Another incentive for Manchester United to prioritise sales over the next eight days is their squad size.
The club website lists 32 players in the first team section. It is not as obese as Chelsea’s squad but there is some flab to cut off.
There are caveats. Dan Gore, last in a matchday squad in December and recovering from a shoulder injury following an unfulfilling loan at Port Vale, is listed as a first team squad member.
Harry Amass, Toby Collyer and Ethan Wheatley were added earlier this month and the trio all started for the Under-21s in their captivating comeback at Barnsley in the EFL Trophy on Tuesday night.
Facundo Pellistri is going and Hannibal Mejbri probably will go. In the best-case scenario that Scott McTominay and Jadon Sancho are also among the outgoings with Manuel Ugarte the incoming, then United would have a healthy squad size of 28.
