Ten Hag: You don’t win with 11 players

Manchester United are currently focusing on outgoings for the final six days of the summer transfer window.

United have brought in four players to strengthen the first team, and it’s expected that Manuel Ugarte will be the final signing of the summer.

United boss Erik ten Hag has said he needs a squad and not eleven players to win things at the end of the season.

Speaking ahead of the match against Brighton, Ten Hag said : “We will see. We have a squad and I hope we will have a squad with double positioning.

“When we go into the season after 1 September, then that also means you can’t select all the players for a game. But we need all the players throughout the season because this will be a season of survival of the fittest.

“We have to manage it but also the attitude of the players is important. Sometimes they will be disappointed but they have to deal with it. You don’t win with 11, you win as a squad.

“The prizes are decided next May so, until then, we need all the players in the squad and we need a high level of high motivation. That is not an expectation, it is a demand from the club and the manager. It is the squad over everything and that will always be more important than just one individual.”