If the big Premier League kick-off – the champions, Liverpool, welcoming Bournemouth – is happening then that’s still no reason to get off the transfer rollercoaster. How stupid an idea would that be?
Manchester United’s hunt for Carlos Baleba of Brighton is becoming one of the summer’s sagas. A twist? United, perhaps to smoke out Tony Bloom’s boys, have decided they might not fancy him anyway and would like to sign Morten Hjulmand, the anchor midfielder who previously worked at Sporting Club with Ruben Amorim. He’d cost £50m, half what Brighton are charging for Baleba.
