It is mid-morning on Tuesday at Chicago Fire’s Endeavour Health Performance Centre and already the thermometer has reached 32C. The Windy City’s iconic vista grabs at the pristine azure sky and provides quite the backdrop as Manchester United’s players gear up for another training session.

Manchester United appear to be making significant progress in their transfer pursuit of Benjamin Sesko. The Slovenia international was heavily linked with Arsenal earlier in the transfer window but now looks destined to end up at Old Trafford having become the latest centre forward to snub Newcastle United.

With United prioritising Sesko if they sign a striker this summer, Hojlund's position at the club has been thrown into doubt