| Squad cost: | 15.86M | 1989-90 fees: | 9.8M | |
| Total players: | 22 | Players in: | 8 | |
| Loaned out: | 1 | |||
| Available squad: | 21 |
| # | Name | Pos | Age | Hgt | Nat | Join | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viv Anderson | D | 33 | 1.84 | ENG | 270K | |||
| Bryan Robson | M | 33 | 1.80 | ENG | 1.53M | |||
| Mal Donaghy | D | 32 | NIR | 675K | ||||
| Les Sealey | GK | 32 | 1.85 | ENG | FREE | |||
| Jim Leighton | GK | 31 | 1.86 | SCO | 900K | |||
| 11 | Colin Gibson | D | 30 | 1.73 | ENG | 1985 | 279K | |
| Mike Duxbury | D | 30 | 1.75 | ENG | ||||
| Steve Bruce | D | 29 | 1.83 | ENG | 1.08M | |||
| Mike Phelan | M | 27 | 1.80 | ENG | Jul | 788K | ||
| Mark Hughes | F | 26 | 1.78 | WAL | 2.48M | |||
| Brian McClair | F | 26 | 1.78 | SCO | 1987 | 1.08M | ||
| Danny Wallace | M | 26 | 1.63 | ENG | 1.31M | |||
| Neil Webb | M | 26 | 1.83 | ENG | 1.53M | |||
| Clayton Blackmore | D | 25 | 1.75 | WAL | ||||
| Gary Pallister | D | 25 | 1.93 | ENG | 2.34M | |||
| Paul Ince | M | 22 | 1.78 | ENG | 1.35M | |||
| Lee Martin | D | 22 | ENG | |||||
| Russell Beardsmore | M | 21 | 1.68 | ENG | ||||
| Mark Crossley | GK | 21 | 1.91 | WAL | ||||
| Mark Robins | F | 20 | 1.73 | ENG | ||||
| Lee Sharpe | M | 19 | 1.83 | ENG | 248K | |||
| Mark Bosnich | GK | 18 | 1.85 | AUS | FREE |