Ranking Man Utd’s squad on how central they are to Ten Hag

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In terms of how pivotal the Man Utd players might be in the mind of the new manager, it’s a Portuguese one-two ahead of a couple of last summer’s signings.

Here’s where we reckon the current squad stands in Erik ten Hag’s thinking…

25) Edinson Cavani 

Going…

24) Jesse Lingard 

Going…

23) Paul Pogba

Gone.

22) Nemanja Matic

Matic, too, will be following those above through the Old Trafford exit door. Ten Hag might at least check in with the Serbia veteran to glean his thoughts on the dressing room, given he’s generally a reliable sort who might have something useful to add.

21) Juan Mata

Mata also might be worth sliding into Ten Hag’s Zoom schedule, even if lovely Juan probably operates on the principle that if you’ve nothing positive to say, say nothing. In which case, it would just be 10 minutes spent staring at the mute Spaniard. Which is never time wasted…

20) Eric Bailly

If Man Utd want a centre-back – never a summer passes these days when they don’t – then we have to assume that Bailly is first in line for the chop since he can’t get near the first team. Unless Ten Hag has a weird penchant for kamikaze defenders who can’t stay fit.

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19) Phil Jones

If Bailly goes, Jones will remain fifth centre-back with the arrival of a new one. Would he take the chance to move on this time? Likely to be deployed as he was by Rangnick and may