You just said that your immediate focus is Bournemouth, but you did also say you’re speaking to John Murtough, to Richard Arnold, about transfers. And also last week you said that players still want to come to Manchester United, that it’s an attractive option for them. How much of a concern is it that the longer the uncertainty over the takeover goes on, that you may miss out on those targets? Because obviously other clubs are going to be in for the same players that you are and they’ll be competition. So, is that a concern for you, that you may miss out on targets if the future of the club isn’t sorted soon?
“Of course, we do our job in the background. But to talk about [it] or [if] we can be concrete and we can present something, we would do it immediately. But in the background, we are working hard. But for now, it’s about games, getting into the Champions League, and then we have an FA Cup [final].”

But you must hope, from your perspective, from your position, trying to get players that you want, that the situation with the ownership of the club in the future is resolved as quickly as possible. Is that fair enough to say?
“I don’t know. For me it’s about, yeah, finance. That there is the money available to do the right things. But first of all, we have to be in the Champions League and be in the top four. That is our focus.”

The focus obviously, for Marcus, is being fit and scoring goals, like you say. Is there a risk for the club, though, that one of the best players in this season, in the whole Premier League, would enter the final year of his contract? Is that always a risk for a club?
“Marcus wants to stay. We want him to stay. So, I think we will find each other.”

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