Man Utd's transfer conundrum

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is due to speak to the media later, ahead of Saturday's Community Shield encounter with Manchester City at Wembley.

Behind the scenes, the club are working on trying to bolster Ten Hag's squad.

There is interest in Burnley midfielder Sander Berge amongst others but errors in past transfer deals are again proving problematic.

The reality is many United players are on contracts they simply would not get anywhere else.

It leaves the club in the unpalatable situation of either sticking with the players or effectively paying them to play somewhere else, either by paying them off or subsidising their contracts so they go on loan.