Manchester United's squad is available for sale but the Red Devils will not be able to command the transfer fees they once paid out after a disastrous season at Old Trafford
Manchester United are open to offers for all of their players as they attempt to fix their financial woes - but they face the reality of the value of their stars having plummeted by more than £400million. United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chief executive Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox are set to oversee the major squad overhaul in the coming months.
The club's Europa League final defeat has consigned United to missing out on £100m that comes with Champions League qualification and further cost-saving is to impact the side. Even star player and captain Bruno Fernandes is available for sale as the Red Devils attempt to plug a financial black hole.
“If the club thinks it's time to part ways because they want to do some cashing in or whatever, it is what it is. And football sometimes is like this," Fernandes said earlier this week.
“I have always been honest. I've always said I will be here until the club says to me that it's time to go. I'm eager to do more, to be able to bring the club to the great days. In the day that the club thinks that I'm too much or it's time to part ways, football is like this, you never know it. But I've always said it and I keep my word in the same way."
But the club's failing fortunes has also impacted the value of their playing staff, which cost £845million to put together, and United have developed a reputation for overpaying in the transfer market. Academy graduates Kobbie Mainoo, Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho offer some respite in providing an avenue for profit in an otherwise damning assessment of United's squad management.
Totalling the figures of those who have lost value, United have lost the potential of earning £464m. They have however seen Altay Bayindir, Diogo Dalot and Noussair Mazraoui improve in value in addition to their academy players which would offset the total value.
Mirror Football takes a look at the current value of United players using figures from transfermarkt, and compares it with the fee paid to sign them...
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BRUNO FERNANDES Signed for: £55m Current value: £47m Loss: £8m
LENY YORO Signed for: £52m Current value: £47m Loss: £5m
MANUEL UGARTE Signed for: £51m Current value £42m Loss: £9m
RASMUS HOJLUND Signed for: £72m Current value: £38m Loss: £34m
LISANDRO MARTINEZ Signed for £57m Current value: £37m Loss: £20m
MATTHIJS DE LIGT Signed for: £43m Current value: £34m Loss: £9m
AMAD Signed for: £37m Current value: £34m Loss: £3m
DIOGO DALOT Signed for: £19m Current value: £30m Profit: £11m
JOSHUA ZIRKZEE Signed for: £36m Current value: £30m Loss: £6m
ANDRE ONANA Signed for: £47m Current value: £27m Loss: £20m
NOUSSAIR MAZRAOUI Signed for £17m Current value: £27m Profit: £10m
JADON SANCHO Signed for: £73m Current value: £26m Loss: £47m
MASON MOUNT Signed for: £60m Current value: £24m Loss: £36m
PATRICK DORGU Signed for: £29m Current value: £21m Loss: £8m
ANTONY Signed for: £85m Current value: £17m Loss: £68m
HARRY MAGUIRE Signed for: £85m Current value: £13m Loss: £72m
LUKE SHAW Signed for: £33m Current value: £13m Loss: £20m
TYRELL MALACIA Signed for: £13m Current value: £10m Loss: £3m
CASEMIRO Signed for: £70m Current value: £10m Loss: £60m
KOBBIE MAINOOSigned for: AcademyCurrent value: £47mProfit £47m
MARCUS RASHFORDSigned for: AcademyCurrent value: £40mProfit: £40m
ALEJANDRO GARNACHOSigned for: AcademyCurrent value: £38mProfit: £38m
VICTOR LINDELOFSigned for: £31mCurrent value: Leaving for freeLoss: £31m
ALTAY BAYINDIRSigned for: £4.3mCurrent value: £8.4mProfit: £4.1m