Provided we can do a loan with obligation to buy for Ugarte, however we can only have ONE more signing this window what position
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I assume you meant "one more in addition to Ugarte", in which case for me it is 1000% a left back.
We currently have none. Luke Shaw and Malacia cannot be counted. It is unclear if Malacia can ever play high level football again, let alone PL level and Luke Shaw cannot be counted to play even half of the games we have. I would not be shocked if he ends up 1/4 of games. That is not having a left back.
We categorically do not need a striker, and we should not need a center midfielder having Mainoo and Mount plus if we are going to give Collyer and Maxi Oyedele minutes. I am not even counting Eriksen and McT neither of which we will probably be able to sell
Left back and it isn't even close. Trouble is I can't think who. Arguably, that's the first position we should have targeted.
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I am guessing the only reason we didn't prioritize left back is because Dalot can play it, Mazraoui can also play it when necessary, and Erik thinks Licha can as well (I disagree). So we have several backups.
It could be a plan if Shaw could play at least 2/3 of the games but given he probably be injured 3/4 of the time, this is an absolute shit plan. Hope club leadershop realizes that, because Harry Amass is no Mainoo and there is no way he can step up to starting LB this year
Cheap options
Reguilon
Hermoso
Davis
Doughty
Medium tier
Kerkez
Ait-Nouri
Kadioglu (hijack)
Top tier
Hernandez
Davies
Oooh now, Ait-Nouri is an interesting thought….. although I bet wolves would want to hammer the Utd tax
I think the left back position won't be sorted until next summer. Amass, Malacia, Shaw, Dalot, Mazraoui and even Martinez can all play there. Even if Shaw was miraculously fit, I can see a lot of the Europa league and cup games being given to either Amass or Malacia.
Honestly think Ugarte will be the final signing.
Honestly think Ugarte will be the final signing.
Malacia maybe when he’s finally fit, but Amass is only 17 and doesn’t seem to be in the first team picture right now.
I would bet Malacia won't play even 3 games for us. I won't be shocked if he never plays a full game for us, ever again
He has Phil Jones written all over him
When have you ever seen somebody miss more than a year injured and came back to play at top level?
LB for sure.
LB, as much as Dalot can do a job there, we don't need any extra load on him. I also don't want the Martinez experiment to last more than a week either, he's much more valuable to us as our marshall at the back.
Would be negligent going past deadline day without bringing in another with the well documented injury history of our 2 LB's by trade.
Shaw only seems to care to be fit for England and I honestly don't remember how Malacia looks like as a footballer it's been so long since he's actually played
Wouldn't even be against bringing back Reguilon on loan just to have another LB body there as an option.
Would be negligent going past deadline day without bringing in another with the well documented injury history of our 2 LB's by trade.
Shaw only seems to care to be fit for England and I honestly don't remember how Malacia looks like as a footballer it's been so long since he's actually played
Wouldn't even be against bringing back Reguilon on loan just to have another LB body there as an option.
Next year, Davies on a free in the summer or Hernandez for cheaper than his valutation (given a year left on his deal) would be muppet dream options.
Why I'd prefer getting a stop gap in there this window rather than tying someone else down before we can think of moving off our current LB's.
I'd love us to get Davis or Truffert. Offensive-minded LBs who can also defend decently, left-footed, young.
Isn't Davies going to Real Madrid?
Makes a ton of sense, to me, for him to go there alongside Trent Alexander Arnold when their contracts are up.
Could we not take a punt on Chilwell considering Chelsea want rid? I get he's injured a lot which isn't ideal for our backline. But he's a good player and we need a left footed left back for sure.
The injuries put me right off, might feel very differently if he wouldn't keep Shaw/Malacia company
If we sign Ugarte or another defensive midfielder, we should wrap up our transfer business and let the squad do it's thing for a season. We shouldn't try to morph into Chelsea for the sake of it.
That's the rumor but who knows what can change between now and then...
There's talks they'll extend Mendy
It would be moreso buying for depth rather than buying up youngsters to never play for us to join the loan army and sell for future profit or to get ahead of future transfer bans.
Chelsea have made 35 transfers since Boehly/Clearlake took over about 2 years ago, United had signed fecking Schweinsteiger for LVG almost a decade ago, 35 signings ago
Very different situations
I think United (If a DM like Ugarte is signed), they are pretty well covered in all positions except for a LB.
Shaw would break your heart, Rashford performs so much better with a fit Luke Shaw. Unfortunately, Shaw is riddled with injuries and personally, I think Shaw should look out for his long term health. Other parts of his body can get injured after what happened to him. His body will try compensate in other areas and in turn damage them. I was told this by a physio - that's what I'm basing that comment off. Shaw is a young man and there's loads he can do in football to have a career in the game.
Malacia, we haven't seen him play much because he's always injured and I don't have much faith we can rely on him. Really, the only great consistent LB's we've had the last 30 years was Irwin and Evra. We were lucky they didn't suffer from much injuries.
Therefore, I really think a LB is what's needed the most (after a DM). Mendy would be great, if they manage to pull it off.
I think, though, there is going to be just one more signing. And I think it will be a DM.
If we get a LB also, it could be one of our best ever transfer windows!
Shaw would break your heart, Rashford performs so much better with a fit Luke Shaw. Unfortunately, Shaw is riddled with injuries and personally, I think Shaw should look out for his long term health. Other parts of his body can get injured after what happened to him. His body will try compensate in other areas and in turn damage them. I was told this by a physio - that's what I'm basing that comment off. Shaw is a young man and there's loads he can do in football to have a career in the game.
Malacia, we haven't seen him play much because he's always injured and I don't have much faith we can rely on him. Really, the only great consistent LB's we've had the last 30 years was Irwin and Evra. We were lucky they didn't suffer from much injuries.
Therefore, I really think a LB is what's needed the most (after a DM). Mendy would be great, if they manage to pull it off.
I think, though, there is going to be just one more signing. And I think it will be a DM.
If we get a LB also, it could be one of our best ever transfer windows!
We have brought in four already and sold fecking zilch!
It will be Berge or Ugarte and that will be it.
It will be Berge or Ugarte and that will be it.
I think we could sell a few late on, thinking Pellistri, Sancho and maybe Eriksen. That will give us a bit of money to get a LB whether loan or permanent
We have got rid of around seven players.
ETH gonna give it the bigun
For how much?
Around £50m. Our wage bill is also lower.
AWB and who else?
Greenwood, DvB, Kambwala, Alvaro Fernandez, Pellistri soon enough and then Martial, Varane and Williams on a free which means we've freed up a ton of wages.
Has to be a midfielder.
First vote for midfielder, fair play
We will not sign LB in this window. We leave the channel open for Amass to break through.
I forgot about Mason and apart from Willy I don't think we will hear of the others again and it would not surprise me in the least if Casemiro and Sancho do exactly the same as what Martial and Varane did.
Would like Ugarte and a young LB like Truffert.
The reason being I am 99% sure Malacia will never establish himself as a first team LB for Man Utd unfortunately. So for the long term we do need another LB.
But I think they will only sign a CM this window and split the games between Shaw, Dalot, Mazraoui, Malacia, Amass and Martinez for now. The options aren't great but at least there are many of them.
The reason being I am 99% sure Malacia will never establish himself as a first team LB for Man Utd unfortunately. So for the long term we do need another LB.
But I think they will only sign a CM this window and split the games between Shaw, Dalot, Mazraoui, Malacia, Amass and Martinez for now. The options aren't great but at least there are many of them.
Please let it be a left back so we can finally have someone healthy enough to play most of the season and/or unlock Shaw again.
Would you go for Reguilon on a loan and get starter next summer or look to address it now
In a perfect world we would have the money to sign a long term replacement.
But its probably not going to happen this summer. I doubt we even bring anybody on loan as ETH seems fine with Dalot/Lisandro covering and waiting for Malacia/Shaw to return.
What's happened to Malacia? I haven't been keeping up with the news on him lately. Last I heard he was in some kind of accident with Rashford?
and let him play 30 games? because Luke and Mazraoui will be out injured for a lot of the games. Malacia wont play either. We need a LB.
I think we’ll go back in for Branthwaite and if we sell Mctominay and Sancho I’d look out for how many strikers Brighton currently have and how much money they’ve spent in this window…if I had to pick one though definitely a LCB/LB.