Old Trafford side to make significant changes over the course of the next two transfer windows.
Man United boss David Moyes is set to conduct a major Old Trafford clear-out that will see 11 players leave over the course of the next two transfer windows according to the Daily Mail.
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The average form shown by his side has been such that talk of a mass cull of the Old Trafford playing staff is by no means unexpected and Moyes will hope that offloading such a major portion of his squad leaves him with ample funds to bring in new additions as he seeks to put his stamp on the squad he inherited from Sir Alex Ferguson last summer.
Moyes will look to get to work on his squad re-shuffle straight away by selling Brazilian midfielder Anderson to Serie A side Fiorentina, a move that is long overdue given the poor form shown by the 25 year old over recent seasons.
Wingers Nani and Wilfried Zaha will be loaned out with moves to Sporting Lisbon and Cardiff City said to be on the cards, with permanent switches perhaps to follow in the summer.
Defensive trio Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra will leave then their contracts come to an end in the summer, with the emphasis on youth as David Moyes looks to ring the changes at the back.
Japanese playmaker Shinji Kagawa, who has rarely shown glimpses of the level of form he showed at Borussia Dortmund, will be sold in the summer and perhaps a move back to the Bundesliga is a possibility.
Dutchman Alexander Buttner has failed to oust Evra from the left-back berth and isn’t seen as a viable long term replacement for the Frenchman. David Moyes will look to bring in either Everton’s Leighton Baines or Southampton teenager Luke Shaw to fill that void.
Back-up keeper Anders Lindegaard will leave the club having failed to coming close to unseating excellent Spaniard David de Gea between the sticks.
Luis Antonio Valencia’s form has been up and down this term and one gets the impression his continued place in the first team is down chiefly to the fact that the likes of Nani and Ashley Young are proving even more inconsistent than the Ecuadorian and he too will be sold in the summer.
Mexican international Javier Hernandez may have hoped that his first team chance would improve under Moyes but if anything he has been given an even more limited role than when Sir Alex Ferguson was in situ.
Chicharito has had no problem finding the back of the net, 54 goals in 136 appearances of which 56 were from the bench, tells it’s own story. A move to find regular first team football is probably in the best interests of all concerned as the back-up man has now fallen behind Danny Welbeck in the pecking order with Wayne Rooney and Robin Van Persie getting top billing.
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