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They’ll exit soon, Erik Ten Hag revealed unsuccessful talks with two players in the squad

The manager spoke to the media in press conference ahead of United’s FA Cup game

By Liam Styles

Erik Ten Hag announced that Raphael Varane won't extend his contract with Manchester United.

Manchester United’s coach Erik Ten Hag surprised the media and the fans in the last few hours by revealing talks with several players in the squad about their future in the squad for the next few months, which would be really tough in some cases, as the club would be trying to get rid of them by putting them in the market.

In this sense, the Dutchman, who spoke to the media ahead of the next away game of the Red Devils in the FA Cup against Wigan, revealed to have talked with Anthony Martial and Raphael Varane about their situation in the club, given the fact that the players’ contracts with the clubs would be close to end and would need a renewal to stay at the institution.

Erik Ten Hag, who spoke out on the state of the negotiations with the players, revealed that in the case of the two French internationals, the club would have decided to not extend their contract, which would force them to be sold in the short term after not having convinced the coach to stay in the squad.

The players’ destinations could be totally different

Their cases, although would be really different, as Raphael Varane would several clubs tracking him to sign him such as Real Madrid and Bayern Munchen, while Anthony Martial wouldn’t have received interesting proposal from top clubs in European football and he would be destined to try to join the Saudi football to continue his career.

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