Although some clubs can be mentioned as a 'fire sale' of players in the course of earlier transferers, someone can hardly have come close to the management of Manchester United in the aftermath of their Europa League defeat against Tottenham Hotspur.
No matter how damn and harmful that defeat was – United will not play European football next season – a period of reflection would certainly have been the desired way of acting.
Ruben Amorim in reflective mood at the end of the final market pain / alamy / profimedia 2025 Euroopa League
Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his Ineos team have never really been a sign to do things from the book.
Deciding that they would keep Erik ten hag and then plunder him shortly thereafter, wait months until then ashworth would join as a sports director and then dismissed him shortly thereafter, so that the ticket prices for home games are increased and mass dismissals are only a few of the impopular decisions taken since the partial takeover of this legendover of this legendover.
Sir Jim wants the whole man United Squad -Transfer mentioned
All that turned out to be, compared to Sir Jim's newest gamble, after it was reported that he, in the aftermath of the Spurs defeat, applied the entire team of the first team for sale.
Anyone who believes that it was only a knee-shocked reaction to a disappointing work of the night unfortunately seems to be mistaken, and the issue with which Ruben Amorim is confronted is now just who will populate his team next season.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe Consoles Ruben Amorimmark Pain / Alamy / Profimedia
It seems a foregone conclusion that goalkeeper Andre Onana will be one of the first to go.
The 28-year-old was brought in by ten Hag and has rarely covered itself in glory between the posts for the Red Devils.
Onana is probably one of the first to leave
His radical accuracy – something he was specifically inserted – was 100% during the Premier League season 2024/25, so there is nothing to admonish him in this respect.
Where he has been considerably abandoned is his inability to save even the most harmless shots.
Andre Onana statistics of the 2025 Europa League Finalopta perform by statistics
Indeed, a show of some of his mistakes since taking over from David de Gea would make a hugely embarrassing watch.
A sad 66.9% of the shots has been saved in his direction, and that is clearly not good enough for a club of the status of United.
Leny Yoro was advertised as a generation talent
Defensively, Luke Shaw's injury record did not help him to try to restore his best form, and even if someone can accept that his fellow England international, Harry Maguire, has recovered himself as a center of comment, he is really not suitable for Amorim's playing style.
Yoro was spoken as a generation talent before United hit, but the expectations have weighed heavily on his shoulders.
Leny Yoro van Manchester United with the ball during the UEFA Europa League Final 2025CSAR Ortiz Gonzalez / Alamy / Profimedia
In the 33 games he played (22 as a starter), he only made 46 tackles. He has lost more of that (24) than he has won (22). The team also managed only one clean sheet in the Premier League and one in the Europa League with him on the field.
Thirty heads are reasonable enough, as well as a continuous accuracy of 92.5%, but the young person must give more if he wants to be seen in the Rio Ferdinand fungus.
Dorgu has been a huge disappointment
Patrick Dorgu is another young player who enters the club and does not really run the ground. You could even say that he was a huge disappointment.
He started 18 of 20 games in 2024/25 but at that time only made 31 tackles.
Patrick Dorgu from Manchester United shoots on goal during the match against Aston Villaever Second Media, every second media / alamy / profimedia
A pass voltage of 86.1% is not really the worst, although the player was also brought in to be able to beat his husband and to get crosses in the box, which he is not doing at the moment.
Although not his primary job, he must also score or help, and he has only had two shots on goal. Not great, is it?!
Casemiro and Bruno – too expensive?
In the central midfield, Casemiro seems to have been hanging around an era, it is suspected because no one will pay his reported £ 350,000 salary. The Brazilian becomes liability and for both reasons he is a player who now has to get the club out of their books.
On the other hand, Bruno Fernandes must be stored at all costs. He is the heartbeat of this united side.
In both cases, nineteen goals and 18 assists placed it at the top of the tree, and his 81.5% pass -voltooiing is decent enough, although he could do with a little improvement.
Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro participate in official training in the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Anggara / Nurphoto / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia
He recovered the ball an amazing 213 times in 24/25 and also won 78 of the 126 tackles he tried. 37 main declarations indicate his all -round effectiveness in an under -performing united side.
Although he will be Baulk on the suggestion, the Portuguese Roy Keane of this generation is. He may not have the same spiky and tiger -like attitude as Keane, but he is the only player on which the Red Devils can trust to come up with a moment of magic.
He never stops running or being looking for an opening or chance, and although he will be 31 just after the start of the new season, that is no excuse to make another outfit the beneficiary of his services.
Garnacho can rightly feel hurt through Europa League Snub
Noussair Mazraoui is a ten Hag -catch that, realistic, has had 'moments' and nothing in the red shirt. Energy up and down The channels is a condition for a club that is proud to set the standard.
Looking further on the field, Alejandro Garnacho can rightly feel hurt because he has been left outside the Europa League final, and it seems that the young Argentinian has already been told to find a new club.
That is a strange position for the Red Devils to take, given that he is probably the only player in the team who makes the crowd enthusiastic when he is at the ball.
Alejandro Garnacho is apparently told to look for a new club of Ruben Amorimčtk / image Sport Photo Service / Conor Molloy
Eleven goals and 10 assists are the best return in the teambar Fernandes, 30 of his 55 shots have been on goal and its 85.7% pass -secondary, is impressive when one regards the pace in which he usually works.
Unless the club has a better winger in mind, and of which there are relatively few, losing Garnacho seems to be a big mistake, the same Amad Diallo, who has been a different brightness in the gloom.
No doubt that Zirkzee and Hojlund should go
Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund have to be moved, no doubt.
The pair of front men has only managed 17 goals and four assists between them in all competitions, and their lack of tempo and movement at the front is at his best amateur.
Joshua Zirkzee from Manchester United and Rasmus Hojlund only have 17 goals between Themter photos / DDP USA / Profimedia
For example, Hojlund's Schot conversion rate in the Premier League is only 12.5%. Only 13 shots on goal in 24/25 tells his own story.
If possible, the output of Zirkzee is even worse. The Dutchman scores only 10.7% of the time, can often be seen as a chicken without a headless and has a terrible pass -voltage percentage of 69% in his area of the pitch.
Transfer values are plummeted
One of the issues that the club will also have to consider is that, in view of the fact that 24/25 was such a terrible campaign, the values of all the above, as well as people like Matthijs de Ligt, Mason Mount, Kobbie Mainoo and others, will be considerably clamped.
Let us also not forget that the future of Marcus Rashford, Antony and Jadon Sancho still have to be resolved and can cause further problems in the row.
Mason Mount and Kobbie Mainoo from Manchester United can soon be looking for a new Clubaction Photo Sport / Nurphoto / Shutt / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia
Jonny Evans is retiring and Christian Eriksen is already known that it is leaving, so some positions may be easier to fill than others, although a significant injection of money is required from the board for Amorim to bring the players he wants to bring in.
If Sir Jim thinks that a fire sale will for the most part will bank roles, he could have a shock and in the end it is still a debacle of a sign that quickly becomes an unwanted addition.
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