Jadon Sancho, Antony, Alejandro Garnacho and Tyrell Malacia are all in limbo as they look to move on – boss Amorim having opened the door for all of them to leave.

‘Ruben Amorim is not completely closing the door to a first team return for members of the United ‘bomb squad’

Jadon Sancho has declined a move to RomaCredit: Getty

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Alejandro Garnacho is determined to join ChelseaCredit: Getty

Sancho has turned down Roma, the same Italian club are interested in Malacia, Garnacho is still hoping Chelsea will come in for him and Antony wants to go back to Real Betis after spending the second half of the season on loan there.

But there are no guarantees that all or even any of them will be gone by the close of the British transfer window on September 1.

Yet Amorim offers hope to any who find themselves still at United a day later – hinting clearly that they would then be brought in from the cold.

He declared: “It’s clear these players want to play in different clubs – so we have to try to make arrangements so we are both happy and they are happy.”But when the window is closed we have to receive the players (any who do not leave) and so then anything can.”

Garnacho, especially, will find such an assurance odd given that at the end of last season a furious Amorim told him to “pray that he can find another club.”

But United are still awaiting bids for all four that they could live with – even for the sale of a player like Antony, who cost £85M from Ajax three years ago but is no longer rated, at more than half that price.

Amorim and director of football Jason Wilcox still want more players having already signed Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbuemo, Benjamin Sesko and Diego León for almost £200M.