Goodbye Manchester, hello trophies: Nine ex-United stars who won elsewhere in 2024-25

The UEFA Conference League last connected Wednesday betwixt Chelsea and Real Betis offers the 2 clubs the accidental to headdress a palmy home play (both person already secured European qualification) with large silverware. But the juncture besides provides the subplot of 2 Manchester United loanees aiming to go the latest Old Trafford "rejects" to bask occurrence aft leaving the fallen giants.

Jadon Sancho, who helped Borussia Dortmund to past season's Champions League last portion connected indebtedness from United, has spent this play with Chelsea connected a woody that could spot the erstwhile England winger marque a £25 cardinal imperishable transportation to Stamford Bridge this summer. Brazil planetary Antony has go a instrumentality favourite astatine Betis and a talismanic fig for Manuel Pellegrini's team, scoring 9 goals and registering 5 assists successful 25 games since sealing a six-month indebtedness determination to the LaLiga broadside successful January.

Either Sancho oregon Antony volition assistance the Conference League trophy successful Wroclaw, Poland, earlier contemplating a imaginable instrumentality to United this summer. But they would beryllium lone the latest successful a agelong enactment of players who person seen their careers instrumentality an upward trajectory aft leaving United successful caller seasons.

SCOTT McTOMINAY

The Scotland midfielder truly is the 1 who got distant for United, with the 28-year-old enjoying an outstanding play successful Italy with Napoli since completing a £25 cardinal transportation past summer. McTominay's 12 goals successful 34 league games -- including a spectacular scissor footwear against Cagliari successful a 2-0 title-clinching triumph connected Friday -- proved important successful helping Antonio Conte's broadside seal a 2nd Scudetto successful 3 seasons. Oh, and he clinched Serie A MVP for his efforts too.

ROMELU LUKAKU

It is present six years since Lukaku near United for Inter Milan successful a £70 cardinal transfer, but the Belgium striker has continued to people goals for each of his consequent clubs, and his 14 goals successful 36 games for Napoli contributed to the Italian club's rubric occurrence this season. Lukaku fell retired of favour astatine United nether erstwhile manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but the 32-year-old was offloaded contempt scoring 42 goals successful 96 games for the nine -- a onslaught complaint that would spot him locomotion into Ruben Amorim's struggling team.

DEAN HENDERSON

The Crystal Palace goalkeeper was a lucifer victor for Oliver Glasner's squad successful this season's FA Cup last triumph against Manchester City, with the 28-year-old redeeming an Omar Marmoush punishment successful the Eagles' 1-0 victory. Henderson had 5 indebtedness spells distant from United, making conscionable 29 elder appearances for the nine earlier leaving for Palace successful 2023 aft United signed André Onana to regenerate David de Gea.

CRISTIANO RONALDO

The Portugal guardant scored 24 goals successful 38 games for United aft returning to the nine successful the 2021-22 season, but aft a bid of clashes with recently appointed manager Erik 10 Hag, Ronaldo's declaration was canceled by communal consent successful November 2022. Ronaldo joined Saudi Pro League squad Al Nassr arsenic a escaped cause the adjacent month, and helium has scored 92 goals successful 104 games for the nine since leaving United.

ANTHONY ELANGA

The 23-year-old broke done astatine United nether Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but helium registered conscionable 4 goals and 4 assists successful 55 games successful each competitions earlier being offloaded by Erik 10 Hag successful a £15 cardinal determination to Nottingham Forest successful July 2023. Since arriving astatine the City Ground, Elanga has go a cardinal fig for Forest, scoring 11 and registering 21 assists successful 82 games. This season, Elanga's six goals and 11 assists successful the Premier League helped Forest suffice for Europe for the archetypal clip since 1995-96.

TYRELL MALACIA

The Netherlands international, Erik 10 Hag's archetypal United signing successful 2022, endured an injury-ravaged clip astatine Old Trafford earlier making a indebtedness determination to PSV Eindhoven during this year's wintertime transportation window. But aft moving to PSV successful February, the 25-year-old near backmost earned himself an Eredivisie winners' medal by helping Peter Bosz's squad to a shocking rubric triumph successful the Dutch league.

MASON GREENWOOD

United offloaded Greenwood to Marseille successful a £26.6 cardinal transportation past summertime pursuing a nine determination to not clasp the forward. Greenwood was charged with attempted rape, controlling behaviour and battle successful October 2022. The charges were dropped successful February 2023. The 23-year-old spent the 2023-24 play connected indebtedness astatine Getafe successful LaLiga earlier joining Marseille, which helium has helped into adjacent season's Champions League by topping this season's Ligue 1 scoring charts with 21 goals successful 34 games

HENRIKH MKHITARYAN

Mkhitaryan spent 18 months astatine United nether Jose Mourinho betwixt 2016 and 2018, and the Armenia midfielder helped the nine to occurrence successful the Carabao Cup and Europa League successful 2017. Since leaving Old Trafford successful a swap woody involving Alexis Sánchez successful January 2018, Mkhitaryan has won large honors with Roma and Inter Milan, and helium could assistance the European Cup by helping Inter triumph the Champions League successful Munich connected Saturday.

MATTEO DARMIAN

Italy defender Darmian won 3 large honors -- FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Europa League -- during 4 seasons astatine United from 2015 to 2019 earlier being offloaded by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The 35-year-old has since won 2 Serie A titles and 2 Coppa Italias with Inter, and helium could triumph the Champions League with Simone Inzaghi's squad against Paris Saint-Germain this weekend.