Replacing Casemiro

Surely Casemiro's replacement would need to be £40m or less, we have too many holes to fill to spend any more?
 
Happy Head said:
Surely Casemiro's replacement would need to be £40m or less, we have too many holes to fill to spend any more?
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Need to either find the next Baleba or Ugochukwu from Ligue 1 or an experienced head on the cheap / free.
 
MCDC said:
Are any of those realistic targets that we can afford?

I would be over the moon with any of them, but with PSR lingering like a bad smell, could we realistically afford these?
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We could easily afford Stiller, Essugo and Larsson. They are not likely to cost more than 35-40m, with Essugo probably even cheaper than that.

Baleba and Ederson will be the more expensive purchases but will depend on which other key positions we will target. We could afford Ederson unless City gets us into a bidding war. Baleba will be the most expensive and may be out of reach for now considering our other needs.
 
croadyman said:
Hasn't it been suggested that Tchouameni isn't really the right profile for us in Amorim system
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Why not? He's a better DM than Ugarte and at Bordeaux and Monaco, he played as a B2B player. I think his profile would suit Amorim's system well of having 2 hardworking midfielders. Tchouameni also has a much better pass on him than Ugarte.
 
Kingslayer18 said:
We could easily afford Stiller, Essugo and Larsson. They are not likely to cost more than 35-40m, with Essugo probably even cheaper than that.

Baleba and Ederson will be the more expensive purchases but will depend on which other key positions we will target. We could afford Ederson unless City gets us into a bidding war. Baleba will be the most expensive and may be out of reach for now considering our other needs.
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I did watch a bit of Larsson yesterday, while it was halftime, very imposing figures, looks like a great change of pace, looked composed playing 1 2s.

Did like the look of him, I don’t know why I just really like Stiller, think he’s our eriksen replacement, athleticism wise I don’t know if he’s the right man, but the scousers have been linked with him.
 
Kingslayer18 said:
Why not? He's a better DM than Ugarte and at Bordeaux and Monaco, he played as a B2B player. I think his profile would suit Amorim's system well of having 2 hardworking midfielders. Tchouameni also has a much better pass on him than Ugarte.
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I agree with you, however there is also the matter of us not being a very attractive proposition right now. So why would he want to leave Real for this.
 
pocco said:
Agreed on this one. I doubt we’ll be able to afford him/willing to pay the sort of fee it would require.
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Agreed, and also, unfortunately, accept the second part is accurate as well.

Would be great though, if we somehow were to throw a ridiculous amount of money on a young (potential) superstar.
 
davidmichael said:
Lots of players we’ve got rid of over the past year or so like Sancho, McTominay, Alvaro, Elanga, Hannibal and Kambwala would all be good Amorim type players but our problem is we’re so horrificly run at the top that we keep bringing in managers with a completely different tactical set up to the last and end up with a squad full of deadwood when what we should do is have a set United formation then bring in players to play that formation and have the head coach do the coaching.
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Disagree strongly with the bold. The three remaining, McTominay, Alvaro, and Elanga are maybe's, at best.

Alvaro would be one million miles better than Diego Dalot, and Malacia, and whoever else has played LWB for us, that is true, but that is a very low bar. Elanga, I think, is benefiting from the extended run in a team that he probably wouldn't have gotten at any so-called big club.

And who am I kidding, Scotty McT would have destroyed in this system.
 
croadyman said:
I agree with you, however there is also the matter of us not being a very attractive proposition right now. So why would he want to leave Real for this.
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Unfortunately true. Surely if he were willing to leave there would be teams superior to us that would be interested.
 
Sea-Cow said:
Disagree strongly with the bold. The three remaining, McTominay, Alvaro, and Elanga are maybe's, at best.

Alvaro would be one million miles better than Diego Dalot, and Malacia, and whoever else has played LWB for us, that is true, but that is a very low bar. Elanga, I think, is benefiting from the extended run in a team that he probably wouldn't have gotten at any so-called big club.

And who am I kidding, Scotty McT would have destroyed in this system.
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Sancho as a personality wouldn’t because much like Rashford he apparently has serious problems in training and motivation but Sancho the player as a wide 10 is pretty much perfect for that role in an Amorim system, Kambwala on the right side of a back three would also be a good fit as back up to Yoro whilst Elanga would be a good right wing back.

As a box to box midfielder in the two McTominay would do well in Amorim’s 3-4-2-1 as a squad player although now with Collyer playing that role is pretty much covered and the only thing we miss with McTominay is his ability to chip in with goals, Alvaro would be an insane upgrade on what we’ve had this season.
 
MCDC said:
I did watch a bit of Larsson yesterday, while it was halftime, very imposing figures, looks like a great change of pace, looked composed playing 1 2s.

Did like the look of him, I don’t know why I just really like Stiller, think he’s our eriksen replacement, athleticism wise I don’t know if he’s the right man, but the scousers have been linked with him.
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What I like about Larson as well, is that he could complement both Mainoo and Ugarte. He brings height to the midfield as well. Frankfurt has handled his development well and he will continue to get better and better.

Someone is going to pick up a really good player in Stiller, hope it’s us
 
croadyman said:
I agree with you, however there is also the matter of us not being a very attractive proposition right now. So why would he want to leave Real for this.
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If Real pushed him out, there might not be ton of options as some of the other big clubs have their DMs sorted. Liverpool don’t but he doesn’t suit the profile Slot wants
 
Ugarte was the replacement for Casemiro and now Collyer is back up to Ugarte...what is so hard about that.
 
Bondi77 said:
Ugarte was the replacement for Casemiro and now Collyer is back up to Ugarte...what is so hard about that.
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Indeed.

This is clearly what is happening in front of our eyes - Ugarte is our starting DMF, Collyer regularly backs him up. Reading between the lines, and considering how many other priorities we have, while constantly complaining about having no money, it would be very surprising if United "replaced" Casemiro i.e. brought a new DMF
 
Doesn’t Casemiro have to leave before he’s replaced? There doesn’t seem to be any sign of that actually happening. My guess is that he’s quite content to sit and collect a paycheck that he won’t get at any other team in the world. He’s won everything possible at club level. He’s in it for the cash at this point. I’d be surprised if he doesn’t just run his contact out, even if he’s frozen out.
 
RRCE said:
Doesn’t Casemiro have to leave before he’s replaced? There doesn’t seem to be any sign of that actually happening. My guess is that he’s quite content to sit and collect a paycheck that he won’t get at any other team in the world. He’s won everything possible at club level. He’s in it for the cash at this point. I’d be surprised if he doesn’t just run his contact out, even if he’s frozen out.
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He is stinking the place out now but at least he can say he is making the bench so he probably gives his all in training but is not up to scratch compared to the other midfielders.
Casemiro struggled before Ruben and it looks like the physical expectations have been lifted since then so he has no hope!
 
We someone to dictate the game not a Casemiro replacement. We’ve needed that for ages and it would complement Ugarte and Mainoo. Ideally someone who can carry the ball a distance too but you rarely can have everything. High quality passing is lacking in our midfield.
 
Looks like we've already replaced him with Collyer for now. Depending on how the rest of season goes, we can get an upgrade on him and have Collyer be the "5th" option or buy/promote a 5th Option.
 
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