Manchester United's next signing has previous with Jose Mourinho

Following a 17-year wait, Grant Sr had only made his Premier League debut eight days previously yet here he was helping Stoke City earn their first point at the Theatre of Dreams since 1980.

"In the first minute their keeper made an unbelievable save and he kept doing that until the end of the game," he admitted.

Grant left a big impression on his Old Trafford debut

Barely two years later, Grant finds himself on the cusp of signing for United. Following last month's addition of youngster Diogo Dalot, who only had eight first-team appearances under his belt, it is another left field signing from the club.

Why do United need a 35-year-old goalkeeper who has not played since November and may not have even been a starter for Stoke in the Championship this season?

This is not the kind of player to smash records for shirt sales, either; refreshingly, Grant does not have any public accounts on social media.

But Mourinho will have thought long and hard about this having previously signed veterans like Hilario, Diego Lopez, Mark Schwarzer and Marco Amelia.

Third-choice goalkeeper Joel Pereira has been keen on a loan move for some time now and the United boss would have only entertained that prospect with the right kind of character arriving in his place.