John Murtough is clocking up even more Air Miles in a quest to finally land Erik ten Hag a new central midfielder.
The Manchester United Football Director is no stranger to air travel this summer, having already made an unsuccessful trip to Barcelona for Frenkie de Jong. On that occasion, Murtough was flanked by United CEO Richard Arnold in order to engineer a move for Ten Hag’s top transfer target.
Unfortunately for the new Red Devils boss, Murtough and Arnold came back empty handed and a month later, their hopes of signing De Jong are hanging by a thread. In fact, recent reports claim that United are ready to admit defeat in their pursuit of the Netherlands international as yet another embarrassing and unsuccessful transfer saga reaches its conclusion.
