Revealed : Ten hag 200 million transfer list revealed as he is set to sign Nigerian 100 million rated player and two defenders as Harry Maguire replacement(full list of players out )

 With Ajax's latest Eredivisie title 

sealed, Erik ten Hag has wasted little 

time in beginning the forward planning 

that will allow him to hit the ground

 running at Manchester United.

The Dutch coach called a meeting in 

Amsterdam for Thursday to get down 

to business and, as Sportsmail reported,

 Steve McClaren was summoned to 

Holland for the talks.

It is now expected that Sir Alex Ferguson's

 former assistant will be a part of Ten 

Hag's backroom team at Old Trafford

 next season.

And no doubt the agenda for the 

Amsterdam summit included a discussion

 of potential transfer targets with United 

so clearly under-powered in several

 departments.

It's been a dreadful season at Old 

Trafford, with United on course for 

their lowest Premier League points tally

 and a fifth season without any silverware.

We take a closer look at who Ten Hag 

and his prospective backroom team may

 have discussing and what they could

 offer the team.

CENTRAL MIDFIELD

This has been a problem position for 

United for several years now and their

 lack of physicality and bite in defensive

 midfield is increasingly exposed in 

the big games.

With Paul Pogba and Nemanja Matic

 departing in the summer, there will 

be an urgent need to address this with

 at least one - and ideally two - midfield 

signings.

So it's little surprise to see United linked

 with a player Ten Hag knows very well

 from Ajax - Frenkie de Jong of Barcelona.

Barcelona's financial problems are 

well documented and it's believed they

 may be tempted to sell De Jong - a 

£75million buy in 2019 - two years 

before the expiration of his contract.

It will be difficult for United, however

, for a number of reasons. Firstly, 

Barcelona will want to extract top dollar

 for a classy player who is still only 25.

Secondly, the Dutchman is reluctant 

to leave the Nou Camp and if he does

, only for a club playing in next season's

 Champions League. United certainly

 can't offer that.

There's interest also from Manchester

 City but United will hope the allure

 of playing under Ten Hag, a coach 

who did so much to develop De Jong's

 career at Ajax, will prove strong.

De Jong won't come cheap but offers

 an immediate upgrade on Fred and 

Scott McTominay, the two central midfield

 options United will be left with.

Ten Hag favoured two deeper midfield 

players, of which De Jong was one, 

during a run to the 2019 Champions 

League semi-finals which included 

famous wins over Real Madrid 

and Juventus.

You'd wager he will set United up 

this way initially until he gets a feel 

for the Premier League but his Ajax 

side often played two attacking midfielders

 ahead of one holding one, especially

 against weaker opposition in the league.

So that could mean De Jong sitting in 

behind Donny van de Beek - someone 

else who know Ten Hag well and who 

could be brought out of the deep freeze

 - and Bruno Fernandes.

United also continue to be linked with 

England and West Ham defensive 

midfielder Declan Rice, who would 

cost them even more at somewhere 

north of £100m.

Rice would be an excellent signing, 

his drive and energy are pretty much 

unsurpassed in the Premier League, but

 is he willing to come to a team that can

 only offer more Europa League football

 when better teams may be interested?

Ten Hag will know the midfield is the 

area in most urgent need of attention.

 He will be backed with a substantial 

transfer kitty but buying both De Jong

 and Rice would be a stretch.

One of them plus a cheaper option, such 

as Lazio's Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (

who seems to be linked with Old Trafford

 every summer), could adequately restock

 the United midfield.

Kalvin Phillips has made clear he wouldn't

 leave Leeds to cross the Pennines to their

 bitter rivals in Manchester but relegation

 may change all that.

 

STRIKER

United have been scarily reliant on the

 goals of 37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo

 this season. He has netted 24 times 

in all competitions, with the next highest

 scorer at the club Fernandes on 10.

If Ronaldo decides to depart in the summer

 or if he picks up an injury next season

, United will look seriously toothless.

Edinson Cavani is leaving and all of 

their wide attackers are either not reliable

 enough with their goal returns or very 

much being pushed towards the exit 

door. So Ten Hag will have a centre 

forward on his shopping list.

It might not be the easiest sell - who 

wants to be told they'll essentially be 

second fiddle to Ronaldo for at least

 a year?

Reports in Italy are linking United to 

the Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, who

 has scored 17 goals this season. But 

he won't come cheap, with Napoli slapping

 a colossal £85m price tag on the Nigerian.

An enquiry has reportedly been made 

about the Reims striker Hugo Ekitike - 

he is only 19, so is far from the finished

 article but he may ease in as Ronaldo's

 understudy without complaining 

too much and then become first choice.

Benfica's highly-rated Darwin Nunez, 

Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez, Paulo

 Dybala of Juventus and Ajax's Sebastien

 Haller are also possible options for Ten Hag.

Fellow Uruguayan Diego Forlan, formerly

 of United, believes Nunez would be 

ideal for United after a great return of 

34 goals in 40 games this season for Benfica.

He proved his class with strikes against 

Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Ajax and 

Liverpool during Benfica's Champions

 League run but could cost £60m.

In reality, one of the first things Ten 

Hag will want to do when he arrives is 

talk to Ronaldo and see what his intentions

 are. If he wants to stay, nobody is going

 to be budging him from that centre 

forward position.

CENTRAL DEFENCE

Ten Hag will have shuddered watching 

United's 4-0 capitulation at Brighton last 

weekend. It exposed yet again their many

 vulnerabilities at the back with Victor 

Lindelof , Raphael Varane, Alex Telles 

and Diogo Dalot all awful.

There have also been questions marks 

over captain Harry Maguire, whose post

-Euros hangover has dragged on 

painfully all season.

Let's address central defence first. United 

will need to buy at least one player in this

 position in the summer, especially if Ten 

Hag wants to play three-at-the-back as 

he does at Ajax.

It will allow the new coach to offload 

at least two of Lindelof, Eric Bailly 

and Phil Jones, who are all underwhelming

 options at the back.

Rumours persist that Ten Hag will bring

 20-year-old Jurrien Timber with him 

from Ajax. The youngster can cover 

various positions, is assured with the 

ball at his feet and is quick in the recovery

 tackle.

Ten Hag handed him the 'Talent of the

 Year' accolade recently but only he 

will know whether Timber is yet mature 

enough to play in the Premier League.

But you can see a back three of Maguire

, Varane and Timber next season with 

the youngster's speed compensating for 

Maguire's chronic sluggishness.

Villarreal's Pau Torres has also been linked 

and reportedly has a release clause of £

51m, which could simplify matters. United

 would face stiff competition, however, 

including from teams with Champions

 League football on offer.

You'd say signing a new central defender

 is Ten Hag's second priority for the summer

 after the midfield. There have been too

 many fatal lapses at the back in games 

this season and given the coach's often

 cavalier approach, United will need 

to have a solid bedrock.

FULL-BACK

Ten Hag is a coach who places a great 

emphasis on wing-backs who fully support

 the attack but who also have the dynamism 

to get back quickly and defend.

In his stocktake of the current United 

squad, he could well take a look at Telles

, Dalot and Aaron Wan-Bissaka on the 

basis of this season's performances and 

decide change is needed.

Luke Shaw looks more secure in his 

place than the right-back options, but 

that hasn't prevented links between United

 and left-back Tyrell Malacia of Feyenoord.

United have already sent scouts to watch

 the 22-year-old, who is someone Ten 

Hag previously tried to sign for Ajax.

 He would cost a fairly modest £20m 

and provide good competition for Shaw

 and Telles.

They have already missed out on a good 

right-back option with Noussair Mazraoui

 signing for Bayern Munich from Ajax

 but this position would appear to be 

the more pressing issue.

But, as stressed, signing a central midfield

 and a central defender may drain the

 entire budget for this summer.

Ten Hag may well have to maximise 

the output of the full-backs he has and look

 to strengthen in his second or third transfer

 window of what we all recognise will 

be a lengthy and far from straightforward 

rebuilding job.