Manchester United are reportedly keen to sell six first team players in the January transfer window.
The Red Devils find themselves in the embarrassing situation of being 14th in the Premier League table and have lost their last four consecutive matches in all competitions.
Ruben Amorim has quickly discovered that he needs to strengthen his squad to compete but due to strict PSR rules, United find themselves unable to spend in this window without sales.
Portuguese paper A Bola report that United are prepared to sell up to six first team players in an effort to generate funds to spend in January.
“Among the candidates for departure are midfielders Casemiro and Eriksen, as well as striker Marcus Rashford.”
The removal of Casemiro and Rashford’s huge wages of £350,000 and £300,000 per week would do wonders for United’s financial wiggle room.
What’s more, any money generated from a sale of Rashford would be considered pure profit and help immensely to raising funds to strengthen in January, in the same way Scott McTominay’s departure to SSC Napoli did in the summer.
The England international has been linked to an array of clubs across the globe and Casemiro has most recently received major interest from a host of Saudi Arabian clubs.
“The same batch includes Victor Lindelof, Joshua Zirkzee and Antony, who could also leave the Red Devils during this month, giving the Portuguese coach more freedom in the transfer window, given his intention to sign a striker.”
Zirkzee has been repeatedly linked to a move away and has attracted interest from Italy such as former side Bologna and Juventus.
Antony is also said to be of interest to Newcastle United and Real Betis with United more than keen to shed the bill of his incredible £200,000-a-week wage.
Finally, Lindelof would be unlikely to raise much in terms of a transfer fee but again boasts wages of £120,000 a week, meaning if United could somehow sell all six players, they could potentially clear £1.225 million from their weekly wage bill, which would do wonders for their PSR situation and ability to spend in January.
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
