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The 4 Man Utd players currently set to leave on a free this summer..

The Erik ten Hag rebuild is well underway at Old Trafford now and they could be saying goodbye to several players this summer as their contracts are set to expire in the summer.

The Red Devils have managed to get themselves back on track in the Premier League after what turned out to be a difficult start. Ten Hag has now set the new standards at the club and they are expected to be busy in the summer once again.

We’ve further looked into their squad and picked out the four players who could leave on a free transfer in the summer if their contracts aren’t renewed.

1..David de Gea - 516 games for Man.Utd
2..Phil Jones - 229 games
3..Axel Tuanzebe - 37 games
4..Tom Heaton - 3 games

Gossip: Manchester United will look to sell French forward Anthony Martial, 27, England centre-back Harry Maguire, 29, and Brazilian left-back Alex Telles, 30, in the summer as the club aims to make room for a new striker in Tottenham's England captain Harry Kane 29, or Napoli's 24-year-old Nigeria international Victor Osimhen.

Tottenham will not sell club record goalscorer Kane to a rival club this summer.

Manchester United would be required to pay £120m to sign England midfielder Declan Rice, 24, from West Ham, after having a £100m bid rejected last summer.

Manchester United are also keeping tabs on Atletico Madrid and Belgium winger Yannick Carrasco, 29.

Gossip:

Manchester United are prepared to sign Austria midfielder Marcel Sabitzer, 28, permanently in the summer if he impresses during his loan spell from Bayern Munich at Old Trafford.

Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool have all held talks with the agent of Barcelona and Spain forward Ansu Fati, 20.

Manchester United are also monitoring Royal Antwerp's highly rated 18-year-old Belgian midfielder Arthur Vermeeren.

Gossip:
The Glazer family have been offered the financial backing to remain as owners of Manchester United by American hedge fund Elliott Management after the New York-based group registered an interest in investing in the club.


Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has prioritised a new contract for in-form England forward Marcus Rashford, 25.

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Manchester United: Why the Glazers might end up staying at Old Trafford..

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Manchester United have been the subject of intense debate over the past three days since Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and then Ineos came forward to confirm their interest in buying the Old Trafford club.

Sums of £4.5bn have been mentioned as a potential sale price.

It is not known whether other bidders have come forward, although interest was expected from the United States and potentially Saudi Arabia.

However, it is thought US-based Elliott Investment Management are offering to put together an investment package that would allow the Glazer family to retain some kind of interest in United, the club they have owned since a £790m ($1.34bn) deal went through in 2005.

United announced in November that they were "considering all strategic alternatives" to "strengthen the club" which included new investment - not just an outright sale.

What happens next?
It is expected there will be further discussions between the Raine Group, who are handling expressions of interest, and the Glazer family about the next steps.

In the meantime, those who have made offers will be allowed access to United's 'data room', which holds all their financial information, including details around contracts and sponsorship agreements.

This vital information is protected, with anyone who enters having to sign agreements pledging to either dispose of it immediately should they not proceed with an offer, or to not use it in a way that could damage United.

The Raine Group had hoped to conclude the whole process by the end of March, and BBC Sport has previously been told there was no question it would be done by the end of the season at the latest.

Could the Glazers stay?
Since the initial announcement last year, club sources have stressed that 'strategic alternatives' did not just mean a sale, even though this is what many have focused on.

It has now been established both Sheikh Jassim and Ineos have received communication from the Raine Group asking them to stop making what they regard as vitriolic public statements including terms such as returning United to its "glory years", which they viewed as implied criticism of the Glazers.

This has been interpreted by some as heightening the potential for the family to retain control. If they were leaving anyway, why would they care what was said about them, particularly as it can hardly be argued United have fallen a long way in trophy-gathering terms since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.

While six Glazer siblings are listed as a director of the club, it has always been felt co-chairmen Joel and Avram were the pair with the greatest connection to United.

BBC Sport has been told Joel Glazer has been one of the strongest voices to favour the club remaining at its current Old Trafford site, rather than build a completely new stadium. This is on the basis he values the heritage that comes from the current team playing on the same spot as all the previous ones, dating back to 1910.

What would the fans make of that?
In short, not a lot. Protests have been a regular feature at matches since the Premier League game with Liverpool had to be postponed in May 2021 when fans broke into the stadium before kick-off, wrecking all the Covid-19 protocols.

Songs against the Glazer family are heard at every game.

On Monday 'The 1958', a group of supporters who made it a mission to get rid of the Glazer family, issued a forceful statement on social media.

It included the sentence: "The Glazers are universally despised and will never be accepted. They are done."

Sir Alex Ferguson's all-time Man Utd XI..

The legendary United boss took charge of Beckham 394 times, winning almost everything available during their time together at Old Trafford.

Ferguson would potentially have reason to think negatively as well. Who could ever forget the culmination of their fractious relationship which saw a stray football boot strike the midfielder on the eyebrow.

But even with that incident, Fergie had no issues with sticking ‘Golden Balls’ in his who’s who of Manchester United greats. Shortly after he hung up his hairdryer and stopped chewing his gum, the fiery Scot was asked to build his ultimate XI and while some positions were more difficult than others, Beckham’s place was secure.

"People ask you: 'Who is your best Man United team?' and it's absolutely impossible," he said at the time.

"It is absolutely impossible. You look at the strikers I had, going back to [Brian] McClair, [Mark] Hughes, [Andy] Cole, Cantona, [Ruud] van Nistelrooy, [Louis] Saha, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, [Dwight] Yorke, Teddy Sheringham.

"Then to the present players -- Wayne Rooney, [Robin] van Persie, Chicharito [Javier Hernandez]. How do you pick out of that? Cantona and somebody else maybe?

"The midfield was probably a bit easier because you have [Roy] Keane, [Bryan] Robson and Scholes -- they were fantastic players -- and [David] Beckham, Ronaldo and [Ryan] Giggs."

Ferguson didn’t go into detail on the back four of that side, but had he done so, one player certain to be included was Denis Irwin. Often underappreciated and under the radar, Irwin was a mainstay in Fergie’s all-conquering sides.

"Honestly, I would say Denis Irwin would be the one certainty to get in the team. I called him an eight out of 10," he wrote in his autobiography. "At Highbury in one game, he had a bad pass back in the last minute and [Dennis] Bergkamp came in and scored.

"After the game, the press said: 'You must be disappointed in that pass back.' I said: 'Well, one mistake in 10 years isn't bad.' He was an unbelievable player."

Gossip:
Manchester United's England left-back Luke Shaw, 27, and Portugual right-back Diogo Dalot, 23, have done enough to secure new deals with the Old Trafford club but a number of other players at the club face being sold in the summer.

The agent of Austria midfielder Marcel Sabitzer has hinted the 28-year-old could remain at Manchester United beyond the end of the season following his loan move from Bayern Munich.

Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis has given Manchester United hope of signing 24-year-old Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen after saying "sometimes there are offers you can't refuse".

Gossip:
Manchester United want to strengthen their defence by signing Napoli's South Korea centre-back Kim Min-jae, 26, who has a £42m release clause.

Meanwhile, United are keen to offer a new long-term contract to Argentina Under-20 forward Alejandro Garnacho. The 18-year-old is out of contract in the summer of 2024 and the club want to reward him with a significant pay rise.