My only concern with this is that we might miss out on top 4, if we can get a player that can give us that extra push to get into top 4 then they should go ahead and by a CDM.
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This season was shot when Solskjaer wasn't immediately sacked after Liverpool and Conte hired. No player exists now that can have such a massive impact to catapult us to 4th place. Especially not one available during the winter transfer window. Imagine we buy a player, still fail to reach 4th place and the player we bought doesn't fit with the next manager's plan. Another deadwood on our hands.
This is the right choice. Unfortunate situation, but it's where we are now.
Fair point understand what all the other posters are saying too. Just another wasted season again just hope we address this in the summer.
Sad but true
I think it depends on the player and how much they cost. There are some reasonable value players out there who would very likely improve us and could make a massive difference. If they are under £50m its worth it. Losing CL football is bad for so many reasons. Will our first choice manager want to come, will players be happy not being in the CL, our revenues will drop etc.
Even if they are a dud, at least we would have tried and even if they don't pull up any trees, the reality is that at the end of the season we will probably lose the following.
Pogba
Martial
VDB
Lingard
Matic
Mata
Thats quite a few squad spots to fill if nothing else. I don't think it would be that hard to improve upon Fred and McSauce if we bought a deep lying playmaker or DM.
It's something that it sounds like for once there is someone with a plan, rather than just buy anybody who is available.
I get the frustration, I share it, but the club made it's choice to forfeit this season when they didn't get rid of Ole sooner and snubbed Conte. He is the guy you hire when you need to win now. Which is what we should be doing after spending half a billion. Rangnick is a builder. Which is what what they opted for - rebuild. I disagree with this decision, because we have been "rebuilding" for 10 years, but it's where we are. Better we commit to that than try to do both and succeed at neither.
Conte would have wanted to spend big for a couple of years and he would have put the noses out of a lot of these players. I don't think he would have been the right man at all. If we want to compete with the likes of Liverpool and City then we need to build a long term, coherent strategy that could take a few years to bear any real fruit. We need to look at the manager as transient but the club style and ethos as immutable as long as its working. Bayern change managers and little changes with their core philosophy. When Pep and Klopp leave you can be sure that their replacements won't change to completely different styles of football.
This team is a very good one on paper but its horribly imbalanced in reality. Oles lack of appreciation for the complexities and difficulty in creating a cohesive team has left us with a team that could be good if everyone is firing on all cylinders but is in reality just a bunch of disjointed individuals on the pitch.
So they basically have to pay a little extra to avid competition in the summer and also include a buy out clause in case they get relegated? I don't understand why Jesse would agree to that unless he has no other offers on the table right now as he can sign a free agent deal.
Would love if Newcastle just panic and spunk 25m on him with big wages 
Money is why he would agree to it. And considering he’s willing to sit on the bench for 6 months in order to maximise his next contract I imagine it’s quite a big motivator.
Certainty. Currently Newcastle are the only ones in for him, who's to say anyone will care in the summer after not playing for a whole season? He's gambling more than one person will be in for him and willing to pay what he's expecting, so he can have leverage. Not a given.
Because we want want want new shiny toys!
Is that ex-Chelsea Oscar?
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Wow, interesting. Thought he’d have long since sailed off into the sunset with his Chinese millions!
River Plate is close to sell Julian Alvarez to Manchester City.
Manchester City made two proposals to River: either sign Julian Alvarez now or wait until summer. None of the proposals reach the release clause. If City sign him now, there is a chance that Alvarez will be loaned to another European club.
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City make a move for a player, this is normally where our scouts go, oooh yeah buy him, isn't it?
Offiicial: Thomas Vermaelen ends his playing career and starts his coaching one
Official: Lloris stays
"The verminator"?
I don't think I've actually seen that before.
Is that a robot rat sent from the future to kill us all? Or a pest control person?
I don't think I've actually seen that before.
Is that a robot rat sent from the future to kill us all? Or a pest control person?
It is done now. Big money signing for January over the line.
Official: Emi Martinez extends his Villa contract
José Gayà has been getting linked to Barcelona in recent months.
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Barcelona's Óscar Mingueza was being linked with a loan move to Valencia, but it seems like that will no longer be the case.
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