Know we've got the money, it was more the £230m would "fix the team for a couple of years" bit..... chill Mr SpendyWhy act so stupid...
OK so tell me how much do you think we can afford to spend this summer?
5 positions and the realistic 5 players to fill them ?
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Yeah I was referring to the fact Ibrahimovic is 35 and will need to be replaced in a couple of years. So what was your 500m, 1bn thing all about?
Mane
Moura
Reus
Kroos
Pogba
Moura
Reus
Kroos
Pogba
We should be after:
Griezmann
Ibra
Pogba
Mahrez
These four alone would cost an unprecedented amount.
And maybe an RB and CB.
Griezmann
Ibra
Pogba
Mahrez
These four alone would cost an unprecedented amount.
And maybe an RB and CB.
I think we could have that team over 2 transfer windows.
IMO we should give one more season to Darmian under Mourinho (assuming he becomes our next manager). If he doesn't improve, we still have Valencia, Varela and Fosu-Mensah as decent covers (although I prefer TFM more central).
I agree about Griezmann, he should be our priority in the summer.
Dembele has lots of potential, so it would be like having 2 Martials... we definitely need a direct player like him in our right wing.
Sanches and Saul are talented midfielders but I think one CM would be enough if we consider that Rooney will stay plus we have TFM, Blind, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Pereira, etc.
Marquinhos is a versatile defender. I'm not sure if he is realistic or not. I would like someone like Hummels because he has a good passing ability, so we wouldn't miss Blind that much. Maybe Dortmund prefer to sell him to a different team that Bayern.
Zlatan for free it's a no brainer.
If just throwing money at fixing the team works, don't you think we would've already been successful with the multitude of expensive signings we've made in recent years ? Also, how much did Ranieri spend to win the Prem ?
What we need is a proper manager who can galvanize a squad to punch above their weight, at which point transfers become more relevant.
We've bought a lot of shit players though
Mata, Fellaini, Depay, Rojo...almost £120m on absolute crap. I don't think even Mourinho can work with these guys
They're only shit in retrospect though. People were excited about Mata and Depay as well as Di Maria and Falcao, which you conveniently left off.
We shouldn't delude ourselves with transfers. If it was only about throwing money at players, City would've won a few CLs by now. You need a great manager who can galvanize the players into a mentality that allows them to grow in confidence over time.
Kante, Griezmann, Ibrahimovic, Mkhitaryan and Stones.
---------------- DDG -------------
Valencia - Smalling - Stones - Shaw
------ Schneiderlin - Kante --------
- Mkhitaryan - Griezmann - Martial -
------------- Ibrahimovic ----------
Bench:
Romero, Darmian, Blind, Herrera, Memphis, Mata, Rooney
Sell Fellaini.
---------------- DDG -------------
Valencia - Smalling - Stones - Shaw
------ Schneiderlin - Kante --------
- Mkhitaryan - Griezmann - Martial -
------------- Ibrahimovic ----------
Bench:
Romero, Darmian, Blind, Herrera, Memphis, Mata, Rooney
Sell Fellaini.
Di Maria didn't fit into Van Gaals system. If he was still here and Mourinho was coming in then he could have been a vital player for us. Falcao had a bad injury which he had just came back from and never recovered.
Van Gaal should have known that Di Maria was likely to play risky passes which would lead to ball losses but he bought him anyway and then decided to drop him when he did what he was likely to do. Van gaal has bought awfully and I don't think that means spending money doesn't lead to success
You just need to do it right like Chelsea did to build their 04/05 team and find a manager who can put it all together quickly. Mourinho has done that before.
Real Madrid have thrown money at transfers and look like they might be winning a couple of CLs. Chelsea threw money at transfers and built a formidable side that lasted for 5-6 years winning 3 titles, loads of domestic cups and consistently reaching the later stages of europe and being a pen kick away from winning it.
Just because City have been buying the likes of Bony and Mangala for tens of millions and building a dodgy squad doesn't mean that throwing money at a problem doesn't work. Our squad is nowhere near as good as it should be for a club of our stature and it's going to need £200m to fix it I think (with a capable manager like Mourinho spending it, not Van gaal)
Well you are basically agreeing with me that you need a Mourinho in order to bind it all together. If there's one lesson we can learn is throwing money at problems doesn't work without first having a proper manager in place. And if we're honest, if you do have a good manager then you shouldn't need to throw much money at the squad because the manager can do more with less.
Yep agreed, overhauling the squad is going to need capable hands. I do however think quite a lot of money will be required as I expect Guardiola to get pretty much a blank cheque at City this summer and with his pull he might start bringing in some quality players (seems like Gundogan and Laporte will be the first) so we need to make sure we don't fall behind.
There's also the argument that if we brought in a manager who knew what he was doing doesn't necessarily have to spend $200m to fix this squad, an argument I subscribe to.
Defensively, we only fell apart this season on free kicks. That can be addressed to by a manager who attends to this detail in training. Blind was surprisingly effective, although he does look ragged now after playing nearly every match this season. Jones needs to put this injury crap behind him once and for all. If we can safely assume Shaw will be back at 100% by October we're in great shape at LB and if we're still having problems with Darmian and Varela we go with Fosu-Mensah, whose DNA I'd like to have checked to make sure he's human.
Spend the 40m that it's going to bring in Kante to shore up a bit of a soft defensive midfield crew.
Spend the 60m+ that it would take to bring in Greizmann, who needs no introduction here.
That's it.
Mourinho can sort Memphis out. Martial and Rashford will only get better. Who knows what we do with Keane and Wilson? Who knows what we do with Rooney but I have complete confidence in Jose to get what he can out of Rooney and if it's not good enough he'll be benched. There will be none of this "my shall captain shall always play no matter how shit he is" garbage that humiliated the club under LVG and even Moyes.
I'm not saying we'd slaughter Real or Barcelona, but Jose plus two key acquisitions would put us in the driver's seat for the league trophy next season.
Defensively, we only fell apart this season on free kicks. That can be addressed to by a manager who attends to this detail in training. Blind was surprisingly effective, although he does look ragged now after playing nearly every match this season. Jones needs to put this injury crap behind him once and for all. If we can safely assume Shaw will be back at 100% by October we're in great shape at LB and if we're still having problems with Darmian and Varela we go with Fosu-Mensah, whose DNA I'd like to have checked to make sure he's human.
Spend the 40m that it's going to bring in Kante to shore up a bit of a soft defensive midfield crew.
Spend the 60m+ that it would take to bring in Greizmann, who needs no introduction here.
That's it.
Mourinho can sort Memphis out. Martial and Rashford will only get better. Who knows what we do with Keane and Wilson? Who knows what we do with Rooney but I have complete confidence in Jose to get what he can out of Rooney and if it's not good enough he'll be benched. There will be none of this "my shall captain shall always play no matter how shit he is" garbage that humiliated the club under LVG and even Moyes.
I'm not saying we'd slaughter Real or Barcelona, but Jose plus two key acquisitions would put us in the driver's seat for the league trophy next season.
By January 2016, the mistakes made by John Stones that led directly to goals were 8. No doubt he is close to 12 or so now. That is shite. He is very good in the air and that's it. If he was Brazilian like David Luiz, would he be near your number one choice as a CB this summer?
ST: Ibra.
RW/RM: Mahrez or Mane. Both will be heavily overpriced.. Reus? Bundesliga usually price their players more reasonable.
CM: Renato Sanchez. Else Dembele. Dembele is proven in the league, but with Spurs in CL, they'll not sell cheap.
RB: Alves. Short term - hopefully one of the youngsters will continue the progress. I still can't see Valencia as a proper RB. He's backup for a mediocre Darmian.
CB: If Phil Jones can stay injury free for like 15 min, we don't need a new CB. That's why we probably need a new CB. Smalling - Blind works better than I'd expect, but I still feel like Blind will loose 9/10 duels against a big target man, and he'll be outrun 9/10 against a pacy forward.
RW/RM: Mahrez or Mane. Both will be heavily overpriced.. Reus? Bundesliga usually price their players more reasonable.
CM: Renato Sanchez. Else Dembele. Dembele is proven in the league, but with Spurs in CL, they'll not sell cheap.
RB: Alves. Short term - hopefully one of the youngsters will continue the progress. I still can't see Valencia as a proper RB. He's backup for a mediocre Darmian.
CB: If Phil Jones can stay injury free for like 15 min, we don't need a new CB. That's why we probably need a new CB. Smalling - Blind works better than I'd expect, but I still feel like Blind will loose 9/10 duels against a big target man, and he'll be outrun 9/10 against a pacy forward.
Talking about defenders, it seems that Hummels and Laporte already have a destination. I think Marquinhos will stay in PSG, if he becomes available I can see Barcelona trying to sign him.
I think we will target Stones, however, Koulibaly could be a better and cheaper alternative.
In your opinion... Which CB would be the best partner for Smalling?
I think we will target Stones, however, Koulibaly could be a better and cheaper alternative.
In your opinion... Which CB would be the best partner for Smalling?
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I'd hate Schneiderlin - Kante midfield will have about 0 creativity.
Kante should be in the place of Schneiderlin in that team.
I'd say:
1. Kante - will slot pretty well in our midfield.
2. Mahrez or Reus - either will do out wide.
3. Griezmann - pay his release clause and double his wage or whatever
4. A CB is a must - Marquinhos or Laporte(even try Varane).
5. Ibrahimovic on free is a good addition as well.
Sell Fellaini.
All sounds good to me. Not too unrealistic and would bring our overall standard up to somewhere near what it should be. Might (would) cost a lot but it's necessary if we want to do anything next season.
I'd say Stones in Januray, but seeing him the last 2 months, I rather have Rojo..
Well we definitely need 3 - a CB, CF and a winger. All besides that would be a bonus. If we can get a decent sum off Young and Rooney I wouldn't mind selling them both.
Personally I think if 3 - CB, CM and RW are needed most, but that's by the by. I like Young as backup. We lack any impact when we make subs, and he would at least potentially provide a bit of one. Lingard can continue to develop in the smaller games.
Rubbish. This squad is shit and a chef is only as good as his ingredients.
The last line made me LOL. Can't wait to see how Mourinho is going to teach Depay how to run faster, control the ball better, dribble, defend, cross.
The guy has looked absolutely awful. He looks like a division 3 player playing in the Prem.
It will cost a fair amount for the players listed below, but these players coming in along with what we have should allow us to challenge for trophies both home and abroad.
1) Antoine Griezmann - Not sure we can get him, but would be ideal player for the #10 position
2) Riyad Mahrez - We need to create chances for the strikers, and Mahrez would bring both creativity and goals from the wide area.
3) Vincent Janssen - We need another striker to go along with Rashford and Martial, and Janssen would work along with both of those players.
4) N'Golo Kanté - 1 man midfield army. Just what we need.
5) John Stones - Would work great alongside Smalling.
De Gea
Darmian Smalling Stones Shaw
Kante Schweinsteiger
Mahrez Griezmann Martial
Janssen
1) Antoine Griezmann - Not sure we can get him, but would be ideal player for the #10 position
2) Riyad Mahrez - We need to create chances for the strikers, and Mahrez would bring both creativity and goals from the wide area.
3) Vincent Janssen - We need another striker to go along with Rashford and Martial, and Janssen would work along with both of those players.
4) N'Golo Kanté - 1 man midfield army. Just what we need.
5) John Stones - Would work great alongside Smalling.
De Gea
Darmian Smalling Stones Shaw
Kante Schweinsteiger
Mahrez Griezmann Martial
Janssen
It'll be fun to compare the 'realistic' signings of this thread with the actual ones in September.
Yeah, when we've signed Heskey, re-signed Cleverley (for millions) and broken our transfer record for the guy currently coining it in as a Vardy-lookalike........ ....... and sold De Gea
I'm not sure if the server capacity is big enough for all the meltdown posts which will pour in then.
We don't need five, we need three and a new manager.
However, since we're not getting a new manager, we should go for a new, young midfielder to replace or take the season from our ageing ones. Fellaini should be gone of course.
After that we'll need a new winger for the right side, I'd go for someone like Mane since we won't get any of the top ones. I'd have gone for Greizmann or Mahrez otherwise.
Finally, we'll need a new GK to replace the outgoing De Gea.
We could get a striker too, but I can't think of a realistic one who'd improve us.
However, since we're not getting a new manager, we should go for a new, young midfielder to replace or take the season from our ageing ones. Fellaini should be gone of course.
After that we'll need a new winger for the right side, I'd go for someone like Mane since we won't get any of the top ones. I'd have gone for Greizmann or Mahrez otherwise.
Finally, we'll need a new GK to replace the outgoing De Gea.
We could get a striker too, but I can't think of a realistic one who'd improve us.
There is "shit" in the squad but the squad as a whole is not "shit". Let's break this down:
KEEPER: De Gea. Definitely not shit. I argue, in fact, that De Gea is the top keeper on the planet. And if I'm wrong about that then he's at least the top keeper in the league and that is FACHT.
RIGHT BACK: Issues here no doubt, but Darmian and Varela are not "shit". We shall see, but Timothy Fosu-Mensah could be a massive gem of a young defender. No shit to be found here.
CENTER BACK: Smalling is not shit. We could use an upgrade on Blind, Jones and Rojo, however. We all have our opinions on who that CB should be, but an upgrade here would be helpful. But it's a massive stretch to claim that Blind has been shit this season.
LEFT BACK: After Shaw went down, we've had some problems at LB. But before he went down Shaw was fantastic. I believe that when he comes back he'll be very good LB for us for years to come.
CENTRAL MIDFIELD: Here we have some problems, but also some strengths. I hold that the addition of Kante would be a sensational addition to our midfield crew of Schneiderlin, Herrera, Schweinsteiger, Fellaini and Carrick, the last three of whom legitimate questions can be asked. But if we added Kante we'd significantly strengthen our midfield. At the very least I think you'd agree that an upgrade here is required.
WIDE MIDFIELD/ATTACKING: Issues here as well and for me this is the most worrying weakness in the squad. Valencia, Memphis, Mata, Young and Lingard have all been disappointing this season. They're solid enough as players to give the squad depth but not one of them looked anything close to the kind of wide attacking player we need on this squad. And who knows what will ever become of Januzaj and Pereira? Of that group, I have still have high hopes for Memphis and Pereira next season. The former looks like a player who lost his head in his first season in England and the latter never got a proper chance but looks an incredible talent we'd be insane not to develop next season. Memphis came to England with impressive performances over two seasons in his boots and it's incredibly premature to write him off a waste of a footballer.
STRIKER: Martial and Rashford look the real deal to me. There really can't be any question about Martial. As for Rashford, we shall see, but every club on earth would love to have in its stable an 18 year striker who's done what Rashford has done so far. The future looks very bright for him, he could also become the next Macheda. No one can begrudge United for believing that Rashford has a great future ahead of him.
That leaves us with Rooney. I really don't know what we'd do with him if we can't find a Chinese club for him to play for. Perhaps it would take 1m/week to turn his head. But he has young children and I can't imagine even Wayne would do such a thing to his children. So we're stuck with him, I suspect, and it will be up to Jose to wring what he can out of him however that may be possible.
The problem with this squad is easy to diagnose -- 1) we have a poor manager, or at least a manager who just doesn't have the right mix of tactical nous and man management skills to get the best out of this squad and 2) we lack presence in two key positions: an experienced forward who can score under any circumstances (Greizmann) and a midfielder with Kante's athleticism and drive.
Sure, we could buy even more players, perhaps 8 or 9 starters. But that's not going to happen. But the more you buy, the more you're buying depth, not quality. Whatever LVG's defenders (if are any left) may say, they cannot deny that with the lucky exception of Martial, we bought for depth last summer. We've got plenty of depth now, but we lack quality in the starting XI. And where that lack of quality hurts us most is the absence of a reliable second striker to partner with Martial and the lack of a true midfield general. They're out there and we can buy them. There's no need to buy 5, 8 or 9 new players.
I agree with Stones, Kanté, and Griezmann but all three will be difficult to sign.
I think we have a better chance of signing Mané or Dembele than Mahrez, even though I rate him higher. I prefer Zlatan over Janssen.
I can't for the life of me understand how anyone can not have CB as one of their 5 positions where we need to buy someone!
Blind has been good and I'd still like to see him play there sometimes next season, at home against teams who are going to sit back. I don't think he's ideal to play CB in games where we're likely to come under sustained periods of pressure. That's no slight against him, he's never played there until this season as far as I know.
Jones and Rojo simply can't be relied upon so we've got to bring in a more "natural" CB surely (and by that I'm not saying we buy fecking Shawcross like at least a few nutters do every summer). Not sure who I'd actually go for mind, I've not watched nearly as much of other teams this season as I normally do so no attainable CB has really stood out to me aside from Huth and Morgan
Blind has been good and I'd still like to see him play there sometimes next season, at home against teams who are going to sit back. I don't think he's ideal to play CB in games where we're likely to come under sustained periods of pressure. That's no slight against him, he's never played there until this season as far as I know.
Jones and Rojo simply can't be relied upon so we've got to bring in a more "natural" CB surely (and by that I'm not saying we buy fecking Shawcross like at least a few nutters do every summer). Not sure who I'd actually go for mind, I've not watched nearly as much of other teams this season as I normally do so no attainable CB has really stood out to me aside from Huth and Morgan
Right now I'd go:
Mahrez - For the right price I think he'd be attainable and he'd be perfect for our right wing
Griezmann - has a release clause I believe and we can give him whatever personal terms he wants
Ibra - he would come on a free and be a fantastic option up front
Sanches - I don't know a ton about him but he seems the most likely, we could use an energetic center mid and he appears to fit the bill
Stones - Everton are plummeting, he'd make a great partner for Smalling
A front 4 of:
Ibra
Martial - Griezmann - Mahrez
Is very attainable and potentially world class.
Mahrez - For the right price I think he'd be attainable and he'd be perfect for our right wing
Griezmann - has a release clause I believe and we can give him whatever personal terms he wants
Ibra - he would come on a free and be a fantastic option up front
Sanches - I don't know a ton about him but he seems the most likely, we could use an energetic center mid and he appears to fit the bill
Stones - Everton are plummeting, he'd make a great partner for Smalling
A front 4 of:
Ibra
Martial - Griezmann - Mahrez
Is very attainable and potentially world class.
GK - Rene Adler - Romero
CB - Gary Cahill - I'm serious
LB - Jonas Hector - not a CB
CM - Kevin Strootman - it's about time, he's back
ST - Daniel Sturridge - yes, him
RW - ?
LW - ?
CB - Gary Cahill - I'm serious
LB - Jonas Hector - not a CB
CM - Kevin Strootman - it's about time, he's back
ST - Daniel Sturridge - yes, him
RW - ?
LW - ?
De Gea
Darmian....Smalling....Cahill....Hector/LS
Herrera......Strootman
Rooney
Wilson/AJ......................................Martial
Sturridge
Adler, Mensah, Shaw/JH, Bastian, Pereira, Januzaj/JW, Rashford
I'm tired, I should be asleepDarmian....Smalling....Cahill....Hector/LS
Herrera......Strootman
Rooney
Wilson/AJ......................................Martial
Sturridge
Adler, Mensah, Shaw/JH, Bastian, Pereira, Januzaj/JW, Rashford
Mahrez - £35m
Saul - £35m
Mustafi - £30m
Griezmann - £58m
Ibra - Free
Saul - £35m
Mustafi - £30m
Griezmann - £58m
Ibra - Free
Ibrahimovic
Martial - Griezmann - Mahrez
Saul - Herrera
Shaw - Mustafi - Smalling - TFM
DDG
Pretty certain that team would win the league and give Barca & Madrid a go.Martial - Griezmann - Mahrez
Saul - Herrera
Shaw - Mustafi - Smalling - TFM
DDG
Where is the realism mentioned in the OP ?
Spending £230m ? - We'd need to receive £130m+ in out-going transfers for that to be even remotely realistic. Then there's the small matter of making sure that the total salaries of those arriving more or less matches the total salaries of those departing, or did no-one notice what happened in the two previous summers ? How do United get £130m+ from sales without selling De Gea or Martial ? Many of our players are on salaries that are ridiculous given their performances, making selling them problematic to say the least.
Griezmann joining United realistic ? Why on earth would he do that ? He's not being forced out like Di Maria was when he arrived.
Mahrez is valued at £35m by Leicester ? I don't think so. The guy just won PFA player of the year. He has 3 years left on his current contract. Leicester have absolutely no need to sell. Indeed they will be desperate to keep their stars for at least one more year in order to play Champions League.
Pogba ? As if. Please Paul come back. We're sorry it didn't work out last time.
Ibrahimovic - well United might be stupid enough to sign him but I suspect Woodward will be thinking "Di Maria wasn't a success. Falcao was a disaster. Schweinsteiger hasn't been a success so far. There seems to be a pattern here regarding big name signings on crazy wages"
If we are to buy 5 players, and that seems way too many to me, then I would imagine it will be one star name on a huge £10m+ salary, 3 solid professionals earning regular squad £5m a year and one youngster on £1.5m a year. I seriously doubt our net spend will exceed £100m; indeed £50m - £70m seems more realistic to me; last summer our net spend was slightly less than whatever we eventually pay for Martial. Gross spend might come to £150m; again I'm guessing it will be lower.
Spending £230m ? - We'd need to receive £130m+ in out-going transfers for that to be even remotely realistic. Then there's the small matter of making sure that the total salaries of those arriving more or less matches the total salaries of those departing, or did no-one notice what happened in the two previous summers ? How do United get £130m+ from sales without selling De Gea or Martial ? Many of our players are on salaries that are ridiculous given their performances, making selling them problematic to say the least.
Griezmann joining United realistic ? Why on earth would he do that ? He's not being forced out like Di Maria was when he arrived.
Mahrez is valued at £35m by Leicester ? I don't think so. The guy just won PFA player of the year. He has 3 years left on his current contract. Leicester have absolutely no need to sell. Indeed they will be desperate to keep their stars for at least one more year in order to play Champions League.
Pogba ? As if. Please Paul come back. We're sorry it didn't work out last time.
Ibrahimovic - well United might be stupid enough to sign him but I suspect Woodward will be thinking "Di Maria wasn't a success. Falcao was a disaster. Schweinsteiger hasn't been a success so far. There seems to be a pattern here regarding big name signings on crazy wages"
If we are to buy 5 players, and that seems way too many to me, then I would imagine it will be one star name on a huge £10m+ salary, 3 solid professionals earning regular squad £5m a year and one youngster on £1.5m a year. I seriously doubt our net spend will exceed £100m; indeed £50m - £70m seems more realistic to me; last summer our net spend was slightly less than whatever we eventually pay for Martial. Gross spend might come to £150m; again I'm guessing it will be lower.
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Right back - Fabinho, £15m
CB - Koulibaly, £20m & Marquinhos, £35m
CM - Pjanic, £30m RC & Krychowiak, £25m
Attack - Griezmann, £65m RC & Ibra, free
That's 7 players and £190m, a lot but the likes of Jones, Rojo, Fellaini, Mata may leave.
Griezmann I won't call realistic, but he should be a player we prioritise, the others are very realistic and quality players that I've actually watched a lot.
CB - Koulibaly, £20m & Marquinhos, £35m
CM - Pjanic, £30m RC & Krychowiak, £25m
Attack - Griezmann, £65m RC & Ibra, free
That's 7 players and £190m, a lot but the likes of Jones, Rojo, Fellaini, Mata may leave.
Griezmann I won't call realistic, but he should be a player we prioritise, the others are very realistic and quality players that I've actually watched a lot.
I'm resigned to the fact Rooney will be here next year, and most likely be a starter.
That's only adding two players in.
Could really do with a striker to rotate with Rashford. I was all for Zlatan, but more and more I think we should be after someone with to stretch teams on the counter. Teams are terrified of Vardy for example.
De Gea
Valencia - Smalling - Blind - Shaw
Kante - Schneiderlin
Rooney
Mahrez - Rashford - Martial
Romero
Darmian - Fosu Mensah - Rojo - ????
Herrera - Schweinsteiger
Mata
Young - Wilson - Memphis
Valencia - Smalling - Blind - Shaw
Kante - Schneiderlin
Rooney
Mahrez - Rashford - Martial
Romero
Darmian - Fosu Mensah - Rojo - ????
Herrera - Schweinsteiger
Mata
Young - Wilson - Memphis
That's only adding two players in.
Could really do with a striker to rotate with Rashford. I was all for Zlatan, but more and more I think we should be after someone with to stretch teams on the counter. Teams are terrified of Vardy for example.
Kante will be no different to schneiderlin. Do you think he will cover every blade of grass when forced to sit in front of the defence and stay in his zone? Will he be marauding forward and supporting attacks and beating players when he is forced to sit in front of the defence and stay in his zone?
I'm not sure about a midfield with Kante and Schneiderlin, they are similar.
I think we should target a top CB to partner Smalling. Also, we need a striker. I woudnt trust Rashford as our main striker, but he could be a cover.
Agree about Mahrez. We need improve our right wing.
A central defender
A holding midfielder
A midfield passer
Griezmann
A right winger - Bale, preferably
A striker
These six are a must, imo.
A holding midfielder
A midfield passer
Griezmann
A right winger - Bale, preferably
A striker
These six are a must, imo.