McTom is Academy, Fred is not. In terms of contribution, Fred offers more, but none can replace Casemiro, which has been the greatest drawback under ETH's scheme.
To me, Maguire must be the Top priority of exit. Sort it out.
We currently have 11 homegrown players, assuming we sell ; D Henderson, S Mctominay, H Maguire, B Williams and A Elanga as most fans want we then have 6 HG players and are two short to comply with EPL rules we are not selling all of these players. Next years squad may well look like this ;
Goal Keepers- *A Onana, T Heaton(HG),
BU GK or M Kovar (3)
Defenders - AWB(HG), D Dalot, R Varane, H Maguire(HG), L Martinez, V Lindelof, L Shaw(HG), T Malacia (8)
Midfield - Casemeiro, *S Amrabat, S Mctominay(HG), C Ericsen,
*M Mount(HG), K Mainoo(<21),
B Fernandes (7)
Attackers - Rashford(HG), Garnaucho(U21), J Sancho(HG),
A Martial, Antony, * R Hojlund, A Diallo (7)
Squad of 25 with 8 HG /2 U21’s
This looks to be the clubs plan based on Finances and resources. The plan in priority is to sell; Fred(15m),
D Henderson(20m), B Williams(5m),
A Teles (5m), DVB (15m), E Bailey(5m)
Total of £60-65m maximum.
The club is open to offers for Maguire, Mctominay and Sancho but all of them are almost impossible due to their ridiculous high wages. Scott maybe the easiest to move if he wants the move. If he moves Hanibal will move into full squad as replaces HG talent. Can’t see this transfer happening though as I think Scott will back himself as a BTB goal scoring number 8.
The club has spent £55m on Mount, probably have £100m left to spend on Hojlund(55m) and onana(45m). What they make in player sales £50-60m will be used to buy Amrabat and a back up GK and possibly a cheap versatile striker like Gift Obertan if they decide to let Amad and Pellistri go on loan. I see Scott Mctominay and Harry Maguire still being in the Squad on September 1 2023 and ETH won’t care too much if they accept they are not part of the starting 11 and will be bench at best, Maguire probably won’t make the 9 on the bench then he’ll go in January 24.