Cash to be splashed: Summer 2015

How much cash to be splashed ?

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Rado_N said:
Much less than people are anticipating, I reckon.

Sub £100m.
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Woody's been briefing again it seems. One signing might already blow your prediction away if the stars align...
 
i think we've had more time to plan, we're looking like we should be back in the champions league and I think we'll be under less pressure to pay the big bucks

4 players in for around 80-100 million tops

one expensive maybe and perhaps 3 around the 15 million mark
 
buckooo1978 said:
i think we've had more time to plan, we're looking like we should be back in the champions league and I think we'll be under less pressure to pay the big bucks

4 players in for around 80-100 million tops

one expensive maybe and perhaps 3 around the 15 million mark
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15 million buys you feck all these days. You expecting three non english teens/utility players?
 
Kevin said:
15 million buys you feck all these days. You expecting three non english teens/utility players?
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Daley Blind/Rojo style signings - after the splurge last year I'm not sure I see the same levels being spent.... Who knows though
 
I think we'll spend over £100m but recoup some in sales. I can see one of Mata, DDG, Di Maria as possible big money exits. I guess net will be around £90m. Gross £120m
 
Kevin said:
15 million buys you feck all these days. You expecting three non english teens/utility players?
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This.

I can see:

Hummels - £25m
Gundogan - £20m
Clyne - £20m
Depay - £20m

And, hopefully:

Bale - £80-100m

Would be an excellent summer!
 
KingMinger22 said:
This.

I can see:

Hummels - £25m
Gundogan - £20m
Clyne - £20m
Depay - £20m

And, hopefully:

Bale - £80-100m

Would be an excellent summer!
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If we got all of them it would be crazy. What a line up.

DDG
Clyne
Smalling
Hummels
Shaw
Carrick
Gundogan
di Maria
Bale
Depay
Rooney

Subs of Mata Herrera Blind Rojo Fellaini and RVP... its like FIFA. Won't happen!
 
Buy everyone.

Clyne, Gundogan and Hummels currently look really strong bets. And I think knowing big Woody, there will be one marquee signing.

Have to say that I have always resented and sneered at Real's Galactico approach, but have to admit that it is really exciting to be linked with the best players in the world when you know you have the financial power and political motivation to sign them.

Next time we have a Neymar, Hazard type auction going on, I expect us to be Billy Big Bollocks.

How I would love the squad to look next season:
 
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What I'm expecting:
Centre Back: £30m (Hummels, Otamendi, Laporte)
Right Back: £15-25m (Clyne, Coleman)
Centre Mid: £20m (Gundogan)
Centre Mid*: £30m (Schneriderlin, Pogba*)
Winger*: £25m (Depay, Bale*)
= £125m

*Think they're might be a marquee signing for one of these positions pushing the value closer to £150m
 
Net spend in the Summer: £70M (maximum)...excluding Bale.
If Bale joins, add another £80M.

Chaky_Best said:
I do expect the same amount as last year, which is huge in every point.
  • Herrera 30M - spent half the season on the bench
  • Shaw 27M - spends most of the time injured
  • Rojo 16M - plays when not injured - good value - good buy
  • Di Maria 60M - keeps the bench warm
  • Blind 14M - plays almost every game - good value - good buy
  • Falcao 8M - :lol:
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Given that our most expensive players end up on the bench and are next to useless, I think we will learn from this and end up buying lower cost players (upto £30M).
Someone stated earlier in this thread that if we spend £150M+ we should go the CL final. Well, this would be true, if and only if, every expensive player performs, as expected/advertised.
My gut tells me that of all the (expensive) players we are being linked with, only Bale would make immediate impact, due to his previous EPL experience. The rest are likely to struggle to break into the first team (on merit) - perhaps needing a full season to adapt.

Just like Blackett and McNair have broken into the first team, I am hoping that next year we some more youth players, who later go onto become first team regulars. I am more excited about home-grown talent, than Galacticos who pick up a huge wage and warm the bench as they are not trained to deal with EPL power/pace.
 
If I was in charge of transfers

Darmian - £20m or whatever, not sure how much they want
Laporte - £30m
Xhaka - £25m
Gundogan £18m
Bale - £70m
Dybala - £28m
 
sunama said:
Net spend in the Summer: £70M (maximum)...excluding Bale.
If Bale joins, add another £80M.



Given that our most expensive players end up on the bench and are next to useless, I think we will learn from this and end up buying lower cost players (upto £30M).
Someone stated earlier in this thread that if we spend £150M+ we should go the CL final. Well, this would be true, if and only if, every expensive player performs, as expected/advertised.
My gut tells me that of all the (expensive) players we are being linked with, only Bale would make immediate impact, due to his previous EPL experience. The rest are likely to struggle to break into the first team (on merit) - perhaps needing a full season to adapt.

Just like Blackett and McNair have broken into the first team, I am hoping that next year we some more youth players, who later go onto become first team regulars. I am more excited about home-grown talent, than Galacticos who pick up a huge wage and warm the bench as they are not trained to deal with EPL power/pace.
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Are you kidding me?

Our expensive players End up on the bench? You mean Di Maria.

He will likely come good.

Our team is full.of £20-30m buys. We need top shelf players, I.e. £40-80m.

We need QUALITY.
 
KingMinger22 said:
Are you kidding me?

Our expensive players End up on the bench? You mean Di Maria.

He will likely come good.

Our team is full.of £20-30m buys. We need top shelf players, I.e. £40-80m.

We need QUALITY.
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We actually need a squad who can communicate and play well together. As we've seen this year with Di Maria and Falcao, throwing money at problems doesn't necessarily yield success.
 
Any one of these will do, and are realistic, as long as we buy in each position, and at least two defenders.

Defender: Hummels, Stones, Dragovic, Coleman, Clyne
Midfielder: Schneiderlin, Gundogan, Witsel
Forward: Depay, Bale, Lacazette
 
Señor said:
Any one of these will do, and are realistic, as long as we buy in each position, and at least two defenders.

Defender: Hummels, Stones, Dragovic, Coleman, Clyne
Midfielder: Schneiderlin, Gundogan, Witsel
Forward: Depay, Bale, Lacazette
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That would be an exceptional, and realistic, summer window.
 
DomesticTadpole said:
Who when we need them now have proved to be lacking or injured. We need quality, not bench fillers.
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Yes after yesterday I'd have to agree - I think we could easily bring in 6 top players - RB, CB, 2 CMs, at least one winger and maybe a striker too

Could well be 150 again
 
As many commentators have said, we basically need to buy another half of a first team 11.

5 players.

I think it will exceed £150m gross, with a solid £20-30m coming in from sales.

In three key positions we need to fill there are few options out there: CB, CM and Striker.

Can't look past Bale and PogbA but they will obviously be very hard to get.
 
I have no idea at times what we do need, we take 3 steps forward and 10 back. To go from beating some of our rivals to losing 3 games in a row is baffling
 
If it was up to me, this are the players I'll sign.

Centre Back: £30m for Laporte.
Right Back: £15m for Clyne.
Centre Mid: Schneriderlin £25m, Pogba £60m
Winger: £20m for Depay.
 
KingMinger22 said:
As many commentators have said, we basically need to buy another half of a first team 11.

5 players.

I think it will exceed £150m gross, with a solid £20-30m coming in from sales.

In three key positions we need to fill there are few options out there: CB, CM and Striker.

Can't look past Bale and PogbA but they will obviously be very hard to get.
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We could do it with much less than that. 80-100 would be a more realistic figure.
 
Attila said:
If I was in charge of transfers

Darmian - £20m or whatever, not sure how much they want
Laporte - £30m
Xhaka - £25m
Gundogan £18m
Bale - £70m
Dybala - £28m
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I would like Laporte as well, but he is only coming up 21. If we signed him and Hummels then great. We need some real experience and leadership. Smalling has been good, but he is not an organiser. I wouldn't want to put that responsibility on a young lad. Laporte is better than our present CB's and Hummels has the experience.
 
I reckon there will be 2 or 3 signings around the 20-30 million mark and a big marquee signing in the ADM price range.
 
Bale 85m
Depay 25m
Hummels 25m
Clyne 15m
Gundogan 20m
McCarthy 20m

190m spent

Evans 5m
Hernandez 10m
Lindegaard 3m
Valencia 10m
Januzaj 20m

48m recieved
 
So in summary....

We need a RB as ours cant stay fit
We need a CB as ours cant stay fit
We need a no.8
We need someone who can stand in for Carrick when hes injured
We need a winger who can beat a man
We need a striker as all ours are goalshy/finished.

Oh, and a GK because David might be off..

Thats a nearly a whole new team FFS.
 
We need a winger (Bale) plus Nani back a midfielder and a centre back of experience.
 
We are going go have to absolutely splurge.

Also, the players we have to sell - and there are many - are literally worthless when you factor in there wages relative to who might be interested in them.
 
We need wholesale changes if we are to ever win the league again. If we can't beat teams like this then we have no chance.
 
Whatever we spend would not be enough going by the recent team performances and injuries.
 
After the honey moon (defeating Spurs, Liverpool and City) is officially over, here is what I think we should do for next season:

GK: keep De Gea and we are okay
RB: definitely we need an upgrade there (Alves on a free would be nice, otherwise go for Darmian).
RCB: I don't trust much Smalling or Jones, but I think they should get an another year. Anyway, if we get another defender there, I won't complain (Hummels or Stones)
LCB: new signing (Hummels or Laporte) and Rojo
LB: Shaw, Blind and Rojo should be enough for that position
DMF: new signing cause Carrick isn't fit for half of the season (Schneiderlin)
CMF: Herrera is fine, but potentially we need another midfielder there (Gundogan)
LW: Young and Depay, we are fine there
AMF: Di Maria, Mata and Fellaini, we're fine here
RW: Di Maria, Mata and Januzaj, we're fine here
CF: we need a young pacey striker (Depay, Lacazette or Vietto) to cover for Rooney (or even get his position)

Not counting Depay that we've already signed, I think that we need 4-6 new signings in order to win the league. But anything less than a good RB, CB and midfielder and we will be in deep trouble.
 
Unless Bale or Robben become available, which I doubt either will, then I think Depay is the only wide-forward we'll bring in.

I think we'll spend big on Hummels and Clyne (possibly fifty million plus for the pair) and splash out on a central midfielder. That could be any price from Gundogan to Pogba really.
 
Revan said:
After the honey moon (defeating Spurs, Liverpool and City) is officially over, here is what I think we should do for next season:

GK: keep De Gea and we are okay
RB: definitely we need an upgrade there (Alves on a free would be nice, otherwise go for Darmian).
RCB: I don't trust much Smalling or Jones, but I think they should get an another year. Anyway, if we get another defender there, I won't complain (Hummels or Stones)
LCB: new signing (Hummels or Laporte) and Rojo
LB: Shaw, Blind and Rojo should be enough for that position
DMF: new signing cause Carrick isn't fit for half of the season (Schneiderlin)
CMF: Herrera is fine, but potentially we need another midfielder there (Gundogan)
LW: Young and Depay, we are fine there
AMF: Di Maria, Mata and Fellaini, we're fine here
RW: Di Maria, Mata and Januzaj, we're fine here
CF: we need a young pacey striker (Depay, Lacazette or Vietto) to cover for Rooney (or even get his position)

Not counting Depay that we've already signed, I think that we need 4-6 new signings in order to win the league. But anything less than a good RB, CB and midfielder and we will be in deep trouble.
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This.
Coleman/Clyne
Hummels
Schneirderlin
Gundogan
Depay
Lacazette

Around £150m should do it.
 
Riz said:
This.
Coleman/Clyne
Hummels
Schneirderlin
Gundogan
Depay
Lacazette

Around £150m should do it.
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I wouldn't just sign Hummels, especially with his injury record. I would be signing Laporte as well. Cannot trust the ones we have now to stay fit. A RB as well. A Carrick backup/replacement and someone to help out Herrera, he is having to do far too much work on his own. We have Depay, so a striker. This is mounting up.:nervous::eek:
 
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