If we can't get Sancho then Pepe wouldn't be a bad alternative. I'm not really sure how much Lille would want for him though but I'm guessing £50m+ if we would come calling.
Right Winger... Who do we go for?
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Lukaku may have his weaknesses but is still a very good player chances of us losing money on his transfer fee are very low ,I am quite confident despite our fan base not rating Lukaku we would easily recoup our money If he is put up for sale in summer.
I knew someone was going to say that, but as you also said, it is a good idea. We should aim now to make something like that happen, is my point. We don't know exactly how much players are going to cost, or what we are able to get for our players. Lukaku going down to 50m isn't realistic and neither is Sanchez, we wouldn't want to sell at that price. It doesn't matter, we need to get better at dealing with transfers. I feel most clubs are selling their players reluctantly for big money but we have to practically beg clubs to buy ours. I know some of the reasons on why that is, but we need to flip it.
The word in Bournemouth is that United have shown interest .
David Brooks is just another mediocre player. We should be targeting players of a lot higher caliber and potential.
We honestly don’t need anymore attacking players. Prioritize defense especially fullbacks then midfield.
Agreed - we have Martial, Lukaku, Rashford, Lingard, Sanchez and even Mata competing for 3 spots. And now Solskjaer has shown that they are all good enough if they are given the chance. I am much more worried about the cover we have in central midfield behind Matic, Herrera and Pogba - I would much rather see us get at least 1 quality player in there.
That's why we need a director of football who can get us good deals. Woodward is not good at that. Also the way Lukaku played at wings against Arsenal, I think we should try to develop him into a winger. He can cross the ball, has good speed and strength and can hug the line. We have remaining of season for that and I have confidence that Solskjaer can do it.
Lukaku as a permanent RW? No way.
Sell him and buy an actual RW like Sancho and we'll be so much better
He is a much better fit positioning himself out wide than centrally because we risk a counter after constantly losing the ball when trying to involve him in the play there, where as out wide if he misses his touch it's a throw in. However, I agree we should be looking to improve on him.
Also agree with the point about DOF. Woodward hasn't shown himself as a great maneuverer in the transfer-market.
I like the look of Pepe but isn’t that an issue though, in theory at least?
With Martial and Rashford making up 2/3 of our attack surely we’d want someone who’s not just their left footed equivalent, rather someone who supports them and compliments their skill-set.
Edit: examples like Suso or Sancho.
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I seriously think our top 2 priorities should be a CM and CB.
Once we have that In place, then a RB and RM.
Once we have that In place, then a RB and RM.
We absolutely need another winger. It's not up for discussion in my opinion. There are some games we need to stretch teams from both sides of the pitch. We can't do that atm, the best teams can. Unless it comes from our left, or Lingard and Rashfoord beat the line through the middle, we find it difficult to open teams up.
Furthermore, it will make it easier of us to keep pressure on teams by taking their LB ans sometimes their LW out of the game. We have conceded twice as many attacks on our right side than our left. It's not a coincidence.
Furthermore, it will make it easier of us to keep pressure on teams by taking their LB ans sometimes their LW out of the game. We have conceded twice as many attacks on our right side than our left. It's not a coincidence.
As much as like to see Chong given time on the right, he just isn't at the level of Sancho, and he never will be. We should go all out to get Sancho in. He will inevitably come back to the PL at some point and we can't let it be City, pool or Chelsea who get him.
Mata is a good squad option but he won't be with us for much longer. Rumour has it that we want to offer a years extension and he wants 2. He's better central anyway and like Lingard, neither are right wingers, they are not playing on the right side despite the pre game lineups showing them as doing so. They play central, wether it's deeper as a midfielder (for counter attacks) or higher up as an attacking midfielder with the freedom to roam wide (left or right).
This leaves us with no out and out right winger. It is a position we need to fill and soon.
Mata is a good squad option but he won't be with us for much longer. Rumour has it that we want to offer a years extension and he wants 2. He's better central anyway and like Lingard, neither are right wingers, they are not playing on the right side despite the pre game lineups showing them as doing so. They play central, wether it's deeper as a midfielder (for counter attacks) or higher up as an attacking midfielder with the freedom to roam wide (left or right).
This leaves us with no out and out right winger. It is a position we need to fill and soon.
If we don't go for a big signing like Dybala, Pepe is my no 1 in terms of a relative unknown.
Dybala hasn't really done that much for me to believe that he will light up OT. On top of that, he will come here with a huge price tag on huge wages and if he doesn't click, it's going to take a while to get him off our books. As for Pepe, he's a lot quicker than Dybala. He's an actual winger unlike Dybala who will most likely drift in and congest the middle. Dybala has always played a supporting role and has never been the stand out player for a team like Juve that wins titles for fun. I mean Dybala is the most over-rated player in my opinion. Pepe whose relatively unknown will cost less and he looks like the hard-working winger with tonnes of flair and is only 23. He's already making waves in Ligue 1 with his performances and he's only 2 goals behind top scorer Mbappe. I think he would be an amazing replacement for Mata. The other thing is with Pepe, he would be fine sitting out games unlike Dybala who will come here with more demands. It'll be very difficult to balance so many egos in the team.
Pepe would be my No. 1 choice. The guy would gel instantly in the counter-attacking manner of playing. Dybala is more like a 10 like Mata and honestly speaking, Mata was never a United type of player in the way we play. Just to clarify, we depend heavily on wing play which Mata and Dybala are not.
CB is #1 but we must sign a RM/RW this summer. It's rediculous we don't have any right sided midfielders or wingers at the club.
We could probably get around 50m for Lukaku so it all evens out in the end.
We would look so much better with an actual right winger in the squad.
100% this. A luxury player who will cost a bomb. We don't need a 10 IMO.
Think you are underestimating Dybala. And we dont need a actual dedicated winger as no position is fixed, he roams the attack, playing as wide forward or second striker. But as i said "like Dybala". He is one of many big names players that could be signed. If its not a big name, Pepe is my first choice.
I have to admit, I've never been overly impressed whenever I've watched Dybala. He is nowhere near a £100m player which is what it would take to prise him away from Juventus. We definitely need a RW - haven't seen Pepe play but he seems to be getting rave reviews and wouldn't break the bank.
I've seen Pepe a few times, he's got talent but I think people would find him pretty frustrating, he's also not a hard worker, he won't help out the way Lingard does. Dybala is a superb talent and could play that false 9 role Jesse has been playing but it's hard to argue that he hasn't pushed on into the consistent top class performer many of us thought he would be.
Some of the figures people speak about for Dybala are laughable, some saying he'll go for 120m plus, no bloody chance he goes for anywhere close to that on his recent form. I'd take him for a similar price to Lukaku, he's much better and would suit us a lot more.
You think Juve would sell for less than Liverpool sold Coutinho and Dortmund sold Dembele?
I don't think he'll be sold for over 120m, no. But obviously Juve will try and get the most they can for him. I don't see anyone wanting to pay that sort of money for him currently, if he starts playing like he can, of course things change.
Sancho 2020
What about Federico Chiesa? A right-footed winger who is quite old-fashioned in terms of his wing play. More of an assister than a goal scorer and is only 21 years old (turned 21 in October). He hasn't got the best stats this season for Fiorentina - 5 goals and 6 assists in 21 games - but I think he will only get better and better.
We've been linked a little with Steven Bergwijn too. While he's been good this season, I will always have my doubts about players plying their trade in the Dutch league. But yeah he's another decent option that wouldn't cost a bomb.
We've been linked a little with Steven Bergwijn too. While he's been good this season, I will always have my doubts about players plying their trade in the Dutch league. But yeah he's another decent option that wouldn't cost a bomb.
If we cant spend big on Sancho, I’m not sure when we can..
He would complete our attack. We have all kinds of options in our attacking depth at the moment except someone like him.
I actually made a thread about Pepe. Apparently Arsenal were interested to sign him mid season and other clubs like Barcelona and City were/are interested. He is having a break through season in ligue 1 and ligue 1 sure knows a thing about producing quality players, last one coming to mind is Dembele.
I'd prefer Pepe over Sancho due to profile of player. He is a serious player in the making imo, has all the technical and physical requirements to make it at a top club. Sancho is more adept at finding his team mates and linking up the play which is something I don't think would suit our team. I think that Sancho would be a proper upgrade on Lingard, but Pepe would add a completely new string to our bow with his trickery, pace and goalscoring.
Sancho is just as quick and skilful as Pepe, he would just be much more expensive.
Apparently Pepe did an interview last year saying the only premier league club he would join is Chelsea. Whether he would really mean that though if the option came..
I’d love a group of martial/sancho/Lingard/Rashford/Pogba to drive us forward.
Pulisic "supports" or I guess used to support Man Utd all of his life and he just signed for Chelsea. It would only make sense that we get a player who wanted to join Chelsea. Just kidding... As for Sancho, I think he's good but he's not worth the 100m that's being touted for him.
Like the early post, Pepe/ Sanchez/ Lukaku/ Rashford/ Martial and Lingard..... It wouldn't matter who was injured, we would still be beating teams left and right. Pepe will only get better... If Chelsea lose Hazard to Real this summer, they will go in search for another winger.... Pepe could be on their radar.
Ed seriously needs to take notice of the need for a RW and have some sort of a pre-contract in place.
Does anyone else feel that when they are watching Pepe he’s never really in control of the ball? Just feel like he is always getting past people due to lucky breaks of the ball or he is just stretching to get things. It’s all very chaotic, just not entirely convinced he has the ability to play for a big team.
When I’ve watched him I felt that his biggest strength was his control of the ball. I get how you see it’s lucky breaks when dribbling but what I see is that it is his style and it’s extremely effective and unique. His ability to present the ball to a defender and then take a touch or dragback or ball roll to get past them with a burst of acceleration is of a high quality, and it works almost every time. It’s a joy to watch down the right.
Bring Nicolas Pépé to Man Utd.
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Pépé looks very good with his stats like Thauvin but when you see him plays, he's average like Nkoudou 
I saw a lot of amazing young players in L1 ( Ronaldinho, Benzema, Nasri, Hazard, Varane, Verratti, Marquinhos, Martial, Bernardo Silva, Rabiot,Umtiti, Tolisso, Dembele, Lemar, Mbappé... ) but also a lot of fraud like Menez, Ben Arfa, Gourcuff, M'vila, Sakho, Fekir, Thauvin, Maxime Lopez, Nkoudou, Bakayoko, Tielemans and now Pépé
one season wonder in the worst Ligue 1 since the 70's.
I saw a lot of amazing young players in L1 ( Ronaldinho, Benzema, Nasri, Hazard, Varane, Verratti, Marquinhos, Martial, Bernardo Silva, Rabiot,Umtiti, Tolisso, Dembele, Lemar, Mbappé... ) but also a lot of fraud like Menez, Ben Arfa, Gourcuff, M'vila, Sakho, Fekir, Thauvin, Maxime Lopez, Nkoudou, Bakayoko, Tielemans and now Pépé
one season wonder in the worst Ligue 1 since the 70's.
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From his YouTube yeah. He looks strong and quick but sancho is on a different level skill wise already. He’s English and could become the best English player of his generation. This is the kind of player United Always traditionally were in for
No we couldn't recoup our fee. There are literally maybe 4 teams in the world that could pay 75 million and he is not good enough to start for any of them. We would never sell to City so you can drop that list down to 3 (Barca. PSG and RM). Bayern would never pay that kind of money for any player and Juve have Ronaldo and are a bunch of cheap mofos anyway.
Agree to disagree let's wait for summer If Lukaku is on the market we won't be booking loss on him, Chelsea were ready to pay big fee for him and there could be other teams who might become interested as well if we decide to sell him .
If Higuain flops I could see Chelsea paying us what we paid for him.
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