The image that comes to mind of Manchester United's transfer window so far is an imaginary one, of football director John Murtough spinning several plates in the air and hoping one doesn't crash back down to earth.
As one Old Trafford source said of the summer window this week, "it's complicated". It could be a relationship status for the 2020s but actually described United's attempts to strengthen Erik ten Hag's squad this summer.
Mason Mount will be the first signing for an initial fee of £55million but a goalkeeper and a striker are likely to follow and if Ten Hag gets his way there will be more. All of that needs to be achieved on an initial budget of £100million to £120million and at the moment the direction of travel is unclear.
