GARY NEVILLE has named five Manchester United players he thinks should leave the club this summer.
The Red Devils endured a nightmare season both in the Premier League and in Europe this term.
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They finished the campaign 15th in the Prem table with 18 fewer points than last season.
United also failed to qualify for European football after losing to Spurs in the Europa League final last month.
Several players are now expected to be sold in the coming months, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe targetting a rebuild.
And former right-back Neville has named the players he thinks should be in line for the axe.
Speaking on the It’s Called Soccer podcast, the 50-year-old said: “Marcus Rashford has to leave for him and the club. I think that ship has sailed and he needs to find himself another club.
“I would worry that Aston Villa haven’t announced that they’re keeping him already because I think that could have been an easy deal to do with United if they were going to keep him, so it sounds to me like Villa aren’t going to keep him.
“I would say for Marcus’ sake and for United’s sake that it feels like that path has come to an end.”
Neville can also see a similar situation unfolding with Jadon Sancho following his Chelsea loan spell.
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He continued: “I feel a little bit similarly with him as I do with Marcus. I’d be a bit concerned that Chelsea haven’t made the noises that they’re going to keep him.
“Again, Manchester United have to make sure they part ways with him and, from Jadon’s point of view, he has to make sure that he parts ways with Manchester United.”
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The former England right-back also believes that Man Utd should consider selling Antony to a club in Spain following his loan spell with Real Betis.
Neville explained: “I can imagine he was absolutely going under while he was at Old Trafford.
“He’s gone to Spain and having seen a couple of players that I played with not do it Old Trafford but do it in Spain… I think he’s suited down to the ground and it’s been proven.
“Over there, there’s a different tactical awareness, there’s a different technical ability and there’s a way of playing that’s just more suited to players.
“The players I’m referring to are players like Kleberson or Diego Forlan. It just didn’t quite happen for them but they had really good careers and I think there are players like that who just aren’t suited to a league.
“I think Antony is perfect for Spain and, again, somebody who Manchester United should facilitate leaving. It’s best for Antony and best for the club.”
Alejandro Garnacho has been embroiled in a public fallout with United head coach Ruben Amorim over the last few weeks.
The 20-year-old was left furious after being limited to just 20 minutes of match time in last month’s Europa League final defeat in Bilbao.
His brother then claimed that he was “thrown under the bus” by Amorim.
Garnacho has now been told that he will not have a place in the Man Utd squad next season.
And Neville believes the club should cash-in on the forward when they can.
He continued: “I think if players are taking on the manager and if players are questioning the manager in public through social media or through other means, the manager has to win.
“If the manager doesn’t win, the manager has to leave and I don’t think that’s going to happen this time. That’s happened far too many times before. I think Garnacho will leave purely because of that, I think they’ve had enough.
“Garnacho can play in the Premier League, no doubt, but I think he’ll love it in Spain, he’ll thrive over there, he’ll score goals. He’ll probably be someone next season that we’re all looking back on thinking, ‘Why didn’t Manchester United keep him?’, that type of thing will probably happen, there’s an element of that, but I think he has to go.
“That’s not me throwing my toys out the pram and saying, ‘Get him out the club’… no, for him and the club, I think it’s right that he goes.
“Those four players should leave, not just because Manchester United should let them go, but because they should go and find themselves a place in their lives where they can go and play football because it’s not at Old Trafford.”
Kobbie Mainoo is another player who has been linked with an exit in recent months.
However, Neville insists he still has a place at Old Trafford and be a crucial asset for the Red Devils in the future.
“Mainoo, no. That’s a step too far,” he concluded. “If we can’t give Kobbie Mainoo a job in that two in midfield… I look at Mainoo and the way he plays football and I think a top club would want him.
“Why can’t we make him a top player? If he’s one of ours and he’s shown talent.
“I don’t know what’s gone on there in the last few months. He’s obviously had some injuries which has caused him a problem so he needs to stay fit, but I’d like to think he could be one of that two in midfield that Ruben Amorim plays.
“It’s probably not Casemiro as his partner and it’s probably not [Manuel] Ugarte as his partner, it’s probably someone else in there who is better than those two, if I’m being honest.
“But we should be building around Kobbie Mainoo in central midfield and not because he’s come through the ranks.”
The Red Devils have already made one signing this summer.
Matheus Cunha has joined in a £62.5million transfer from Wolves.
Bryan Mbuemo looks set to follow after choosing to join the Red Devils.
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