Manchester United vs Ipswich

Manchester United have agreed a fee of up to £70m for Brighton's Carlos Baleba, their third midfield signing of the summer after Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans. The deal underlines United's spending power but raises fresh questions about squad clarity, while Brighton extend their record as the Premier League's smartest sellers.

Liam Delap has been frozen out at Chelsea just 14 months after his £30m arrival from Ipswich, but a £50m asking price is putting off suitors like Leeds and Nottingham Forest. This is a story of transfer market inflation and chaotic squad management as much as one player's struggles.

BBC Sport data shows only 8 of 34 Community Shield winners since 1992-93 have gone on to win the Premier League, with losers actually claiming more titles. As Arsenal face Manchester City in Cardiff, the real story is the emerging Arteta-Maresca rivalry.

Manchester United have cooled on Lewis Hall over cost and opened talks with Club Brugge for Joaquin Seys, but reports also link them with RB Leipzig's David Raum and Leicester's Louis Page, exposing a scattergun left-back search rather than a settled transfer plan.