Several of Manchester United players have been linked with a move away from Old Trafford, so I thought that before the transfer window opened it would be a good idea to look at the speculation and figure out what was reliable and what wasn’t.

Before the season started I wrote an article about 5 players that Manchester United would sell. These 5 were Darren Fletcher, Liam Miller, Mikael Silvestre, Patrice Evra and Tim Howard. Liam Miller was set free and joined Sunderland in late August, Evra has developed into a fantastic left-back, Howard is having a decent season at Everton and Darren Fletcher has improved quite a bit.

Right now I don’t think Fletch or Evra could be sold – for the rest (plus more players that are under speculation), here’s a quick analysis:

Tim Howard

With Kuszczak proving to be a shrewd buy and Foster being trained for taking over from van der Sar, Howard’s chances at Manchester United look numbered. He will probably be sold next year, maybe to Sunderland