Manchester United stance on transfer window, four contract extensions and Sergio Reguilon loan talks

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is open to the club conducting business in the January transfer window.

The interminable strategic review is nearing a conclusion but the Ineos Group's 25% minority stake in United is still yet to be ratified and the mid-season window opens three weeks on Monday.

Ten Hag has already said Donny van de Beek is free to leave in the New Year, United will listen to offers for the exiled Jadon Sancho and there is uncertainty over the futures of several other players.

When Ten Hag was asked if United would be active, he replied: "I don’t think so, that a lot is going to happen in the winter. But we have to be prepared if there are opportunities there. If there are certain circumstances or surprises, we have to be ready to act."

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Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelof, Anthony Martial and Hannibal Mejbri are technically approaching the final six months of their contracts but United have the option of an additional year on each deal.

Realistically, United would have to trigger the extensions before the end of this month to prevent any of the players from reaching a pre-contract agreement with an overseas club and depriving United of a fee, should they intend to sell any of the players.

United triggered the one-year extensions in the contracts of Marcus Rashford, Diogo Dalot, Luke Shaw and Fred last December. Rashford, Dalot and Shaw all signed renewals earlier this year but Fred was sold to Fenerbahce in a £12.93million deal.

"Absolutely, it is in our mindset," Ten Hag said of the contract situations. "We are discussing things and when we have news we will bring