These are the 3 stars worth $250 million that Man Utd's new owner is getting rid of

This season is a nightmare for Manchester United. After having had their worst start in the last 90 years, they slowly seemed to be improving their performances. But every time they are close to take the final leap and become a reliable team, something unexpected happens and the crisis restarts.

That's what happened last Wednesday in the Champions League, when they suffered an absurd 4-3 defeat against Copenhagen. In Denmark, The Red Devils were easily winning 2-0 in the first half, until the referee sent off Marcus Rashford and from then on everything changed. They finally lost and were left in a very complicated situation, last in Group A with two matches to go.

These performances in the European tournament, together with the elimination in the Carabao Cup and a bad start in the Premier League, seem to have convinced the future owner to make strong changes. Sir Jim Ratcliffe is set to buy 25% of the club for $1.3 billion and, once he does so, he will be the main decision-maker regarding soccer.

According to The Sun, one of his first objectives will be to get rid of three players who cost a fortune and have not shown the level that was expected. The first is Jadon Sancho, for whom they paid $90 million in 2021 and now has not played for two months due to a quarrel with coach Erik Ten Hag.

Who are the others?

In addition to Sancho, the other players are Antony and Anthony Martial. The Brazilian winger arrived in 2022 from Ajax at the request of Ten Hag, who had coached him there. But Antony was never able to show performances to justify the $100 million they paid for him. And Martial, who cost more than $60 million, has also been a flop. In fact, reports indicate that many at Manchester United believe he is "disinterested in playing soccer.