Manchester United have contract decision to make on Hannibal Mejbri and five other players

Manchester United are currently struggling with a long list of injuries and consequently have a stretched squad.

The circumstances meant Erik ten Hag could only name five defenders in his squad for the trip to Bayern Munich in Wednesday’s Champions League clash. However, when all players are back fit and primed, United have a healthy selection of options.

The Reds will be expected to offload a number of players next summer in order to create room for new arrivals. It means exit decisions need to be made on a number of players.

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Some could go for nothing, though, with several players in the final 12 months of their contract. And so, Ten Hag must make a decision on six players.

The midfielder scored his first senior United goal in the 3-1 defeat to Brighton in his first outing of the season. He enjoyed a fruitful loan spell at Birmingham last season but the club have decided to keep him in-house for now.

Hannibal is low down on the list of midfield options, though, and game time may be limited once the likes of Mason Mount, Sofyan Amrabat and Kobbie Mainoo return. Nevertheless, at 20, the 26-cap Tunisia star has a lot of growth in him.

It looks like the striker’s race is run. United’s best bet of offloading the Frenchman is to let his contract expire with next to no clubs willing to part with any kind of sizeable money for him.

It will mean another expensive player goes for nothing, having cost just under £60m in the end. A new contract would be foolhardy with Martial now 27.

The right-back enacted a remarkable turnaround to stake his claim in the starting XI last season having played just four minutes before