From recent stories:
- Tobido - £25m
- Thuram - £20-25m
- Neves - £80m
That’s the £100-120m budget we usually have before sales.
Hopefully we can build enough for a genuine crack at Yoro.
2CBs and 2CMs would be a pretty good start.
I really like this. It would be a great summer. However, I think Diomande and Tobido would be slightly more expensive.Vanderson £40m
Todibo £25m
Diomonde £50m
Dorgu £30m
Neves £85m
Fofana £25m
Doue £35m
Sesko £45m
£335m
Lindelof £15m
Maguire £20m
Malacia £10m
Bissaka £20m
Eriksen £5m
Casemeiro £25m
Pellestri £10m
VDB £5m
Hannibal £5m
McTominay £25m
Sanho £35m
Greenwood £35m
Antony £35m
£245m
£90m net spend
Onana - Bayindir
Vanderson - Dalot
Diomonde - Todibo
Martinez - Kambwalla
Shaw - Dorgu
Neves - Fofana
Mainoo - Fletcher
Fernandes - Mount
Rashford - Doue
Garnacho - Amad
Hoijlund - Sesko
Amass - Fletcher - Gore - Collyer - Ethan Williams
The youth offer goodcoverinterms of injuries to the squad as several versatile players int he first 22:
Shaw LB - LCB
Neves - DM - CM
Mount AM - LW
Doue - CM - AM - LW - RW
Garnacho - LW - RW
of course I think we signprobably a couple less and sell a couple less and strong competition we probably dontget all those players...but in an ideal world, thatis the kind of squad Idlike
Vanderson £40m
Todibo £25m
Diomonde £50m
Dorgu £30m
Neves £85m
Fofana £25m
Doue £35m
Sesko £45m
£335m
Lindelof £15m
Maguire £20m
Malacia £10m
Bissaka £20m
Eriksen £5m
Casemeiro £25m
Pellestri £10m
VDB £5m
Hannibal £5m
McTominay £25m
Sanho £35m
Greenwood £35m
Antony £35m
£245m
£90m net spend
Onana - Bayindir
Vanderson - Dalot
Diomonde - Todibo
Martinez - Kambwalla
Shaw - Dorgu
Neves - Fofana
Mainoo - Fletcher
Fernandes - Mount
Rashford - Doue
Garnacho - Amad
Hoijlund - Sesko
Amass - Fletcher - Gore - Collyer - Ethan Williams
The youth offer goodcoverinterms of injuries to the squad as several versatile players int he first 22:
Shaw LB - LCB
Neves - DM - CM
Mount AM - LW
Doue - CM - AM - LW - RW
Garnacho - LW - RW
of course I think we signprobably a couple less and sell a couple less and strong competition we probably dontget all those players...but in an ideal world, thatis the kind of squad Idlike
I forgot Malacia played for usVanderson £40m
Todibo £25m
Diomonde £50m
Dorgu £30m
Neves £85m
Fofana £25m
Doue £35m
Sesko £45m
£335m
Lindelof £15m
Maguire £20m
Malacia £10m
Bissaka £20m
Eriksen £5m
Casemeiro £25m
Pellestri £10m
VDB £5m
Hannibal £5m
McTominay £25m
Sanho £35m
Greenwood £35m
Antony £35m
£245m
£90m net spend
Onana - Bayindir
Vanderson - Dalot
Diomonde - Todibo
Martinez - Kambwalla
Shaw - Dorgu
Neves - Fofana
Mainoo - Fletcher
Fernandes - Mount
Rashford - Doue
Garnacho - Amad
Hoijlund - Sesko
Amass - Fletcher - Gore - Collyer - Ethan Williams
The youth offer goodcoverinterms of injuries to the squad as several versatile players int he first 22:
Shaw LB - LCB
Neves - DM - CM
Mount AM - LW
Doue - CM - AM - LW - RW
Garnacho - LW - RW
of course I think we signprobably a couple less and sell a couple less and strong competition we probably dontget all those players...but in an ideal world, thatis the kind of squad Idlike
Don’t like halting Hojlunds progress like that. I think he’s on the verge of making a big breakthrough in terms of his progressRelease:
Martial
Brandon
Evans
Heaton
Amrabat
Varane
Wage savings: 43M£ per year
Transfer income: 0
Get rid/sell:
Greenwood
Sancho
Casemiro
Donny
Pellistri
Eriksen
Wage savings: 48 M£ per year
Transfer income: 140 M£
Net transfer budget increase: 231 M£
Buy:
Ndidi (free)
Todibo
Neves
Olise
Cunha
Transfer expenses: -190 M£
Wage increase: -29 M£
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Net spend: +12 M£
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Squad 2024/2025:
Onana, Bayindir
Dalot, AWB
Martinez, Lindelöf
Todibo, Maguire, Kambwala
Shaw, Malacia
Mainoo, Neves, Ndidi, Gore
Fernandes, Mount, Scott
Garnacho, Olise, Rashford, Antony, Diallo
Cunha, Hojlund
Best XI:
ONANA
DALOT ------------ TODIBO ------------ MARTINEZ -------------- SHAW
MAINOO ------------ NEVES
OLISE --------------------- FERNANDES -------------- GARNACHO
CUNHA
Bench: Bayindir, AWB, Maguire, Scott, Ndidi, Mount, Rashford, Antony, Hojlund
We won't even scrape 100m for these lot. People really need to consider the ridiculous wages we pay and also take into account the budgets of the likely clubs that would actually buy our cast offs. You can't expect market value for players who are paid above their market value.Get rid/sell:
Greenwood
Sancho
Casemiro
Donny
Pellistri
Eriksen
Wage savings: 48 M£ per year
Transfer income: 140 M£
I would also be happy with thisI will be happy with Todibo, Inacio, Neves, and Cunha.
You're hired
Now make it happen
But yes if only it was that easy
Afraid we won't see anywhere near this in terms lf ins and outs
I really like this. It would be a great summer. However, I think Diomande and Tobido would be slightly more expensive.
Also, a more realistic list of outgoing valuations:
Lindelof 10m (last year contract/stingy Italian type offers)
Maguire 15m (age and wages)
Malacia (will stay, unsellable this summer due to last years injuries)
Bissaka 15m (last year contract)
Eriksen free (age and wages)
Casemiro 25m agree
Pellistri 10m agree
vdB 5m agree
Hannibal 5m agree
McTominay 25m agree
Sancho 35m agree
Greenwood 20m (we have a very weak hand in negotiations)
Antony (will stay, unsellable due to wages unless Saudi come to the rescue)
My estimations which would include slightly higher fees for both Tobido and Diomande would make the net spend about 200m. I think we can just about get away with that financially.
Again, that would be a great summer
If the price is so low why the feck are we not even interested?
This would be a 10/10 signing for below 40m
If the price is so low why the feck are we not even interested?
This would be a 10/10 signing for below 40m
Release:
Martial
Brandon
Evans
Heaton
Amrabat
Varane
Wage savings: 43M£ per year
Transfer income: 0
Get rid/sell:
Greenwood
Sancho
Casemiro
Donny
Pellistri
Eriksen
Wage savings: 48 M£ per year
Transfer income: 140 M£
Net transfer budget increase: 231 M£
Buy:
Ndidi (free)
Todibo
Neves
Olise
Cunha
Transfer expenses: -190 M£
Wage increase: -29 M£
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Net spend: +12 M£
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Squad 2024/2025:
Onana, Bayindir
Dalot, AWB
Martinez, Lindelöf
Todibo, Maguire, Kambwala
Shaw, Malacia
Mainoo, Neves, Ndidi, Gore
Fernandes, Mount, Scott
Garnacho, Olise, Rashford, Antony, Diallo
Cunha, Hojlund
Best XI:
ONANA
DALOT ------------ TODIBO ------------ MARTINEZ -------------- SHAW
MAINOO ------------ NEVES
OLISE --------------------- FERNANDES -------------- GARNACHO
CUNHA
Bench: Bayindir, AWB, Maguire, Scott, Ndidi, Mount, Rashford, Antony, Hojlund
Excellent defensively but very limited on the ball. If Utd are looking for a partner for Mainoo they will need someone with more passing range than Palinha has.
There is no resale value at his age. We get 2 good seasons before trying to ‘hold the door’ against a flood of busses driving through our midfield becomes too much!
He's a good player and I wouldn't be against him for that price, but he definitely isn't "close to world class". If he were he wouldn't be playing for Fulham. Just because there aren't a lot of great DMs atm, it doesn't make him automatically better. Compare him to Rodri or Tchouameni and you get what I mean. The Casemiro parallels are a serious concern. DM is arguably the most important position in football and you either need Toni Kroos / Sergio Busquets level technical skills or excellent physique to have a long career on top level.I disagree, sorry. I think Palhinha would be excellent behind Mainoo and Fernandes. It's not an absolute necessity for a #6 behind those two to be a world class passer. If you swap Mainoo with Neves, a similar profile, you basically get Portugal's best midfield trio. And it's not like Onana or Rice are world class passers either, and they're another two perfect DMs for our midfield.
Who cares about resale value in this case? 30-40m for a close to world class level, 29 year old #6 who's got at least 3 years at this level in him. I see you already trying to compare it to Casemiro but there's a huge difference. And one of the richest clubs in the world doesn't have to consider resale value for every signing.
He's a good player and I wouldn't be against him for that price, but he definitely isn't "close to world class". If he were he wouldn't be playing for Fulham. Just because there aren't a lot of great DMs atm, it doesn't make him automatically better. Compare him to Rodri or Tchouameni and you get what I mean. The Casemiro parallels are a serious concern. DM is arguably the most important position in football and you either need Toni Kroos / Sergio Busquets level technical skills or excellent physique to have a long career on top level.
Don't know how many will we be able to move on or how many are we planning to sign, but, for me, we need to strengthen six positions:
- Two center backs (One to play on the left and one to play on the right)
- A left back
- Two central midfielders: a DM and a CM
- A striker
Those are a must for me if we want to get something out of next season.
Utd needs to make the decision about the future of ETH quick.
If we are buying Olise who is a more rounded version of Amad, we need a new attacking right back, United should be all over Jeremie Frimpong at £34m buy out, he’s going to be one of the stars of the Euros mark my words.Apparently Xavi Simons is available on loan. Wouldn't it make total sense to get him, especially with his versatility and our lack of goal threat? Probably with a buy option for let's say 70m? I'd prefer that over spending 60m on Olise this season.
If the price is so low why the feck are we not even interested?
This would be a 10/10 signing for below 40m
He's 28 and not that great. We need to be buying somebody who is 25 of under.
On the ball he is a non entity? The price isn't great for his age. We can't keep signing defensive midfielders for big money who are 1 or 2 years away from declining, when our squad goals should be to build around the likes of Mainoo, Garnacho, Hojlund so we can grow and develop and peak as a time at the same time. It's just really stupid business to do that.What's not great about him? I think he's very good and the price is even better. We obviously won't hijack the Bayern move now, but we should've been interested. We aren't getting a better #6 than him this summer, unless the scouting department finds some hidden wonderkid out of nowehere.
On the ball he is a non entity? The price isn't great for his age. We can't keep signing defensive midfielders for big money who are 1 or 2 years away from declining, when our squad goals should be to build around the likes of Mainoo, Garnacho, Hojlund so we can grow and develop and peak as a time at the same time. It's just really stupid business to do that.
Buying a 29 year old DM for 35m is very different from buying a 30 year old DM for 60m. Wouldn't be stupid business at all for that price. I'm struggling to see who our new DM is going to be that's able to play as a lone #6. I think Palhinha is capable of that, whilst the likes of Fofana and Onana would be optimal in a double pivot with Mainoo. Even if he's not a Carrick or a Rodri with the ball, I don't think that's a necessity and he's miles better than what we currently have in his position.
Not saying it's realistically affordable but could keeping Amrabat and signing this Neves work
Another summer. Another five or six players needed.
The club’s unique ability when it comes to having the replace the replacements within two years is unparalleled.
