Manchester United player-by-player season ratings. Warning: contains low numbers

ASHLEY YOUNG 5

Increasingly a scapegoat among supporters but it is not his fault the club’s bungled transfer policy has left them dependent on a 33-year-old winger turned makeshift defender to fill the glaring hole at right back. An honest but ageing player being asked to do far too much.

DIOGO DALOT 5

Jose Mourinho claimed the Portuguese will be United’s right back for the next decade but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seems less sure and is in the market for a right back this summer. At 20, Dalot has plenty of time and scope for growth but he was often caught out when playing right back, which might explain why he tended to be accommodated further forward.

ANTONIO VALENCIA 2

Age had clearly caught up with United’s club captain before he fell out with Mourinho and then spent the second half of the season out injured. A loyal servant over the past decade but he should have left last summer.

MATTEO DARMIAN 5

Given United’s troubles at right back, and the 29-year-old Italian’s experience, it was odd he was frozen out like he was and then randomly parachuted into games out of the blue. He does not offer much going forward but he is a better bet defensively than some of his team-mates.

VICTOR LINDELOF 8

Surprisingly overlooked for the club’s player of the year award, he has been United’s most consistent performer and deserves immense credit for the way he put a torrid debut season behind him to improve to the extent he has, despite the absence of a regular, quality central defensive partner and all the turbulence in the team.

CHRIS SMALLING 7

It is not a popular opinion but Smalling was consistent in the main and particularly good once he returned from injury in February. The decision to award him a new three-and-a-half year contract in December raised eyebrows but he still has value as a squad player. There are plenty of other players Solskjaer should be shifting first.

PHIL JONES 4

Honest and hardworking and, unlike some of his team-mates, he does not lack heart but this was yet another season decimated by injury troubles and, at times, he cuts a chaotic figure on the pitch. The decision to award him a new four-and-a-half year contract was award to fathom when the sensible option, not least given his injury record, would have been to invoke a 12-month option in his previous contract.

ERIC BAILLY 3

Another centre-half who is seldom fit and, even when he is, his temperament is routinely called into question. Fast and aggressive but prone to rash, erratic decisions, his low point in the league came when he was substituted after just 19 minutes against Newcastle with United 2-0 down. He endured a similarly forgettable experience in the second leg of United’s 3-1 Champions League comeback against Paris St-Germain when he was mercifully substituted after 36 minutes with an injury after a chaotic display at right back.

MARCOS ROJO 1

The Argentine made two league starts all season, the second of which against Chelsea should have ended in an early bath after an appalling challenge on Willian. Plagued by injury, he should be sold this summer but United’s decision to award him a new three-year contract 15 months ago may make him hard to shift given his wages, unless they waive a fee or accept a cut price deal.

LUKE SHAW 7

One of United’s better performers albeit still with much to prove, even if he won admirers for the way he handled a torrent of criticism from Mourinho. It was still a surprise to see him named as the club’s player of the year over Lindelof, which came soon after unflattering footage of his endeavours in the 1-1 draw at Huddersfield Town emerged on social media.

ANDER HERRERA 6

Of all the players United should be losing, Herrera is not one of them. Mobile, determined and diligent, he is a valuable squad player and has the right attitude but, tired of the way contract negotiations played out, he will depart for Paris St Germain once his contract expires next month. If United were fine-tuning, fine, discard Herrera, but with so many players to bring in and so much deadwood to shed, his departure is badly timed.

NEMANJA MATIC 4

The Serb enjoyed a brief renaissance under Solskjaer but in more recent times he has reverted to the player who looked increasingly lost and immobile in Mourinho’s final months in charge. An example of United’s indulgence of short-term fixes. He is not quick enough to play the way Solskjaer wants.

SCOTT McTOMINAY 7

There are plenty of more experienced players in United’s squad who could do with McTominay’s heart and desire. He has really come to the fore in recent months at a time when so many team-mates have let themselves down badly. Looks better played in a more attacking midfield role. Likely to play a bigger part next season.

MAROUANE FELLAINI 6

For so long a symbol of United’s confused identity, the harsh reality is his face didn’t fit but it takes a strong player not to buckle when it is clear there were fans who would never accept him. United’s plan B under Louis van Gaal and Mourinho was to lump it up to the big man but, for all the criticism he faced, he made some important, timely interventions, even if Solskjaer decided immediately that the Belgian was not going to fit into his plans and sold him in January to Shandong Luneng in China.

FRED 3

A debut season to forget, United fans can only hope he has a second season like Lindelof, who overcame his own difficulties to establish himself as the club’s best performer this term. The £52 million price tag looks exorbitant and already there are fears Fred could go the way of Kleberson, the former Brazil midfielder who flopped at Old Trafford in the early noughties. Still, he would not be the first overseas player to need a season to settle in England. Performed well in the Champions League comeback against PSG and the first leg of the semi-final defeat by Barcelona but he has struggled to get to grips with the pace of the Premier League.

PAUL POGBA 6

United’s top scorer with 16 goals, albeit half were penalties, he has had some outstanding games, notably in the first two months of Solskjaer’s reign when he looked like the player the club’s fans hoped and expected him to be. But his form has plummeted in recent times amid talk of a move to Real Madrid and he has reverted to the erratic, inconsistent and occasionally infuriating player who fell out so badly with Mourinho. Solskjaer has talked about building a team around him but can you do that with a player who has one good game in every six? Pogba would be a very good player in a very good team but United are nothing of the sort. He wants to leave for Real but a move is far from clear cut.

ANDREAS PEREIRA 4

Not trusted by Mourinho and has struggled to win Solskjaer’s faith too, making just eight starts all season. His best performance probably came when he was pushed into a false nine role against Southampton and helped inspire a dramatic 3-2 comeback win, also scoring a stunning long range strike. Faces an uncertain future.

JUAN MATA 6

Like his fellow Spaniard Herrera, Mata could leave as a free agent this summer with player and club still to agree a new deal. Seldom played in his favoured No. 10 role, he has usually been shunted out wide on the right but it has suited neither him or United. United crave pace, dynamism and flair on that right flank. He is a lovely guy and a great professional but maybe the time has come to move on.

JESSE LINGARD 5

One goal since Dec. 22 - and five all season - is not a good enough return for a United forward, even if he has more defensive responsibilities than many of his fellow attackers. At his best, he is a clever, incisive player and he illustrated that in the 1-0 win at Spurs when he followed Solskjaer’s tactical instructions to the letter, pressing Harry Winks and not allowing Tottenham an out ball but he needs to influence games more regularly.

MARCUS RASHFORD 6

Solskjaer’s first choice centre-forward, he, like many others, thrived in the weeks that followed Mourinho’s sacking but he was bitterly disappointing during the run-in, even if he was wrestling with some injury problems that offer some mitigation. There is obvious talent there and he is central to Solskjaer’s long-term plans but it remains to be seen if he can develop into a striker who can score 25 goals a season.

ROMELU LUKAKU 6

On his day, the Belgium striker is a handful for anyone but, under Solskjaer, he is no longer United’s first choice centre-forward and there is a chance he could leave this summer, possibly for Italy, if the club get their £75 million investment back. His touch remains a source of frustration for fans, his fitness has also been questioned (Lukaku himself admitted he was carrying too much weight after bulking up for the World Cup) and his poor record against the big teams has done little to alter his reputation as a flat track bully. His two goals in the 3-1 win over PSG was his season highlight but he failed to score against any of United’s top six rivals. The right fit for United going forward? Probably not but he is probably still their best guarantee of goals and would need to be replaced.

ANTHONY MARTIAL 5

Mourinho wanted to sell the mercurial France forward last summer, only to be vetoed by the board, and Solskjaer himself is starting to have doubts about the player. He was castigated for a feeble warm up before the 1-1 draw against Chelsea and there is a risk he will be sold next year if he does not show significant improvement and much greater consistency over the next 12 months. Does he have the hunger for goals that the best forwards do? Does he have the nous to know when to time those runs in behind? Is his concentration and attitude good enough? And when he is in a tight space and has time to think about things, why does he so often struggle to beat his man? There are lots of questions Martial must answer.

ALEXIS SANCHEZ 1

The way things are going, he is likely to go down as one of the worst signings in Premier League history. It is not just that he has offered nothing on the field, looks unrecognisable from the forward once regarded among the 10 best in the world and is now succumbing to injuries on top of all his other problems. His £500,000 a week wages have also destabilised the club’s salary structure and it could take a fortune to pay him off. Two goals all season and a parade of dire performances. Hopeless.

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