Manuel Ugarte, Marcus Rashford, Joshua Zirkzee (Photo by Karl Lecine, Mike Hewitt, George Wood/Getty Images)
Manchester United are reportedly ready to offload a long list of players this summer in hopes of raising around £100m from player sales.
According to Sky Sports, this could mean five major sales by Man United, possibly including failed players such as Manuel Ugarte and Joshua Zirkzee, as well as players currently on loan in the form of Marcus Rashford, Rasmus Hojlund and Andre Onana.
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The Red Devils have also already decided to free up space on their payroll with the departure of Casemiro, Jadon Sancho and Tyrell Malasia on free transfers.
If all these departures come to fruition, United should be in a strong position financially, especially with Champions League qualification now very likely.
Manchester United’s failures to be sold
It remains to be seen how much money United can realistically expect to earn from these disappointing players, but Sky Sports suggest they are targeting a total of around £100m.
According to their report, Barcelona have the option to turn Rashford’s loan into a permanent deal for £26m, but that is not yet guaranteed.
However, the club could already factor in £38m from Rasmus Hjølund, with the Napoli loan expected to become a permanent deal for that amount.
If Rashford were to join Barça, it would already amount to a total of £64m for MUFC, and would likely see Zirksee, Ugarte and Onana sold for a similar or slightly lower price.
United were busy last summer, signing a new front three in Benjamin Sesco, Matheus Cunha and Brian Mbeumo, as well as a new goalkeeper in Senne Lamence.
They currently have extensive work to do, especially in midfield, so these sales could end up being very important to add to the budget.
