Maguire, Wan-Bissaka, McTominay and Rashford. Keep 2 sell 2

Mctominay's stock will never be higher this summer. We have to cash in on him now.

I wouldn't be against selling Rashford for the right price, however I would prefer we got rid of Wan-Bissaka and replace him with an attacking RB. That way Dalot can fill in at LB when Shaw is injured and we can actually move towards having a progressive defence who can confidently play higher up the pitch (assuming Maguire is 4th choice CB and nowhere near the starting 11 most weeks).
 
Well I'd say Scott and Maguire had the best season out of them, which is ironic given we tried very hard to sell them both last summer, then go and spend most of the season relying on both of them as they were probably not far off our two most consistant players.

I'd assume Rashford is unlikely to want to go anywhere, so from a income point of view Mctominay makes alot of sense, and AWB seems like its run its course now, so those two.
 
Obviously all four should go, I'd choose Maguire and McT. Firstly because I think we could probably get about £40-£50 million for the pair and secondly because neither should ever start for us if we have serious thoughts of progressing, yet under ETH they most likely will continue to do so.
 
McTominay is amongst the most urgent sales to make in this squad, so him plus one. That one definitely isn’t Wan-Bissaka for me, so toss up between Rashford and Maguire. I’m inclined to sell Maguire out of that two. I still have hope of a Rashford redemption and he’s one of a few players in our squad who I know is actually genuinely good enough if he is not playing in a manner that is considered to be underperforming for him.
 
Cb is a mess so probably keep maguire. Honestly rb is the only position in the squad that seems settled with Dalot and Bissaka so keep for Aaron. Rashford and McTominay would have to go. They would also generate the most money as both ate youth products.
 
Sell Maguire and AWB, keep McT and Marcus.

Maguire has too great an impact on our defence due to his lack of pace and ability on the ball, making it hard to play out from the back. AWB is great in 1-on-1s against top-class wingers, but offers next to nothing going forward and is positionally poor.

Rashford and McT are both academy players, McT offers a lot as a squad player and impact sub (not good enough to be a regular starter) and Marcus on form is a fantastic player. Of course, getting him on form is the tricky part
 
McTominay will never be sold for more money than right now. Based on his performance history, it makes complete sense to sell him now. You don't wait to sell players when their stock is low. Ten Hag didn't even want McTominay for this last season so clearly there is evidence that he doesn't fit what Ten Hag wants. He played him out of absolute desperation.

Use that money for another midfielder that better compliments our other midfielders or system we intend to play.
 
McTominay isn’t a great player but he can be a reasonably effective one, and certainly a decent squad player, IF he plays in a midfield that has any semblance of structure and rational instruction. This manager would make Matthaus look crap in midfield, let alone McTominay.

Keep McTominay and Rashford. Maguire is closer to the end of his career than any of them, so he goes. And Wan Bissaka is a back up right back, still has reasonable resale value and wouldn’t be expensive to replace.
 
Luckily we only need to sell Greenwood, Sancho and Casemiro well and we'll be good for the summer. I think pretty realistic that we raise 100m from these three. Greenwood is pure FFP profit, Casemiro and Sancho hopefully we make at least book value.
 
Keep Wan Bissaka and Rashford of course. Wan Bissaka is a perfectly fine squad player RB, Rashford I have faith will get back to his good form and generally is worth keeping around for now.

Maguire is a big wage, older and injury prone CB who does not fit in our style, and McTominay is a solid squad player but pretty replaceable.
 
I'd keep all 4. Atm for second half of season we had 8 homegrown senior players in the squad. Evans is retiring, Heaton is out of contract (maybe retiring?).

Amad is the only one graduating to senior player in the squad for next season, but I believe he'll count as HG since he only spent half a season at Rangers, with 2 full seasons and 2 half seasons in the English league system for the 3 year total.

Eliminate any of the 4 and we have to replace them with other expensive British (or otherwise HG from academies) players on top of the 1 new we already need if we want a full squad (8 HG and 17 others, plus as many U-21's we want).

We'd likely pick up another aging keeper to take Heaton's place.

We still have Greenwood, Sancho, Williams, Van de Beek and Pellistri returning from loan as senior players. First 3 would count as homegrown players, but none likely have any future with the club.

After next summer we'll have Garnacho and Kambwala no longer counting as U-21, and Mainoo another year further.

Still not sure about Kambwala's future with United, but we'll have 2-3 players in the next two seasons which makes it easier to start getting rid of our older HG players.

Since we supposedly won't go for players like Braithwaite (which I agree we shouldn't atm) then we can't really get rid of any of our current HG players if we don't plan to replace them with other just as (if not more) expensive players from PL clubs.
 
bosnian_red said:
Keep Wan Bissaka and Rashford of course. Wan Bissaka is a perfectly fine squad player RB, Rashford I have faith will get back to his good form and generally is worth keeping around for now.

Maguire is a big wage, older and injury prone CB who does not fit in our style, and McTominay is a solid squad player but pretty replaceable.
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I agree but just to be pedantic and because I want to chat with you @bosnian_red :), I think Martinez needs to be the middle of the three defenders and he starts LCB so it forces the RB to be more attacking Tripper / TAA types. So I'd still sell AwB and maybe keep Maguire as backup to Martinez.

----- Rashford ---- Hojlund ------------- Dalot ----
----------- Bruno ----------- Creative RW--------------
------------- Mainoo ---- DM -----------------------------
------- Shaw ---- Martinez ---- New CB -----------

CCB: Martinez / Maguire / Lindelof
RCB: New? / New??
LB: Shaw / New??
RB: Dalot / New??
#6: New? / New??
#8: Mainoo / Mount
#10: Bruno / Mount
LW: Garnacho / Rashford
RW: New? / Amad
CF: Hojlund / New??

We need 3 starters and a bunch of backups and some good luck with injuries and I think we can get there.

This is why I'm desperate for Olise, DM and RCB immediately so the first XI is somewhat sorted. Olise is basically the perfect shoe-in for a creative RW that can make chances for our CF but can also score. No good transfer rumors unfortunately. Of course things change if we sign Tuchel quite a bit but let's see.
 
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WB is the first one to keep. He could be very useful when playing low block and lock down the wing attacker.

Maguire is the first one to sell though. He had a good season but he is still too vulnerable because of his agility.

Choosing between McT and Rashy is a difficult one. Both could offer different skill set and tactical flexibilty to the team under different circumstances.
 
Sell Rashy. His performances are hard to justify his enormous wages which can be put into better use.
Keep Awb as a backup. He still can be useful in games where we need to contain and low block.
I don't have a clear choice between Maguure or Mctominay. Looking at their age and wages, I think I will keep Mctominay who can provide emergency backup in midfield or even upfront. With that said, both should be used sparingly as much as possible.
 
I’d sell all 4. Picking two and disregarding contracts I would sell Mctominay and Maguire. I’m just tired of seeing mctominay in midfield, and Maguire can’t play in a high line.

AWB and Rashford are at least useful in certain games.
 
Mctominay and Maguire can go. Rashford and Wan Bissaka on the bench.
 
Keep AWB and Rashford. Sell McTominay and Maguire.

AWB still works as a back-up right back for now. He’s not great, but we have so many other areas to invest in.

Rashford will be difficult to unload given his wages, and there is a chance he could recapture his old form, or at least get closer.

McTominay is just not fit for purpose, but he should have some market value.

Maguire has positively surprised me this season, but he’s 31. If we could get a fee, we should.

But I wouldn’t be surprised if none of these players leave in the summer.
 
Teja said:
Luckily we only need to sell Greenwood, Sancho and Casemiro well and we'll be good for the summer. I think pretty realistic that we raise 100m from these three. Greenwood is pure FFP profit, Casemiro and Sancho hopefully we make at least book value.
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I feel that might be a tad optimistic. If we're very lucky, we might get a Saudi offer of around £40m for Casemiro, which was what they paid for a finished Fabinho a year ago.

It's worth remembering that anything we do get for Greenwood, 20% goes to Getafe. And if Sancho does go permanently there'll likely be a golden handshake given what he's on.

But ultimately I don't think we'll be able to sell Sancho or Greenwood, and will end up settling for loan deals. Everyone knows we don't want them in the building and we'll probably be faced with lowball offers for both. I hope I'm wrong, but that usually seems to be the way it goes.
 
I'd sell Rashy and McT because I think they could fund their replacements. AWB is a unique player you can rely on in certain situations where a man marking job is required against a special player plus he won't fetch much. Maguire is still useful as a first change squad player, he has earned his stay here for a couple more seasons.

I think for Rashford to recover his career he needs a change of scenary, the online criticism and abuse seems to get to him so much that I think it has drained his self belief. So he is always one bad game away from it all coming back and him going into that dark place again. I hope I am wrong and the England snub spurs him to come back with a point to prove.
 
In the short term, I'd probably keep all 4.

If Maguire, McTominay and Wan Bissaka are happy to be squad players next season then they are worth keeping. There's at least two extra European games next season and in the summer after international tournaments, a big squad will be useful.

Wan Bissaka is the one that if recruitment goes well and Shaw and/or Malacia return to fitness might be the one that leaves. A lot of ifs. Definitely relies on a new right back coming.

With Maguire and McTominay, I'd look at moving them on next year when things are more settled. Their experience next season will be more important and the gain you get from selling will dissappear when you're scraping the barrel to sign squad players on August 31st.
 
Sassy Colin said:
I'd sell the lot, but the 2 we'd get the most money for are Rashford & Maguire, so those 2.
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Age is a massive factor. Maguire is 31, AWB is 26 and McTominay is 27. Not sure how much money you would expect a club to pay for a 31 year old who is not exactly that good anyway.
 
We tried to sell Maguire and Mctominay last summer, reports were the deals failed due to their wage demands, and United not willing to pay them compensation, ( in Maguires case a reported £6m).
I can't see any chanigng from tha point of view.
We have the same problem with Rashford his value has dropped after very poor season, and he ha slost his England place, he will have to take a drop in wages if we try to move him on, I can't see that happening.
AWB, I can't see him wanting to go either, another on wages that far exceed his worth.

Devils advocate,
Maguire pulled his socks up and dug in, fo rme he was one of our better players, with Varanne and Evans going, we need a CB, if Martinez stays fit, it may be a decent pairing.
McTom is another John O'Shea, ask him to play in goal and he would I reckon, we need a player like that, so keep.

AWB and Rashford, I'll pay their taxi fare, I've seen nothing from either this season to inspire me to say keep them.
 
Rashford, for me, opitimizes everything that's wrong at United under the Glazers. He's overpriced, overpayed and overhyped. No way would this guy get into City's or Madrid starting lineup and that's the level we should be aiming at with our starting 11.
I fear we've become too accepting of the level we've played at for the last decade and a lot of fans are happy to accept mediocrity and Rashfords level.

Same with McTomminay, he's a good player at best but not someone we should be relying on to take on the oppositions best players. Again, he wouldn't get in City or Madrid starting 11 but we accept him here.

I've nothing against these players as people, but their football level is way below what we need to compete at the very top. Just compare the levels from players before, who would you choose?

Rashford or Giggs/Beckham
McTomminay or Scholes/Keane
AWB or Neville
Maguire or Ferdinand/Vidic

We should be aiming higher. We're Manchester United not West Ham United.
 
McTominay and Maguire. Maybe AWB instead of Maguire if his contract is up soon.

We can't be offering him a new contract or risk losing him on free.
 
Keep Maguire and Rashford, sell McT and Wan Bissaka.
 
The reason we have gradually become a mediocre mid table side is precisely because we insist on keeping such mediocre players like these four around and constantly playing them. None of them have a place at a club that thinks of itself as one of the elite. And no, none of them are squad players, all are regular starters and therein lies the problem. All need to go.
 
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