As we head towards yet another trophyless season (bar a miraculous CL run), would be interested to see who out of the current squad posters expect to be with us for the start of 2022/23.
Of course, the difficulty of saying exactly what can/will be done to this squad is a complete mystery, what with no idea who will be our next manager, but looking at the squad holistically, there are a lot of decisions that need to be made in terms of players and their contracts next season, as well as the end of this.
Current squad is (name - age - contract end date - O=option for a further year ):
GK
David de Gea - 31 - 2023 (O)
Dean Henderson - 24 - 2025
Tom Heaton - 35 - 2023 (O)
Lee Grant - 39 - 2022
Defenders
Raphael Varane - 28 - 2025
Harry Maguire - 28 - 2025 (O)
Victor Lindelof - 27 - 2024
Eric Bailly - 27 - 2024 (O)
Phil Jones - 29 - 2023 (O)
Luke Shaw - 26 - 2023 (O)
Alex Telles - 29 - 2024 (O)
AWB - 24 - 2024 (O)
Diogo Dalot - 23 - 2023
Axel Tuanzebe - 24 - 2023
Brandon Williams - 20 - 2024
Midfielders
Scott McTominay - 25 - 2025 (O)
Nemanja Matic - 33 - 2023
Paul Pogba - 28 - 2022
Fred - 28 - 2023 (O)
Donny van de Beek - 24 - 2025
Andreas Pereira - 25 - 2023
Forwards
Bruno Fernandes - 27 - 2025 (O)
Jesse Lingard - 29 - 2022
Juan Mata - 33 - 2022
Marcus Rashford - 24 - 2023 (O)
Jadon Sancho - 21 - 2026 (O)
Anthony Elanga - 19 - 2026
Cristiano Ronaldo - 37 - 2023 (O)
Edinson Cavani - 34 - 2022
Anthony Martial - 26 - 2024
Amad Diallo - 19 - 2025
Facundo Pellistri - 19 - 2025
Tahith Chong - 21 - 2022
Not too sure on how reliable the 1yr options are as I took this all from transfermarkt. What it does show though is that:
-~30 players considered to be part of the senior squad (33 in the list, so perhaps a few less if you exclude the likes of Pellistri and Chong).
-8 out on loan.
-6 players are out of contract this summer and all very likely to go, so we are left with 27 come the Summer.
-10 players will have one year remaining at the start of the Summer, with arguably 5/6 of those considered to be 1st team regulars (albeit some have 1yr options).
We have been screaming out for years to clear the deadwood, and the 2022/23 season seems like the prime season to do so. Focussing more on who we currently have, who should be given contract extensions, and who should be sold before they can go for free in January, as well as those who realistically should be sold with more years on them without leaving us too thin on the ground.
Of course, the difficulty of saying exactly what can/will be done to this squad is a complete mystery, what with no idea who will be our next manager, but looking at the squad holistically, there are a lot of decisions that need to be made in terms of players and their contracts next season, as well as the end of this.
Current squad is (name - age - contract end date - O=option for a further year ):
GK
David de Gea - 31 - 2023 (O)
Dean Henderson - 24 - 2025
Tom Heaton - 35 - 2023 (O)
Lee Grant - 39 - 2022
Defenders
Raphael Varane - 28 - 2025
Harry Maguire - 28 - 2025 (O)
Victor Lindelof - 27 - 2024
Eric Bailly - 27 - 2024 (O)
Phil Jones - 29 - 2023 (O)
Luke Shaw - 26 - 2023 (O)
Alex Telles - 29 - 2024 (O)
AWB - 24 - 2024 (O)
Diogo Dalot - 23 - 2023
Axel Tuanzebe - 24 - 2023
Brandon Williams - 20 - 2024
Midfielders
Scott McTominay - 25 - 2025 (O)
Nemanja Matic - 33 - 2023
Paul Pogba - 28 - 2022
Fred - 28 - 2023 (O)
Donny van de Beek - 24 - 2025
Andreas Pereira - 25 - 2023
Forwards
Bruno Fernandes - 27 - 2025 (O)
Jesse Lingard - 29 - 2022
Juan Mata - 33 - 2022
Marcus Rashford - 24 - 2023 (O)
Jadon Sancho - 21 - 2026 (O)
Anthony Elanga - 19 - 2026
Cristiano Ronaldo - 37 - 2023 (O)
Edinson Cavani - 34 - 2022
Anthony Martial - 26 - 2024
Amad Diallo - 19 - 2025
Facundo Pellistri - 19 - 2025
Tahith Chong - 21 - 2022
Not too sure on how reliable the 1yr options are as I took this all from transfermarkt. What it does show though is that:
-~30 players considered to be part of the senior squad (33 in the list, so perhaps a few less if you exclude the likes of Pellistri and Chong).
-8 out on loan.
-6 players are out of contract this summer and all very likely to go, so we are left with 27 come the Summer.
-10 players will have one year remaining at the start of the Summer, with arguably 5/6 of those considered to be 1st team regulars (albeit some have 1yr options).
We have been screaming out for years to clear the deadwood, and the 2022/23 season seems like the prime season to do so. Focussing more on who we currently have, who should be given contract extensions, and who should be sold before they can go for free in January, as well as those who realistically should be sold with more years on them without leaving us too thin on the ground.