Man United are continuing to make costly errors in the transfer market, whereas their neighbours continue to hit the right notes at the right time.
When it comes to recruitment and squad building, however, the two clubs are a million miles apart. Not for the first time in the past decade, United are being left behind by their cross-city rivals, suffering as a result of mismanagement and poor strategic planning by those who sit at the top table.
Those who would command significantly higher fees, however, have not been shifted with just a week to go until the shutters on the summer window come down. Dean Henderson, Harry Maguire, Scott McTominay and Donny van de Beek are all still on the books, as is Eric Bailly, though he would not command a fee as enticing as the aforementioned quartet.
Sofyan Amrabat is continuing to be linked with a move to Old Trafford and figures coming out of Italy have suggested that Fiorentina would be willing to accept less than £30m to let the Moroccan leave. He is out of contract next summer. Four miles down the road at City, however, the situation could not be more contrasting. The Blues sanctioned the sale of Aymeric Laporte for £23.5m yesterday - a respectable fee for a player who will turn 30 just as this current season ends.
A goalkeeper, a midfielder and a striker were Erik ten Hag's priorities heading into the summer window, but that doesn't mean their business ends here, with further incomings and outgoings still on the cards..
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