Fullbacks for the summer

Left back
Renew with Luke Shaw, and have Demetri Mitchell as back-up.

Right back
Sign Benjamin Henrichs from Leverkusen and have Antonio Valencia as back-up.
Tuanzebe and Fosu-Mensah could also be back-up.
 
Ryan sessegnon, this is who we should sign, him and shaw, for the left, Valencia and Fosu mensah for the right, young backup's backup..
 
Alex Sandro.

Like Shaw is not our future LB - he doesn’t even play. As much as I’d love for Shaw to light it up at Old Trafford it’s not going to happen.

Tony V can own RB for another season.

Bring in a top CM and CB but Sandro would be a monstrous upgrade to our left side.
 
Sandro would cost north of £60M

He’s excels in no particular area / jack of all trades, master of none

Hard pass for what imo is a very overrated player considering what his price tag would be and that he’s not all that special
 
Would love for JM to buy a Bailly like signings for fullbacks. Someone relatively unknown but solid players. A bit like Chelsea Azpi. Someone that can churn consistent solid performances with good fitness level.

Knowing Uniteds recent histories though, they might suddenly become injury prone.
 
VancouverUtdFan said:
Sandro would cost north of £60M

He’s excels in no particular area / jack of all trades, master of none

Hard pass for what imo is a very overrated player considering what his price tag would be and that he’s not all that special
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He excels at LB.

Nobody at United does.
 
TrebleFan99 said:
He excels at LB.

Nobody at United does.
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He’s just above average in pretty much all areas.

Shaw has better offensive upside so I’d rather stick with him especially with how well he’s bounced back from injury.

...honestly speaking, Sandro just reminds me of a younger Valencia. Not a knock, will get the job done, but I’d rather have some sort of “specialist” who’s well known for doing certain things in his game.

And again, £60M+ seems completely ridiculous.
 
VancouverUtdFan said:
He’s just above average in pretty much all areas.

Shaw has better offensive upside so I’d rather stick with him especially with how well he’s bounced back from injury.

...honestly speaking, Sandro just reminds me of a younger Valencia. Not a knock, will get the job done, but I’d rather have some sort of “specialist” who’s well known for doing certain things in his game.

And again, £60M+ seems completely ridiculous.
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Shaw does not have a better offensive upside. You haven’t seen Sandro play much I guess.

He’s been to a CL final and won multiple league titles.

Luke Shaw doesn’t even play. As much as I’d love him to come good he can’t even get in the team without a specialist ahead of him.

I didn’t mention / don’t know what his transfer fee will be. He would be an upgrade is all I’m saying. As would many others.
 
If we don't trust Luke Shaw, I would like us to go after David Alaba. The guy is quality.
 
Meunier first choice for RB. Or else Fabinho. Sandro for LB.
 
Steven7290 said:
Get both Napoli full backs, Ghoulam and Hysaj, in that order.
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Ghoulam was out of contract the coming summer but suffered an ACL injury in the right knee in November. After which he signed a new long-term deal at Napoli; till '22 I think. Come back to training in the last month and fractured his right kneecap and is out again long term. At this point I would stay away from him.
 
If Shaw is not going to be our starting left back we need to buy first choice for both sides which I know we wont. I just don't enjoy the thought of Valencia and Young being our starting full backs again next season.
Both back up at best, sorry fan boys/girls I personally don't think either are very good, good enough for a team battling to be in top 4 yes but challenging for Leagues and CL's no chance in my opinion. Surely this is where we aim to be.

Same could be said for Smalling and Jones. I have no real confidence in our defence, we'd be a hell of lot lower down the league if it wasn't for De Gea, him leaving is my biggest worry and I think he will if we fail to get top 4 this season.
 
Steven7290 said:
Get both Napoli full backs, Ghoulam and Hysaj, in that order.
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Would have loved Ghoulam but he just recovered from that ACL Tear and just recently tore his meniscus / patellar injury

Club Statement : "Faouzi Ghoulam suffered a potentially serious knee injury in training in Castelvolturno on Friday. The early signs point to a fractured right kneecap"

http://www.espn.in/football/napoli/...-suffers-further-injury-to-right-knee?src=com

It's the same right knee. If he was a risky buy before, now it's a super risky buy as his right knee is fecked.
If we are buying a LB it should be Sandro, the only world class option available, he's like a right sided Valencia who can cross and dribble better way better.
Then there are lots of youngish options , but we already have a youngish player in Shaw so it doesn't make much sense to buy another young player.
 
RB
Mitchell Weiser
Antonio Valencia
Timothy Fosu-Mensah (use as rotation option with Matic as well and possible long-term Valencia replacement/CB/)

LB
Alex Sandro
Luke Shaw
Demetri Mitchell (Could overtake Shaw if he keeps progressing)

Sell
Matteo Darmian (Possible part-exchange with Alex Sandro as Juventus have been linked with Darmian and he was signed from Torino so familiar to Turin)
Daley Blind
Ashley Young (No point taking up minutes from guys like Fosu-Mensah and Mitchell when he's 32/33)
 
TrebleFan99 said:
Alex Sandro.

Like Shaw is not our future LB - he doesn’t even play. As much as I’d love for Shaw to light it up at Old Trafford it’s not going to happen.

Tony V can own RB for another season.

Bring in a top CM and CB but Sandro would be a monstrous upgrade to our left side.
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Valencia is struggling this season, last 2 games he's been woeful, in fairness the whole team has. He offers no attacking threat, he's strong and puts in 100% but that's it. If you want a guy who can do a job there, he's fine, but if we're looking to seriously challenge, we need better. Teams width these days comes from their full backs, he offers nothing in that regard. He's like an old fashioned full back just there to stop the winger, games moved on. Most teams don't even play conventenial widemen anymore. I like his effort and he's developed into something of a cult hero, but like the growing admiration for Fellaini, it's more a testament to how far we've fallen in last few yrs. We need to get away from this "he can do a job" mentality, same with Young on the other side. City had a similar issue last season and addressed in the off season. I hope we do as well. Let's see Jose's preference for "specialists" and get legit full backs in, or promote from within
 
If we sign an LB and keep Shaw, seems like a Prem or even Champo loan would be a better idea for Mitchell than him fighting Young to be 3rd string LB here
 
We don't need to spend on Fullbacks on this transfer window, we need to be looking to boost our midfield but I wouldn't mind getting Fabinho to kill two birds with one stone.
 
Jose has really got to take these positions seriously in summer, having two good fullbacks left and right could really help change the dynamic of our attack.

It remains to be seen if Shaw can/will be the #1 option or not but Jose has confirmed he certainly has a future at the club so that's good news, hopefully he will continue to work on his offensive game as it isn't up to scratch yet.

I feel like Valencia is literally on his last legs at the moment, as of next season he shouldn't be first choice anymore.
 
Steven7290 said:
I thought he was quite tidy going forward. Nothing like Alves but not worse than Meunier that some people suggest? Defensively a beast too.
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Meunier has looked far more dangerous going forward to me than Hysaj. Much more creative in the final 3rd and a better crosser. Defensively it's probably the other way, though.
 
NoPace said:
Meunier has looked far more dangerous going forward to me than Hysaj. Much more creative in the final 3rd and a better crosser. Defensively it's probably the other way, though.
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Yeah, I checked and Whoscored has Hysaj at 0 goals and 5 assists in 13000 career minutes and Meunier at 7 goals and 11 assists in 4800 minutes, so you're talking about like 7 times as many assists per minute, but a more than decent goal chip in for a fullback.
 
I want Shaw to succeed but he’s never played when it matters so I see him as a squad player/good back up option so I think we need to get Alex Sandro in as first choice left back.

That’ll allow Valencia, Young and Fosu-Mensah to fight it out on the right side with all having different qualities and attributes in that role. We’d sell Darmian, Smalling, Rojo and Blind which would probably bring in £50-£60 million and see us replace quantity with quality.
 
Steven7290 said:
Get both Napoli full backs, Ghoulam and Hysaj, in that order.
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I heard Ghoulam got a second nasty injury recently, this one in his right knee that will leave him out until May. I think he's not an option anymore sadly.
 
Sandro, Jorge left back.
For right back Roberto and Kimmich unfortunately pretty unattainable, Trippier, Weisser, Ordiozola other choices.
 
FootyGirl88 said:
Jose has really got to take these positions seriously in summer, having two good fullbacks left and right could really help change the dynamic of our attack.

It remains to be seen if Shaw can/will be the #1 option or not but Jose has confirmed he certainly has a future at the club so that's good news, hopefully he will continue to work on his offensive game as it isn't up to scratch yet.

I feel like Valencia is literally on his last legs at the moment, as of next season he shouldn't be first choice anymore.
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Think we may see other positions sorted first my friend as having Shaw Young Blind on the left with Valencia Lindelof and Young again may prove enough for Jose although I get exactly where you are coming from. But I think most our budget will be spent on midfield and centre back. I’d prefer 2x Midfielders with Pnajic a class act and another (one a multi position player like Dier or Fabinho) and another attacker myself as I still think we lack a proper mix of fire power but that’s just my view. Budget wise very unlikely but players of that mound.
 
Meunier on the right and Ben Davies on the left would solve all problems immediately. For the future i hope TFM will have his chance
 
I’ve probably said it a thousand times before but get Mitchell Weiser. Talented right back that feels like another “bailly type signing” people talk about.

Give LB to shaw for another season and spend the rest of our budget on a very good CM.
 
Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber said:
I dont get what people see in Meunier. Give me Sidibe instead
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The link-up play between Meunier and Lukaku is very impressive in Belgium NT. Plus we can have him with a comfortable fee giving the fact that he is no longer first choice in PSG squad (not because of his ability but another poor management decision from Emery) and he seems like an obvious United fan based on his social accounts + some old interviews
 
Need a new RB over a new LB for me. So much of our attack goes and has gone through Valencia over the last few years despite his final ball being generally quite shite. He's still very reliable and won't cost us many games but you feel with a better attacking RB we'd do a lot better going forward.
 
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