Manchester United boss David Moyes already has his squad building plans complete - on the whiteboard.
The Daily Mail says Moyes, sources insist, does have a vision of the future, one that began to develop with the changes he made to the scouting system.
A list exists with three categories of players - those to sell, those to keep and those to buy. But none of the players in the third section are available.
The money is there, one insider insisted yesterday.
"But the shops aren't open," he added.
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