Manchester United are focused on trying to bring in at least three new signings before deadline day to halt a season already mired in crisis.
But offloading existing players has become just as problematic for United as persuading new names to join Erik ten Hag's abject side, which currently sits rock-bottom of the Premier League. United want to get rid of at least six players – Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Axel Tuanzebe, James Garner and Brandon Williams – before deadline day in a fortnight's time.
But so far there have been no takers for United's cast-offs, with many on such exorbitant wages or simply not considered good enough for other clubs to decide to take them on.