Manchester United can complete cut-price key transfer if Everton get relegated

Manchester United will be out to pile more misery on Everton this weekend when the two sides clash at Goodison Park in Saturday’s early kick-off. The Merseysiders’ suffered a disastrous 3-2 defeat away at Burnley on Wednesday night, a result which dragged them further into the relegation fight to leave them just one point and one place above the bottom three.

The visit of United is the first of a tough run of remaining matches for Everton, consequently making them one of the bookmaker's favourites to succumb to the drop this year. And if they do, there’ll be a number of Premier League sides taking a keen interest in some of their star players who might be available for a cut-price fee.

United could well be one of these teams. This weekend’s fixture is an opportunity to take a closer look at some of the players who might be of interest this summer.

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One of the more obvious players of interest is striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin. We know United will be in the market for at least one new forward with Edinson Cavani set to depart upon the expiry of his contract this summer, and Calvert-Lewin might just be the ideal replacement.

Since signing for the Toffees in 2016, the 25-year-old has been steadily developing year on year into a top well-rounded centre-forward. His best campaign to date came last season when he scored an impressive 21 goals, 16 of which came in the Premier League.

Only five players could better that return, yet unlike most of those five, none of his efforts came via penalties and it was in fact only Harry Kane (17) who scored more non-penalty league goals. Crucially though, Kane benefited from playing for a better team, meaning he