With less than three weeks to go until Manchester United's opening game of pre-season, supporters are patiently awaiting the club's first signing of the summer transfer window.
Unless anything changes in the next seven days, United are going to go the third successive June without making a signing. The only way that risk might disappear is if they manage to thrash out terms with Chelsea to bring Mason Mount to Old Trafford.
It is the deal to bring Mount to M16 that United are, even if it is proving slow, making the most progress with so far this summer. Uncertainty surrounding the takeover situation means the Reds are having to play a patient game, even though it risks leaving them lagging behind their rivals.
