Confirmed : Manchester United 'agree' first transfer for Erik ten Hag ahead of busy summer

 

Manchester United are on the verge 

of completing their first transfer since Erik

 ten Hag was confirmed as the club's 

next manager. Ten Hag will oversee the

 start of an overhaul across the first team

 this summer, but there is also active 

recruitment within United's youth ranks.

And according to talkSPORT, United 

have agreed a deal with Stevenage to 

sign highly-rated goalkeeper Elyh Harrison.

 The Red Devils are understood to have

 successfully tabled a six-figure fee 

for the 16-year-old, beating several 

Premier League rivals to his signature.

Harrison will join the host of promising

 goalkeepers United boast in every 

age group throughout their talent-rich 

academy set-up and high-profile first team

. And while he's yet to make his senior

 debut, the teenager also has experience

 among Stevenage's senior squad.

Earlier this season, Harrison, 15 at the 

time, joined The Boro's first-team training

 and warmed up with senior goalkeepers 

before a League Two match. He was

 handed his opportunity amid an impressive

 campaign in the U18s, which many top

-flight clubs have seemingly recognised.

It goes without saying that Harrison is one

 for the future, and he will likely immediately

 join up with United's thriving U18s 

once he arrives. Travis Binnion's side 

are set for a third-place league finish 

and have reached the FA Youth Cup final

 ahead of a memorable night at Old Trafford

 on Wednesday.

United have sold over 60,000 tickets 

as the club's U18s face Nottingham Forest

 for the chance to clinch a record-extending

 11th FA Youth Cup success. It would 

be the first time the Red Devils have won

 the famous competition since 2011, 

when Paul Pogba, Ravel Morrison and 

Jesse Lingard were stalwarts of the side.

Victory against Forest would make Harrison's

 arrival all the more anticipated at the 

start of a huge summer at Old Trafford

. In the first team, Ten Hag is expected 

to ring the changes even after losing 

several players on free transfers on July 1.

Phil Jones, Eric Bailly, Axel Tuanzebe, 

Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Alex Telles and 

Anthony Martial are just a handful of 

contracted players facing uncertain futures

 at the dawn of the Dutchman's rebuild. 

And he's set to be significantly backed 

to bring in a few signings of his own in 

a bid to drag United from their current

 all-time-low rut.