Good morning Man United fans
Erik ten Hag is set to be a busy man when he is finally confirmed as the next Manchester United manager.
While plenty of summer signings are guaranteed, up to TWELVE players could reportedly leave the club in order to fund new moves.
An entire squad overhaul is expected, with Tuesday night’s 4-0 defeat against Liverpool once again highlighting the need for change.
Ten Hag’s Manchester United rebuild will begin by trimming the squad of up to a dozen players, according to the Mirror.
First in line at the departure gate are out of contract stars Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Edinson Cavani, Nemanja Matic, Juan Mata and Lee Grant.
But at least six other players are also in for the chop.
But Marco Van Basten reckons Ten Hag may be having doubts about taking over at Man United after they lost to Liverpool.
The Dutch legend told Ziggo Sport: “You have to start wondering if Manchester United might have doubts about Erik ten Hag or should Erik ten Hag have doubts about Manchester United?
“I think this is sad to see for such a big club.”
Meanwhile, Paul Scholes predicts United’s misery may continue against Chelsea and Arsenal.
The Red Devils face the London clubs in their next round of Prem games, and Scholses isn’t holding his breath for a good outcome from the consecutive clashes.
Scholes lamented: ““They (Man United) look worse than a mid-table team.
“You just can’t see that on that performance. We are going down near eighth.
“Arsenal aren’t a great team, then there is Chelsea. Those are two games they are going to lose.”
However, United ace Jesse Lingard insists the Red Devils will return to winning ways against the Gunners.
He said: “We’ll go there with the mindset of winning, staying on the front foot, being intense, doing the basics and having that energy to go and win the game.
“We need to work hard first before you can start playing, so win the individual battles and then we’ll win the game hopefully.”
But United have a tough task on their hands after Arsenal trounced Chelsea 4-2 on Wednesday night.
And finally, a win over Arsenal on the weekend will improve United’s hopes of signing Antonio Rudiger from Chelsea.
Rudiger wants to play in the Champions League next season and the Red Devils’ hopes of clinching a top four spot may depend on how they perform against the Gunners.
That is according to Manchester Evening News, who claim Rudiger is looking for a move to a team that have a place in Europe’s elite competition next term.