How much more bad luck can we have this season? If ever there was a season that highlighted the need for a big squad, this is it.
I’ve been saying this for ages, there a reason international tournaments have recently gone from a 23-26 man squad and UEFA increased the named subs to 12 and the PL will soon follow this. You can now make 5 subs in games and this is huge because it allows you to manage your squads better, yellow, red cards, injuries etc. Throughout most of the season, united for various reasons have had between 4 and 7 players always unavailable for selection through injuries or other misdemeanours.
That’s why we need a squad of 28 players and subsequently 11 will have to be homegrown or from under 21 squad. The squads needs ; Three Goalkeepers, Ten Defenders, Seven Midfield players and Eight Attacking striker options. United with a wage bill last year of £382M should easily be able to afford that.
Two players for every position, when you realise that the club put so much faith in football mercenaries like Alexis Sanchez, Pogba, Zlatan, Ronaldo, Cavani etc you see what our issues have been; D De Gea is a great keeper but no keeper not even the best in the world which De Gea is not is worth £200k per week, let alone £375k per week. When you see an honest player like AWB who earns £120k per week, and works hard for his team you see the obvious disparity and resentment the morons running the club have caused, that’s why we don’t need any big time Charlie’s in the summer and ego maniacs like Dean Henderson, he needs to be out the door but good solid lads like S Mctominay need a break from some of the fanbase as he will come good as a BTB midfielder not as a CDM.
My 28 man squad next year including 11 HG players ;(3GK)
D De Gea, D Raya*, T Heaton(HG), (10D) , AWB(HG), D, Dalot, L Shaw(HG),T Malacia, A Frimpong*(HG), R Varane, K Min Jae*, Ndicka*, L Martinez, T Mengi(HG)
Midfield(7) , Casemeiro, S Mctominay(HG), Ericsen, Sabitzer*, Bruno, A Rabiot *
McCalister*
Attack (8) Antony, A Dialo(HG), H Kane(HG), M Rashford (HG), A Martial, J Sancho(HG), A Garnaucho(HG), W Zaha(HG)*
Looking at 3 Free transfers of N’dicka, Rabiot and Zaha with a spend of £250-260m on Raya, Frimpong, K M Jae, Macalister, Kane.
We can sell Henderson, Maguire, Lindelof, Teles, Bailey, Fred, Greenwood (after a loan abroad), Elanga for maybe £100-120M