Players United could sign
Leighton Baines
Price: £22m-plus Everton remain loath to allow their prize left-back to be taken by their former manager but money talks in football and Bill Kenwright, with whom Moyes retains relations, would be forced to listen to a bid of £22m-plus for a player who turns 30 next year, rather than the 'derisory' £12m bid that was turned down in the summer Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images
Players United could sign
Paul Pogba
Price: £25m-plus The loss of the midfielder to Juventus two summers ago is still bemoaned by United supporters yet with concerns growing in Turin that the 20-year-old is again considering his future, United could take advantage. Pogba has five goals in 15 Serie A starts from central midfield Photograph: AFP/AFP/Getty Images
Players United could sign
Eliaquim Mangala
Price: £20m-plus 'The Premier League? That is no secret, to me it is the most beautiful league in the world,' says the Porto central defender who is 22 and a France international. Chelsea are interested but the 20-times champions of England should be able to prove persuasive Photograph: Jamie McDonald/Getty Images
Available but not wanted
Yohan Cabaye:
Price £20m-plus The Newcastle midfielder came close to joining Arsenal but with Moyes insisting that the very top footballers are hard to sign in January, this would appear to rule out the 27-year-old Frenchman, who falls below that bracket, despite United desperately needing reinforcements in this department Photograph: Richard Sellers/Getty Images
Available but not wanted
Xherdan Shaqiri
Price: £20-plus The erratic form of Nani, Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young plus Moyes's lack of faith in Wilfried Zaha means the Bayern Munich wideman would offer an improved option for the manager Photograph: Lennart Preiss/Bongarts/Getty Images
Available but not wanted
Joleon Lescott
Price: Loan for rest of season The clock now ticks on the careers of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic while Chris Smalling and Jonny Evans have been culpable for recent goals so Moyes needs at least one, if not two, central defenders. Lescott, a Premier League winner with Manchester City, wants away this January but the manager would surely question why United’s crosstown rivals are content to let him go Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images
Players wanted but have no chance of joining
Cristiano Ronaldo
Price: £100m-plus The dream buy in this or any transfer window for all fans, the Real Madrid No7 has elevated his game since leaving the club at the close of the 2008-09 season. But having recently signed a new five-year €17m-a-year salary Ronaldo deepened the wound for the Old Trafford congregation by saying: 'Manchester United is the past. Real Madrid is now my home. I hope that I’m here until I retire. This is a great club.' Photograph: Guiseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images
Players wanted but have no chance of joining
Luis Suarez
Price: £70m-plus Playing for arch-rivals Liverpool means taking the Uruguayan to United is a complete non-starter. Yet just imagine what the 26-year-old would do for Moyes's flagging team. The season so far is witnessing a less controversial Suárez who has 20 goals in 17 appearances and has become the name any opposition would rather not see lining up against them Photograph: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images
Players wanted but have no chance of joining
Cesc Fábregas
Price: £40m-plus Moyes failed to sign the Barcelona midfielder in the summer after identifying him as the club’s No1 target. The former Arsenal captain would inject the creative spark, goals and leadership so missing in the centre of the park whenever United play Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images
