Manchester United are preparing for a record-breaking summer sale during the transfer window.
The club plans to be more active in the seller's market due to the Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules. And the Manchester Evening News report, via the Mirror, co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos Group has identified several assets that could be sold.
Raphael Varane, Anthony Martial and Tom Heaton's contracts are all set to expire this summer. Meanwhile, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelof and Facundo Pellistri's contracts will end next year. Sofyan Amrabat is expected to return to Fiorentina after his season-long loan, and Casemiro has attracted interest from Saudi Pro League clubs.
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Ratcliffe confirmed that a new decision on Mason Greenwood's future would be made. Greenwood, 22, has a contract until June 2025, but there is uncertainty over Marcus Rashford's future as his performance has dipped this season.
Last month, a poll on the Red Issue website showed that 96% of voters believe Rashford should be sold due to his loss of confidence. Loan players Jadon Sancho, Donny van de Beek and Hannibal Mejbri are likely to be put up for sale.
However, the future of manager Erik ten Hag could influence Sancho's fate. Benfica have an option to buy the on-loan Alvaro Fernandez. Man United might say goodbye to Antony, their £86.3million star, because he hasn't scored in the Premier League since April. Youngster Omari Forson played instead of him when they lost to Fulham.
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Even though Man United are chatting with Dan Ashworth from Newcastle to join their team, John Murtough is still the boss of picking new players. Sir Jim Ratcliffe talked about how important it is to sell players last week.
He said: "FFP (financial fair play) has become a new aspect of running the football club and it's clearly a really critical part of running a football club. And you have to think about how you can manage FFP to the benefit of the club.
"There are different ways in which you can do that. But ultimately, FFP says you have to operate the club within its own means. And, effectively, it takes into account your prior expenditure, and the club's spent quite heavily in the last couple of seasons.
"So that does impact FFP going forward because they've used quite a large part of their allowance if you like. So we need to be quite clear in the summer as to what the extent of [it]. I don't know the full answer to that question at the moment. It's obviously related to sales as well as purchases, and so we need to get our heads around that well before the summer window, so we understand the number."
Only five players from United - Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku, Angel Di Maria, David Beckham and Daniel James - have been sold for a fee of £25million or more.
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