Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could discard as many as six players, including Alexis Sánchez, this summer as the Manchester United manager looks to build a squad capable of challenging for the Premier League title next season.

United’s usual transfer policy is to bring in three players and sell three each summer but that number may be doubled in both instances given that the club are some way behind their rivals. It would represent the biggest turnover of players since 2015, when Louis van Gaal sold six senior players and allowed Tom Cleverley and the goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard to leave on free transfers, and bought six full internationals.

Antonio Valencia, Marcos Rojo and Matteo Darmian will be sold. The three defenders have started ten league matches between