dortmund runs the risk of ushering in a winter of discontent at Old Trafford.
The club remain intent on bringing Sancho in before the end of play in the transfer window on October 5, but alternate arrangements are already said to be in
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