Doubt we will fork out that much for Rice or any MF. Maybe try and do a swap plus cash with Lingard for him, but it might not work.
Neville: Varane, Sancho, Kane
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Doubt we will fork out that much for Rice or any MF. Maybe try and do a swap plus cash with Lingard for him, but it might not work.
Unless we sell Martial we do not need a new striker. Of course Kane would be a huge upgrade but we need to invest elsewhere first.
Konate, Upamecano and Alaba are already off the market. Ed is monitoring and Chelsea are getting closer to Varane?
Rice will cost at least 80m and I doubt we can afford it.
Sancho 80m
Torres 45m
Neves 50m
Trippier 20m
Out
Lingard 25m
James 20m
Dalot 12m
That would be a decent summer but will not make us title contenders.
Konate, Upamecano and Alaba are already off the market. Ed is monitoring and Chelsea are getting closer to Varane?
Rice will cost at least 80m and I doubt we can afford it.
Sancho 80m
Torres 45m
Neves 50m
Trippier 20m
Out
Lingard 25m
James 20m
Dalot 12m
That would be a decent summer but will not make us title contenders.
All these posts with potential transfer fees seem to forget that signing on bonus, wages, match related bonuses, image rights and agent fees still need to be factored in.
There's no way we'll have a £150m net spend. Also, Kane and Rice are not realistic targets because of their prices.
A net spend of £100m should be enough to secure Sancho, CB and DM, as long as we manage to sell our "deadwood".
Outs:
Lingard: £25m
Dan James: £18m
Dalot: £12m
Chong: £5m
Matic: £10m
Pereira: £10m
Ins:
Sancho: £75m
Varane/Torres: £45m
Trippier/Aarons: £15m
Neves/Bissouma: £35m
I'm not optmistic we'll manage to sell a lot of players, but Lingard, James, Dalot sould be easy to sell. Roma are signing Xhaka, so i'm not sure they still want Matic, but if they do, we should sell him without even think about.
Pereira is going to be difficult to sell, so another loan with an option to buy is the most likely scenario for him. Our CB's (Bailly or Axel), should we choose to sell, there's market for them, so i don't think it'll be a problem.
De Gea or Martial there's no way we'll be able to sell them, because of their huge wages. For De Gea, a loan would be possible, if we agree of paying part of his salary (like we did with Sanchez).
So in the end, we can make up to £70m in sales, making a £100m net spend realistic.
A net spend of £100m should be enough to secure Sancho, CB and DM, as long as we manage to sell our "deadwood".
Outs:
Lingard: £25m
Dan James: £18m
Dalot: £12m
Chong: £5m
Matic: £10m
Pereira: £10m
Ins:
Sancho: £75m
Varane/Torres: £45m
Trippier/Aarons: £15m
Neves/Bissouma: £35m
I'm not optmistic we'll manage to sell a lot of players, but Lingard, James, Dalot sould be easy to sell. Roma are signing Xhaka, so i'm not sure they still want Matic, but if they do, we should sell him without even think about.
Pereira is going to be difficult to sell, so another loan with an option to buy is the most likely scenario for him. Our CB's (Bailly or Axel), should we choose to sell, there's market for them, so i don't think it'll be a problem.
De Gea or Martial there's no way we'll be able to sell them, because of their huge wages. For De Gea, a loan would be possible, if we agree of paying part of his salary (like we did with Sanchez).
So in the end, we can make up to £70m in sales, making a £100m net spend realistic.
Kane won't sign and it's not about Levy.
He knows. Ole would be perfect for him a good few years ago when he was developing, not now when he wants trophies. From his perspective it wouldn’t make any sense.
He knows. Ole would be perfect for him a good few years ago when he was developing, not now when he wants trophies. From his perspective it wouldn’t make any sense.
I'm sure we've worked on the "idea" of that sort of spend since the Glazers have been here.
Not a chance 1) we'll boot that much, and 2) we'll get that many bodies in for it!
For once, someone's "outs" look potentially doable.
But i dare say that 80m will actually be 40m.
Sancho for 75m would be skilful deal, so don't expect that either.
Fingers crossed though!
Watching Kante make me feel that top CM and CB is a more priority than striker or RW next season. Don't think any team can truly be competing in PL and CL with Fred and McTominay as their starter
We blatantly need a central midfielder and a centreback before we even think about forward players, and you also wouldn't be able to just sign Kane, Varane and Sanch if you were playing Fifa career mode on the easy settings.
Neville means well but he's an idiot.
Neville means well but he's an idiot.
Main priority - DCM and CB, Jadon plus CF would be just a bonus
Maybe Varane, Sancho plus one CDM, Rice?
We have Cavani for another year and Kane alone would be worth 2 players. Might as well sign Varane + a decent CDM instead of Kane.
We have Cavani for another year and Kane alone would be worth 2 players. Might as well sign Varane + a decent CDM instead of Kane.
Why would Varane come? Is he frozen out at Real by Zidane?
These are exactly the areas we need improvement on. Either some very good PR, or we actually have a plan for this summer. I'm hoping for the latter but it's probably the former.
Supposedly a new challenge.
We'd have won the final if the players on the pitch played a better game.
We may cry our lungs out, but we won't be getting more than one 'marquee' signing and 'a few' stop-gap replacements.
All three in one window is impossible.
All three in one window is impossible.
Madrid are a team on the down.
Their manager just left, most of their key players are old (Kroos, Modric, Benzema, Ramos) and they're in financial difficulties.
He's been there a long time and won everything, now is probably a great time to make a change. Of course it could just be a play for more money.
Sometimes the truth is simple as that. Fully agree. The team we put on the pitch that day was fully competent and skilled to beat Villareal. They just didn’t show up.
I'll join in the muppetry:
In:
Sancho £80m
Grealish £80m
Rice £60m - or - Pau Torres £40m/Koopmeiners £25m
Out:
Pogba £50m (would be great if he signed a new deal)
Henderson £20m
Lingard £25m
Andreas/Chong/Dalot £15m
In:
Sancho £80m
Grealish £80m
Rice £60m - or - Pau Torres £40m/Koopmeiners £25m
Out:
Pogba £50m (would be great if he signed a new deal)
Henderson £20m
Lingard £25m
Andreas/Chong/Dalot £15m
Kane for me is Van Persie territory...2 to 3 year special at best. Minimal resale value.
RvP was entirely worth it, but because Levy will demand the GDP of a chunky island and bearing in mind Kane's age and recent injury record...it's a bad idea for me. Can't see us winning the league with Kane added anyway. Cavani has as much chance of staying fit for a season and imo is performing near Kane level anyway.
Varane is now fancy name territory alongside age and injury issues also. Also happens to be at the virus club...a club where a certain other CB likes to name drop us to bag an improved contract. So **** him and that club in particular.
Instead let's focus on a younger CB with resale value, less wages, longevity in the legs.
Sancho...yes. (80m)
Grealish...yes. (70m)
CDM...yes. (60m)
CB...yes (60m
Martial out (50m)
De Gea out (40m)
Pogba quite possibly (50m)
Lingard most likely (30m)
VDB...stranger things have happened (25m)
Nearly 200m in
Circa 270m out
70m net spend.
Reasonable imo.
But of course...that's far to much business to perform in one off season...makes far too much sense.
RvP was entirely worth it, but because Levy will demand the GDP of a chunky island and bearing in mind Kane's age and recent injury record...it's a bad idea for me. Can't see us winning the league with Kane added anyway. Cavani has as much chance of staying fit for a season and imo is performing near Kane level anyway.
Varane is now fancy name territory alongside age and injury issues also. Also happens to be at the virus club...a club where a certain other CB likes to name drop us to bag an improved contract. So **** him and that club in particular.
Instead let's focus on a younger CB with resale value, less wages, longevity in the legs.
Sancho...yes. (80m)
Grealish...yes. (70m)
CDM...yes. (60m)
CB...yes (60m
Martial out (50m)
De Gea out (40m)
Pogba quite possibly (50m)
Lingard most likely (30m)
VDB...stranger things have happened (25m)
Nearly 200m in
Circa 270m out
70m net spend.
Reasonable imo.
But of course...that's far to much business to perform in one off season...makes far too much sense.
Saul and Sancho.. Rest is added bonus of it happens.
Do you genuinely think Saul could really leave Atletico this summer and IF so where would you play him in this team
2 down, 1 to go
Thankfully we aren’t going to go for Kane.
Gary Neville certainly knows what he’s talking about.
Well Sancho wasn’t exactly hard to predict, and it’s not a secret that United have been keeping tracks on Varane since Fergie’s last couple of seasons.
There’s no guarantee that United will be successful with these 2 signings but we’re certainly moving in the right direction.
Kane would be great for us but no chance in a million years we could afford him.
Kane would bankrupt us and we will still need midfielder and a right fullback.
Rather Grealish than Kane if we’re going to bankrupt ourselves. The primary focus should be a midfielder though.
Yep, and as others have pointed out he'd be a short term (age and injuries) success with no resale value.
Would rather focus on selling now, and if Pogba goes (hopefully along with Jones, Lingard, Pereira and maybe even Martial) try and bring in a top quality holding midfielder. That, or go for Grealish - he's not what we need, but if Pogba goes and we're going to play 4-3-3 I'd love to see Grealish play for us
With two already signed, it’s absurd to think that the club could actually afford the last one as well - if we’re really greedy. Imagine the expenditure for these last season or at least pre-corona, damn. Selling a few players as well, we could take Kane at 100M and still not bankrupt the club. Shrewd business, we’re like a shipping magnate entering the S&P market when the market is down and everyone are broke.. it’s lovely. Not that Sancho was cheap, but we still got it over the line - Varane is an insane signing.
And to think so many posters in this thread alone thought it was all spin, and we wouldn’t open the chequebook.
Too bad Kane's fee is just mental.
As meatloaf used to say, "2 out of 3 ain't bad"!
Sancho: 70m
Varane: 40m
Kane: 140m
All give or take numbers.
That's pretty accurate tbh
. Although I don't think you can foresee that Varane would be that cheapI do not want Kane. I want either one of Haaland or Mbappe next season.
I don’t see Kane being the third signing that we need. We need midfielders or at least one. A CF should be a possibility next summer depending on Greenwood’s development this season and what’s happening with the combination of our current forwards. I always feel that 3 forwards who can interchange all capable of 20 goals a season is better than a focal point who scores 35 but impacts on the others.
We need goals. Winners from out of nowhere and when we are unable to break teams down. Kane is likely financially impossible and he seemingly wants Pep anyway. I have no idea who we could afford/should go for, but it will end up being a shortcoming this season when we are struggling to score in certain games.
We have goals in Cavani. He started slowly because he haven't player for quite some time when he joined us but then he became a very reliable source of goals as the season went. As long as he stays without injuries I think we will be fine so my priority would be a midfielder as we are clearly lacking some quality there.