To be honest Romano is the only one who have constant faith or perhaps solid knowledge we'll actually do something about midfield this year.Fabrizio said we have in contact for 24 hours and he's in our list. That means there is something on it. And if it's true he's available on loan with option to buy that could be a good strategy for midfield transfer. If it doesn't work out then we don't need to active the clause.
We don't know how Tuchel would use him. There's a good chance that he is 3rd choice behind Kante and Jorginho, potentially 4th choice behind Kovacic. Tuchel rotates a lot so even being 4th choice I think he would get minutes.
It's constantly been reported he doesn't want to come here. That's probably the reason we're moving on to other players.To be honest Romano is the only one who have constant faith or perhaps solid knowledge we'll actually do something about midfield this year.
Competition for Camavinga must be overwhelming if we're starting contact with other clubs and their players... perhaps we'll contact Neves soon as it's getting closer to deadline day.
Meh. Not really a deep-lying midfielder and doesn't replace Fred in the lineup. Also doesn't allow us to use Pogba deeper.
Tchouameni, Saul, Neves. If we won't at least try for these three, we should try Bissouma bid near deadline day before we'll totally give up on midfield this year.It's constantly been reported he doesn't want to come here. That's probably the reason we're moving on to other players.
I wouldn't ask for stupid transfer fees.
10m for Lingard
15m for James
10m for Fred
Me neither; the Saul I knew of would have been a no-brainer to acquire, but if he’s dropped off since then, I can see why clubs are waiting the window out to get him on the cheap.I haven't seen him play for a number of years, but from what I remember, he's the perfect player to help implement a high tempo play style. And I think if we signed both Saul and Camavinga (doubtful) then a double pivot of Saul and Camavinga could potentially work, and in conjunction with Bruno, Pogba, Sancho, Cavani could be the making of a fantastic team with high functionality.
Tchouameni, Saul, Neves. If we won't at least try for these three, we should try Bissouma bid near deadline day before we'll totally give up on midfield this year.
It's not looking good, I honestly thought this summer we're having wide choice of candidates for our midfield and time to comfortably pick the right one after smooth deal for Varane.
It‘s Matic you should hope to never see out there again, not Fred.Meh. Not really a deep-lying midfielder and doesn't replace Fred in the lineup. Also doesn't allow us to use Pogba deeper.
Where he won't play also?? Weird cry wanking going on in hereOur manager won't play him anyways. He will go to Chelsea
I wonder how people believe this.We don't have any money left though without selling some players. And we can't sell them due to wage demands.
Bissouma is probably going to cost a club 45m minimum.
How will he get minutes in a team that has Kovacic, Mount, Jorginho and Kante ahead of him? He's only got to be better than Matic to get a game for us.He'll go to Chelsea as a rotation option next to Kovacic. They are short in numbers and it makes a lot more sense for them than United.
We do have the money most likely but we probably have to hold some back if we want Haaland or Mbappe next summer. They won't come cheap, we don't have limitless oil moneyI wonder how people believe this.
Agreed.Me neither; the Saul I knew of would have been a no-brainer to acquire, but if he’s dropped off since then, I can see why clubs are waiting the window out to get him on the cheap.
But we’ve left things so late now that getting him in as a body is far more desirable than having the window close and going in with what we’ve got.
We don't have any money left though without selling some players. And we can't sell them due to wage demands.
Bissouma is probably going to cost a club 45m minimum.
Varane deal shouldn't drain us completely, while we're probably still short on funds for one more big signing... perhaps if we didn't give Jones and Matić new contracts this shouldn't be such a problem now.We don't have any money left though without selling some players. And we can't sell them due to wage demands.
Bissouma is probably going to cost a club 45m minimum.
How will he get minutes in a team that has Kovacic, Mount, Jorginho and Kante ahead of him? He's only got to be better than Matic to get a game for us.
Matic's performance at the weekend might just be rustiness, or it could mean his legs are truly gone. In which case we're going into this season with Fred, McTominay and maybe VDB as our midfield options. Even if Saul doesn't look like he'd solve our DM problem, at least he'll be another option for us to use in midfield.
Why does everyone want to replace Fred when, when he came off at the weekend, it all went to pot in midfield.
Why do you want to move Pogba deeper when he's been playing incredible well in the free roam role?
United don't have any money left?
Wake up.
Yeah sure, but it’s akin to any of us going on a shopping trip with a peripheral budget, a: ‘I really like this but I shouldn’t be spending so much’ and then a: ‘I’ll have to tighten the purse strings for a few months if I fork out for this’ scenario. We’re not struggling on a £50m outlay paid over a number of years, where of course, you turn it to the eye-watering amounts at the top end of the market, and you could even expect us to bow out of the market for a while, but for literal selling to buy.We do have the money most likely but we probably have to hold some back if we want Haaland or Mbappe next summer. They won't come cheap, we don't have limitless oil money
I wouldn't ask for stupid transfer fees.
10m for Lingard
15m for James
10m for Fred
Badly needed. Not only to save McFred from burnout, but also to stop us stuffing Pogba into a role to bail out those two because we’ve got nobody else to play there.Agreed.
But it does look like we're looking to sign someone for the midfield, which is a positive in itself. And that could really galvanize us as a collective if we can bring someone in who can knit it all together from midfield.
And Pogba. He’s still a better CM than any of our others and as good as he has played on the LW he can still make great passes from the CM position.
I’d have much rather seen Pogba Fred at the weekend with Sancho, James, Greenwood, Martial etc up front than Matic playing.
Yeah sure, but it’s akin to any of us going on a shopping trip with a peripheral budget, a: ‘I really like this but I shouldn’t be spending so much’ and then a: ‘I’ll have to tighten the purse strings for a few months if I fork out for this’ scenario. We’re not struggling on a £50m outlay paid over a number of years, where of course, you turn it to the eye-watering amounts at the top end of the market, and you could even expect us to bow out of the market for a while, but for literal selling to buy.
We’ve done superb business up to this point in time this window; we’re not beyond the peripheral budget stage as the Sancho money and deal was planned for from last summer - we’ve even done better out of that than if we got him for the figures touted last summer, actually.
I think if we get the green light on a specific player we want, outside of brinkmanship with the selling club to get him for the best price possible, we’ll have no hesitation in snapping him up, sales made, or not.
We've spent over 100 million on 2 players that are likely on some of the highest wages. It's not crazy to think that we recoup some cash on a bloated squad before we invest further. Even chelsea and city operate like this....
I still think he is a good player and it would probably be beneficial to him moving on. Simeone has that habit of running players into the ground and Saul has also constantly been moved around, with him not really having a fixed position due to his versatility. On top of that he is 26, he could have his best years ahead of him or just about enter his prime. There are other players I'd prefer, but at this point I'd be happy with anyone that isn't Matic.
