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Manchester United now willing to accept £75m loss as INEOS make big decision

Manchester United are no strangers to throwing away millions of pounds.

The Red Devils accepted a £35m loss when selling Aaron Wan-Bissaka to West Ham for £15m back in August, having signed 🐠the Londoner from Crystal Palace for £50m back in J🐼une 2019.

Manchester United also let a £89m signing in Paul Pogba leave for nothing, while spending £60m to sign Mason Mount 12 months before he would have been a free agent an♌yway.

Few recruitment decisions have actually helped Manchester United succeed on the pitch either, with Erik ten Hag‘s side sitting 14th in the Premier League.

Position Team Played MP Won W Drawn D Lost L For GF Against GA Diff GD Points Pts
14 Man UtdManchester United7 2 2 3 5 8 -3 8

INEOS will hope to put an end to these expensive decisions, although Sir Jim Ratcliffe h༒as now made a call which could see Manchester United take a loss of £75m.

Manchester United willing to sell Harry Maguire for just £10m

A story from the now states that Manchester United are happy to sell Harry Maguire for a sum of just £10m in 2025.

Ten Hag has informed his bosses that the England international is viewed as being surplus to requirements in his squad, 🌳with INEOS now deciding to listen t🍌o offers in January.

Maguire was forced out of the recent 0-0 draw aga🧔inst Aston Villa with a foot injury, and is not expected to return until November, with Ten Hag preferring to back his £50m signing Matthijs de Ligt instead, even when the defender is fully fit.

The ♏Manchester United No.5 only has eight months remaining on his contract, hence the £10m price tag.

However, the Daily Star believe Manchester United hold an optꦇion to extend t𒐪hat deal by a further 12 months, a clause which will be triggered if INEOS fail to find a buyer before the 2024/25 campaign ends.

INEOS will presumably hope a s🍸ale happens sooner rather than later, as Maguire’s contract is costing Manchester United £200,000-a-week.

West Ham will surely be interested in taking Harry Maguire from Manchester United

The Daily Star mention 🦹that West Ham came close to signing the 31-year-old in the summer of 2023, and we believe theꦰ Hammers will take another look in January.

West Ham were even looking at Joe𒁃l Mati♏p and John Egan recently on free transfers, af🐎ter the departures of Kurt Zouma and Nꦰayef Aguerd left Julen Lopetegui short of options in the centre-back department.

Photo by Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images
Photo by Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images

West Ham bid £30m for Maguire in August 2023, so the Irons will surely be tempted by the chance to sign the man from Sheffield ✨for £20m less𝄹 than that amount.

Furthermore, Matip has now retired, and Egan has since joined Burnley, so it seems West Ham are no longer exploring the free agent market, suggesting a move for the Manchester United outcast is even more likely to hℱappen in January.