Change is coming at Old Trafford and it might arrive sooner than anticipated.
January remains a notoriously difficult month to strike up business and Manchester United were always more likely to offload than sanction any further high-profile recruits this month - no matter how much they might need Declan Rice or another top-level defensive midfielder in his mould.
Yet as we enter the final days of the mid-season window, there appears to be a mini exodus developing.
