5 Players Manchester United Should Clear out in 2016 Summer Transfer Window

With the impending arrival of Jose Mourinho, per BBC Sport, Manchester United will doubtless spend the summer being linked with shiny new players with whom the manager can work his magic. 

But what of the current squad? There are metaphorical question marks hanging over many of them. From Memphis Depay’s deeply unimpressive first season to Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick entering the latter stages of their careers, there are plenty of big stars at United about whom there are some doubts.

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Then there are the players who may not be a match for a Mourinho side—will he appreciate Daley Blind for his footballing intelligence and quality on the ball in spite of his physical limitations? Will he sell Juan Mata again?

Those are unknowns, of course. What is pretty clear is that in spite of a significant number of outgoings over the past couple of seasons, there are players who the squad could stand to lose.

Let’s take a look at the five players Mourinho should definitely consider moving on.

Paddy McNair

Not too controversial, this one. Paddy McNair was a surprise call-up from the academy system to the first team last season. In his first campaign he showed some fine qualities, making a dramatic headed-clearance off the line on his debut against West Ham United at Old Trafford.

This season things have faltered. He was denied an obvious route to the first XI because Chris Smalling and Daley Blind stayed fit for most of the campaign.

Louis van Gaal said of him in February 2015, per the club’s website, “Maybe he shall be the right full-back of Manchester United for the next 10 years, you never know. He has the chance.” 

However, while injuries meant a lot of changes at full-back as the season rolled along, Van Gaal had clearly changed his mind about this. McNair hardly got a look in.

On national-team duty for Northern Ireland, he has been playing in defensive midfield. Manager Michael O’Neill clearly thinks that is where his future lies saying, per the Metro;

I think that’s his best position, where we played him [in midfield]. I was really pleased with him. He was a physical presence but he showed his quality on the ball.

He just needs to get used to playing at this level. I enjoyed him in there in that midfield with [Steven] Davis and [Oliver] Norwood. It was encouraging to see him play as …

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