The five Man Utd players who could leave in January

Stuart Telford

• Updated: 23 May 2023 09:00 CDT
• 5 min read

Harry Maguire's stock is high, Jadon Sancho's less so. Who might we see leaving Manchester United in the winter transfer window?

There is a sea-change coming at Man Utd, with the Glazer family having made the club available for sale in November. Potential suitors from Apple and Amazon to private investment funds in Saudi Arabia have all been linked with bumper bids.

Whomever takes over, United can be expected to spend big in January, and Erik ten Hag has publicly voiced his excitement at the prospect. But for every Wout Weghorst arriving, there could be a Jadon Sancho departing.

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Football Transfers takes a look at who might leave Old Trafford for the last time this winter…

Jadon Sancho

Sancho was signed for big money amid much fanfare in the summer of 2021, the England winger completing an €85 million transfer that had been a year in the making.

But it simply hasn't worked out, his production dropping from 36 goals and 40 assists in his final two seasons at Dortmund to eight and four in each column in the two campaigns since, even if the second of those is at its midway point.

Sancho didn't even make United's mid-season training camp in Spain - "sometimes there are circumstances with fitness and mood," Ten Hag said - and the Red Devils look ready to cash in.

READ: Revealed: Sancho’s discipline issue that frustrated England

Harry Maguire

Harry Maguire's situation is subtly different to Sancho's - like his one-time England teammate he has been sidelined at Old Trafford; decidedly unlike him he went to the World Cup and was imperious at the back for the Three Lions.

Maguire is in the running to make the Official Team of the Tournament, but the fact remains that he is behind Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane in Ten Hag's pecking order of central defenders at Old Trafford.

Bought for a world record €87m in 2019, Maguire is still rated at €33.6m by Football Transfers' in-house algorithm, and there will be no better time for United to make back nearly a third of that initial outlay.

Phil Jones

January 2023 could finally be the month that Man Utd sell Phil Jones, with the defender still the forgotten man at Old Trafford despite years of service. The 30-year-old has been at the club since 2011 but has made just six Premier League appearances in the last four seasons, with injuries dismantling the career of a once highly-rated talent.

Jones is out of contract in the summer and the club could be willing to terminate his deal in order for him to find a new club, with Premier League and European sides interested in giving the former England international another shot at redemption.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been one of the biggest losers of the Ten Hag era so far, restricted to just four minutes of Premier League action as the new manager has made Diogo Dalot his undisputed first choice at right-back.

Former club Crystal Palace want him back, and won't have to pay anything like the €55m they sold him for, although Wolves and West Ham have also expressed an interest in his services.

Facundo Pellistri

Facundo Pellistri finds himself in the unusual position of being a starter in attack for his country - a Uruguayan one that includes Darwin Nunez and Luis Suarez - but not trusted by his club.

Arrived from Penarol in October 2020 with former Urugiay and United striker Diego Forlan giving Solksjaer a ringing endorsement, but has yet make his Premier League debut, spending much of the last two years on loan at Alaves.

"I think that with a good World Cup… his departure is imminent," his agent Edgardo Lasalvia told ESPN. Whether he managed the first half of that is debatable, but the second now seems beyond doubt.