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Post by viking22 on Feb 6, 2024 22:49:35 GMT
PSG being linked to Rashford as a Mbappe replacement. If Rashford can hit a bit of form between now and end of the season I would look to cash in. He's homegrown so would greatly increase our spending capacity and we could sign someone like Olise as a readymade replacement and still have some cash left over to strengthen elsewhere.
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Post by Karma on Feb 6, 2024 23:06:39 GMT
3 players we could sell for pure profit this summer to go towards upgrades.
Greenwood, Rashford and Mctominay.
Let’s see if any happen.
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Post by viking22 on Feb 7, 2024 12:13:59 GMT
It would be crazy not to. I know SJR has a British bias. But he is also a very rational man and selling home-grown is a great way to game the FFP rules as it massively increases your spending capacity.
But realistically I think the only departure this summer will be Greenwood.
3 players we could sell for pure profit this summer to go towards upgrades. Greenwood, Rashford and Mctominay. Let’s see if any happen.
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Post by seanie on Feb 8, 2024 16:34:58 GMT
Definitely a major refresh on midfield. Build one around Mainoo, let's try and set him up for success. An able deputy for Bruno, as surely he can't do a 5th straight season without injuries. I think Mctominiay has probably done enough to have a stay of execution leaving, especially if the rumoured Ineos British bias is correct. A centre forward is another must, I think Hugill could do a job here, but expecting a 21 year old Hojlund and untried prospect isn't the way to go. Who that is, no idea, maybe scour the South American leagues for a new Cavani or the like. A new keeper for me is a must, never rated Onana, thought he might come good, but nah. That's not happening though. A new right back and 2 centre halves as well. So basically, a whole new side, but it's important we add quality this summer, before adding any depth in 2025. I think they'll go for Jonathan David on the striker front. He would offer something different to Hojlund and you could still use someone like Hugill. David is more similar to Martial, but not as injury prone and works harder. He's in the last year of his contract too and has bagged 20+ goals most seasons in France and Belgium and still only 24. They aren't going to buy a Top Tier striker for 80M-120M unless they sell Rashford to PSG or something which I doubt. I agree that we should bring in some top CM talent with experience , but still around the mid 20's level. I disagree about McTominay, he should go and we should cash in now. |
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Post by unitedsotex on Feb 8, 2024 17:01:03 GMT
Definitely a major refresh on midfield. Build one around Mainoo, let's try and set him up for success. An able deputy for Bruno, as surely he can't do a 5th straight season without injuries. I think Mctominiay has probably done enough to have a stay of execution leaving, especially if the rumoured Ineos British bias is correct. A centre forward is another must, I think Hugill could do a job here, but expecting a 21 year old Hojlund and untried prospect isn't the way to go. Who that is, no idea, maybe scour the South American leagues for a new Cavani or the like. A new keeper for me is a must, never rated Onana, thought he might come good, but nah. That's not happening though. A new right back and 2 centre halves as well. So basically, a whole new side, but it's important we add quality this summer, before adding any depth in 2025. I think they'll go for Jonathan David on the striker front. He would offer something different to Hojlund and you could still use someone like Hugill. David is more similar to Martial, but not as injury prone and works harder. He's in the last year of his contract too and has bagged 20+ goals most seasons in France and Belgium and still only 24. They aren't going to buy a Top Tier striker for 80M-120M unless they sell Rashford to PSG or something which I doubt. I agree that we should bring in some top CM talent with experience , but still around the mid 20's level. I disagree about McTominay, he should go and we should cash in now. PSG are rumored to be lining up a back up if the Mbappe to Madrid move comes true... don't know of anyone other then Rashford or Osimhen that will be available. Why Osimhen would want to trade Italy for the farmers league is beyond me but money talks. |
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Post by alwaysUnited on Feb 9, 2024 5:12:32 GMT
I think they'll go for Jonathan David on the striker front. He would offer something different to Hojlund and you could still use someone like Hugill. David is more similar to Martial, but not as injury prone and works harder. He's in the last year of his contract too and has bagged 20+ goals most seasons in France and Belgium and still only 24. They aren't going to buy a Top Tier striker for 80M-120M unless they sell Rashford to PSG or something which I doubt. I agree that we should bring in some top CM talent with experience , but still around the mid 20's level. I disagree about McTominay, he should go and we should cash in now. PSG are rumored to be lining up a back up if the Mbappe to Madrid move comes true... don't know of anyone other then Rashford or Osimhen that will be available. Why Osimhen would want to trade Italy for the farmers league is beyond me but money talks. Mbappe to Madrid , Rashford to PSG and Vini Jr to United. I wont mind that ! |
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Post by viking22 on Feb 9, 2024 12:04:45 GMT
A backup striker is all we need because Hojlund is the real deal. Someone experienced with a decent goals record who will be OK playing a squad rotation role.
A proper winger would be nice as Erik seems to have no interest in giving Amad a go and either Olise or Eze would do the job. Rashford can then either piss off or knuckle down and fight for his place. Difficult to imagine any takers for Sancho or Antony though.....apparently we are going to ask for around £50m for each. Good luck with that! But clearly both need to be gotten rid of.
Scotty should definitely go. At best he is an impact sub because his only redeeming quality is he can score the occasional goal from midfield. Positionally he is a nightmare. Technically he is not at the level required. And under FFP any sale proceeds are pure profit so massively increase our spending capacity. So seems like a no brainer and I suspect he would rather be playing every week anyway.
We need a few good central midfielders this summer. Eriksen will be almost certainly loaned out or sold. Scotty should be sold (see above). Amrabat will be sent back to Italy. Donny will be sold. Hannibal will be sold. That will leave us with Mainoo Casemiro and Bruno.
Definitely need another central defender.
There is some talk of getting rid of Varane and Casemiro with SJR reportedly unhappy with their high salaries given their advancing ages. But I think this would be a mistake. They have a lot of quality and experience and while ultimately they will need to be replaced a sensible rebuild needs to be over a few seasons and we've seen at Chelsea what happens when you try to buy a dozen players in one transfer window.
Hopefully the new recruitment setup will be in place by the summer but they won't have a lot of time to plan for the summer. So I would focus on addressing the key priorities and putting most of the focus on player sales which will help fund future transfer windows.
A back up striker, another winger, a few central midfielders and a central defender is already a pretty full summer. And if you sell Varane and Casemiro you'd need an extra central defender and central midfielder on top of that or you would end up keeping Scotty who has far less to offer than Casemiro who's been better since coming back from injury.
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Post by seanie on Feb 9, 2024 14:48:47 GMT
A backup striker is all we need because Hojlund is the real deal. Someone experienced with a decent goals record who will be OK playing a squad rotation role. A proper winger would be nice as Erik seems to have no interest in giving Amad a go and either Olise or Eze would do the job. Rashford can then either piss off or knuckle down and fight for his place. Difficult to imagine any takers for Sancho or Antony though.....apparently we are going to ask for around £50m for each. Good luck with that! But clearly both need to be gotten rid of. Scotty should definitely go. At best he is an impact sub because his only redeeming quality is he can score the occasional goal from midfield. Positionally he is a nightmare. Technically he is not at the level required. And under FFP any sale proceeds are pure profit so massively increase our spending capacity. So seems like a no brainer and I suspect he would rather be playing every week anyway. We need a few good central midfielders this summer. Eriksen will be almost certainly loaned out or sold. Scotty should be sold (see above). Amrabat will be sent back to Italy. Donny will be sold. Hannibal will be sold. That will leave us with Mainoo Casemiro and Bruno. Definitely need another central defender. There is some talk of getting rid of Varane and Casemiro with SJR reportedly unhappy with their high salaries given their advancing ages. But I think this would be a mistake. They have a lot of quality and experience and while ultimately they will need to be replaced a sensible rebuild needs to be over a few seasons and we've seen at Chelsea what happens when you try to buy a dozen players in one transfer window. Hopefully the new recruitment setup will be in place by the summer but they won't have a lot of time to plan for the summer. So I would focus on addressing the key priorities and putting most of the focus on player sales which will help fund future transfer windows. A back up striker, another winger, a few central midfielders and a central defender is already a pretty full summer. And if you sell Varane and Casemiro you'd need an extra central defender and central midfielder on top of that or you would end up keeping Scotty who has far less to offer than Casemiro who's been better since coming back from injury. Everyone is forgetting about the great Mason Mount  Agree though we definitely need to bring in a really good CM |
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Post by Stew on Feb 9, 2024 15:13:51 GMT
We’re scouting this kid extensively by all accounts. Highly rated Argie CB.
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Post by king nothing on Feb 9, 2024 15:15:45 GMT
I've not watched it, but sign him! Love an argie in the team. 💪💪💪
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Post by viking22 on Feb 10, 2024 9:53:03 GMT
Completely forgot about Mason Mount. Still have no idea why we paid £55m for a player with one year left on his contract on the back of a season dogged by injuries and poor form. Especially when he is an attacking midfielder and we need more of a defensive or box to box midfielder.
But clearly he is going to get another season at the club. So I guess at least that means we might be able to make do with one good midfield signing in the summer if Casemiro can recapture some form.
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Post by seanie on Feb 13, 2024 13:53:47 GMT
Fuck knows what Mount is going to be like next year in this team or if he'll be fit for the season. There were a lot of things that went wrong with players this year apart from a terrible injury crisis. Greenwood was probably in the plans along with Sancho and both were lost for different reasons. Antony has gotten worse and Rashford's form has been terrible and Martial was a delusion to think he would add anything as a second striker. That's a massive loss up front for different for reasons that are up for debate.
Mount and Onana took away a chunk of the available funds and neither have really added much to it so far and Amrabat is shite. We're fucked again on the LB and LCB side if Shaw is out with Martinez. They have a lot of work to do in recruitment in the summer and next year to get this right, so hopefully they start to clear out a whole load of these players even at a loss.
McTominay wouldn't be that important off the bench if you had better second and third strikers like we used to have and better competition for the wingers and a decent 10 competing with Fernandes.
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Post by viking22 on Feb 14, 2024 9:54:49 GMT
Malacia is another pointless waste of space. He was supposed to provide good cover/competition for Shaw but he's always injured. Admittedly we didn't pay that much for him. I never understood why Erik let Alvaro Fernandez leave on loan. Reguilon was a waste of time.
I cannot see a role for Mount in the team except as back-up for Bruno. The Casemiro Mainoo partnership is starting to blossom and this summer we will want to sign a powerful box-to-box midfielder like Onana (the Everton one). It really was a braindead decision from Erik.
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Post by alwaysUnited on Feb 14, 2024 11:30:45 GMT
Malacia is another pointless waste of space. He was supposed to provide good cover/competition for Shaw but he's always injured. Admittedly we didn't pay that much for him. I never understood why Erik let Alvaro Fernandez leave on loan. Reguilon was a waste of time. I cannot see a role for Mount in the team except as back-up for Bruno. The Casemiro Mainoo partnership is starting to blossom and this summer we will want to sign a powerful box-to-box midfielder like Onana (the Everton one). It really was a braindead decision from Erik. Forgot about Malacia ! It seems only thing he provides competition for Shaw is in getting injured |
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Post by unitedsotex on Feb 14, 2024 14:29:43 GMT
No none knows why Malacia is injured.... he is just out. Last I heard it was listed as "unknown injury" which confuses me more
He's hasn't posted on Socials since July either...
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