• 22-year-old scored 10 goals and assisted six for Getafe
• Marseille ‘delighted’ with £26.7m signing

Mason Greenwood has completed his transfer to Marseille from Manchester United. The clubs agreed a €31.6m (£26.7m) deal earlier this month, with the Premier League club set to receive a sizeable share of any sell-on for the forward.

Greenwood, who spent last season on loan at Spanish side Getafe, has signed a five-year contract with Marseille.

• Lille defender due in England after deal agreed
• Player had indicated preference to join Madrid

Manchester United’s push to beat Real Madrid to Leny Yoro’s signature received a significant boost on Wednesday with the defender set to have a medical and finalise personal terms for a proposed €62m (£52m) transfer from Lille.

The 18-year-old defender was expected to fly to Manchester in a firm sign Yoro may choose United over Madrid, despite previously having been minded to join the European champions.

• Teenager also attracting interest from Real Madrid
• United targeting centre-backs Branthwaite and De Ligt

Manchester United have had a €62m (£52m) offer for Leny Yoro accepted by Lille and the defender must decide whether to accept the move, with Real Madrid also interested. United are negotiating personal terms with his representatives.

United’s deal is for an initial €50m plus €12m of add-ons. Madrid are thought to value the 18-year-old lower and may be minded to wait until next summer when he is due to be a free agent, so the Ligue 1 club’s preference is for Yoro to join United.

• United beaten 1-0 in Norway in first pre-season friendly
• Manager says ‘this is not the standard for top football’

Erik ten Hag admits there is plenty of hard work to do after Manchester United opened their pre-season preparations with a 1-0 defeat away to Rosenborg.

The majority of the first-team squad were not involved in Trondheim, and Jadon Sancho – who has returned to training after resolving his differences with Ten Hag – was also not part of a travelling group mostly made up of youth players. Marcus Rashford, Mason Mount, Casemiro and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, though, were in the starting lineup, along with the veteran defender Jonny Evans.

• Defender rejected offer of new contract
• Club have buy-back option for three years

Willy Kambwala has left Manchester United for Villarreal in a €11.5m (£9.6m) deal. United decided to sell the 19-year-old defender after he rejected the offer of a new contract.

United have retained a buy-back option for three years on Kambwala, who had a year remaining on his current deal, as well as a considerable share of any sell-on price.

• Netherlands international signs five-year deal
• Forward becomes first signing of Ineos era

Manchester United have made the Netherlands international Joshua Zirkzee their first signing of the summer – and the Ineos era – for a fee of €42.5m (£35.8m) from Bologna. The striker has agreed a five-year deal at Old Trafford, with the option of a ­further season.

Zirkzee, who represented his country at the Euros, started his professional career at Bayern Munich before moving to Italy permanently in 2022 after loan spells with Parma and Anderlecht. Last season he won Serie A’s under-23 player of the ­season award, finishing as Bologna’s top scorer as they qualified for the ­Champions League.

Emboldened or the fall guy? United kept faith with the Dutchman but this season could once again be a bumpy ride

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s man for the long term or his patsy if next season nosedives? There are two schools of thought about why Manchester United did not sack Erik ten Hag at the end of last season.

The first suggests that the Dutchman’s slick FA Cup final tactical dismantling of Manchester City impressed Ratcliffe, the trophy claimed despite an injury-riven season. And that after clocking on as United’s sporting director on 1 July, Dan Ashworth wants time to assess the manager.

• The winger expected to participate fully in pre-season
• Club also announce contract extension for Jonny Evans

Jadon Sancho and Erik ten Hag resolved their differences during a meeting at Manchester United’s training ground and the forward has resumed training with the first team after a 10-month absence.

Sancho has reflected on the public outburst that led to his exile and is focusing on full participation in pre-season. Whether he apologised to Ten Hag is unclear, this having previously been a stipulation for him to train with the squad and be considered for selection. Sancho was excluded after falling out with Ten Hag in early September.

• Forward set to become first signing of Jim Ratcliffe era
• Ruud van Nistelrooy joins as assistant manager

Manchester United have agreed a fee of about €42m (£35.3m) for Bologna’s Joshua Zirkzee, with the forward set to become the first signing of the Sir Jim Ratcliffe era. The player’s terms and his agent’s fee are agreed so the 23-year-old’s arrival may be confirmed soon.

The price is more than the Dutchman’s €40m release clause but whereas the release clause had to be paid in a single sum, United can pay the €42m over three years, allowing the club more flexibility in the market.

• Club made third-quarter loss of £71.4m, accounts show
• Ineos owner has injected $200m, with $100m to follow

Manchester United made a £71.4m net loss in the third quarter of the financial year, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s 27.7% buy-in costing the club £30.3m, though the Ineos owner has since injected $200m (£156.1m) into the club.

With previous accounts detailing a £9.6m cost involved with Ratcliffe becoming United’s largest minority owner, the total stands at £39.9m. The club view the sum, derived in part from legal, banking and consultancy fees, as a prudent business investment, as they have put a new structure in place that they are confident will drive United forward. While Ratcliffe controls football policy, Omar Berrada has been hired as chief executive, Dan Ashworth as sporting director and Jason Wilcox as technical director.

• Initial fee €27.6m; move depends on forward agreeing
• Greenwood has not played for United since January 2022

Manchester United have accepted a €31.6m (£26.7m) offer for Mason Greenwood from Marseille, with the forward to sign for the Ligue 1 club subject to his terms being finalised.

The deal is for a guaranteed €27.6m plus €4m in add-ons and if the 22-year-old can come to contractual agreement with Marseille and joins, his troubled United career will end. It is understood the sell-on clause is 40-50% of any fee.

• Manager praises minority owner’s new club structure
• ‘We are in a very strong position to go and attack’

Erik ten Hag has stated that Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s new Manchester United structure has put the club in a very strong position to “attack” the challenge of winning the Premier League and European titles.

Ratcliffe became United’s largest minority owner in February, taking control of football policy, and the Ineos owner has appointed Dan Ashworth as sporting director and Jason Wilcox as technical director.

• United offer also included £5m in add-ons for defender
• Everton bid £16m for Hull winger Jaden Philogene

Everton have rejected Manchester United’s latest offer for Jarrad Branthwaite and maintain they will not sell the England international for a cut-price fee.

United made a second bid of £45m plus £5m in add-ons for the 21-year-old defender on Monday night. That followed last month’s offer of £35m plus £10m in add-ons and was again immediately rejected.

• Greenwood met United football hierarchy on Monday
• Forward not involved with training under Ten Hag

Mason Greenwood held constructive discussions at Manchester United’s Carrington training centre on Monday morning with the club’s football leadership regarding a move away. Marseille have lodged a bid for the forward and talks are advanced, with United valuing the player at £40m.

The meeting with the football leadership group, which is led by Dan Ashworth, the sporting director, was brief and considered positive, but Greenwood did not take part in training with Erik ten Hag’s squad and is not expected to do so this summer. This follows his exile from the team after he was arrested in January 2022. Subsequent criminal charges were dropped the following year.

• United weighing up whether to pay €40m release clause
• Van Nistelrooy awaiting visa to join coaching staff

Manchester United are closing in on signing Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna after terms with the striker and his agent’s commission were agreed. The club are deliberating over whether to trigger the the Netherlands international’s €40m (£34m) release clause or negotiate a higher fee that would allow payments by instalments.

Erik ten Hag is also targeting the centre-backs Jarrad Branthwaite and Matthijs de Ligt and cashflow is an issue for United, so having the funds to operate in the market is a balancing act reliant in part on outgoings that would draw finance from fees and the removal of salaries.