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Two Manchester United players absent from printing list for new shirt

The new Man United shirt went on sale last week and not every under-contract player has made the squad list for printing.

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The back of the new United shirt

The back of the new United shirt

Antony and Jadon Sancho's names have been omitted from the list of Manchester United players' names to have printed on the new home shirt.

United revealed their new kit for the 2025-26 season last week and 20 outfield players are currently listed on the United Store website for a customised shirt.

Sancho and Antony have not been listed after their loan moves to Chelsea and Real Betis last season. Marcus Rashford, who joined Aston Villa on loan in the winter transfer window, is among the names available to be printed on the new shirt.

'Antony' printing is available on the Adidas website but so are the names of Christian Eriksen, Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans even though they will all be released. Academy graduates Toby Collyer and Harry Amass are not listed on the United site but 17-year-old striker Chido Obi is.

Antony is under contract at United until 2027 and has the 21 squad number. Sancho had his squad number revoked after he moved to Chelsea in August and Manuel Ugarte inherited the number 25 from the winger.

United want to sell Sancho, Antony, Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho as part of a drastic overhaul of their attack. The club completed the £62.5million signing of Matheus Cunha last week, have had a bid totalling £55m rejected for Bryan Mbeumo by Brentford and are in the market for a new starting striker.

Sancho has made one competitive appearance for United since he accused former manager Erik ten Hag of lying over his omission from the matchday squad for the defeat to Arsenal in September 2023. Sancho spent the second half of the 2023-24 campaign on loan at former club Borussia Dortmund before his season-long loan at Chelsea last term. Sancho's United contract expires next year.

Antony, who moved to United for a fee rising to £86.3m in September 2022, started three times for the club last season before he moved to Betis in January. The winger excelled in Spain and was recalled to the Brazil squad after an absence of almost two years earlier this month.

Rashford's spell at Villa was cut short by a hamstring injury in April. He scored four goals in 17 appearances and Villa are not expected to sign him permanently. United figures expect Rashford to move abroad.

United head coach Ruben Amorim told Garnacho he could leave days after the Argentine questioned his substitute role in the Europa League final. Garnacho was omitted from the squad for the final game of the season against Aston Villa and his attitude did not impress staff during the post-season tour of Malaysia and Hong Kong.

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