The 20-time English champions’ 1-1 draw at Huddersfield killed off any hope of finishing in the top four, as Chelsea and Tottenham – barring some extraordinary turn of events – will take third and fourth place.
How many of the current first team will still be there next season remains to be seen.
Alexis Sanchez, who earns a reported £500,000-a-week, is understood to be one player the club want rid of and it has even been claimed United are willing to pay half of his wages to get him off their books.
“I can’t talk about individuals now but there’s a chance you’ve seen the last of [some] players,” manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said. “We weren’t good enough . . . the table seldom lies.
“Effort and attitude was not the problem. The players were running and trying. We just weren’t good enough. That is the problem.”