Solskjaer target 5 signings; 6 players could leave [BBC, Telegraph, Guardian]

[SER19]

If this were to come close to fruition based on who we are linked with most and players we know look likely to go elsewhere our window could be something like

Daniel James
Aron Wan Bissaka
Harry Maguire (I expect a cheap alternate)
Bruno Fernandes
Sean Longstaff

If we were to get rid of (Valencia, herrera, Fellaini, darmian, other) it's not a bad 5 in 5 out for this half of the year.

Though a lot rests on pogba and lukaku and if we go cheap on a centre half I think we will pay dearly next season

 

[captain666]

If this were to come close to fruition based on who we are linked with most and players we know look likely to go elsewhere our window could be something like

Daniel James
Aron Wan Bissaka
Harry Maguire (I expect a cheap alternate)
Bruno Fernandes
Sean Longstaff

If we were to get rid of (Valencia, herrera, Fellaini, darmian, other) it's not a bad 5 in 5 out for this half of the year.

Though a lot rests on pogba and lukaku and if we go cheap on a centre half I think we will pay dearly next season

I'd go along with 4 of your choices but don't think Maguire will join although we definitely need someone in that position.Would add Tierney to that list as attainable and affordable,problem is that Woodward moves at glacial speed and needs a month to get one player over the line.
What's more concerning is the lack of exits!

 

[elnorte]

If this were to come close to fruition based on who we are linked with most and players we know look likely to go elsewhere our window could be something like

Daniel James
Aron Wan Bissaka
Harry Maguire (I expect a cheap alternate)
Bruno Fernandes
Sean Longstaff

If we were to get rid of (Valencia, herrera, Fellaini, darmian, other) it's not a bad 5 in 5 out for this half of the year.

Though a lot rests on pogba and lukaku and if we go cheap on a centre half I think we will pay dearly next season

Bleak

 

[Ikon]

If this were to come close to fruition based on who we are linked with most and players we know look likely to go elsewhere our window could be something like

Daniel James
Aron Wan Bissaka
Harry Maguire (I expect a cheap alternate)
Bruno Fernandes
Sean Longstaff

To be fair,
I think Dan James is an exciting prospect and I like what the club has done there.
Wan-Bissaka is a signing that I am 100% on board with.
Bruno Fernandes, again an exciting signing, and would give us goals and creativity from midfield.
Harry Maguire, I'm not totally on board with, but if we are prepared to spend big on a CB and can land a better option, I'D be delighted.
Sean Longstaff, similarly to Dan James, is a look to the future, and he is very talented, so I'm not opposed, even though I do feel that we need an immediate first team impact.

If come August we had signed 5 players, and they were
RB - Wan Bissaka
CB - Koulibaly
MF - Bruno Fernandes

With James & Longstaff raising competition for places that wouldn't be such a bad window afterall.

It'd also be great if Darmian, Rojo, Jones & Lukaku were shipped off too.

 

[dove]

To be fair,
I think Dan James is an exciting prospect and I like what the club has done there.
Wan-Bissaka is a signing that I am 100% on board with.
Bruno Fernandes, again an exciting signing, and would give us goals and creativity from midfield.
Harry Maguire, I'm not totally on board with, but if we are prepared to spend big on a CB and can land a better option, I'D be delighted.
Sean Longstaff, similarly to Dan James, is a look to the future, and he is very talented, so I'm not opposed, even though I do feel that we need an immediate first team impact.

If come August we had signed 5 players, and they were
RB - Wan Bissaka
CB - Koulibaly
MF - Bruno Fernandes

With James & Longstaff raising competition for places that wouldn't be such a bad window afterall.

It'd also be great if Darmian, Rojo, Jones & Lukaku were shipped off too.

If we sell Lukaku and don't replace him, it would be a seriously terrible window.

 

[NinjaFletch]

If this were to come close to fruition based on who we are linked with most and players we know look likely to go elsewhere our window could be something like

Daniel James
Aron Wan Bissaka
Harry Maguire (I expect a cheap alternate)
Bruno Fernandes
Sean Longstaff

If we were to get rid of (Valencia, herrera, Fellaini, darmian, other) it's not a bad 5 in 5 out for this half of the year.

Though a lot rests on pogba and lukaku and if we go cheap on a centre half I think we will pay dearly next season

If we did have that summer, what would your expectations be for the season?

 

[Ikon]

If we sell Lukaku and don't replace him, it would be a seriously terrible window.

No I don't necessarily agree.
Lukaku isn't going to take us where we want to be, and is a player that we need rid of.
Take the money and plough it into a CB if we cannot get a RW attacker with it.

 

[Lash]

No I don't necessarily agree.
Lukaku isn't going to take us where we want to be, and is a player that we need rid of.
Take the money and plough it into a CB if we cannot get a RW attacker with it.

It would be a gamble though. It would require Martial, Rashford and even Greenwood to pick up the goals he did get and more if we're to improve.

 

[Ikon]

It would be a gamble though. It would require Martial, Rashford and even Greenwood to pick up the goals he did get and more if we're to improve.

Yes its a gamble, and they would have to step up to the task, and live up to their potential. For both Martial and Rashford, this will be their 5th season in our first team squad, and both already have 170 appearences. Its time to deliver.

But also if Pogba can be persuaded to stay and we can sign Bruno Fernandes, we should hopefully be far more creative and have more goals coming from midfield.

 

[Maradona10]

No I don't necessarily agree.
Lukaku isn't going to take us where we want to be, and is a player that we need rid of.
Take the money and plough it into a CB if we cannot get a RW attacker with it.

He still scored 49 goals in two seasons, rashford hasnt done anything close to that, need to have an option at least.

 

[dove]

No I don't necessarily agree.
Lukaku isn't going to take us where we want to be, and is a player that we need rid of.
Take the money and plough it into a CB if we cannot get a RW attacker with it.

Disagree. Selling our only striker who can score goals would be a terrible mistake. Believing Rashford and Martial will step up is like expecting Jones to stop getting injured. Not gonna happen.

 

[Freak]

At least get a CB and Bruno in and we will be in better shape than last year.

——Martial——Rashford——James (Dalot)
—————Pogba———Bruno——————-
————————Fred (MacTom)—————
Shaw———CB———Lindelof————AWB
————-————De Gea————————

We had a good triangle of Martial,Pogba,Shaw on our left side last season. If we can have that with James,Bruno,AWB on the right side as well, we will will be much more of a threat. Plus a competent centre back who can organise things as the back as well.

 

[Ikon]

Disagree. Selling our only striker who can score goals would be a terrible mistake. Believing Rashford and Martial will step up is like expecting Jones to stop getting injured. Not gonna happen.

In that case, if these two can't step up to the plate and score at least 20 per season each, over 60 matches then what's their purpose?

They are both young, but experienced, full Internationals, if they can't deliver more than a dozen goals across a whole season, sell them.

 

[SER19]

If we did have that summer, what would your expectations be for the season?

Top 4 and better football

 

[SER19]

At least get a CB and Bruno in and we will be in better shape than last year.

——Martial——Rashford——James (Dalot)
—————Pogba———Bruno——————-
————————Fred (MacTom)—————
Shaw———CB———Lindelof————AWB
————-————De Gea————————

We had a good triangle of Martial,Pogba,Shaw on our left side last season. If we can have that with James,Bruno,AWB on the right side as well, we will will be much more of a threat. Plus a competent centre back who can organise things as the back as well.

Agree. If its a top Centre back and next summer saw the resolution of pogba situation plus a top right winger. Solskjaer rebuild is at least 2 years with year 3 seeing product of his work, assuming we are improving as we go

 

[red4ever 79]

Agree. If its a top Centre back and next summer saw the resolution of pogba situation plus a top right winger. Solskjaer rebuild is at least 2 years with year 3 seeing product of his work, assuming we are improving as we go

Think we still look hopeless in attack. Who is going to actually score goals for us?

 

[Gasolin]

Which EPL games? The 20 odd minutes he's played?

Doesn’t it say something that Greenwood can make it to the bench but not Gomes? And yes, those few minutes where the youngsters have to show promises to impress the manager are what I’m taking about. Do you think they get many chances when they don’t impress on those minuets? Since when did it work that way?

 

[SER19]

Think we still look hopeless in attack. Who is going to actually score goals for us?

I might be foolish but if we actually see a better unit and full backs with more functional middle 3 eg fernandes added, then I think lukaku martial rashford can score goals

 

[Craig Ward]

If we sell Lukaku and don't replace him, it would be a seriously terrible window.

Lukaku looks likely to leave, I think that's more of less a given.

For a central striker as a replacement, I've only seen the odd link with Dembele of Lyon and today Ben-Yedder from Sevilla.

Lukaku doesn't fit into Ole's plans, and if we want to be successful we have to adapt to Ole's style and transfer wishes.

I suspect Ole is suffering what the previous managers had - the boards incompetence to get deals done quickly.

The lack of outgoings is my biggest worry

 

[red4ever 79]

I might be foolish but if we actually see a better unit and full backs with more functional middle 3 eg fernandes added, then I think lukaku martial rashford can score goals

You are not foolish. I am just going off what I have seen. Rashford is overrated and inconsistent, Lukaku whilst he can score goals doesnt have the all round game to fit into a fluid moving system. Martial whilst talented appears to be quite lazy

 

[Canagel]

At least get a CB and Bruno in and we will be in better shape than last year.

——Martial——Rashford——James (Dalot)
—————Pogba———Bruno——————-
————————Fred (MacTom)—————
Shaw———CB———Lindelof————AWB
————-————De Gea————————

We had a good triangle of Martial,Pogba,Shaw on our left side last season. If we can have that with James,Bruno,AWB on the right side as well, we will will be much more of a threat. Plus a competent centre back who can organise things as the back as well.

Rashford as 9 is doomed for failure. We need a new 9. Martial or new signing- players that can finish properly. And get a RW to make James/Rashford rotate on left.

James/Rashford -- Martial/new 9 - new RW​

 

[dove]

Lukaku looks likely to leave, I think that's more of less a given.

For a central striker as a replacement, I've only seen the odd link with Dembele of Lyon and today Ben-Yedder from Sevilla.

Lukaku doesn't fit into Ole's plans, and if we want to be successful we have to adapt to Ole's style and transfer wishes.

I suspect Ole is suffering what the previous managers had - the boards incompetence to get deals done quickly.

The lack of outgoings is my biggest worry

I don't mind Lukaku leaving, I don't think he is good enough for us but we cannot rely on Rashford and Martial to step it up as it won't happen. Our basic inability to sell players is shocking to be fair, I wouldn't be surprised if we fail to get rid of Darmian, Rojo and one of Bailly/Jones again.

 

[Ikon]

Rashford as 9 is doomed for failure. We need a new 9. Martial or new signing. And get a RW to make James/Rashford rotate on left.

As I keep saying, if Rashford and Martial cannot score 20 a season each, then what exactly is their purpose?
Time to step up and deliver!

 

[Craig Ward]

I don't mind Lukaku leaving, I don't think he is good enough for us but we cannot rely on Rashford and Martial to step it up as it won't happen. Our basic inability to sell players is shocking to be fair, I wouldn't be surprised if we fail to get rid of Darmian, Rojo and one of Bailly/Jones again.

I hear you.

Jones new contract scares me, as if we would get a decent fee for him if we were looking to sell anyway?

The list of players that need to leave is scary.

I can genuinely see Lukaku leaving and the central striker role being shared between Rashford 91st choice) and Martial/Sanchez on rotation.

I can only see Lukaku and Darmian leaving.

Why we need to keep Bailly/Rojo/Sanchez/Lingard/Jones is beyond me

 

[beingshe7don]

We severely lack leaders in the team and people who lose hope when we are playing crappy football. Bruno could be one of them. We need our next CB or CDM to motivate the team when we go onto the field.

 

[UNITED ACADEMY]

If we sell Lukaku and don't replace him, it would be a seriously terrible window.

Just need to put more faith in martial, rashford, Sanchez & Greenwood.

Chelsea went to 3rd place with Higuain & Giroud as their strikers and both scored less than Rashford Martial

 

[dove]

Just need to put more faith in martial, rashford, Sanchez & Greenwood.

Chelsea went to 3rd place with Higuain & Giroud as their strikers and both scored less than Rashford Martial

I think it's the last thing we need to do

 

[JoaquinJoaquin]

Rashford as 9 is doomed for failure. We need a new 9. Martial or new signing- players that can finish properly. And get a RW to make James/Rashford rotate on left.

James/Rashford -- Martial/new 9 - new RW​

Ole has said Rashford will be the number 9 next season, so expecting otherwise is just a pipe dream to be honest.

 

[UNITED ACADEMY]

I think it's the last thing we need to do

We have no choice.

 

[bond19821982]

Just need to put more faith in martial, rashford, Sanchez & Greenwood.

Chelsea went to 3rd place with Higuain & Giroud as their strikers and both scored less than Rashford Martial

As good as saying RM won 3 CLs when they had Benzema as forward.

 

[dove]

We have no choice.

We do have a choice. Stop blindly putting faith into mediocre and average players who have zero signs of justifying that faith. Players like Lingard, Jones, Bailly, Young, Rojo should have been long gone but instead we are blindly trusting them to have a better next season. We tried playing with Rashford/Martial as number 9 and every single time it was a disaster, there are 0 signs it will magically start working.

 

[Hernandez - BFA]

If our next signing is a midfielder in the ilk of Bruno Fernandes, then this could already turn out to be an excellent summer - especially given the slow start.

 

[devilish]

If our next signing is a midfielder in the ilk of Bruno Fernandes, then this could already turn out to be an excellent summer - especially given the slow start.

We've been losing too many CMs lately with Fellaini and Herrera. I think we'll need more then just 1 midfielder to sort that position out.

 

[Valencia's Left Foot]

Disagree. Selling our only striker who can score goals would be a terrible mistake. Believing Rashford and Martial will step up is like expecting Jones to stop getting injured. Not gonna happen.

Agree. United cannot sell Lukaku without a replacement. Not saying we have to depend on him as a guaranteed front line starter, but as we saw from Ole's initial winning streak, Lukaku can score loads of goals in batches to help win games. He's too streaky for my liking and not what we need for build-up play, but until we add a replacement, we need those goals. Depending on Rashford and Martial to pick up the load to that extent is way too risky IMO.

 

[Jericholyte2]

Two more signings for a diamond 4-4-2?

De Gea
AWB CB Lindelof Shaw
McTominey
Fred Pogba
Fernandes
Rashford Martial

???

 

[Valencia's Left Foot]

Lukaku looks likely to leave, I think that's more of less a given.

For a central striker as a replacement, I've only seen the odd link with Dembele of Lyon and today Ben-Yedder from Sevilla.

Lukaku doesn't fit into Ole's plans, and if we want to be successful we have to adapt to Ole's style and transfer wishes.

I suspect Ole is suffering what the previous managers had - the boards incompetence to get deals done quickly.

The lack of outgoings is my biggest worry

I don't think Lukaku has to be replaced with a central striker necessarily, a RW that can score would work if we are going to try Rash or Martial up top.

 

[Hernandez - BFA]

We've been losing too many CMs lately with Fellaini and Herrera. I think we'll need more then just 1 midfielder to sort that position out.

Of course, but I meant our next signing. Not only. We’ve signed two promising players which I’m very excited about - now let’s go out there and sign a player in a higher bracket.

 

[devilish]

Of course, but I meant our next signing. Not only. We’ve signed two promising players which I’m very excited about - now let’s go out there and sign a player in a higher bracket.

Assuming that AWB's deal is done and dusted then we need at least 4 other players to do well ie CB, 2 midfielders and a RW. If Lukaku, Pogba or DDG leave then they need to be replaced adequately as well.

 

[Lash]

We've been losing too many CMs lately with Fellaini and Herrera. I think we'll need more then just 1 midfielder to sort that position out.

Yep, we definitely need two. Can't decide if they should both be creative, or one creative, one DM though.

 

[matherto]

I have a sneaky feeling we'll get Bale on deadline day in a loan.

Nothing suggests we actually will but it's just there.

Nothing to suggest he'd be worth it either but I can see it.