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Manchester United s big purge! Casemiro leads four players to leave the team, raising money to force Baleba

10:01pm, 25 September 2025Football

This summer, many Premier League giants have invested heavily in the transfer market, including Manchester United. Under the leadership of Amorin, Manchester United introduced five new players and spent more than £200 million to completely reshape the forward line. However, in the last few days of the transfer window closing, the club missed the top target, the defensive midfielder Baleba. Because his current team Brighton made it clear that the player will not be sold this summer.

But Manchester United has not given up signing the Cameroon international and is even preparing to clean up four players to raise funds for future transfers. Many media reported that Baleba is very eager to join Manchester United as soon as possible, and it is considered possible to complete the transfer in January. But if Brighton wants to let the star midfielder clear in advance, Manchester United must provide considerable transfer fees and salary.

To achieve this goal, Manchester United is willing to sell Casemiro, Sancho, Maracia and Tom Heaton in January to raise the funds needed while freeing up some of the salary space. If Baleba finally joins Manchester United, it almost certainly means Casemiro's career at Manchester United will come to an end, especially given his £300,000-weekly salary contract will expire at the end of the season. The Brazilian has been unable to maintain a steady state since joining Real Madrid for £70 million in the summer of 2022, often disappointing fans.

At the same time, Manchester United is also preparing to stop losses on Sancho, the England international joined the team with a transfer fee of £73 million in 2021. He has been on loan for the past two years. Currently, Sancho is playing for Aston Villa on loan. He has never gained a foothold at Manchester United and has had publicly fallen out with former coach Ten Hager and current coach Amorin. Sancho has not played in the league for the Red Devils for more than two years, and the club is unlikely to activate despite a one-year renewal option in the contract.

Meanwhile, Marasia - the only member of the Bomb Squad who remains at Manchester United - is expected to be listed for sale in the winter transfer window, and if it fails to succeed, his contract will expire in the summer. The situation is similar for third goalkeeper Tom Heaton, whose contract will expire in nine months, when he will turn 40.

According to the Sun's report, there is little hope that Manchester United will recover the transfer fee from Casemiro, Sancho, Marasia and Tom Heaton. Because these four players are all players whose contracts are about to expire, they are likely to be delayed until they leave the team freely next summer. On the contrary, the more important significance of Manchester United cleaning them is to free up the team's salary space and reduce salary expenditure. This is also conducive to the introduction of Baleba.

source:7m vn

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