Plastic Evra
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Of course the game is to guess the most expensive signing to come but we have our first possibly : Not sure anyone could have predicted Bayindir.
Icardi for 2 mils?
Considering how ETH used Sancho as a false 9 in pre-season, I’m keen to see how Felix would play out in our system as a false 9.
Amrabat - buy - 40 million (when we likely could’ve had him for 25-30 had we acted earlier)
Amrabat 50 million
Panic loan then
Yeah, see, I have a lot in common with our panic-stricken, skint club. I list loans as incomeForgot I created this thread !
So after my original post, United added three signings :
GK - Bayindir - Transfer - £4,3m
LB - Reguilon - Loan with no further option - Free
CM - Amrabat - Loan with option to buy - Loan fee £8,6m / Option to buy £17,1m + £4,2m in add-ons [Total : £29,9m]
So we did have a couple of curveballs, no one saw the LB crisis coming, Cucurella almost looked like a candidate for the win with a very improbable deal of a 7m loan (sadly we'll never know about the amount of a potential option to buy...). Bayindir I'm not sure was on anyone's radar until he had that pre-medical either. But in the end Amrabat prevailed as the long saga of links wasn't just fan fiction from Italy.
No one had the exact correct response but jem seems to be the closest for the total package and a mention to Shakesy who correctly infiltrated the mind of a MU executive and surmised a loan.