The new conditions new Manchester United signings should agree to

The closest someone has got to signing a Manchester United contract this season is Jurgen Klopp.

"Is that for me?" he asked when he stepped onto the dais in the Old Trafford press conference room. The Liverpool coach needed a little levity after Amad's pulsating 121st-minute winner in the FA Cup quarter-final.

The longest expiry date in a United player's contract is four years, excluding plus-one options. Six players - Alejandro Garnacho, Mason Mount, Andre Onana, Diogo Dalot, Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hojlund - are tied to United until 2028. Kobbie Mainoo has a one-year option to take him to 2028.

Garnacho, Onana and Hojlund are regular starters, so they are deemed unsellable. Onana's £47.2million fee has a bearing as United cannot make a profit on a 28-year-old goalkeeper they signed only nine months ago.

Dalot cost a prudent £19m in 2018 and his worth is at least double that, so he is not exempted. Imagine the outcry if United put a 'not for sale' tag on Mount or Rashford.

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United are treating the Rashford situation delicately after his indiscipline and friction with matchgoers this season. They are also conscious that his publicist is the same as Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho's.

A condition of Ronaldo's divorce was that United provided no background. The swift announcement of the strategic review on the same day trumped it in the news cycle. There was also plenty of breathing space between Ronaldo's incendiary interview on TalkTV and when Erik ten Hag held court with journalists in Cadiz at United's winter training camp.

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