According to a report from renowned football journalist Fabrizio Romano, Manchester United have reached a verbal agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt that Dutch defender Donny van de Beek will join the Bundesliga on loan until the end of the season in January, and the contract also includes a non-mandatory buy-out clause of 15 million euros. This will be Donny van de Beek's second loan spell at Manchester United, with his first unsuccessful loan spell at Everton, and his European career being dropped back would have a major impact on his European career, with perhaps a departure from the top five leagues. Donny van de Beek's departure is just the beginning of United's winter purge.
The team spent more than £200 million in the summer transfer window and will not be able to raise enough transfer fees to bolster in January without a player purge. Manchester United are currently performing relatively poorly in the league and Champions League, exiting the Champions League early, failing to even qualify for the Europa League, and the league position is not ideal, so the winter transfer is the perfect time to solve the problem, and Ten Hag will not let go of such an opportunity. However, there are still a lot of issues to be addressed for United to make reinforcements in the winter transfer window.
First of all, both the defender and the forward line need new people to come in to change the current situation of the team. Secondly, United do not have a sufficient transfer budget at the moment, so it will be difficult to bring in reinforcements, and the departure of Donny van de Beek alone will not achieve Ten Hag's goals, so they need to continue to move in the transfer market. According to England**, there are rumours in Manchester United's squad that players such as Jadon Sancho, Anthony Martial, Casemiro and Raphael Varane could leave.
However, such a purge is not realistic for United, especially Casemiro and Raphael Varane, who can still help United despite their fluctuating form, and it will be difficult to buy players of the same caliber if they receive a certain amount of transfer fee income in January. Even if you want to, you will have to wait until the summer transfer period. However, Anthony Martial and Jadon Sancho are the players United would like to purge the most, with Anthony Martial not meeting the team's expectations and Sancho having no chance of returning to the first team without apologising to Ten Hag due to a purely attitude issue.
Manchester United need to think deeply about the future of Anthony Martial and Jadon Sancho. Anthony Martial's contract expires at the end of the season and he could be a smart choice for Manchester United. Sancho, meanwhile, remains a solid value and United will be fully committed to finding a solution despite the salary issue to be resolved.