John Murtough's departure as Manchester United's football director will do little to quell the sense of uncertainty around the club as Ineos continue to ring the changes.
Staff are waiting to see how plans to install Dan Ashworth as director of football and Jason Wilcox as technical director will have on the rest of the set-up at Carrington with plenty of questions being asked around the training ground.
As Murtough prepared to make his exit, Hargreaves and head of recruitment operations Steve Brown were United's representatives at the TransferRoom summit in Rome.
The two-day event brought together 640 key figures in football from 90 leagues and 58 countries to network and discuss potential deals for the summer.
It includes 15-minute 'speed dating' sessions which allow clubs to cut through the formalities and get straight down to transfer talks.