Man Utd liquidated 15 players, facing the risk of being banned from the Champions League

According to The Sun, billionaire Jim Ratcliffe (who spent 1.3 billion pounds to buy back 25% of Man Utd’s shares) is not satisfied with the Red Devils’ current squad” and he decided to replace the force in 2024.

Next summer, 8 Man Utd stars’ contracts will expire but will not be able to sign extensions with names like midfielder Victor Lindelof and striker Anthony Martial defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka, midfielder Hannibal Mejbri centre-back Jonny Evans and goalkeeper Tom Heaton.

Only midfielder Sofyan Amrabat and defender Sergio Reguilon playing on loan will have to return to their parent club. .

Notably, in addition to the 8 players with expired contracts mentioned above, 7 stars still under contract will be sold by Man Utd to supplement the transfer budget of the “Red Devils”.

Jadon Sancho will most likely be the first name to be liquidated soon when the English striker has been exiled at Man Utd by coach Erik Ten Hag for the past time. Juventus and clubs in Saudi Arabia are said to be interested in this 23-year-old striker.

Meanwhile, former Real Madrid duo Raphael Varane and Casemiro are both said to be likely to leave after seriously lost form due to constant injuries.

Especially despite excellent performances this season, midfielder Harry Maguire and midfielder Scott McTominay were also liquidated in 2019. after. In the end, striker Antony and midfielder Donny van de Beek were the two names that had to leave when they could not adapt to the style of play in the Premier League.

Man Utd is at risk of being banned Champions League next season

According to Dailymail, billionaire Jim Ratcliffe owns the French football team Nice and has spent an additional 13 billion pounds to own 25% of Man Utd’s shares.

However However, according to UEFA regulations, a person can become the owner of many teams at the same time, but there is only one place in the Champions League for the team with the highest ranking that that person owns.

< p>This means that in the case of both Man Utd and Nice of billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, they will finish in the position to qualify for the Champions League next season respectively at Premier League and Ligue 1, the higher ranked team will has the right to participate in the most prestigious club-level playground on the continent while the other team will be banned from competing in the European Cup, meaning they cannot participate in both the Europa League and the Conference League.

Currently Man Utd ranked 6th on the Premier League rankings with 21 points and Nice ranked 2nd in Ligue 1 with 26 points. Thus, the risk of Man Utd being banned from competing in the Champions League is not small.

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