Manchester United have 11 must-keep players in the transfer window

For what was an undeniably successful season for Manchester United, there is barely a starting XI of players who should be assured of staying there next season.

United did not overachieve by finishing third in the Premier League. They practically occupied third or fourth since New Year's Eve and it would have been remiss not to have capitalised on the disarray at Tottenham and Chelsea, or the inconsistency of Liverpool.

The incumbent or prospective owners cannot squander the fine progress Erik ten Hag has overseen. Ten Hag improved players in different positions who had stagnated and the majority of his signings have been a success.

Yet it was ominous for United that their starting side and bench for the FA Cup final were so predictable. The list of substitutes read like a Europa League group stage dead-rubber and Ten Hag had to turn to Wout Weghorst after first summoning Alejandro Garnacho.

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Weghorst will not be missed at United and his arrival is a blot on Ten Hag's copybook. United fell into the trap of recruiting a player on the back of World Cup form and they ought to have drawn a line under Ten Hag's predilection for targets developed in the Netherlands.

In fairness to Weghorst, he was overexposed to 19 successive starts through Anthony Martial's brittleness. The Frenchman missed 33 of United's 62 matches as he sustained six separate injuries.

Martial last completed 90 minutes in a Premier League fixture in January 2021 and he has tallied 17 goals in three seasons. Erling Haaland scored that many for City by October 2 - the day Martial registered for the first time last term.

Martial is approaching his eighth anniversary at United and his contract has a