The race to buy Manchester United is heating up like never before.
After battling with INEOS chief executive Sir Jim Ratcliffe for the best part of eight months, Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani was claimed on Monday to have been given the go-ahead from the Glazers. But all wasn't what it seemed and their tussle for the keys to Old Trafford is set to continue into the latter stages of a potentially defining week.
Meanwhile, Erik ten Hag is scouring the transfer market in search of ways to strengthen his squad, with the summer window officially opening today. Harry Kane, Mason Mount, Frenkie de Jong and Kim Min-jae among others are still being linked, but a target first linked 12 months ago has now resurfaced.
