‘One to watch’: Sky reporter has heard Man United could now push to sign ‘wonderful’ midfielder

We are, thank goodness, in the final days of the transfer window, which will close at midnight on Friday. There are still a few teams with significant voids to fill in their rosters in the little time remaining – and while some of that can be attributed to poor preparation, Manchester United aren’t entirely to fault for how badly they need a left-back.

With Tyrell Malacia out for an extended period of time due to injury, the recent injury to Luke Shaw leaves them without a specialist left-back, which is obviously a problem – and so Erik Ten Hag is getting creative with his solutions, one of which is to offer former Chelsea full-back Marcos Alonso a return to the Premier League.

According to Sport Witness, the Spaniard, who has fallen behind young Alejandro Baldé in the Barcelona pecking order, would arrive on an initial year-long loan with another year pre-arranged after his contract with the Catalan giants expires. Meanwhile, Sky Sports believes that Tottenham Hotspur’s Sergio Reguilón and Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella are among the candidates.