- Maguire is good in a three. It would be wrong to discount him from the depth chart.
- Shaw, while having fitness issues, is also perfectly adept playing in the left of a three.
- We will add another CB I am sure, but Evans and Lindelof are reasonable squad players for such a system.
- Mazroui could very well play on the right of a 3, if needed. He's defensively astute enough, and has great mobility.
- Getting Yoro back fit is a must. I think it's fairly obvious to all that we will be going in for Inacio next summer. We wanted him already, but now with Amorim...Inacio was probably his most important player.
- Based on what Amorim has done to date, I think one wingback will be more defensively minded than the other. The other is likely to be more of a winger.
- That said, Dalot will suffice for either side (depending whether he wants the player inverted or not).
- On the opposing side I think we will see a hard working winger. Garnacho is the obvious candidate, but it also potentially opens a door for Antony.
- On the "winger" side, we could also see Amad as an option. Although I think he's far more likely to play as one of the two AMs.
- From what I have learned of his system, Ugarte and Mainoo are perfect for his midfield base, and a rejuventated Casemiro is an asset too. I think we are a CM light. Eriksen will have to be used, but I don't think he has the legs for it. Adding a player like Ederson next summer, will feature highly in our wish list.
- The two AMs are key to his whole set up, and in Amad, Bruno and Mount, I think we have three players who fit his system down to a tee. They check all his boxes, close control, work rate, movement. This is potentially a big chance for Mount, if he can sort his fitness out. He's made for this system.
- Hojlund is an ideal striker for the role Amorim looks for up front, and I am excited by the prospect of him getting service. Think we have a real player on our hands there, and he'll thrive with two AMs behind him, looking to feed him the ball at every opportunity.
- I don't think Zirkzee fits at all, anymore. If he does, it's as an AM. The second choice striker is more likely to be Rashford.
- Speaking of Rashford, he looks like the biggest loser to me. The only two places where I see he fits into the line up is at wingback(winger), but he doesn't have the defensive wits or work rate, and as a striker, running the channels and in behind.
- I don't think Rashford fits the AM role well at all, although at this point I think any player can surprise under the right conditions and motivations.
There will definitely be some adjustments over the summer, as there should be, but I think the squad is actually very good for Amorim's preferred system. The biggest question marks for me are in the wing-back positions, and it's hard to answer that, until we see what he actually wants from those players. People hear wing back and they think Dalot, Mazroui, Shaw etc., but I don't think Amorim plays two full backs out there and tells them to get forward more. I think he plays one offensively minded fullback, and one defensively minded winger - in terms of the profile of player and the natural inclinations of their game.
