First Team
Onana - not for sale but would accept £60m+
Bayindir £10m
Dalot - not for sale but would accept £50m+
AWB - for sale £25m plus 10m add-ons
Varane - release
Martinez - not for sale
Maguire - for sale at £25m plus 5m add-ons
Lindelöf - not for sale but would take £20m+
Evans - 1 year deal, do coaching badges
Kwambala - not for sale, may loan
Shaw - not for sale but would accept 45m+
Malacia - for sale at 15m plus 5-7m add-ons
Casemiro - for sale - Saudi £30m, or 20+5m
McTominay - for sale £35+5m
Eriksen - for sale £5m+5m
Mainoo - Not for sale
Fernandes - Not for sale but would accept £80m+
Mount - Not for sale but would accept £70m+
Garnacho - Not for sale but would accept 100m
Antony - Not for sale but would accept £45+10m
Rashford - Not for sale but would accept £75+10m
Amad - For sale at £20m+10m
Højlund - Not for sale
Martial - release
Loaned out:
Sancho - For sale at £40m+15m
Greenwood - For sale £25m+15m
Hannibal - For sale £12m+5m
Pellistri - for sale £12m+5m
Carreras £5m+5m
Van de Beek - release
Williams - for sale £2m+3m
On most deals I would include substantial add-ons, as illustrated. And in some I would include buy back clauses. Like Hannibal, Amad, maybe Greenwood.
Some players aren’t worth selling because of the FFP position, like Mount, Onana etc., unless it is for a really big fee. I also think, despite their troubles, it’s worth giving them another season.
Bruno and Martinez are two of avoid selling in general because they are virtually our only two players who actually have grit, determination, and that fire in their belly. But someone like Bruno, at 29/30, if Saudi came in with an 85-90m pound bid, it’d probably be wise to take it. Otherwise, he should stay.
Shaw is a tough one. He’s not fit enough, but he’d cost a fortune to replace with a good enough player. So id keep him but find a good player who can rotate with him.
Lindelof I’d keep because we’d move on Varane, and Maguire. And need two CBs already. He’s on relatively low wages and is fine as a fourth choice cb. Evan’s I’d keep too, because he’d count towards homegrown quota and would cost peanuts. Good emergency stop gap.
Mainoo, Bruno, and Mount would all stay, but we’d need two CMs. With Eriksen, Casemiro and McTominay moving on. Hopefully a Neves plus a young DM.
I’d likely keep Rashford, Garnacho, Højlund and Antony, and add a good competition for CF (Osimhen, Sesko etc), plus a starting quality RW like Olise. Sancho, Greenwood, and Amad out the door. I’d keep Amad if we got a decent offer for Antony like 45m plus 10-15m in add-ons.
I’d want the next manager to get a lot more out of the players we have, rather than just replacing them all.
That said, only Mainoo, Garnacho, Martinez, Bruno, and Højlund are players I would sell VERY reluctantly or not at all. The rest all have their price and could be moved on and replaced. It’s all just about who has the best market for their services. Very few are what I would consider “safe”.