Any prospective technical director's pitch for Manchester United should start with the sentence 'I can make you £200million'.
Solskjaer needs six signings - a left-back, a centre-back, two central midfielders, a playmaker and a forward. He has decided where United need to strengthen and decisions should already have been taken on who needs to go. Despite United's decline, they could generate £200m from player sales.
Paul Pogba, £150m
Pogba was offered to Manchester City in 2018, undermined the club, revelled in Jose Mourinho's sacking on Twitter, has coincidentally failed to find form since Zinedine Zidane was reappointed by Real Madrid and jet-setted whilst injured. United's indulgence of Pogba has to stop.
That Pogba wants to leave is perfectly understandable. United are worse than when he rejoined, he turns 27 in March and United do not appear capable of challenging for the Premier or Champions League before Pogba turns 30. He effectively has two-and-a-half years on his existing deal with the one-year option that is at United's discretion, but issues with fitness and form have caused his valuation to plummet.
United valued Pogba at £180m in the summer and, however - if ever - he plays in the remainder of the campaign, the World Cup winner would easily command nine figures four years on from the world record £89m deal.
Jesse Lingard, £30m
Lingard, 27, is also contracted to United until 2021 and the club has the option of an extension, only he is worth about a fifth of what Pogba is. Lingard finished the 2019 calendar year without a Premier League assist or goal and Solskjaer disciplined Lingard over his crass social media activity in the summer.
You do not forge an alliance with Mino Raiola to get a new contract and Lingard does not deserve one, though that has not stopped United from rushing to renew poorer players in the recent past. A change of scenery could revive Lingard's career and restore him to the England squad.
Alexis Sanchez, £8m
United cannot recall Sanchez from his loan at Inter this month and that news appeared to perk up United supporters after the Liverpool defeat. Sanchez, 31, will probably never play for the club again. The trouble is his contract expires in 2022 and none of the money-soaked clubs in China or Qatar would match his £400,000 weekly net wages at United.
A little like Darmian, United might just have to accept whatever fee is offered for Sanchez - if one is forthcoming. Antonio Conte's demands in Milan have already caused the Chilean to break down again.
Marcos Rojo, £5m
Rojo has started five league games since he was inexplicably handed a three-year contract in March 2018 and United have tried to jettison him in all but one summer - which he was injured in. Rojo is not believed to be as injured as Solskjaer has suggested.
Rojo is 30 in March and at least has the cachet of an Argentinian international. Inclusion in their squad for the Copa America could be the springboard for a move elsewhere, but Rojo is on around £160,000 a week.
Phil Jones, £8m
From one catastrophic contract renewal to another. Jones is regarded as such a liability by Solskjaer he preferred the left-back Luke Shaw in a back three over Jones at Anfield. In his only league appearance this season at Sheffield United, Jones was substituted at half-time.
You would have thought an English centre half who made Gareth Southgate's 2018 World Cup squad would be on the lookout for a mid-season move. England are not blessed with elite centre halves and Jones would have an outside chance of making the squad of 23 for the European Championship if he moved before next Friday.
The caveat is United only gifted Jones a four-and-a-half year contract last February and nobody would be daft to offer anything like the wage he is on at Old Trafford.
Chris Smalling, £10m
Realistically, United are not going to shift nearly half of their centre halves in a single summer and Smalling, 30, is arguably a better defender than regular Victor Lindelof. Nevertheless, Smalling is receptive to a permanent stay in Rome, where he has been so impressive he was voted in the Roma team of the decade.
An England squad recall for the Euros would increase his value and, come the summer, Smalling will have two years left on his United contract.
Nemanja Matic, release
Matic has entered the last six months of his deal but there is every chance United will activate the one-year extension in order to obtain a summer fee. Matic, 31, has not disgraced himself in the recent run but is surplus for next season and on around £120,000 a week.
Timothy Fosu-Mensah, release
Like with Matic, United have the option to extend Fosu-Mensah's stay until 2021, but the Dutchman is a Jack-of-all-trades and master of none who last played for United in May 2017.
Fosu-Mensah, 22, returned from a nine-month lay-off for the Under-23s this month and has been mentioned - unprompted - by Solskjaer in recent press conferences. It could be a shop window tactic, though.
Lee Grant, release
United have the best English, Spanish and Argentinian goalkeepers on their books. Something is going to have to give there but Grant, 36, is out of contract in the summer and may be worth retaining for the coaching staff.
Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, release
The 22-year-old had a nightmare loan at Wolves in 2016-17. He had a nightmare loan at Leeds in 2017-18. He was on loan when Scunthorpe were relegated in 2018-19 and he has just had his season-long loan with Tranmere Rovers cut short.
Borthwick-Jackson last featured for the United first-team in Louis van Gaal's final Old Trafford match in May 2016. It is safe to assume the club will not take up the option of an additional year on his contract.
suecdikoyz
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Woodward need to leave Manchester United
toyelpstz
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woodwork go out pliz am tired of u
EASYLOMO001
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must dey self first b4 dey buy,d money dey promise since all these while nko
Iroy5
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FED UP WITH WOODWARD!! NOTHING WILL HAPPEN THIS MONTH!!! OLE IS BEING DUPED AS A NOVICE!!!!
Ole is as bad as woodward
Iroy5
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I'm running out of patience with Woodward, am here to take United to another level, I want silverwares, winnings
Neither can Ole
ishti
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just focus on your team and leave our players alone.. want likes, I could give it to you it cost nothing.. just stop trying hard by trolling responsible humans
responsible human, Lingard. Yes I appreciate him for that. I really really do. A little Banter is part of football though
fizzbizzie
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OMG, OMG. Lukaku, Sanchez, Herrara were not ManUtd players? I'm so ignorant. I need to pay attention.
just focus on your team and leave our players alone.. want likes, I could give it to you it cost nothing.. just stop trying hard by trolling responsible humans
nuddikopry
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he meant Jeasse Lingard 30c😂😂😂
Jebat_890
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I donno y but I really don’t like to c his face..i donno how he seeing his face in the mirror.. [ko]
dadbcosuy
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and that's all they worry about...the income. failure to qualify is going to see more and more sponsors pull away. players devalued. nobody will want to join ir players will want to leave. bolster the team and get back to winning ways. that will increase revenue. why does pogba want so desperately to leave. because he can the rudderless directionless management of the team. he wants to play in a club that qualifies for Europe championships and he wants to play for a team that can compete for the league. he wont find that at MUFC
poebcilyz
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how come smaling 10m and you went to spent 50 m on average players
Paeeklmns
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Woodward honestly Manchester United fans we don't like to see your face. please we don't need you and we don't want you
tokanaga
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instead of buying players and fill the squad..this man is trying to sell all the man utd players and playerrupt the team
keven_like-98
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if United were smart, they could buy Alex Telles for free. I could borrow Emre Can. so I only hired Bruno Fernandes and Yanick Carrasco in the absence of Rashford
Bestonwizzy
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We need Jackson, mensah, Rojo to stay for back up... This off loading of defender will have us regretting tomorrow when injury start again...
Shalltear
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nah..don't believe this thing coming from this shitwood
minblmnu
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ED must be serious we want new signings this month
ishti
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your Google is wrong.. he actually isn't for sale cos he is a United player.. you should troll your club not ours
OMG, OMG. Lukaku, Sanchez, Herrara were not ManUtd players? I'm so ignorant. I need to pay attention.
vuccepsuyz
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what's technical on him in this scenario
nohadnpy
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sign striker
lecdotyz
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Man united have to sack this bastrd🤬🤬
Sazekopruy
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instead of spending 80 m on Maguire, would have kept Smalling and push for varane in summer! ole is also stupid, selling some good players and not replacing, Woodward is worse on negotiations, they give players high wages, now no one want to buy them cos they can't afford them, cos they are underperforming, unless they agreed to a pay cut!
fuwdelnrt
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United board are soo shameful since last Summer they can't buy B.Fernandez eeeeiiiii apuuuuuu
lapeklmz
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yes
A1NERS
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Cant get rid of Timothy because we've just got rid of Young
Bihabdiklm
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Cant sign one player and Run Club properly talking for sigining TECHNICAL DIRECTOR who cant perform in Negotiation Bloody Woodward ,Get out of our Club
C-mon05
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Woodward is the worst technical director ever, I don't know why still keep him there.... can he see that United with this players can win any trophies, they will continue to lose every day if they don't spend money on quality players ...
segxxzmichael
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Who will buy Lingard for 30m? English overhyped fees.
tewaimntuy
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I would have kept Matic, he is still effective, especially, if he has Mcterminator around him. I would have sold Fred and brought in Bruno. Fred has no physical presence, he gives away the ball a lot, his set pieces are ridiculous!! He is not a holding midfielder, not a good box to box player as well.
matic is useless must go hs too slow ge can not even run for the ball
Bihabdiklm
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as well as de gea and Pereiraa
Chima92
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Man Utd r much slower than a snail in making decisions n moving towards it. They have been talking abt appointing a technical director 4 almost a year n have not made any attempt to employ one. Despite the dozens of former players like Rio. F. Edwin V. and P.Scholes! Who have expressed their interest in assuming that position.
Arjenrobben11
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I would have kept Matic, he is still effective, especially, if he has Mcterminator around him. I would have sold Fred and brought in Bruno. Fred has no physical presence, he gives away the ball a lot, his set pieces are ridiculous!! He is not a holding midfielder, not a good box to box player as well.
Wilson17
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I'm running out of patience with Woodward, am here to take United to another level, I want silverwares, winnings
Zuoelnopu
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Okey this one has failed us,I don't need some one to convince me about that..
raobuz
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FED UP WITH WOODWARD!! NOTHING WILL HAPPEN THIS MONTH!!! OLE IS BEING DUPED AS A NOVICE!!!!
fizzbizzie
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Who else in their right mind would pay £30m for Lingard. I googled and found there is Only One Manchester United.
your Google is wrong.. he actually isn't for sale cos he is a United player.. you should troll your club not ours
isaac_isaac
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Man U: We are saving money to beg for Liverpool starting 11 on a loan. So we can qualify for UCL at least. Woodward:
nozcioptz
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The club will move to 5th in the Money market as Liverpool and City will overtake us.Barcelona,Real Madrid,Liverpool,city and United.the Board should be happy them.
Powbdeilmz
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Actually United is currently in big debt so they cannot afford enough finance to bring big players since they are not gonna win anything soon , so board is trying to avoid mistakes by spending big for nothing since they can’t get into more trouble ...
raadimnpr
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I'm tired of this club
Caycdknry
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I'm unfolloeing utd everywhere #I'mbroke
kimdempz
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THERE IS SERIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH MAN UTD..MANAGEMENT
kimdempz
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pogba...doubt he will generate anything big
ishti
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Who else in their right mind would pay £30m for Lingard. I googled and found there is Only One Manchester United.
Gatetepascal
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100m for Sancho 50 for Bruno 80 for Wener 50 for Decran ,the team is complete.
Saodklmnpu
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clazer family out
kayapeople
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time is running out of topics Woodword is still searching for a solution