One-time Premier League winner Chris Sutton has claimed that Marcus Rashford should not be the main priority Manchester United look to sell during the January transfer window.

It is no secret that new head coach Ruben Amorim wants to put his own stamp on a misfiring United squad - with the club's lack of left-footed players currently one problem. However, there is a general understanding that to buy players, the Reds will first need to sell.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been on a cost-cutting mission since his formal arrival in February and that has proven to be unpopular with the loyal workers at Old Trafford. While staff redundancies have taken some money off the wage bill, player sales are also needed to help keep them on the right side of the Premier League's financial regulations.

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Rashford has been linked with a £40million departure - with PSG often linked with his services - but on the recent episode of It's All Kicking Off, Sutton insisted that Joshua Zirkzee should be sold first to make room. "You could sell any of them couldn't you?" he explained.

"I could say someone in their 30s like Casemiro, who I don't think has a future there, but I don't think they would get anything for him. Not a lot.

"I don't know how much money they have to make and I might be wrong with this, but someone like Zirkzee. Are you convinced that he'll be a Manchester United great further down the line?

"[Rasmus] Hojlund hasn't been too prolific, but I still feel there's something there. I'm not writing Zirkzee off. You've asked me who I would sell, I would sell him.

"I think he would create a fair few quid." Rashford was booed by the travelling United supporters on Thursday night and while there is certainly money to be made in selling the England forward, Sutton reckons that it would be risky to allow him to leave - and potentially go on to shine elsewhere.

"You always feel with Marcus Rashford there is something there when he can be committed, when he can be really bothered," the BBC pundit concluded. "He's the name everyone is saying, but I didn't want to go obvious.

"He's versatile isn't he?"