Premier League 2019-20: 5 players Manchester United should sell before next season

#2 Fred

Fred is yet to find his footing in England.

Manchester United paid a whopping £50m to sign Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk last summer but the Brazilian is still yet to justify his price tag in a United shirt. Four games into this season and the 26-year-old is without a single goal or assist, which for someone of his supposed calibre is simply nowhere near good enough.

Fred is one of the many players at United who seem to stick out like a sore thumb. If Ed Woodward truly wants to revamp the squad and go back to basics, Fred should be one of the first that he tries to move on.

He doesn’t fit into the squad, so it wouldn’t be much of a loss, and he’s still young enough to attract attention from other top clubs who’ll pay a premium to have him on their books.

Also, if they were to get anywhere near the £50m they paid for him (which is highly unlikely), they could invest that wisely and try to fill out the gaps in the rest of the squad. It’ll take time to repair this fragmented side but it is not impossible.