Manchester United Declaration: As many as 11 people have left the team, and there is no suspense in the summer window!
Manchester United is still in the process of rebuilding the football affairs management system, and the specific direction is still unclear because the fate of the manager is undecided. But one thing is clear: this summer's purge of United's first team is a foregone conclusion, with the aim of weeding out under-evaluated and aged, highly-paid players, freeing up more salary space and a reserve of reinforcements under the Financial Fair Play Act to lay the groundwork for a comprehensive rebuild.
The Daily Mail and other British media have revealed that as many as 11 players in Manchester United's first team may leave in the summer, with older and high-paid players being the most at risk, followed by those whose season performance is not satisfactory to the evaluation team. Raphael Varane, Victor Lindelof, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Casemiro and Christian Eriksen are all on the list of rumoured departures, while Anthony Martial, whose contract expires in the summer, will not be renewed. Sancho and Van de Beek, who are on loan, will also be bound to be put on the ball market by Manchester United.
Manchester United will need reinforcements in a number of positions this summer, including centre-forward, midfielder and centre-back, and while Ratcliffe has promised a welcome transfer for supporters, the Premier League's Financial Fair Play Act is tightening its constraints. United must purge to free up the necessary salary space and repatriate funds to reduce net spending on signings as much as possible. Casemiro and Raphael Varane have already secured offers from Saudi Arabia and United are looking to get more transfer income from the Brazilian midfielder, while freeing up more than £300,000 a week.
Manchester United's Varane and Sancho both have weekly salaries of more than 300,000 pounds, and B Fee, Anthony, and Onana also have more than 200,000 pounds. There is no suspense about Anthony Martial's departure at the end of his contract, but the fate of Varane and Fernandes will depend on how high the Saudis are willing to pay for the two this summer. If the offer is right, Rashford is not for sale. Of course, if Ten Hag is eventually sacked, Antony and Onana, who he has strongly insisted on signing at a high price, are facing the fate of being purged. Only the young and recently resurgent Hojlund, and Lisandro, who has proven his quality over the past two years, will be retained.
Ratcliffe has set the direction of the summer market early on, prioritizing young and promising players, and the upcoming sporting director Ashworth will be responsible for making the best possible value for money. If they can get as much return as possible on the sale of redundant personnel, the space for Manchester United to bring in more signings in the summer market will also increase. Moreover, Ratcliffe has set a salary cap for Manchester United. The team's top players will be capped at £300,000 a week, and of course veterans who are more than £200,000 under contract will still receive the contractually agreed income, but there is also a huge risk of being sold. However, if the value and ability of the players brought in are enough to become the core players of Manchester United's revival, La Jue does not mind breaking the weekly salary cap for a few people.
All in all, the start of Manchester United must be to squeeze out the undue bubble, reduce the undue costs as much as possible, and leave as much room for Manchester United's revival as possible. Fantasizing about the signing of a superstar with a transfer fee of hundreds of millions of euros is obviously a bit unrealistic. Given that Manchester United have spent too much money on the ball market before, Ratcliffe, who has paid for reinforcements out of his own pocket, must of course be careful with his own calculations.