Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said Manchester United are making preparations for Champions League football next season and he has tendered the list of players he would want the club to keep.
David de Gea, Marcus Rashford, Ander Herrera and Juan Mata are all negotiating new deals, while old stalwart, Antonio Valencia is set to leave.
His words, “My contract is up in the summer but as I’ve always done for United I give my best because you have to plan, even if I’m not here I still give my view on who I would like to see here as a supporter.
“I’d like to stay, of course, but that is not decided until the end of the season.”
“You don’t want to plan for Europa League yet. We are hoping and planning that we will get into the Champions League for next year. We’ll take that as it comes.”
“I think to play in the Champions League for Manchester United is a bigger thing for many and we know we can’t live off our name and tradition and history.
“We want to attract good players that want to improve the players we have here: Paul Pogba, David de Gea, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford.
“All these top players we have – they need players to challenge them because no one should feel 100 per cent secure to be in the starting XI.
“We are five points behind Tottenham and there’s 10 games to go so definitely we’ve got a chance to move up the table so we will be doing our best.”
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