What do we still need? Aka The never ending story

[The-Mezzala]

Make Sense, it's a good list.

We can all dream. Think we need to get good money for Rashford and even sell Garnacho ( which I would be against). I am still clueless on how PSR works. Chelsea seem to drop £50 million on a winger every window. But a left wing back, Striker and midfield cover is a must

 

[Red the Bear]

Don't see the logic in yet another addition to our defense as it's probably the least of our worries at the moment.

 

[Bojan Djordjic]

If Baleba isn’t viable, Tchouameni seems to be having a nightmare at Madrid. I wouldn’t mind tossing a cheeky half price bid their way for him. Arda Guler too if they sign Wirtz in Summer.

 

[Invictus]

If Baleba isn’t viable, Tchouameni seems to be having a nightmare at Madrid. I wouldn’t mind tossing a cheeky half price bid their way for him. Arda Guler too if they sign Wirtz in Summer.

From what I can tell (perhaps a Real Madrid supporter will refute this impression?) Tchouaméni is arguably their worst big-ticket midfielder in recent times and has barely evidenced much improvement since his move from Monaco. Reportedly earns upwards of €200,000 per week as well, which would make any transfer non-viable on its own. There's a good chance of the nightware continuing at United, so our recruitment department probably needs to identify better and more cost-effective solutions?

No to mention, he is not the appropriate profile to target when we have Ugarte and Mainoo. We need bloke(s) who can open up the game with a high volume of progressive and creative passes while also excelling as ball-retainers (so we have more variety and greater control over the proceedings against the strongest opponents). That isn't Tchouaméni's strongest suit, unfortunately. Someone with the characteristics of Xhaka or Kimmich, but younger, would be more like it, given what we need.

 

[Footyislife]

GK - Onana/Altay (Heaton)
RCB - Dalot/Mazz
CB - De Ligt/NEED (Maguire/Evans/Lindelof)
LCB - Martinez/Yoro
RWB - Amad/NEED (Antony)
LWB - Shaw/Leon (Malacia)
CM - Ugarte / Toby
CM - Mainoo / NEED (Eriksen/Casemiro)
LF - NEED (Rashford) / Garnacho
RF - Bruno / NEED (Mount)
CF - Hojlund / Zirkzee

In summary selling the 9 (players) would generate £92M in salary savings annually and £60M in transfer fees

We would need to sign 2 LF, 2 CM, 2 WB over next 2 windows.

Assuming we spend £30M per player and £100K/wk salary, that would cost us £180M and £31M in salary.

 

[Tallis]

From what I can tell (perhaps a Real Madrid supporter will refute this impression?) Tchouaméni is arguably their worst big-ticket midfielder in recent times and has barely evidenced much improvement since his move from Monaco. Reportedly earns upwards of €200,000 per week as well, which would make any transfer non-viable on its own. There's a good chance of the nightware continuing at United, so our recruitment department probably needs to identify better and more cost-effective solutions?

No to mention, he is not the appropriate profile to target when we have Ugarte and Mainoo. We need bloke(s) who can open up the game with a high volume of progressive and creative passes while also excelling as ball-retainers (so we have more variety and greater control over the proceedings against the strongest opponents). That isn't Tchouaméni's strongest suit, unfortunately. Someone with the characteristics of Xhaka or Kimmich, but younger, would be more like it, given what we need.

Haven't really seen any anything worth whlile from Tchouameni. He looks like a GBP20-30m player, not necessarily a 80-100m player.

 

[FlawlessVictory88]

Huijsen and Murillo would be two fantastic CB signings. Both playing at a close to elite level already and either alongside Yoro would be great in the long term.

 

[Bwuk]

Huijsen and Murillo would be two fantastic CB signings. Both playing at a close to elite level already and either alongside Yoro would be great in the long term.

I really like both. Murillo being left footed would help give another option at LCB as well.

 

[The-Mezzala]

Huijsen and Murillo would be two fantastic CB signings. Both playing at a close to elite level already and either alongside Yoro would be great in the long term.

Two excellent choices I was at the Bournemouth game and Huijsen was outstanding. I imagine both would cost a fortune. With other areas being more important to strengthen . I reckon it’s either Branthwaite if Everton go down or Inácio .

 

[Bojan Djordjic]

From what I can tell (perhaps a Real Madrid supporter will refute this impression?) Tchouaméni is arguably their worst big-ticket midfielder in recent times and has barely evidenced much improvement since his move from Monaco. Reportedly earns upwards of €200,000 per week as well, which would make any transfer non-viable on its own. There's a good chance of the nightware continuing at United, so our recruitment department probably needs to identify better and more cost-effective solutions?

No to mention, he is not the appropriate profile to target when we have Ugarte and Mainoo. We need bloke(s) who can open up the game with a high volume of progressive and creative passes while also excelling as ball-retainers (so we have more variety and greater control over the proceedings against the strongest opponents). That isn't Tchouaméni's strongest suit, unfortunately. Someone with the characteristics of Xhaka or Kimmich, but younger, would be more like it, given what we need.

I'd disagree with your interpretation of his profile. Think he's exactly what we need in midfield. He's very active defensively while also being a secure and progressive passer (even in what is considered to be a ropey season, he's in the 90th percentile for progressive passes in La Liga). He's a physical monster, wins all his headers and covers ground well. I get he's not creative if you're talking about assists but not sure this is the position Amorim will be placing his creative burden on. That should hopefully be coming from WBs and 10s.

Also, Real Madrid is a funny club - lots of players struggle there that go on to do well elsewhere.

 

[TrueRedDevil]

GK - Onana/Altay (Heaton)
RCB - Dalot/Mazz
CB - De Ligt/NEED (Maguire/Evans/Lindelof)
LCB - Martinez/Yoro
RWB - Amad/NEED (Antony)
LWB - Shaw/Leon (Malacia)
CM - Ugarte / Toby
CM - Mainoo / NEED (Eriksen/Casemiro)
LF - NEED (Rashford) / Garnacho
RF - Bruno / NEED (Mount)
CF - Hojlund / Zirkzee

In summary selling the 9 (players) would generate £92M in salary savings annually and £60M in transfer fees

We would need to sign 2 LF, 2 CM, 2 WB over next 2 windows.

Assuming we spend £30M per player and £100K/wk salary, that would cost us £180M and £31M in salary.

A striker is our priority. Højlund and Zirkzee aren’t good enough. After that, we need a LWB, two AM/wingers, a CM, and a RWB.

 

[croadyman]

A striker is our priority. Højlund and Zirkzee aren’t good enough. After that, we need a LWB, two AM/wingers, a CM, and a RWB.

Yeah striker is definitely top priority, followed by LWB, RWB and then cover for Ugarte. After that I would say another wide player or AM

 

[MCDC]

Yeah striker is definitely top priority, followed by LWB, RWB and then cover for Ugarte. After that I would say another wide player or AM

I would say LWB & ST are the same priority, as Dalot and Hojlund haven't impacted themselves on any games.

Dalot had one good game against TAA, not exactly hard, then was poor against Arsenal.

I think these two positions would take us two a decent side, i like Delap and Mendes for these.