Manchester United transfer latest as Leny Yoro undergoes medical

Michael Plant brings an update on Manchester United's latest transfer situation and explains why it's been a positive start to the window.

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00:00So the latest news coming out of Manchester United this afternoon is that Lenny Yarrow

00:04is in Manchester undergoing a medical ahead of a potential move to the club. Quite a big

00:09move I think for United considering the player has attracted interest from Real Madrid. But

00:13United who managed to agree a £52m fee last week have it seems stolen the march on the

00:20European champions. That's believed to be a £42m fee up front and potentially £10m

00:26in add-ons. As I say important for Manchester United who identified centre-backs and making

00:31additions in that area as a key part of their summer strategy. They have of course already

00:35had two bids rejected for Jarrod Bramthwaite. Not clear at this stage if they are going

00:40to return for the defender but I suspect unless Everton lower their asking price that is probably

00:44looking unlikely at this stage. Matthijs de Ligt is of course another player that United

00:49are interested in. But Yarrow I think this will be seen as a little bit of a curse move

00:53for Manchester United because he is viewed as one of the top centre-backs in world football.

00:58I think the fact that Real Madrid were interested in him says quite a lot really.

01:02And his move to United would be a second summer transfer off the window following

01:08Joshua Xerxe who joined the club last week. Eric Ten Hag speaking earlier this week said

01:13that he needs more players and that certainly is the case because we've seen Raphael Varane

01:18depart at centre-back. We've seen Willy Kamboala leave. Obviously bringing in Yarrow would help

01:24with those numbers as well. Johnny Evans has signed a contract extension. But I do think

01:28the arrival of Yarrow does raise some questions about the future of both Harry Maguire and

01:33Viktor Lindelof. Two players United are willing to sell if they receive a sufficient offer

01:38this summer. But I think it's quite interesting in general that this window has been,

01:41considering in general it's been a slow window across all Premier League clubs. United have

01:45made some pretty early moves. Donny van de Beek has moved on. I mentioned Kamboala but we've seen

01:51Alvaro Fernandes leave as well. Jadon Sancho, there's been decisive action on that. I mentioned

01:56Johnny Evans and of course we're also expecting Mason Greenwood to leave soon to Marseille. So

02:00plenty going on with Manchester United at the moment in terms of transfers. I think we'll see

02:04a lot of moves across the next couple of weeks and into pre-season and into the start of the season

02:10at the beginning of August. But plenty going on. But Yarrow, really exciting signing I think for

02:14Manchester United going forward and hopefully if they can manage to get it across the line it will

02:19be a fantastic transfer for them.