There is no way we let 10 players leave, and we definitely won’t sign that many. It’ll be the usual 3-4 in and you’ll see contract renewals for a lot of unpopular players. A couple of midfielders and a striker, maybe yet another CB or RB.
Even if we had a major overhaul you’d write off next season too while they all settled, especially with a new manager. It just isn’t going to happen. It’s pie in the sky FM wet dream stuff.
I disagree this summer that with the contract situations there is no way 10players leave. Think it could be close for once and there may be five incoming. Partof me agrees with you that though it wont be a huge difference it may be too close to the usual to make a difference.
I would say though on your last sentence, why do ten new players taking time to settle make us worse than ten players already here that simply arent performing week in week out and it isnt pie in the sky, City and liverpool had a uge turn over of players in the first coupel of seasons and look where they are now.
My main point in general with this whole thread though is it isnt "WHat we will do" "Whats a realistic summer"....its what we STILL NEED. With that in mind, personally:
1) Moving players on - Im not even going to name players and why I dont think certain ones are good enough.....but seriously, I think the players is the main problem with this current side. I woul dhappily move on 18players from this current squad, thats half the squad. Half of our starting eleven pretty much are within that group too. For me flaws/lack of quality/attitude, differing reasons....but it doesnt matter who our manager is we simply wont win trophies with some of the players we have playing regularly
2) Quality signings in the RIGHT positions. I think we have signed several of the wrong options over the last decade, we have also several seasons failed to address the problem positions. Last summer not signing a single central midfielder being a very obvious example (still baffles me pundits etc saying we should have been challenging for the title with our summer recruitments....erm not with our midfield).
3) The right number of signings - One of my bigget annoyances is that we have always been a signing or two short of a good window. Like you say the usual 3/4 in, its simply not enough, we have seen it agai this summer with no midfielder and we are paying for it (should have signed two). I dotn agree with people sayin gwe cant afford to do that. There are I feel a plethora of excellent young talents around. We have missed out on a few like Sancho years ago, Bellingham, Haaland, Camavinga and signed the wrong ones too VDB, Depay were never right for me or we have signed very young ones a good year or two away with no experience Hannibal/Diallo. But there are the likes of Kamara on a free and a whole host of excellent young players who would be under £40m Caqueret, Cherki, Doku, Sulemana, Gravenburch, Adeyemi (anothe rprob lose out on to Dortmund)....we simply arent making these signings at the right time. I feel we could sign the likes of a Fofana or Rice and still sign another 3/4 players without a big net spend selling wisely
4) A good manager - I think we have appointed the wrong managers Moyes and Mourinho (tho did better than most) were never United managers, Ole was given too much time and trust after a good initial start. I thought LVG would do well, less said the better. I like Ragnick, think he will do well in the role upstairs, he is an intellgient man but doesnt seem a manager. But again, it doesnt matter who the manager is, we need to have the right players and very few of the current crop are
