I'm probably playing FM/Fifa carer mode
Departure in 2020 summer
Pogba £150m if he wants to leave
Andreas £15m
Lingard £20m
Rojo £15m
Dean Henderson £35m
Smalling £20m
Sanchez free
Young free
Matic free if not 1-year option activated
Player sales = £255m
There are a couple of players I'd like to sign and give details on each player
Marc Roca - 21 years old (DCM) £36m (€40m) release cause
Roca is 21 years old and typical Spanish deep-lying playmaker with his straight-backed body shape, constantly demanding possession with a sense for threading balls through tight lines of pressure, he constantly looks to create a passing option for the defence to build or drags a marker to free space for teammates to take-up. Roca’s technical and ball-playing abilities stand out as he can influence play with his passing through the lines to instigate attacking movements. His ability to play diagonals and switch balls in tight areas allow Manchester United to evade opposition pressure and work quick attacking moves to progress play. He has an amazing awareness of where he is on the pitch at all times as if he is positioned higher, he wins possession claim so he could play a pass, all in one move under pressure, unlike Matic & Fred who panic and lost a ball as usual. If Roca receives possession from centre-backs, with a marker charging towards him, he will calmly side-foot the ball to a teammate on the opposite flank to beat pressure. The speed at which he scans the field assesses his opportunity for a pass in between the lines and releases the ball is phenomenal and scary, very vital to build from the back to start the attack from his passing between the lines.
The stability he can bring to Manchester United allows us to play with many different formations like 3-4-3, 4-3-3, 4-1-4-1 or 4-2-3-1 as he sits at the base of midfield as his prefered position but could play in the middle of 3 back with fullback pushing higher to make it 3-4-3 and can also deploy as attacking if necessary. He’s busy defensively and very diligent, involving himself in tackles and interceptions. Roca is not averse to putting in a shift to help the defence either and He prefers to stay on his feet and usher an opponent into the wide areas or make a well-timed challenge on his feet, he can read the game very well and shield his 4 back and give defence stability under high pressure when playing out from the back. Very comfortable on both foot means he’s press-resistant to evade opposition pressure and start the attack with his quick attacking move to progress ball higher.
Fabian Ruiz - 23 years old (CM) £80m - £90m
Ruiz is a creative proper box to box Spanish midfielder who likes to keep it so simple and possess high footballing intelligence and compliments Roca well because of his passing abilities. He has a great technical ability and is able to play accurate passes even under pressure and not only keeps it so simple but his ability to play through ball in for forwards are a real threat which will enable us to create chances, he'll increase AWB's offensively because of his through ball which can create a space for AWB to cross, low cross or cutback pass. Like Roca, he also has an amazing awareness of where he is on the pitch at all times as if he is positioned higher and keep it so simple with his ball so they don't lose ball often, even under high pressure. He's what we would call it an ideal combo for a modern-day midfielder, a well all-round midfielder who can defend and attack through the games and has greater stamina. He's also comfortable in a variety of roles, press-resistant and progressive with the ball to progress the play and broke line with his passing. Roca and Ruiz compliment each other so well because of passing abilities and technical ability on the ball that allow them to control the midfield and always make themselves available for a pass, unlike Mctominay.
All of Ruiz's abilities and stability he can bring to Manchester United would allow us to control midfield better under high pressure and evade opposition pressure to progress the play higher with Roca so that means oppositions may not like to press us in midfield if we can play through their pressing, they'll be pushed back harder. He can counter-press intelligently, will help create chances regularly. He has good high work-rate movement off the ball where he can move intelligently which will open space to exploit. He has a lot of similar trait to Herrera as he's a very aggressive midfielder who likes to work off-ball movement and like to close the player down and poke the ball away from them. He has the ability to turn a defensive situation into a counter-attacking one and he often darts forward to support attacks.
Kai Havertz - 20 years old (CAM/CM) - £90m - £100m
Havertz is an attacking midfielder - winger hybrid who likes to operate in between the line and can deploy as CM on the right flank but when playing as CM, he plays like he's CM and keeps it so simple but he's alway further of midfield with midfielders behind him. Many people compared him to Ballack & Ozil and considered him as a hybrid of Ozil and Ballack.
Havertz has everything required to be a unique midfielder in the modern game. Comfortable in an attacking third final who like operate in between the lines could give Ruiz and Roca an opportunity to broke the line with their passing. Havertz offers many types of different passing no matter if teammates need through balls, long balls to switch sides or quick one-touch passes in tight spaces, he can do that. Like Ruiz, the ability to play through balls is one of Havertz's major strengths offensively. His decision making is simply impressive, after receiving the ball between lines, a quick turn is all he needs to attack the open space with a pass, he's very intelligently who can observes the structure of the opponent and exactly knows where he can find some space. With Fabian Ruiz and Roca penetrating midfield and control the midfield could allow Harvetz to make a powerful run whenever he has space to run which will be a real threat as he shows great awareness of holes in the defence where he could exploit and alway pose threat when making powerful run.
Jadon Sancho 19 years old (RW) - £110m - £130m with potential add on
Sancho is a flair player who can play comfortably on both flanks as a winger or inside forward, particularly on left. He’s extremely quick, technically excellent and moves constantly, capable of dribbling his way past defenders or nipping past them with pace and a smart one-two. His close-footed dribbling is extremely impressive in tight spaces, akin to Neymar or Messi, and he is very intelligent when passing the ball in the final third, most of his assists are very identical where he make cutback and square pass, that would mean he can lead attacking upfront in 4-3-3 as playmaker and increase Rashford and Martial's goalscoring opportunities, Sancho is a not the type of player that will sacrifice the team’s goals for his own. If Sancho finds it difficult to beat fullback, Havertz and Ruiz can help him to beat fullback with through ball before making cutback and square pass. Take his pace and acceleration away and he can still dictate terms from the half-space and create a lot of goalscoring opportunities.
Dani Olmo 21 years old (RW/LW/CAM) - £36m (€40m)
Olmo is a versatile midfielder who could thrive in a number of positions but perhaps his best one currently is as a #8, He's what we call it an attacking version of Herrera as he's very aggressive, non-stop pressing like Bernardo Silva to try close opposition from having balls at their feet, Olmo isn’t shy when it comes to doing the dirty work, he's very right foot of Bernardo Silva and he does everything. He does it all well. His close touch and footed dribbling are extremely ridiculously as if the ball were glued to his feet. He could be a perfect rotation for Sancho and Havertz or even Ruiz. Offer us more quality option off the bench, whether we want to get goal or trying to close up if we're leading by 1 goal, he can offer that.
Moussa Dembélé 23 years old - (ST) - £36m (€40m) - £45m (€50m)
Moussa Dembele is a striker who like to run the channel and brings others into play. He’s not as static as Lukaku is but he's more mobile, but that might not be as much of an issue if our all player interchanging but his holdup play is really good. Dembele has quick feet, excellent technique, and an eye for goal and excellent movement off-ball when running behind which he is superior to Martial in that aspect and he has been as big a threat in the air could be real valuable asset if we cross more, set pecies and corner, he could have netting more goal from this. Since we are trying to play in more fluid attacking, which is why Dembele’s athleticism and ability to float on the wings could allow us to play three up front interchanging and float on wings. He compliments Rashford & Martial and Sancho on both flank so well where he can bring Rashford & Martial into play with his holdup play and lay it off for them to score and he also has the natural instincts of a goalscorer where he can sense dangers when Sancho create a goal opportunities from the right flank. Making it more difficult for defenders to concentrate on all of them with his physical pressure on them and could take their focus away from Havertz who can make shadow run to the penalty box. As I mentioned Dembele like to run the channel, one of Havertz's strong strengthen is through balls which could be real value for Dembele to thrive on this through ball opportunities. Dembele could be a perfect striker to rotate with martial for No.9.
Spending = £388m - £418m total
£388m-418m - 255m player sales = £133m - £183m net spending
De Gea
AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw
Havertz Rica Ruiz
Sancho Martial Rashford
Bench: Dembele, James, Olmo, Mctominay, Axel, Dalot, Romero.
