The question is: if someone like Schneiderlin leaves, what kind of midfielder will he bring? A true option to Carrick, someone to really replace him on the medium run, or just some squad player to make the numbers? Mourinho's careful not to rock the boat too much when things are going smooth, so sometimes he brings players just to be subs. Not a good policy, if you ask me.
I see Everton and Arsenal being linked with Smalling. Seems rather unlikely unless Lindeloff is Lindelon. Swap Sanchez for Smalling?
Seeing they got Cleverley and Gibson off us, can you blame them for not wanting to pay too much. They do keep coming back for more though. A bit masochistic.Are the press just linking everyone out of favour with us to Everton?
A club that never ever pay the gong rate for players, especially not ours!
Just been reading that he's got a €10m fine to pay to Lokomotiv Moscow. China it is then.We are being linked to Lass Diarra. He'd be a great squad option imo.
Seeing they got Cleverley and Gibson off us, can you blame them for not wanting to pay too much. They do keep coming back for more though. A bit masochistic.
Does anybody think we will sign anyone this window?
I like the idea of Jose getting a Matic type signing. Where he gave him 6 months to bed in, then he was brilliant the next season. But I don't actually foresee any signings
We are being linked to Lass Diarra. He'd be a great squad option imo.
The need for depth behind Pogba and Herrera is so great and so easily fixable by one player that I could see us signing a CM with offensive skill, like Banega, Parejo or Sigurdsson, or a younger player Mourinho likes.
Doing so would make the Carrick can't play every game at DM problem basically go away until this summer, since we could just play Herrera at DM against teams who sit deep against us and Fellaini (ugh. But Mourinho seems fine with him there) or hopefully Blind (with Shaw at LB) as more defensively strong options.
Dammit Wayne, you've missed the boat.
I think Fonte is a go. He won't give in a transfer request in January without a firm interest.
Like too see another CM come in, Fellaini, Carrick Herrera and Pogba is not enough for my liking
I wonder if Schneiderlin would go the same way as those two. Namely us realising he was never the standard required.
I still vividly remember the Cleverley hype, that him playing was some sort of key to us playing well.
Inextricably linked to that mad 4 or 5 games with Ando.
I wonder if Schneiderlin would go the same way as those two. Namely us realising he was never the standard required.
I still vividly remember the Cleverley hype, that him playing was some sort of key to us playing well.
Inextricably linked to that mad 4 or 5 games with Ando.
In:
Lindelöf will be the only one I reckon.
Out:
Schneiderlin.
What's the point in paying another ordinary midfielder £90k/week unless he gets a match? In think Carrick, Herrera, Pogba, Schweinsteiger, Fellaini, Fosu-Mensah, and Blind are OK for a 4-3-3. A Carrick replacement would be good. The closest we have is Sean Goss. There aren't a lot of players around like that. We're paying Schweinsteiger, he may as well be in all squads.Like too see another CM come in, Fellaini, Carrick Herrera and Pogba is not enough for my liking
What's the point in paying another ordinary midfielder £90k/week unless he gets a match? In think Carrick, Herrera, Pogba, Schweinsteiger, Fellaini, Fosu-Mensah, and Blind are OK for a 4-3-3. A Carrick replacement would be good. The closest we have is Sean Goss. There aren't a lot of players around like that. We're paying Schweinsteiger, he may as well be in all squads.
As in: he is only in the PL squad. But if Schneiderlin is sold, Schweini could be back in all squads for the later half of the season.Schweini seems to be frozen out.
TFM is a defensive midfielder. He may not have Carrick's passing range but he's faster, more aggressive and tackles.and I don't think Blind or TFM are seen as midfielders by Mourinho.
As in: he is only in the PL squad. But if Schneiderlin is sold, Schweini could be back in all squads for the later half of the season.
TFM is a defensive midfielder. He may not have Carrick's passing range but he's faster, more aggressive and tackles.
I don't think Mo thinks in terms of "freezing players out". I think he likes a small squad, and other people interpret that as freezing players out. Even with the small squad he's had Goss and Tuanzebe training often with them. I'm happy provided Mo buys the players he needs. United don't need to buy another midfielder just for the sake of it. Buy: ONLY if a top midfielder is available.
After that press conference it suddenly seems a whole lot more likely that we will see Schweini again this month.I cant believe that Mourinho won't pick up a central midfielder, unless he brings Schweinsteiger back into the team, which seems unlikely. Leaving us with 4 midfielders to cover 3 slots seems incredibly risky, especially when one of them is 35 and another is a massive step down in quality.
After that press conference it suddenly seems a whole lot more likely that we will see Schweini again this month.
What do people think about this transfer window? Do we need anyone?
I used to like when Sir Alex looked over it the majority of the time, and just let the squad he had continue to gel. Feet up, letting teams panic spend £35m on Andy Carroll. (I prefer to ignore they signed Suarez in that same January)
For me though, this feels like one of the Januarys we need to do some business. Like January 2006.
Opinions?
Absolutely. One of my Top 5 favourite United players ever. And I think Mourinho is a big fan aswell.Obviously not a priority but what are peoples views on Hernandez? Would you have him back here? I would.
