Erik ten Hag may have hinted at who will be allowed to leave Manchester United this summer

A manager’s trust in his players can often be measured very easily - minutes on the pitch.

Bruno Fernandes tops this season’s chart for Manchester United with over 3,000 minutes. David de Gea is 30 minutes away from reaching the milestone himself while Marcus Rashford will have clocked the figure by this time next week.

Martinez at fourth with 2,300 minutes shows how much he is valued by Erik ten Hag while Christian Eriksen’s spot in fifth (2,270 minutes) depicts how much United rue his long-term ankle injury.

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Casemiro would have surpassed him and possibly even Martinez but for his three-game suspension for his red card against Crystal Palace. Look down the list and stop at 17th place.

Cristiano Ronaldo left nearly four months ago after clocking up 1,050 minutes for Ten Hag this season. Look underneath and you will see Harry Maguire has played more than 100 minutes fewer.

Only a handful other outfield players who have been in the first-team for more than one season rank lower: Donny van de Beek - who will stay on 294 minutes amid his campaign-ending knee operation; the consistently injured Anthony Martial (722 minutes); Anthony Elanga (624) and Brandon Williams (five).

Alejandro Garnacho needs just another 50 minutes under his belt to surpass club captain Maguire while fellow centre-back Victor Lindelof has racked up over 300 minutes more. Maguire was left on the bench again as Luke Shaw was shifted into the left-sided centre-half role for this week's Europa League clash with Barcelona.

It’s the sixth time he has played there this season having done so in last month’s win over Manchester City. Thursday was another chime on the United-career grandfather clock for Maguire when