Pique and James are both rubbish. Pique won't leave Barca anyway and I don't want us to sign anymore of Real's leftovers.
These threads always make me chuckle, so unrealistic
2 defenders, 2 midfielders, 1 striker
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These threads always make me chuckle, so unrealistic
First team:
Reserves:
De Gea
Fabinho - Bailly - Laporte - Guerreiro
Weigl
Verratti - Pogba
Mkhitaryan - Zlatan - Griezmann
Fabinho - Bailly - Laporte - Guerreiro
Weigl
Verratti - Pogba
Mkhitaryan - Zlatan - Griezmann
Reserves:
Romero
Valencia - Jones - Rojo - Shaw
Carrick
Herrera - Saul
Mata - Rashford - Martial
I reckon this is all we need to win the double next season. We should be after Alexis as well as a Mata replacement.Valencia - Jones - Rojo - Shaw
Carrick
Herrera - Saul
Mata - Rashford - Martial
A defender, two midfielders and one forward should be enough to cover all bases as long as the quality is there. I'd be a tad disappointed if we ended up targeting players like Lindelof and Bakayoko.
All we need is 400m worth of players? Saul to be on the bench? What the feck are you smoking
Tell me you are trolling, please
Keita would be a revelation here imo, look at how that style of player in Kante is dominating the league.
People saying Saul are dreaming imo, Atleti aren't selling us two of their key players in one window, especially not for some of the prices being touted around here.
Keita, a LB if Shaw doesn't pull his socks up, Griezmann and a young replacement for Valencia who we can introduce slowly. (Semedo?) An injury to Valencia and we are fecked, he's also not getting any younger.
People saying Saul are dreaming imo, Atleti aren't selling us two of their key players in one window, especially not for some of the prices being touted around here.
Keita, a LB if Shaw doesn't pull his socks up, Griezmann and a young replacement for Valencia who we can introduce slowly. (Semedo?) An injury to Valencia and we are fecked, he's also not getting any younger.
We have the manager and the money, so why not spend it.
Taking contract length and all that stuff into account, we could probably get Fabinho, Vidal and Pique for under 100m. We got Mkhitaryan for 27m.
Read my first post, I said they would be my picks. Not my "realistic" choices (Lindelof, Semedo, Bakayoko)
All we need is 400m worth of players? Saul to be on the bench? What the feck are you smoking
Tell me you are trolling, please
It's not bench. We will be playing 60+ games so all the five main midfielders will be playing at least 35-40 games.
LB a big problem imo
3 in, 3 out
He should squeeze one more season out of Zlatan. Full back, midfelder and goalscoring supporting forward in.
He should squeeze one more season out of Zlatan. Full back, midfelder and goalscoring supporting forward in.
Absolute state of most of the transfer threads on here at the moment.
We won't sign Verratti, Weigl or Saul. Verratti and Weigl needs no further explanation - Saul will only leave for his clause which is on the level of Griezmanns, besides he turned down Barca.
We will sign Griezmann, Fabinho or some other DM and perhaps a CB\LB.
Cheeky little outside wish I got besides the obvious ones is Tolisso at Lyon. He would kill it in the b2b role for us.
We won't sign Verratti, Weigl or Saul. Verratti and Weigl needs no further explanation - Saul will only leave for his clause which is on the level of Griezmanns, besides he turned down Barca.
We will sign Griezmann, Fabinho or some other DM and perhaps a CB\LB.
Cheeky little outside wish I got besides the obvious ones is Tolisso at Lyon. He would kill it in the b2b role for us.
Because Mourinho rotates enough to give a non-starting XI players 40 games. And you never expl.....you know what forget it
And not just signing one of them, but all together! feck me mate. It's an absolute mess in here. I think I'll have to ignore transfer threads going forward.
I dont think 2-3 will take us to the next level. I think we need a RB better than Valencia in the defending aspect. Definitely a top LB. A CB as I can see possibly 2 going out the door. We need a proper DM like Ngolo Kante so Pogba can push on. If De Gea goes then a goalie as well, as I think Romero will leave either way. Donnarumma has been mentioned. Does he go for a top striker or a winger, or both? I think 5 minimum not including goalies.
Daley Blind can fill all of these positions. At the same time.
We all dream of 11 Daley Blind's,
A team of Daley Blind's,
A team of Daley Blind's.
We all dream of 11 Daley Blind's,
A team of Daley Blind's,
A team of Daley Blind's.
Reading some on here you'd be led to believere there is £1bn available and that we have the combined pull of Barca, RM and Bayern.
I feel that the only way 5-6 players will be bought is if 2 of them are really young and not expected to start most of the time.
I don't think we need to make 4/5 massive signings, certainly full backs and cm need cover but they don't need to be world record breaking, is like to see our squad develop some more rather than chopping it up.
Striker needs looking at tho
Striker needs looking at tho
We stand still if we dont spend well on a few player upgrades, not neccessarily world record transfers though
But you do know that Mourinho spent £150m last summer and since the prices always go up and he goes for the same quality players and the same amount, it could be in the region of £200m. But I'm no transfer expert...
Feck sakes man.
It's actually pretty clear. There's been a problem in the LB, another M would be needed to help Herrera and Pogba, and someone that can help Ibra with goalscoring. So 3 players should be a minimum.
In terms of the first XI, we most obviously seem to be lacking in 3 areas: 1) A dependable left fullback, 2) a ball-playing centrehalf with experience and genuine leadership qualities, 3) goal threat from out wide.
After that we need to be looking at understudies/rotation options for Carrick and Valencia.
That's your 5 and that's what's needed in order to get the squad and first XI into a state where a proper title challenge looks possible. Will probably prove to be too much work for a single summer though...
After that we need to be looking at understudies/rotation options for Carrick and Valencia.
That's your 5 and that's what's needed in order to get the squad and first XI into a state where a proper title challenge looks possible. Will probably prove to be too much work for a single summer though...
That's mourinho magic at work. Individuals however I think we are week.
We need a CB who is composed on the ball
Fabinho - £40m
Laporte - £45m
Guerriero - £40m
Weigl - £50m
Verratti - £90m
Griezmann - £85m
Saul - £60m
Total = £410m
Laporte - £45m
Guerriero - £40m
Weigl - £50m
Verratti - £90m
Griezmann - £85m
Saul - £60m
Total = £410m
7 players? I believe Mourinho said something about it being 3 or 4 new players...
Griez - 80m
Fabinho \ DM - 30-40m
CB\LB - 30m
Still a huge expenditure.
Weigl - Will not leave with his new contract, not even on the market.
Verratti - You having a laugh? PSG makes us seem like dole receivers. They would laugh at £100m and the only way they would sell were if the player insisted, and he won't do that for perhaps anyone but Barca or RM.
Saul - Release clause of roughly £80m, which together with the nearly guaranteed expenditure on Griezmann already would put us at £160m plus. Besides Atletico won't let two as instrumental players leave at once. Nevermind the fact he turned down Barca since he loves Atletico so much.
Have a sense of realism folks.
He HAS to be trolling. Even Madrid haven't spent that much in one summer.He's been on the hard stuff, leave him be
Will be needed in the CL.
I dont think money is any object the way the club is going now.
The expectations of many is Mourinho HAS TO WIN the PL next season. Why take the risk?
I wasnt thinking specific players as im not that smart but to reach the next level I dont think 2-3 will cut it. You may be right with youngsters, but you just know if Mourinho bought them in the will become superstars.
First team LB + Atletico pair Saul and Griezmann and we're laughing.
For sure. We have too many accidents waiting to happen back there
Well the LB I was thinking of is "free" so £0m for Kolasinac, van Dijk should be in the region of £40m, the DM was a tough one for me since I like Saul Niguez but I didn't know he had such a high release clause, but my "runner-up" Kessie should be £25m and if Griezmann would come he would be in the region of Pogba's sum, so £90 - but the runner-up for him in my list is Bernardeschi, about £40m.
Weigl and Verratti are impossible and I don't know who would see them as a "realistic" move - I don't. Verratti said recently that he still would like to stay with their "project". About Atletico Madrid not selling important players, I think that if Simeone leaves then a couple of the "big ones" could also leave. Making their new manager build something new and they'll then have a load of money to use. Just my opinion.
Love it!You're right, but why spend more than you need to?
Out/In
Forward: Rooney - Greizmann
DM: BFS - ? (Probably Fabinho)
LB/RB: Darmian - ?
Question marks must be raised against Shaw and his long term future. A decent offer and we probably sell Fellaini. What will happen to Ashley Young. Apart from those players I think the rest is safe.
Forward: Rooney - Greizmann
DM: BFS - ? (Probably Fabinho)
LB/RB: Darmian - ?
Question marks must be raised against Shaw and his long term future. A decent offer and we probably sell Fellaini. What will happen to Ashley Young. Apart from those players I think the rest is safe.
Dude we are not signing 6 new first team players in one summer, at the same time relegating the likes of Martial and Herrera (and Saul lol) to the bench.
Not saying I don't love that starting 11, mind.
You dont. All i'm saying is if Mourinho wants to spend 50 million or 150 million Woodward/Glazers would back him.
I actually think Fellaini will stay. He's willing to be a sub, loves Mourinho, and he's very different to the other players which can be needed sometimes.
I think Schweinsteiger could leave if he gets an offer. If Mourinho will get a new CB then I would assume Smalling could leave. Januzaj too.
Nonsense.