Sold/released experienced players, replaced with relatively inexperienced players. It's a long term strategy, clearly that's not going to be healthy for our short term success but it will benefit the club further down the road. Only Maguire and Bruno are players that were signed and should come in with expectations of having an immediate impact in my opinion. But if you look at those players it's pretty clear that we focussed on getting rid of the older players in the squad first, selecting a few to retain (Mata/Matic), but even their days are numbered imo.
Players Sold/Released Since Ole Took Over:
Average Age: 30.6
Antonio Valencia | 34 |
Ashley Young | 34 |
Marouane Fellaini | 32 |
Alexis Sánchez | 31 |
Ander Herrera | 30 |
Matteo Darmian | 30 |
Chris Smalling | 30 |
Marcos Rojo | 29 |
Romelu Lukaku | 26 |
Players Signed/Promoted Since Ole Took Over:
Average Age: 22.0
Harry Maguire | 26 |
Bruno Fernandes | 25 |
Axel Tuanzebe | 22 |
Aaron Wan-Bissaka | 22 |
Daniel James | 22 |
Brandon Williams | 19 |
Mason Greenwood | 18 |