Comments in here saying sell him are strange. Yes he’s been average in limited appearances (he’s not been able to play into form) post lockdown but people have seem to forgotten it was between him, Rash and AWB for our POTS? Some immense performances pre lockdown and added that much needed consistency in our midfield and kept us in the running for a European place.
He’s had a great season and is a good player to keep in the squad to cover for midfield.
Its not about his performances, its just a calculation based on the squad composition. If you play Pogba in that deeper midfield position, he needs a specialist DM alongside him. Fred and McTominay are box to box players, and while one can act as backup to Pogba, two is overkill. People tend to overplay the degree to which Fred and McTominay can't play in the DM position, for some games they're ok, but swapping one out for a specialist DM would definitely be a good thing.
McTominay is a United youngster and probably has more room for development left in his game, plus Fred seems more likely to move aboard, which would always be United's preference in a sale, so it makes sense for him to be sold first. Plus, unlike some of our players, he's actually worth something.
I dont think there's a rush to sell him, especially in this market, better to wait another year. But if a really good offer came in that let us pay for other positions it would be good for the squad overall.