Manchester United will certainly have major personnel changes this summer, not only the manager will be replaced, but there are also many stars in the first team who are about to leave. This will be a far cry from what most of the Red Devils' players have left behind in recent years. For example, Last summer United only sold Daniel James, sacked Sergio Romero, compared to Smalling and Alexis Sanchez the year before.
At present, there are a large number of players in the Manchester United squad who are dissatisfied with the status quo, which is also the sequelae of a large number of redundant players before, resulting in bloated first-team personnel, it is impossible for everyone to have the opportunity to play, british media said that more than 10 players may leave Manchester United this summer, and the club hopes to reduce wages. The Red Devils' salary slip is already the first in the Premier League and the top three in Europe, and many of them are equivalent to "white money", because the players have not played for the team at all.
The Sun lists five players who could leave United, including Pogba, Cavani and Jesse Lingard, whose contracts are expiring, and Martial and Van der Beek, who are currently on loan.
But that's not the whole roster, veteran Juan Mata's contract will expire at the end of the season, and players who can't play the main players, such as Eric Bai, Dean Henderson and Phil Jones, are also interested in leaving.
Currently, the first-team squad listed on United's official website is as many as 38 people! Excluding Tedden Mengi, Tuanzebi, Brandon Williams, Andreas Pereira, Amad Diallo, Fakundo Peristory, James Garner, van der Beek, Martial and Tahith Chong, there are still 28 people.
United will definitely be sending reinforcements this summer, and some of the rental players will also return, so some positions will definitely have to send some players away. Among the four people whose contracts ended this season, Cavani, Jesse Lingard and Mata could not play the main force, of which Lin Huang and Mata even had few opportunities to play, so it was impossible to renew after the contract expired, and they would all bid farewell to Old Trafford.
Pogba's situation is special, Manchester United do not want zero transfer to lose him, the France international's attitude is ambiguous, and there is still suspense about how the final result will be, but Mino Rayola operates him to join other giants for free, which is the most likely ending.
Martial and Van der Beek were loaned out in January, and their debuts at Sevilla and Everton were not ideal, but they do not want to return to Manchester United. Substitute centre-backs Bai, Jones and No. 2 goalkeeper Henderson were left in the winter window, but it's hard to get a chance to play next, and it's no surprise that they're applying for a transfer this summer.
In addition, the permanent transfer deal of Pereira, who is currently on loan to Flamengo, has been agreed to confirm his departure in advance; Tuanzebi's rental contract at Napoli also has a buyout clause and is likely to wave away from Manchester United.
Whether United can get so many players out of the team at the same time remains to be seen, which may depend on the club's signing status. However, the introduction of three or four new signings, while allowing 5 to 8 people to leave the team, would be a more ideal number.