What do we still need? Aka The never ending story

A striker all day long.

Not necessarily a traditional cf, but someone who can put the ball in the back of the net. To be fair, we need a few of those.
 
Needs the usual Utd sources and the likes of Ornstein to talk up us signing a LWB and ST, however won't happen unless we get something concrete on making sales from them too
 
Dean Huijsen is really good. The thought of him and Yoro in our back line is enticing. But I’d expect an exorbitant fee would be needed to get him - and this would only work after the likes of Lindelof, Evans and potentially Maguire (he’s done well recently) are no longer on the books
 
Squad for next season?

1 GK - Onana
2 GK - TBC
3 GK - TBC

4 DC - de Ligt
5 DC - Maguire
6 DC - Martinez
7 DC - Yoro
8 DC - Mazraoui
9 DC - Shaw

10 WB - Dalot
11 WB - TBC
12 WB - TBC
13 WB - TBC

14 MC - Ugarte
15 MC - Mainoo
16 MC - TBC
17 MC - TBC

18 AM - Bruno
19 AM - Amad
20 AM - Garnacho
21 AM - Mount

22 S - TBC
23 S - Højlund
 
TsuWave said:
Dean Huijsen is really good. The thought of him and Yoro in our back line is enticing. But I’d expect an exorbitant fee would be needed to get him - and this would only work after the likes of Lindelof, Evans and potentially Maguire (he’s done well recently) are no longer on the books
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Can't fathom how Bournemouth had a free run at him. Would have been a great pick up at the price he was sold and not as if he came out of the blue either - frequently used to see match comps of his on twitter.
 
croadyman said:
Ramsgate started well at Arsenal but then could definitely see an upgrade in Raya, so would prefer to go all out for Maignan/Costa. Mind you with how many players we need then may have to look at more budget options
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I admit to not watching them that closely but I don't see Ramsdale as being that inferior to Raya. Maybe Raya just has been more secure or more calm? But yeah the main thing here was that Southampton are getting relegated so maybe we could save some on the budget and get a keeper that is miles better than Onana and could come in and start right away.
 
Matz Sels really impressing at Forest. Could we make a Van Der Sar esque move for him? Love how he commands his box and is a very strong shot stopper. I'm still not convinced by Onana.
 
I'm amazed there isn't more chatter around Elliot Anderson he's been one of the best midfielders in the league this season and at just 22 is exactly the profile we should be going for.

Here's Anderson vs Ederson (Atlanta) who so many posters are saying we should spend 50/60m on. https://postimg.cc/VrFXM1jN

I thought he was MOTM when Forrest beat us at home a few weeks ago and the stats would support that.
Made 6 tackles, Ugarte 3 Mainoo 1.
Made 5 dribbles, only Amad made more with 6.
Made 2 interceptions more than any Utd CM and only Dalot with equal.

Every analytics site I use keeps show Anderson as one of the best CM's in the league. He really should be a high priority signing but I fear clubs who actual use data like Liverpool/City are gonna nab him.
 
TsuWave said:
Dean Huijsen is really good. The thought of him and Yoro in our back line is enticing. But I’d expect an exorbitant fee would be needed to get him - and this would only work after the likes of Lindelof, Evans and potentially Maguire (he’s done well recently) are no longer on the books
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Such a classy footballer.

With his Spanish ties, I wouldn’t be surprised if Madrid take a look at him after missing out on Yoro.
 
Silverman said:
Matz Sels really impressing at Forest. Could we make a Van Der Sar esque move for him? Love how he commands his box and is a very strong shot stopper. I'm still not convinced by Onana.
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Great find from Forest tbf. There are goalkeeping gems out there if your scouts know their stuff. Vicario for Spurs was a bargain, Emi Martinez for Villa, Pope at Newcastle, Flekken at Brentford, to name a few current keepers in the Prem.

All very solid keepers bought for less than £20m.
 
So judging by the main rumors right now, something like this might be possible for January?
  • Nuno Mendes in (full transfer)
  • Douglas Luiz in (loan to buy)
  • Kolo Muani in (loan)
  • Zirkzee out (loan to buy, Italy)
  • Rashford out (loan, Italy)
  • Casemiro out (full sale, Saudi)
That's clearing out an absolute fortune from wages, probably 800k per week worth. Would be an absolute dream scenario and I don't really believe that we'll actually manage to get Nuno Mendes just yet, but that would set us up really well for the second half of the season I think.
 
MikeUpNorth said:
Squad for next season?

1 GK - Onana
2 GK - TBC
3 GK - TBC

4 DC - de Ligt
5 DC - Maguire
6 DC - Martinez
7 DC - Yoro
8 DC - Mazraoui
9 DC - Shaw

10 WB - Dalot
11 WB - TBC
12 WB - TBC
13 WB - TBC

14 MC - Ugarte
15 MC - Mainoo
16 MC - TBC
17 MC - TBC

18 AM - Bruno
19 AM - Amad
20 AM - Garnacho
21 AM - Mount

22 S - TBC
23 S - Højlund
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Can see Bruno being played more and more as a number 8/CM next to Ugarte as no 16 in your squad, And Mazraoui being used as WB/CB/Utility player, so United will need in the next two windows; 2 Goalkeepers, LCB, LWB, CM, DM, Left footed Number 10/SS, CFW.

Winter Transfers in; (£100m)
Nuno Mendes, D Luis(Loan obligation ),
V Osimhen
Out ; (£80m)
Rashford, Antony(loan), Casemiro, Zirkzee

Summer Transfers in; (£150m)
D Leon, B Mbeumo, J Branthwaite,
Z Suzuki, A Gomes(Free),
D Luis(Obligation) , C McKenna
out(£50/100m) ; J Sancho, C Eriksen, T Malacia, A Bayinder, Antony, A Garnaucho*(he does not fit the system but he’s young enough to learn 50/50 transfer) If he goes they’ll use the money to go get Chris Rigg and Tyler Dibbling to sort the homegrown status out.
 
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