Ole Gunnar Solskjær should have been told who must leave the club in order to conduct a wholesale business.
If Manchester United are to claw at Borussia Dortmund’s star player Jadon Sancho (20) this summer, Deputy Spokesman Ed Woodward should be clear that the club must sell away from other players.
According to the Daily Mirror, Solskjær has been told that United must get rid of at least four men, including Jesse Lingard (27) and Alexis Sánchez (31).
The latter reportedly raises a weekly salary exceeding NOK 4.8 million, according to the agreement he signed with the Red Devils in January 2018.
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A possible Sancho deal could cost a buying club $ 1.32 billion, according to reports. It is also claimed that around 20-year-old will probably demand just over NOK 2 million in weekly pay in his next contract.
That means, in the event that United has to raise part of the money from player sales and cuts in an already large salary budget. In this way, Manager Solskær must try to get back as much as possible to keep the club finances in balance.
And the way this can become real is, by the summer, the Norwegian says goodbye to other profiled players who have a contract with the club.
Like most other clubs, Manchester United is hit hard by the months spent without football matches due to the corona virus.
The economy is also uncertain in the long run. As long as the clubs are not allowed to have paying spectators in the stands during the matches, and it is currently uncertain when there may be a change to this.
Sunshine recently admitted that he does not know how much he has available for player purchases before next season. Still, he would not deny that attempts to bring Jadon Sancho to Manchester’s red part could be acute.
The question is how attractive players like Sánchez and Lingard are to other clubs in the current market, especially given that they have underperformed over several seasons.
While Sánchez’s salary probably makes it unlikely to find buyers, United hope to be able to collect $ 240 million for 27-year-old Lingard, who was England’s national team player as late as last year.
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United’s safest selling card is probably midstop Chris Smalling, 30, who has had a career boost in lending in Rome this season. Smalling is wanted further in Rome, and “Giallorossi” is likely to come to an agreement with United to buy a free 30-year-old.
Another center stopper for sale at Old Trafford is injury prosecutor Phil Jones (28), who according to the website Transfermarkt has a value of around NOK 75 million.
The Sunday Mirror is also wondering if the days of Belgian-born Brazilian Andreas Pereira (24) may have been spoken in Manchester United.
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