Like Shaw, Noussair Mazraoui has the benefit of being able to play at outside back or center back. It pushes him ahead of Dalot in the depth chart while also giving Amorim flexibility elsewhere. If United were pushing for a title, this is somewhere they may want to upgrade, but as things stand Mazraoui is fine.

Manchester United’s pursuit of Bryan Mbeumo went on for 44 days, a timespan that allowed anxiety to grow among the fanbase but the club believe they had good reason to wait.

Mbeumo becomes United’s fourth signing of the summer transfer window and will bolster the attacking depth at Old Trafford that already includes fellow new recruit Matheus Cunha, Joshua Zirkzee, Amad ...