Old Trafford ins and outs

In

Phil Jones
Age: 19. Fee: £16.5m.
Why: The long-term replacement in central defence for Rio Ferdinand.

David de Gea
Age: 20. Fee: £18.3m.
Why: Half the age of Edwin van der Sar, but must replace the retired Dutch keeper.

Ashley Young
Age: 25. Fee: £15m.
Why: Adds pace and goals from the wing, eases burden on Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernández.

Wesley Sneijder
Age: 27. Fee: £40m. 
Why: Could be the creative force needed to fill the void left by Paul Scholes’s retirement.

Danny Welbeck, Federico Macheda and Tom Cleverley
Returning from loan spells with Ferguson ready to give them a chance.

Out

Retired: Edwin van der Sar, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville.

Sold: Darron Gibson, John O’Shea, Wes Brown.

Released: Owen Hargreaves, Tomasz Kuszczak.