10th December, 2021
Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has said it is ‘too early’ to discuss whether anyone will leave the club in January.
However, he said he is open to discuss with individuals who wish to exit.
He said this on Friday while speaking to the media as he discussed his views on the squad ahead of January.
He said that the most important thing is that players want to be at the club.
“I’ve got to know them better this week,” he said.
“I saw most of them play in the two games and had three, four or five training sessions, but it is still too early to speak about what might happen in the winter transfer window.
“If I look at the number of players we have, it’s still a big squad, we definitely don’t have enough players. We need to make sure that players want to stay here.
“If they see not getting enough game time here, it might make sense to speak individually with the players to see if a loan deal might make sense, but right now, it’s still too early to speak about that.”
A number of United players appeared frustrated with their playing time in the final stages of the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer era. That included Donny van de Beek, Jesse Lingard and Eric Bailly, all of whom started in the Champions League against Young Boys in midweek.