Manchester United is in a very good professional period, and ten years after the last championship sees itself as a candidate to return the title to its lap, for the first time in the era after Alex Ferguson.
Saturday's derby victory over City (1:2) only increased the appetite.
Under Dutch coach Erik ten Haag, a rebuilding project began, which first started with the removal of Cristiano Ronaldo, but the Portuguese is certainly not the last that the Red Devils want to get rid of.
In order to land big, tie-breaking names, who will return United permanently to the top of Europe, it must thin out the condensed squad and say goodbye to everyone who does not build on it and at the same time burdens its budget.
According to the English "Mirror", the club has already prepared a list of seven players whom it would like to sell until this summer, hoping to receive a decent amount for each of them.
Fred, in the Manchester derby.
On the way out, photo: AFP
At the top of the list is stopper Harry Maguire, who arrived at Old Trafford as the most expensive stopper in Premier League history (£85 million), but has been a persistent disappointment.
With him on the list are: Aron van Bissaka, Fred, Donnie van de Beek, Phil Jones, Scott McTominay and Facundo Palisteri.
Harry Kane.
Will he move to the Red Devils?, Photo: E.P
United believe that each of them can find a new home, thereby freeing up space in the squad and the budget, with the biggest name currently on its shopping list being Harry Kane.
All signs show that the Tottenham striker wants to leave for a club with which he has a chance to win significant titles, such as the English Championship or the European Cup, and United is definitely an option for him.
United, for now, no longer publishes names that it would be happy to land at the club, but it wants to believe that the days when players preferred other clubs, as happened to them until recently, are over.
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