Manchester United players on loan 2015-16 

Remember Federico Macheda? whose late winner against Aston Villa helped Manchester United clinch the title in 2008-09 season. A series of six loan spells followed and the Italian was sold to Cardiff City during the start of the 2014-15 season. Now he plays for Nottingham Forest in the Championship after being loaned off by Cardiff City during the start of the season. So what does it take for a 17 year old who scored a winner on his debut for Manchester United seven years back to fall so deep in his career that he plays for a Championship side now. Six Loan Spells!! That was what all it took. Young players from the academy are usually sent out on loans and they decide their fortune.

Macheda was an instant hit an Manchester United

With the loan terms having such a huge impact on one’s career, let’s have a look at the current players who were on loan this past 2015-16 season and how they fair to be a part of United’s first team for next season. Man Utd loan watch.

Adnan Januzaj (loaned to Borussia Dortmund)

After an impressive pre-season Januzaj started for quite a few matches against Newcastle, Aston Villa and even in the Champions League qualifiers against Club Brugge. On the last day of the summer transfer window he was loaned to Dortmund where he struggled to find a place in the starting eleven, he could only manage three starts for the German side. With his disastrous spell in Germany doing no good to him, United called him back in January. Played in the under 21s, struggled to prove his fitness, Januzaj was only preferred to the bench and was hardly used by Van Gaal from then.

Once regarded as the future of Manchester United is now becoming a forgotten man.

Chances next year: Would be decided by who is managing. If Van Gaal, he would again be loaned out, Mourinho comes in maybe we have to see, how would be approach the youth and academy, let’s see, most probably would be loaned again. And if Giggs takes over he would be given enough chances to prove his worth only if he could match up to the fitness levels.

Ashley Fletcher (loaned to Barnsley)
With 7 goals from 23 appearances for Barnsley, Fletcher is expecting first team spot at Manchester United next season. Rashford and he were of the same class and is determined to impress the staff at Old Trafford and is keen to find a place in United’s playing eleven. Fletcher already took over the limelight from Rashford when he scored in the England Under-20s where Rashford played just for 20 minutes coming off the bench.

Chances next year: With an impressive loan spell, Fletcher would challenge for a first team spot. Would probably be included in the 23 man squad next season.

Donald Love (loaned to Wigan Athletic)

Regarded as one of the finest products of the academy, joined Manchester United when he was eight and was in the eye of Sir Alex Ferguson throughout his development at the academy. Was loaned away to Wigan early in the season where he earned seven appearances, and was called back 2 months later. Made his Manchester United debut against Sunderland in February 2016 where United lost 2-1 away to Sunderland. Was also featured in the Europa League against FC Midtjylland which again was a 2-1 away loss to United. Usually plays as a central defender, forced to play a right back against Sunderland where he came on for the injured Matteo Darmian in the first half.

Chances next year: Difficult to break through to the first team with Smalling, Blind, Rojo, McNair and even Carrick playing at his position. Blackett and he could be used as reserve only if in case United don’t sign another defender this summer. With eyes set on Varane and others, Love would only be loaned out next season as well.

James Wilson (loaned to Brighton & Hove Albion)

With an impressive season in the Championship, James Wilson has transformed into a better player said Brighton manager Chris Hughton. Joined Brighton on loan in November, Wilson recorded a total of 5 goals from 24 appearances. With an impressive start to his Manchester United career under David Moyes, Wilson was not given enough chances under Van Gaal which eventually made way to Marcus Rashford. Wilson, with his growth at Brighton would try and make an impact in the pre-season.

Chances next year: Loaned out again if Van Gaal stays. Would be given chances if Giggs takes over as he had already been featured in all of the games Giggs managed after Moyes was sacked in the 2014-15 season.

James Wilson loaned to Brighton

Joe Rothwell (loaned to Barnsley)

With short spells at Blackpool and Barnsley, Joe Rothwell had a dull season throughout. He underwent a surgery to remove his tonsils and lost quite a bit of weight in that process. He needed to beef him up which he eventually did and was also in contention to feature on the bench for United’s game against Watford early March.

Chances next year: Central midfield that’s where he plays and would need to prove himself to get into that position at United. Next season he probably would be sold.

Nick Powell (loaned to Hull City)

Loaned to Hull City on the last day of the January transfer window, Nick Powell had a tough time with injuries at Hull and the only achievement during his spell was to feature in the FA Cup fifth round tie for Hull against Arsenal which ended 0-0.

Chances next year: With his contract running out this summer would probably be released by United next season and would be a free agent.

Tyler Blackett (loaned to Celtic)

His long passes in the 2014-15 season impressed all football lovers and was a Van Gaal favorite during the first part of the season. McNair and he had a very good 2014-15 season and both extended their contract as well the same year. With McNair favored to stay at United, Blackett was loaned to Celtic where we had a disastrous season and was unable to find a place in the starting eleven. This loan spell turned out to be a disaster for Blackett.

Chances next year: Would probably he loaned again next season.

Victor Valdes (loaned to Standard Liege)

The former Barcelona keeper is currently going through a dark patch in his career. He was recently in the news as he lost his cool and grabbed Anderlecht defender by his throat. After being exiled by Van Gaal for allegedly refusing to play for the club's Under-21 side, nothing has gone his way.

Chances next year: With already in talks with Espanyol, Valdes contract with Manchester United would come to an end this summer and would be released by United.

Other players on loan last season

Joel Castro Pereira (loaned to Rochdale)

Chances next year: Loaned out again.

Sam Johnstone (loaned to Preston North End)

Chances next year: Loaned out again.

Kieran O'Hara (loaned to Morecambe)

Chances next year: Loaned out again.

Players moved on to other clubs after their loan moves

Ben Pearson sold to Preston North End

Liam Grimshaw sold to Preston North End

Van Gaal out! Van Gaal out! can soon be the new chants at Old Trafford following Man United's series of inconsistent performances under Louis Van Gaal. The red devils recorded their worst ever performance in the Premier League away to Bournemouth last Saturday as they lost 2-1 to the newly promoted Bournemouth side, after a dreadful away spell past week. 

Past week was only to forget for all the Man Utd fans as they saw their side out of the Champions League followed by a loss to Bournemouth in the league. Van Gaal despite being provided with the massive transfer funds was unable to maintain the balance and consistency of the squad. Van Gaal himself is not sure about his best starting eleven and according to the former players, United are moving backwards under Louis Van Gaal and are playing with fear.

Van Gaal Out

Van Gaal, according to his philosophy believes in keeping the ball and creating chances. But there was no sense of attack when Man Utd play, some of their former players even came out and criticized the Van Gaal style and termed it as boring. 

Van Gaal was also criticized for not utilizing Martial in a best possible way. Martial was an instant hit when he came to Old Trafford, easing past defenders, teasing them with his pace, everyone was so amazed with the qualities of the young Frenchman and were determined that United could be a massive force going ahead. And all of a sudden Martial was playing on the left and this caused issues up front. Martial despite being flexible playing in various positions should be playing on top ahead of Rooney.

Wilson another young prospect was never given a chance by Van Gaal and was sent out on loan without issues at the top not being met.

United are now in talks with Pep Guardiola as the possible replacement for Van Gaal and are also looking at Carlo Ancelotti if in case Bayern Munich hold on to their manager despite he being interested in managing Manchester United.

United now await for their draw in the Europa League along side Liverpool and Tottenham. Their possible opponents for the round of 32 could from a range of popular clubs including Marseille, Shakhtar Donetsk, Galatasaray, Sevilla, Valencia, FC Sion, Borussia Dortmund, FC Midtjylland, Saint-Etienne, Sporting Lisbon, Fiorentina, Anderlecht, Sparta Prague, FC Augsburg, Fenerbache and Villarreal.

  

Anthony Martial, the £36m youngster from Monaco has managed to live up to the expectations at Old Trafford and made himself a regular starter for the red devils ever since he has joined the club in September. With having scored five goals for his new club, the wonderkid is already being compared with the club legends like Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of number of matches taken to reach the five goal mark. The frenchman has taken only nine matches to achieve this fete whereas it took 39 matches for Ronaldo to achieve the same. Dubbed as the next Thierry Henry, Martial has maintained his composure on and off the field and never made the attention get on to his head and probably had the best start in the premier league of all the other major summer transfers this season.

Anthony Martial celebrating his Manchester United goal

With pace, power and creativity, United played him up front and cleared out on all the questions concerned to the striking options for the red devils. But ever since the International break, Martial has been playing on the left wing and this reduced the striking options for United. Though Martial had already played as a winger before, and made him totally comfortable in that role, the team needs him on the top and it is his best position. With Memphis available, Van Gaal should play Martial on the top and Rooney in the hole, behind the striker, unless there are any concerns with Memphis, who started the season on left. Having understood the poor run of form in the Euro Qualifiers for Netherlands, Memphis should pick himself up and it shouldn't take long with Van Gaal around and the long relationship the manager and player share.

United should play Martial on the top

With injuries only to Shaw and Young, United should put out their best lineup and always try to push for a win. The draw away to CSKA Moscow and the derby day draw at home to the rivals City should be seen as two chances of winning lost instead of settling for a point. It looks like Manchester United are playing for a draw instead of a win with such lineups, despite having many attacking options available.

One thing would be interesting to see where Martial plays when Young returns, Is the Memphis issue the real concern why Martial is playing on the left or is it something else. Whatever it may be, Martial should play in the number nine role, bursting out with pace, teasing defenders and finishing with composure. 

The summer transfer window 2015 is now officially closed as its already past 18:00 BST, September 1st, wrapping off all major signings including De Bruyne, De Gea, Martial, Otamendi, Januzaj, Di Maria, Cech, Javier Hernandez, Ayew, Keylor Navas, Berahino and Sterling.

The major noise in the transfer window was the De Gea saga who officially still is a Manchester United player. The move to Real Madrid didn't happen as Real Madrid failed to send documentation to LFP on time. The transfer seemed guaranteed as Real Madrid and Man Utd agreed a deal worth €40m plus Keylor Navas for De Gea. News also came up that Navas has negotiated a deal with Man Utd that he would be guaranteed as the first choice keeper at United. All of this drama came to a sad ending for Real Madrid and De Gea with the lag in documents submission. David De Gea now remains a Manchester United player for atleast January 2016.

Man Utd managed to sign a striker on the deadline day from Monaco, the 19 year old Anthony Martial on a four year deal with an option to extend one more year. This deal costed United £36m. Martial dubbed as the next Thierry Henry adds pace, power and creativity up front for United. United have also signed an 17 year old defender from Newport on the deadline day.  

United have signed Martial on the deadline day

Manchester United transfers in:
Memphis Depay - PSV Eindhoven
Matteo Darmian - Torino
Bastian Schweinsteiger - Bayern Munich
Morgan Schneiderlin - Southampton
Sergio Romero - Sampdoria
Anthony Martial - AS Monaco
Regan Poole - Newport

Manchester United transfers out:
Tom Cleverly - Everton
Ben Amos - Bolton
Tom Thorpe - Rotherham
Saidy Janko - Celtic
Nani - Fenerbahce
Van Persie - Fenerbahce
Will Keane - Preston
Rafael - Lyon
Di Maria - PSG
Evans - West Brom
Hernandez - Bayern Leverkusen
Lindegaard - West Brom
Callum Evans - Barnsley
Angelo Henriquez - Dinamo Zagreb
Reece James - Wigan
Ryan McConnell

Loan moves
Adnan Januzaj - Borussia Dortmund
Joe Rothwell - Barnsley
Ben Pearson - Barnsley
Tyler Blackett- Celtic

Manchester City was another team which was very busy in the transfer market, signing bigguns Sterling, Delph, Otamendi and De Bruyne on the deadline day. De Bruyne's move was a whopping £55m and was the most expensive transfer this summer. With already four wins from four, Man City looks to clinch the silverware this season.

De Bruyne moved to Man City

Manchester City transfers in:

Enes Unal  - Bursaspor

David Faupala  - Lens

Raheem Sterling  - Liverpool

Fabian Delph  - Aston Villa

Patrick Roberts - Fulham

Nicolas Otamendi - Valencia

Aleix Garcia - Villarreal

Kevin De Bruyne - Wolfsburg

Yaw Yeboah

Thomas Aygepong

Manchester City transfers out:

Scott Sinclair  - Aston Villa

James Milner - Liverpool

Dedryck Boyata - Celtic

Micah Richards  - Aston Villa

Kerim Rekik - Marseille

Matija Nastasic - Schalke

Jordy Hiwula - Huddersfield Town

Frank Lampard - New York City

Greg Leigh - Bradford City

Alvaro Negredo - Valencia

Dominic Oduro

Adam Drury
John Guidetti  

Loan moves

Angelino - New York City

Stevan Jovetic - Inter Milan

Jason Denayar - Galatasaray

Thomas Aygepong - FC Twente

Edin Dzeko - AS Roma

Shay Facey - New York City

Seko Fofana - Bastia

Olivier Ntcham - Genoa

Arsenal after having completed the signing of Petr Cech from Chelsea has been numb in the transfer window. They managed to sign Jeff Reine Adelaide from Lens the only other transfer other than Cech. Their hopes of landing a world class striker was set off as Cavani's move never seemed to happen.

More: Major Fixtures 2015-16 premier league season

The champions Chelsea were linked with Paul Pogba who is still a Juventus player. The blues had a very descent run in the transfer market signing Falcao, Begovic, Danilo Pantic, Baba Rahman, Pedro, Kenedy, Djilobodji and Michael Hector on the deadline day. The blues look for a steady comeback after a disappointing start to their 2015-16 campaign.

Liverpool also signed a lot many players in the transfer window this summer including the lights of James Milner, Danny Ings, Adam Bogdan, Joe Gomez, Roberto Firmino, Nathaniel Clyne, Christian Benteke and Awoniyi. Liverpool still need to find a replacement for Steven Gerrard in the midfield despite Henderson performing well and winning over the captains arm band from last season.

Other major transfers Aaron Lennon to Everton on a three year deal around £4m from Spurs, Norwich City signed Matt Jarvis on loan from West Ham United, Alex Song to West Ham again on loan from Barcelona, Derby County sign Bradley Johnson from Norwich City, Nathan Dyer to Leicester City on a season long from Swansea and Southampton signed Van Dijk.

Manchester United fail to take revenge over Swansea City as they lost 2-1 at the Liberty Stadium. Swansea managed to secure three wins over United in the last three matches including a double last season. Juan Mata opened his goal scoring tally for the 2015 premier league season as he netted past Fabianski just three minutes after the start of the second half. Swansea were quick to react as Ayew equalized, marking his third goal of the season. The Ghanian international was instrumental again as his cross found Gomis who managed to find the net past Romero as Swansea were up from behind in the 66th minute. Sergio Romero had a difficult time in the goal for United as he ad trouble clearing off balls and never looked like the same person who managed three clean sheets in his last three games for United.

Rooney failing to score against Swansea

Man United started off with Herrera in the number 10 role with Januzaj out injured, Herrera was instrumental in the Champions League tie against Club Brugge scoring on his first start of the season. The first half was were dull with fewer changes created by both the sides.

Second half substitutions, Carrick came over for Schneiderlin and Young for Mata as Herrera still remained in the number 10 role. As things were not going well Van Gaal brought on Fellaini for Herrera with just 15 minutes left on the clock. Fellaini missed the first three games of the season as he was suspended in the last game of the previous season against Hull City. Fellaini played on the top with Rooney playing just behind him but was not able to find the back of the goal, adding to the questions on the United front line. United need to do more business within the next 48 hours as the squad needs more depth in terms of pace and quality front men.

Ayew is turning out to be a wonderful addition to the Swansea side who managed to find the crucial goals against top sides like Manchester United and Chelsea. Ayew scored an important equalizer against Chelsea on the opening week of the premier league which held the Champions to a draw. Gomis also is turning out to be more productive with four goals already under his belt.

For United, they need to find consistency on the top going into the International break as they need to gear up ahead of their first big game of the season when they next host Liverpool on the 12th of September.

Wayne Rooney ended his goal drought last night against Club Brugge as he scored a hat-trick last night. Rooney was back on fire netting three goals past Bolat and marking his first goal of the 2015-16 season. Man Utd had the advantage going into the second leg of the Champions League playoff, all thanks to goals from Memphis and Fellaini, who helped United win convincingly 3-1 at Old Trafford last week. The match witnessed Memphis Depay opening his Manchester United tally with a brace and an injury time goal from Marouane Fellaini along with an own goal by Michael Carrick.

Rooney scores against Club Brugge

Ander Herrera made his first start of the season and was also on the score sheet opening his tally for this season as Januzaj played in the number 10 role and was substituted in the second half with Schweinsteiger. Other substitutions, Hernandez came on for Herrera and Young for Mata. Hernandez missed a penalty as he lost his footing on the penalty spot. Fellaini was rumored to play in the number 10 role as Van Gaal confirmed that the Belgian would be playing up front this season. Van Gaal earlier in his press conference said "This year Fellaini will play more at 10 and 9 than 6 and 8 ".

United looked weak going front this season scoring only twice in the league out of which Walker scored an own goal when they were away to Spurs on the opening day of the Premier League. With only 3 shots on goal from the first two matches, Rooney and co were criticized and Van Gaal was urged to bring in more quality players up front. Having missed out on Pedro, United look for possible transfer targets with only 5 days left for the close of the transfer market. With Rooney back on the score sheet and Fellaini ready for a new role at the top, Manchester United would try to sign a winger who would eventually add more pace to the squad.

Manchester United now officially qualify for the Champions League campaign as they successfully beat Club Brugge in the playoffs.

First Leg: Manchester United 3 - 1 Club Brugge  (Carrick (OG) 8, Depay 13, Depay 43, Fellaini 94 )
Second Leg: Club Brugge 0 - 4 Manchester United  (Rooney 20, Rooney 49, Rooney 57, Herrera 63)