Get the latest United transfer window updates, news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Figures responsible for transfers at Old Trafford have been working towards this moment for quite some time.
Only as Manchester United prepare to officially welcome Jadon Sancho to the club from Borussia Dortmund, they might just be forced into an 11th-hour rethink.
While there have been plenty of stumbling blocks when it comes to dealing with the Bundesliga side, the on-field plan for Sancho appeared quite simple - sign him at all costs and, ultimately, solve a problem position.
But that is where further complications arise. As the dust continues to settle on England's heartbreaking penalty shoot-out defeat to Euro 2020
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