(Realistic) January Signings Thread

GlastonSpur said:
I don't know enough about the Swiss senior team to offer an opinion. Do they have a lot of other good striker options? If not, then he might not be taking much of a risk.

But the chance to play in the Prem for United would be a huge thing for him to turn down.
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He isn't a starter but I think he's been in the last few squads. He probably would love to come here but might be something like buy and loan back to Basel. That is of no use to us at the moment. And I can't see LVG guarantee him a starting spot even though I don't think he would struggle for games , looking at how bad we are in attack.
 
Ighalo might be worth a shot, he could add goals to see us through to the end of the season then he can transition into a squad player.
 
Devil may care said:
Ighalo might be worth a shot, he could add goals to see us through to the end of the season then he can transition into a squad player.
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I do like the look of him, he's pacey and he knows how to sniff out a chance from nothing.
 
Hopefully we do make some signings, particularly a winger but ultimately I think the bigger problem is the way we play and if we bring in signings without addressing that then I don't see a big change happening. I.e. if we get someone like Anderson in and telling him to stay wide/fire in crosses won't really help us, particularly if we continue with the slow build up. Similarly you can get Mane and put him at ten but if you keep Rooney at 9 who won't run behind and again keep the wingers wide then I don't see it being a major impact.
 
United need to fix their managerial mess first. What did Bayern do when Guardiola hinted at leaving. They got Ancelotti immediately. Now every world class player from Chile to Canada to Australia to Russia knows. If you are a world class player choosing between United and some other elite clubs you have no idea who the coach will be, who your teammates are, what the system is, what your role will be. For somebody like Vardy, Mane or Anderson, no disrespect, it probably doesn´t matter as long as they get paid. The best players in the world can be a bit more selective. First and foremost United should end the uncertainty on the bench. If you get Mourinho fine. If you give it to Giggs fine. But there has to be somebody that can sell the idea of United and himself, not an empty space.
 
Given his situation at west brom I would try for berahino on loan, if we sent fellaini the other way it would give them a replacement.
 
Roboc7 said:
Given his situation at west brom I would try for berahino on loan, if we sent fellaini the other way it would give them a replacement.
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On loan ? His contract is up in the summer if I'am not mistaken. Why the hell would West Brom send him out on loan ?

We either take a punt on him as he is young, talented, english and won't cost alot of money or we stay away from him.
 
We need to squeeze 120% from this window while not struck with another devastating injury plague yet and just maybe we'll somehow return to business.

F.Anderson and Berahino sounds like reality but if we throw some serious offers we might get someone from top shelf. It won't hurt to try and it's not like LvG got alternative options after so much speculation.
 
Van Piorsing said:
We need to squeeze 120% from this window while not struck with another devastating injury plague yet and just maybe we'll somehow return to business.

F.Anderson and Berahino sounds like reality but if we throw some serious offers we might get someone from top shelf. It won't hurt to try and it's not like LvG got alternative options after so much speculation.
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Such as?
 
Riz said:
Such as?
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Exactly, to get 'someone from the top shelf' in January is going to be virtually impossible no matter how much money you throw around, a player like Anderson or Mane is going to be at the very limit of what is possible this window, and even then we'll do well to get it done, and if we do it'll be for a grossly inflated fee.

Reality is LvG has made his bed with what he did in the summer, and it shouldn't come to desperation in January to rectify it, he was unlucky with Shaw and we should look at something there, other than that I'd stick with what we've got and see where we end up. We don't want hinder the summer's budget by blowing loads on panic buys now, especially if we couid have a new manager by then.
 
The red panther said:
On loan ? His contract is up in the summer if I'am not mistaken. Why the hell would West Brom send him out on loan ?

We either take a punt on him as he is young, talented, english and won't cost alot of money or we stay away from him.
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His contract isn't up at the end of the season, his value is plummeting, they aren't playing him and they don't want to sell him to spurs so a loan would be better than him not playing at west brom.
 
We'll sign Mane. Hope we sign a CB too, but I doubt it.
 
C'est Moi Cantona said:
Exactly, to get 'someone from the top shelf' in January is going to be virtually impossible no matter how much money you throw around, a player like Anderson or Mane is going to be at the very limit of what is possible this window, and even then we'll do well to get it done, and if we do it'll be for a grossly inflated fee.

Reality is LvG has made his bed with what he did in the summer, and it shouldn't come to desperation in January to rectify it, he was unlucky with Shaw and we should look at something there, other than that I'd stick with what we've got and see where we end up. We don't want hinder the summer's budget by blowing loads on panic buys now, especially if we couid have a new manager by then.
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So true it hurts, if we get Mane, Berahino and a versatile defender (a modern day Gallas?) I think we will be ok for the remainder of the season as far as the squad is concerned. Mane would come in and play as a support striker, Martial down the left and Berahino from the right and with Rooney finally looking like he cares we will be alright. The summer transfers will be much easier to conclude if we secure CL football than if we don't.
 
What do people see in Berahino? He's not even first choice at West Brom and looks bang average.
 
Riz said:
Such as?
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Maybe Zlatan, Lucas Moura, perhaps someone from Chelsea while in their colossal crisis.

We should try any option and we may be lucky as Liverpool when they scooped Suarez and Coutinho in January. Like I said before, it really won't hurt to try especially with that kind of range of funds.
 
bucky said:
What do people see in Berahino? He's not even first choice at West Brom and looks bang average.
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Pace and good finishing, which we desperately need to salvage something from this car crash of a season before relegating him to a squad role when we inevitably strengthen in the summer.
 
Van Piorsing said:
Maybe Zlatan, Lucas Moura, perhaps someone from Chelsea while in their colossal crisis.

We should try any option and we may be lucky as Liverpool when they scooped Suarez and Coutinho in January. Like I said before, it really won't hurt to try especially with that kind of range of funds.
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Coutinho had stagnated at Inter and if we had been rumoured to be in for him then I'm sure his thread would reflect the Felipe Anderson thread with posters throwing their toys out of the pram. The thing with these type of signings (unestablished young players) is that they can make a manager look like a genius or a mug in hindsight. If Depay starts banging them in everyone will forget about his indifferent first half of the season. As for Zlatan and Moura it depends on PSG because even if we want them it won't count for anything unless the club actually want to sell.
 
itso 7 said:
Coutinho had stagnated at Inter and if we had been rumoured to be in for him then I'm sure his thread would reflect the Felipe Anderson thread with posters throwing their toys out of the pram. The thing with these type of signings (unestablished young players) is that they can make a manager look like a genius or a mug in hindsight. If Depay starts banging them in everyone will forget about his indifferent first half of the season. As for Zlatan and Moura it depends on PSG because even if we want them it won't count for anything unless the club actually want to sell.
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Not this season I'm afraid but perhaps I'm too jaded by latest results and individual performances. Flawless physical aspects but mind still of a teenager who wants to show his status especially in front of his international teammates.

LvG stripped attacking depth to it's minimum so I guess we can expect from him to fix this and maybe he'll manage to find also someone in his home country which was his specialty back in a day.

We'll see but I really hope he'll take risks. He's pretty much forced to take it in current situation.
 
Van Piorsing said:
Not this season I'm afraid but perhaps I'm too jaded by latest results and individual performances. Flawless physical aspects but mind still of a teenager who wants to show his status especially in front of his international teammates.

LvG stripped attacking depth to it's minimum so I guess we can expect from him to fix this and maybe he'll manage to find also someone in his home country which was his specialty back in a day.

We'll see but I really hope he'll take risks. He's pretty much forced to take it in current situation.
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Sorry the Depay example was just about how perceptions on a signing can change once they have performed, it was more directed at the Coutinho point about how such signings do not look the business when they are made. I don't really expect anything great from Memphis.
 
Van Piorsing said:
Maybe Zlatan, Lucas Moura, perhaps someone from Chelsea while in their colossal crisis.

We should try any option and we may be lucky as Liverpool when they scooped Suarez and Coutinho in January. Like I said before, it really won't hurt to try especially with that kind of range of funds.
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Zlatan maybe, not sure we'd go for that though.
I don't consider Lucas Moura top shelf.
Someone from Chelsea like who?!

Not sure what you're saying really, on one hand you want us to go for top shelf players but then you talk about Liverpool's signings of Suarez and Coutinho who were the opposite at the time, they were risking potential.
 
Riz said:
Zlatan maybe, not sure we'd go for that though.
I don't consider Lucas Moura top shelf.
Someone from Chelsea like who?!

Not sure what you're saying really, on one hand you want us to go for top shelf players but then you talk about Liverpool's signings of Suarez and Coutinho who were the opposite at the time, they were risking potential.
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Coutinho despite his form was still considered a promising player and Suarez had 81 goals for Ajax in four seasons. For our current squad standard they could bring a lot.

Pretty much every player we'll sign may be some kind of risk but we're not in a situation of comfort and at least we can offer reasonable amounts to raise chances of succeeding in the market this time of a year.

I expect Van Gaal to have already scouted most parts of football Europe and attempting to fix things while he still can.

EDIT: If Chelsea won't get a result against Palace tomorrow it will be more and more obvious that they'll struggle to get into Europe next season. We should use everything in the advantage to save our season.
 
We should try to get Aleksandar Dragovic from Dynamo Kiev before he's off to another big club. We've been linked with him for ages and he's improved considerably over the last couple of years. Gonna be at a top club soon.
 
Anduin said:
We should try to get Aleksandar Dragovic from Dynamo Kiev before he's off to another big club. We've been linked with him for ages and he's improved considerably over the last couple of years. Gonna be at a top club soon.
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If Stones will be unavailable this time then Drago should be natural option. Very hard to tell what future plans Hummels got right now in Dortmund plus I doubt LvG will go for De Vrij while having perfect chance to scoop him for cheap after World Cup.
 
No one linked to a top side competing in Europe will let their studs go, but there are still some talented players out there that can improve the squad and remain reliable squad players if the club chooses to further improve in the summer.

If I got my realistic wish, the club would go in big for Lukaku. He's young with room for improvement and is a proven goal scorer in the league. Even if the club goes all out this summer and brings in a Lewandowski caliber striker, Lukaku would be great as a back up.

The club desperately needs another winger. Martial is doing great from the left, but he's also the most effective 9 in the squad as well. At this point, Ashley Young is the best we've got. Any of the names being thrown around would be an improvement--Mane, Lucas, Anderson, etc. Creativity and pace would be a fantastic addition to a striker. Again, all are young with potential and would service the squad even if the club strengthens again in the summer with some elite players.

For all LVG gets bagged on, he has been doing a great job injecting youth into the squad and is leaving some huge potential in the squad for future managers. Toss in Lukaku with one of the wingers along with Martial and Memphis (who the car seems to have given up on after 6 months); and we've got the potential for something really special in a year or two (depending on how the club supports them with established vets).
 
Roboc7 said:
His contract isn't up at the end of the season, his value is plummeting, they aren't playing him and they don't want to sell him to spurs so a loan would be better than him not playing at west brom.
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Ok my bad seems his contract is running out next season. Yea a loan would be ok for 6 months, but I think WB will just want to keep him or sell him for the right price.
 
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