100 players Manchester United have been linked with since January

Manchester United want to make five signings this summer transfer window and have identified their top targets for the proposed and much-needed rebuild under Erik ten Hag.

Frenkie de Jong remains a priority and talks with Barcelona are ongoing. De Jong is expected to cost United around £75million after the club were unable to strengthen that central midfield position 12 months ago.

His arrival might be edging closer, but the Netherlands international will not be alone. United also want to snap-up Ajax duo Jurrien Timber and Antony, plus sought-after free agent Christian Eriksen.

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Ten Hag will also set his sights on a back-up goalkeeper and the rumour mill continues to throw up countless other names and potential targets. Of course, some of those players might be genuine — but the majority not — and United have, staggeringly, been linked to 100 players since the January transfer window closed.

Here is a breakdown of those names as highlighted by United-dedicated Twitter account @Muppetiers.

1. Max Aarons (Norwich City)
2. Tammy Abraham (Roma)
3. Karim Adeyemi (RB Salzburg to Borussia Dortmund)
4. Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund)
5. Edson Alvarez (Ajax)
6. Antony (Ajax)
7. Ronald Araujo (Barcelona)
8. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid)
9. Daniel Bachmann (Watford)
10. Christoph Baumgautner (Hoffenheim)
11. Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan)
12. Sven Botman (Lille)
13. Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton)

14. Armel Bella-Kotchap (Bochum to Southampton)

15. Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham)

16. Yves Bissouma (Brighton to Tottenham)
17. Yassine Bounou (Sevilla)
18. David Carmo (Braga)

19. Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid)

20. Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal)
21. Karl Darlow (Newcastle United)
22. Jonathan David (Lille)
23. Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus)
24. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona)
25. Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan)
26. Moussa Dembele (Lyon)
27. Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona)
28. Merih Demiral (Atalanta)
29. Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen)
30. Issa Diop (West Ham)
31. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan)
32. Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
33. Malcolm Ebiowei (Derby County)
34. Hugo Ekitike (Stade de Reims)
35. Endrick (Palmeiras)
36. Christian Eriksen (free agent)
37. Evanilson (Porto)
38. Facundo Farias (Club Atletico Colon)
39. Enzo Fernandez (River Plate to Benfica)
40. Wesley Fofana (Leicester City)
41. Cody Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven)
42. Joao Gomes (Flamengo)
43. Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax to Bayern Munich)
44. Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig)
45. Sam Johnstone (West Brom)
46. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund to Man City)
47. Sebastien Haller (Ajax)
48. Goncalo Inacio (Sporting Lisbon)
49. Danny Ings (Aston Villa)

50. Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart)

51. Boubacar Kamara (Marseille to Aston Villa)
52. Harry Kane (Tottenham)
53. N'Golo Kante (Chelsea)
54. Philipp Kohn (RB Salzburg)
55. Manu Kone (Borussia Monchengladbach)
56. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli)
57. Jules Kounde (Sevilla)
58. Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig)
59. Rafael Leao (AC Milan)
60. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
61. Tyrell Malacia (Feyenoord)
62. Giorgi Mamardashvili (Valencia)
63. Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
64. Lisandro Martinez (Ajax)

65. Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax to Bayern Munich)

66. Robby McCrorie (Rangers)

67. John McGinn (Aston Villa)
68. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio)
69. Mason Mount (Chelsea)
70. Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig)
71. Evan Ndicka (Eintracht Frankfurt)
72. Ben Nelson (Leicester City)
73. Ruben Neves (Wolves)
74. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
75. Darwin Nunez (Benfica to Liverpool)
76. Victor Osimhen (Napoli)
77. Joao Palhinha (Sporting Lisbon)
78. Leandro Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain)
79. Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United)
80. Adrien Rabiot (Juventus)
81. Raphinha (Leeds United)
82. David Raum (Hoffenheim)
83. Declan Rice (West Ham)
84. Richarlison (Everton)
85. Antonio Rudiger (Everton to Real Madrid)
86. Ibrahim Sangare (PSV Eindhoven)
87. Benjamin Siergrist (Dundee United)
88. Borna Sosa (Stuttgart)
89. Djed Spence (Middlesbrough)
90. Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax)
91. Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco to Real Madrid)
92. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City)
93. Jurrien Timber (Ajax)
94. Pau Torres (Villarreal)
95. Leandro Trossard (Brighton)
96. Fabio Vieira (Porto to Arsenal)
97. Vitinha (Porto)
98. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)

99. Dan-Axel Zagadou (Borussia Dortmund)

100. Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma)

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