Summer Signings 2024

Todibo and maybe Olise are ones I imagine we'll sign. The latter just because there has been a lot of noise around this but I don't think it's a sensible signing by any stretch (signing a player for a position where we're stacked when clearly a left winger is what's needed).

Todibo makes sense due to the Nice links and our actual needs though.

I also think we'll loan a striker and maybe sign a cheap left back too.
 
shayanr said:
Just having a bit of FM fun here tbh.

1. Todibo 40m
2. Hermoso (Free)
3. Tosin (Free)
4. Gutierrez 30m
5. Amrabat 15m
6. Ederson 50m
7. Olise 50m
8. Eze 40m
9. Toney 30m

Total = 255m

Players to leave/sell:

1. Lindelof 20m
2. Evans (leave)
3. Varane (leave)
4. Eriksen (leave)
5. Mctominay 20m
6. Martial (leave)
7. Antony 35m
8. Sancho 30m
9. Greenwood 30m
10. Alvaro 5m
11. Pellistri 10m
12. Williams 10m
13. VDB 10m

Total = 170m
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You will be lucky to get a fee for VDB and Williams is out of contract. You won't get those fee's for Pellistri, Antony, Sancho or Lindelof too...

You have to also be aware that even if we got that cash, it wouldn't create that same gap for FFP because of their remaining book value. I also think your estimates for Eze & Toney are crazy...
 
ROFLUTION said:
Onana has had around 4-6 clangers this season you think that's normal?
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Pretty normal considering dire tactics at times, terrible midfield and a defense that has been unable to stop a million shots a game going at the keeper.

Any keeper would be exposed to the extent that Onana has considering all mitigating factors.

Needs another season, and us to to be... I don't know... Better, in a lot of other areas
 
Out
Varane, Lindelof, Williams, Casemiro, Van de Beek, Sancho, Greenwood, Martial

In
Todibo, Adarabioyo, Ait-Nouri, Neves, Amrabat/Rabiot, Guirassy

I’d be happy with that summers work.

If Maguire leaves, we could have a go for Branthwaite and in the slim chance some sucker would take Antony off our hands, we could go for Olise.

Otherwise I’d be happy with this squad for next year:

Onana
Dalot Todibo Martinez Shaw
Neves Mainoo
Amad Bruno Garnacho
Hojlund

Bayindir, Heaton, AWB, Tosin, Maguire,
Ait-Nouri, Amrabat, Mount, McTominay,
Antony, Rashford, Guirassy​
 
Andersonson said:
Not sure if you're serious or not, but if you are that statement is borderline crazy
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If you're talking about sentence about Shaw, he's absolutely the best left back in the league when fit. Southgate invited him although he is not even fit.
If you're talking about sentence about Dalot, it's my opinion that Dalot has been one of the 2 best players that we had this season, and best 2-3 right full backs in the league. So, I'd be very happy with an equivalent of him on the left. He got the award for the best player of the season from players too.
 
The spine of the team.

We need 2x CB's and 2x CM's.

Also a striker.

A lot depends on just how many players we can get out of the door. We have a LONG list of players who don't really fit long term.
Must sell:
Maguire
Lindelof
Casemiro
AWB
Donny
Eriksen
Hannibal
McTominey
Pellestri

We also have players leaving, Varane, Williams, Martial, Evans out of contract. Amrabat's loan is up.

I wouldn't be averse to Rashford and/or Anthony being sold also but there is a lot of traffic needed to overhaul this squad.

It's extremely unlikely we can do the work needed in one window. So we are going to have to stick with some of the current squad, albeit not ideal.

But we had a shocking season. Injuries aside, we just did not play well consistently at all. The cup win masks some of it but realistically we need drastic work to keep up with the top 6.

CB and CM are essential. Our 2 weakest areas by far.
 
diarm said:
Out
Varane, Lindelof, Williams, Casemiro, Van de Beek, Sancho, Greenwood, Martial

In
Todibo, Adarabioyo, Ait-Nouri, Neves, Amrabat/Rabiot, Guirassy

I’d be happy with that summers work.

If Maguire leaves, we could have a go for Branthwaite and in the slim chance some sucker would take Antony off our hands, we could go for Olise.

Otherwise I’d be happy with this squad for next year:

Onana
Dalot Todibo Martinez Shaw
Neves Mainoo
Amad Bruno Garnacho
Hojlund

Bayindir, Heaton, AWB, Tosin, Maguire,
Ait-Nouri, Amrabat, Mount, McTominay,
Antony, Rashford, Guirassy​
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replace Olise for Amad and that makes it a much better attacking group of players both in the starting XI and the bench
 
bosskeano said:
replace Olise for Amad and that makes it a much better attacking group of players both in the starting XI and the bench
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Without selling Antony (which is unlikely), I’m not sure we’ll have the funds to get Olise and fill the other gaps in the squad.

Todibo, Ait-Nouri and Neves wouldn’t come cheap.
 
I wish we have someone like Beppe Marotta. This season, he offloaded dozens Inter player but still manage to build a winning team while spending a little.
 
diarm said:
Without selling Antony (which is unlikely), I’m not sure we’ll have the funds to get Olise and fill the other gaps in the squad.

Todibo, Ait-Nouri and Neves wouldn’t come cheap.
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Olise is more of a priority IMO taht Ait-Nouri

we need to find goals in this team b/c Antony and Amad haven't shown they can be relied upon to score goals
 
Neves, Todibo, Ait Nouri or the LB at Lille, Guirassy and Doue.

That would be some summer. I don’t see it but that would transform the squad.

Neves 80
Todibo 40 or Yoro 60
LB 20-50 depending on who
Guirassy : release is under 20
Doue: under 50 as he is in the final year of his contract (I’m fairly sure)

about 250 million minus outgoings and wage slash.

Out
McT 15-25
Sancho 50
Antony 40
Maguire 15 (I would keep him)
Casemiro 35
Rashford 60 plus if he goes
Greenwood 40/50
Pellistri 10
Hannibal 10
Lindelof 15
Malacia 10
Donny ?

It’s actually profitable if we sell Rashford. I would give him one more season though against my better judgement

I am glad we have serious football operator's behind the scenes because this summer is going to be really tricky with the euros and the expected level of turnover at the club.
 
bosskeano said:
Olise is more of a priority IMO taht Ait-Nouri

we need to find goals in this team b/c Antony and Amad haven't shown they can be relied upon to score goals
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We've literally just played an entire season without a left back.

Amad hasn't had a chance to show he can be relied upon consistently. Antony is poor but I'll be shocked if we can find a buyer for him this summer and we also have the Sancho situation to resolve. If we can get Rashford back into some decent form, Garnacho is another a live option on the right.

Don't get me wrong - I'd love a new right sided forward. I just think centre back, centre mid, left back and a back up striker are more pressing concerns.

There's also the fact that Olise himself has had his issues with injury.
 
tidraKS said:
If you're talking about sentence about Shaw, he's absolutely the best left back in the league when fit. Southgate invited him although he is not even fit.
If you're talking about sentence about Dalot, it's my opinion that Dalot has been one of the 2 best players that we had this season, and best 2-3 right full backs in the league. So, I'd be very happy with an equivalent of him on the left. He got the award for the best player of the season from players too.
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Shaw is not the best LB in the league... Is he the english left back? Yes maybe, but not in the prem. Thats a crazy statement. Robertson is far better to name one
 
Blood Mage said:
I hope we have a smart window rather than an expensive one. A few suggestions:

CB: Maxence Lacroix - Wolfsburg (40m release clause)
LB: David Raum - Leipzig (35-40m)
CM: Ederson - Atalanta (45-50m)
ST: Guirassy - Stuttgart (20m release clause)
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We don't do release clauses, the club prefer to through their own evaluation on players instead.
 
Andersonson said:
Not sure if you're serious or not, but if you are that statement is borderline crazy
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Is it? Shaw was arguably the best LB in the league last season. Of course we don't know if he'll get back to that level after this season, but getting a LB with such a complete skillset as Shaw has would be hard.
 
Finally, the actual football season is over and the most important one is about to start. Who cares what happens on the pitch, nothing better than being on that train.
 
Von Mistelroum said:
Todibo and maybe Olise are ones I imagine we'll sign. The latter just because there has been a lot of noise around this but I don't think it's a sensible signing by any stretch (signing a player for a position where we're stacked when clearly a left winger is what's needed).

Todibo makes sense due to the Nice links and our actual needs though.

I also think we'll loan a striker and maybe sign a cheap left back too.
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Man you really have high hopes huh
 
bosskeano said:
Olise is more of a priority IMO taht Ait-Nouri

we need to find goals in this team b/c Antony and Amad haven't shown they can be relied upon to score goals
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Amad got a total of 500 minutes with only 3 starts this year (and actually had 2 goals and an assist). He hasn't shown anything either way apart from great potential, lumping him in with Antony is stupid
 
Again we need a whole bunch of players, at least one LB, one CB, 2 CMs and one striker. Ideally we would add a right winger as well but I think we'll get 3-4 players if lucky.
 
Valencia Shin Crosses said:
Amad got a total of 500 minutes with only 3 starts this year (and actually had 2 goals and an assist). He hasn't shown anything either way apart from great potential, lumping him in with Antony is stupid
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and acting like we can rely on him to be a regular scorer is stupid
 
Suppose we sign only 3 and these are the positions we need

GK, LB, CB, CDM, CM, CF

Which of the 3 positions will you prioritize and who should we sign in those.
 
RedBanker said:
Suppose we sign only 3 and these are the positions we need

GK, LB, CB, CDM, CM, CF

Which of the 3 positions will you prioritize and who should we sign in those.
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If we can only have 3 then it’s CB, CDM and CF. Then we have to hope a left back can stay fit for more than a month next year.
 
bosskeano said:
and acting like we can rely on him to be a regular scorer is stupid
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We cant' rely on ANYONE to be a regular scorer with how the team functions right now, but my point is ruling him out of not being able to produce goals given his finishing ability he's shown in the past is stupid. I certainly wouldn't group him with Antony
 
Valencia Shin Crosses said:
We cant' rely on ANYONE to be a regular scorer with how the team functions right now, but my point is ruling him out of not being able to produce goals given his finishing ability he's shown in the past is stupid. I certainly wouldn't group him with Antony
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antony has gotten himself into positions where he could score and doesn't without even hitting the target...on top of that, he's shown to be quite poor in 1v1 situations and slows down the game

Olise is significantly better in 1v1 situations and taking on players...selling antony would be the smart move
 
bosskeano said:
antony has gotten himself into positions where he could score and doesn't without even hitting the target...on top of that, he's shown to be quite poor in 1v1 situations and slows down the game

Olise is significantly better in 1v1 situations and taking on players...selling antony would be the smart move
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I'm agreeing with you? Just saying putting Amad in the same bracket as Antony as "Players that can't score goals" is unfair (and inaccurate based on what Amad has shown in his short career here and at Sunderland). Yes Antony is an absymal player in the final third/box as he struggles to pick the right/creative pass and can't finish well even on his strong side.

I'd be happy bringing Olise in although personally I'd prefer having Garnacho/Amad be the right sided attackers and signings someone that can dominate the LW and push Rashford. There just isn't as obvious of a candidate for that as there is for the right side like Olise so doubt it happens.
 
Positional priorities for me are:-

CDM
CB
RW
LB
ST

So we need a minimum of 5 players IMO:-

Pallinha (Fulham - £40m), Todibo (Nice - £40m), Olise (Palace - £60m), Hernandez (AC Milan - £50m), Guirassy (Stuttgart - £20m)

£210m spent which i think we can get back with sales of Maguire, Mctominay, Rashford, Antony, Greenwood, Sancho.

I'd also like us to sign Archie Gray from Leeds who can cover at RB and CM if I am allowed a 6th player!
 
Valencia Shin Crosses said:
I'm agreeing with you? Just saying putting Amad in the same bracket as Antony as "Players that can't score goals" is unfair (and inaccurate based on what Amad has shown in his short career here and at Sunderland). Yes Antony is an absymal player in the final third/box as he struggles to pick the right/creative pass and can't finish well even on his strong side.

I'd be happy bringing Olise in although personally I'd prefer having Garnacho/Amad be the right sided attackers and signings someone that can dominate the LW and push Rashford. There just isn't as obvious of a candidate for that as there is for the right side like Olise so doubt it happens.
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gotcha...i was speaking more about antony than amad. I'd rather give the kids a chance to prove themselves than bring in some high price/profile player that doesn't have the desire and drive to be successful due to having too much money
 
cpresc said:
1. Neves (partners Mainoo)
2. Silva (replaces Varane)
3. Warton (new Carrick)
4. Braithwaite (Martinez backup)
5. Archie Gray (Dalot backup)
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Just been looking at Warton more and I'm bumping him up to 3rd... getting these 5 would be an INSANE summer with huge English and Portuguese potential.
 
I posted this in a transfer thread, but it probably belongs here. 5 is the lowest number of signings I could get to without feeling nauseous:

-Hojlund + #9
-Garnacho, Amad, Rashford, Antony
-Bruno, Mount
-Mainoo, McTominay
-DM1, DM2
-Shaw, LCB/LB, Malacia
-Lisandro, LCB/LB, Shaw, Maguire
-RCB, Maguire, Kambwalla, Evans
-Dalot, AWB
-Onana, Bayindir

and then you just pray 2 of the left-footed defenders stay healthy. Ideally we'd sell Antony, AWB and Mctominay and replace them with say Olise, a more possession inclined #8 rather than run Mainoo into the ground like Barca did with their young mids and a cheaper RB (to use the money elsewhere), but that feels like the bare minimum.

So 2 likely very expensive starters (DM and RCB), 2 medium-priced players with some versatility (a #6 who can cover #8 unless the DM can also play as an 8 then it can be just a classic DM type, and a Hincapie type who can play LCB and LB) and at striker, I'd be fine with a cheap punt or Amrabat style loan.
 
R0nald0 said:
I'd also like us to sign Archie Gray from Leeds who can cover at RB and CM if I am allowed a 6th player!
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The Gray family are all die-hard Leeds ex-players and will of course despise United. He'll never play for us.
 
Westerkerk said:
Pretty normal considering dire tactics at times, terrible midfield and a defense that has been unable to stop a million shots a game going at the keeper.

Any keeper would be exposed to the extent that Onana has considering all mitigating factors.

Needs another season, and us to to be... I don't know... Better, in a lot of other areas
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not just the clangers that worry me, but there were also what might be termed saveable by better keepers - and I can think of a lot more than 4-6
 
R0nald0 said:
Positional priorities for me are:-

CDM
CB
RW
LB
ST

So we need a minimum of 5 players IMO:-

Pallinha (Fulham - £40m), Todibo (Nice - £40m), Olise (Palace - £60m), Hernandez (AC Milan - £50m), Guirassy (Stuttgart - £20m)

£210m spent which i think we can get back with sales of Maguire, Mctominay, Rashford, Antony, Greenwood, Sancho.

I'd also like us to sign Archie Gray from Leeds who can cover at RB and CM if I am allowed a 6th player!
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Milan aren't letting Hernandez go for 50m and Tobido wouldn't be an ideal partner for Martinez, both too similar.
 
van Nistelrooy said:
The Gray family are all die-hard Leeds ex-players and will of course despise United. He'll never play for us.
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This. He looks a brilliant player in the making, but that will never be for us. With Leeds struggling financially, there will be several PL clubs on the blower asking for Gray so he won't be short of options either.
 
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