Manchester United can sell eight players to add over £100m to their transfer budget

Manchester United will need to splash the cash this summer to try and bridge the gap to the best at home and abroad.

Erik ten Hag's side finished third in the Premier League, but were nine points behind runners-up Arsenal and 14 adrift of champions City. With United back in the Champions League next season, winning the Carabao Cup and having an FA Cup final still to come, there are hopes that consistent success and title challenges may not be far away. But to do so there will need to be squad reinforcements.

The Reds are keen on a striker with Harry Kane at Tottenham and Napoli's Victor Osimhen the leading targets. Both could command £100million fees though and with additions required elsewhere in the squad, United will need to balance the books.

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Ten Hag is likely to allow several fringe players to move on if the price is right and those departures could help fund big money moves elsewhere. We take a look at the players who could depart United and raise vital funds.

Fred

The midfielder may well start the FA Cup final against City on Saturday but could still depart this summer. The Brazil international is wanted by Fulham and hasn't completed 90 minutes for United since February. Given he's 30 and United are keen to add some youth to supplement their first choice midfield axis of Casemiro and Christian Eriksen, a fee of around £20million could see him move on.

Harry Maguire

He's fallen down the pecking order under Ten Hag and the United boss said it will be down to the England international whether he moves on. The 30-year-old will still have top flight suitors despite mixed Old Trafford form over the past season or two. And while