{"id":331323,"date":"2026-05-08T16:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=331323"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:17:31","slug":"nicky-butt-names-4-average-man-utd-stars-who-will-leave-with-casemiro-this-summer-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/nicky-butt-names-4-average-man-utd-stars-who-will-leave-with-casemiro-this-summer-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicky Butt names 4 ‘average’ Man Utd stars who will leave with Casemiro this summer | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It can be a busy summer at Old Trafford (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nicky Butt believes Manchester United will offload a minimum of 4 players at the top of the season as a part of a summer rebuild at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

United confirmed Champions League qualification with victory over Liverpool last Sunday, returning to European football\u2019s top table for the primary time in three years.<\/p>\n

Focusing solely on the Premier League this term has paid off however the club must now ensure they’ve a squad able to balancing domestic and European football matters next season.<\/p>\n

Midfield is an area that needs urgent attention with Casemiro set to depart the club when his contract expires this summer.<\/p>\n

With Manuel Ugarte also tipped to depart, it leaves Kobbie Mainoo as United\u2019s only senior midfield option with the club trying to sign a minimum of two players to strengthen that area of the pitch.<\/p>\n

While United need numbers, former star Butt believes a lot of those in reserves are \u2018average\u2019 and sees Ugarte, Joshua Zirkzee, Tyrell Malacia and Noussair Mazraoui all being shown the door.<\/p>\n

Butt can also be keen for his old side to herald an alternative choice at centre-half, suggesting Leny Yoro may very well be shipped out on loan.<\/p>\n

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Ugarte has had a disappointing two years in Manchester (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018They definitely need a top centre back and two midfielders, 100 per cent,\u2019 Butt told Paddy Power.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018For those who take a look at all the highest clubs they’ve options to select from.<\/p>\n

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Tyrell Malacia, Joshua Zirkzee, Noussair Mazraoui also tipped to depart (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018The 2 midfielders are for depth. You’ve got to construct a squad, you\u2019ll have injuries and suspensions.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was highlighted when United played Leeds, the team that day was so young and so average.<\/p>\n

\u2018They\u2019re going to eliminate a number of \u2013 Joshua Zirkzee, Manuel Ugarte, Tyrell Malacia, Noussair Mazraoui. Lenny Yoro might go on loan.<\/p>\n

\u2018They need a number of players, not all starters, but they\u2019re going to be playing 60 games next season. You wish a squad.\u2019<\/p>\n

Aurelien Tchouameni, Elliot Anderson, Carlos Baleba and Adam Wharton are among the many midfielders United are fascinated with signing this summer.<\/p>\n

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It can be a busy summer at Old Trafford (Picture: Getty) Nicky Butt believes Manchester United will offload a minimum of 4 players at the top of the season as a part of a summer rebuild at Old Trafford. United confirmed Champions League qualification with victory over Liverpool last Sunday, returning to European football\u2019s top […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20686],"tags":[651,18874,42572,5479,1260,1054,3820,30627,639,4319,20687],"class_list":["post-331323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-average","tag-butt","tag-casemiro","tag-football","tag-leave","tag-man","tag-names","tag-nicky","tag-stars","tag-summer","tag-utd"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331326,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331323\/revisions\/331326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}