straight to your inbox Jose Mourinho came to refer to him as 'the tall guy' and that description is maybe all Matt Judge shares with Jeff Goldblum.
To paraphrase one of Goldblum's immortal quotes, Manchester United have found a way to finalise a signing whilst negotiating for another player.
Judge is 'at the coalface', sounding out agents and gauging how keen a player is to join United. He met Jude Bellingham and his family in March and, last week United dropped their one-at-a-time strategy to do a deal for Donny van de Beek without ending protracted discussions over Jadon Sancho.
Unlike deal-makers of yesteryear, Judge does not have to brave monotonous motorways or rendezvous at service station cafés. United have the luxury of a plush.
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