Even them. I recall Weghorst linking the play pretty well and whilst not great in the box he was better than Zirkzee.even Weghorst and Ighalo?
That's a bit too harsh imo. Zirkzee's link up play has been really good recently. He's just not scoring which also was Weghorst's problem. Also yesterday he seemed to go more into the box than usual but Amad didn't play the crosses.Even them. I recall Weghorst linking the play pretty well and whilst not great in the box he was better than Zirkzee.
Ighalo was more physical than Rasmus. Again not a world beater but someone who contributed well during his limited time here.
Dusty Bin would look good as a loan signing right now.
If you add Dibbling in as well then yes, however I’m seriously not convinced by Dorgu, another unproven PL player that we are probably paying £10-15m too much for because we are so desperate right now.Assuming Dorgu comes in and Anthony goes out on loan.
Then Garnacho goes to Chelsea and Cunha comes to Man Yoo. Would people accept that swap?
If you add Dibbling in as well then yes, however I’m seriously not convinced by Dorgu, another unproven PL player that we are probably paying £10-15m too much for because we are so desperate right now.
That squad finishes 6-8th at best we need more reliable options at right 10 and Left 10 , Bruno will become more and more an 8/CM in Amorim’s system so he can see the game in front of him. This might be our most crucial transfer window this summer as well as January 2025 will also show whether SJR is serious about restoring United to the top.If we're in as bad a financial position as is being made out we might be staring at a couple of bleak transfer windows coming up, and might have to take some risks and limit our big signings a bit.
Outs = £155m over the next two windows
Garnacho - £60m
Casemiro - £0m
Rashford - £25m
Lindelof - £0m
Evans - £0m
Eriksen - £0m
Dalot - £30m
Antony - £15m
Malacia - £5m
Collyer - £20m (not what we want to do necessarily but for PSR we may need to)
Sancho - £25m
Zirkzee - Loan (to buy £25m)
In = £130m over the next two windows, depending on who we can offload this Jan.
Dorgeles - £20m
Diego Leon - £5m
Lamptey - £0m
Angel Gomes - £0m
Anguissa - £0m
Gutierrez - £30m
Nypan - £10m
Gyokeres - £65m
GK = Onana, Bayindir
RCB = Maz, Yoyo
CCB = De Ligt, Maguire
LCB - Martinez, Shaw, Kukonki
RWB = Lamptey, Amad (+Maz)
LWB = Gutierrez, Leon, Amass
CM = Ugarte, Anguissa, Mainoo, Gomes, Kone (+Bruno)
AM = Bruno, Dorgeles, Mount, Nypan (+Amad, Gomes, Mainoo, Youth)
ST = Gyokeres, Hojlund
Genuinely think the above team is far far superior to what we have currently and we would save a killing on wages as well as gaining small profit transfer-wise, including some homegrown lads off the books helping our PSR position massively.
If Garnacho stays
One striker in and one LWB at minimum before the window closes
If Garnacho leaves
A striker, LWB and a 10/Winger before the window closes
Anything less than this and they are sabotaging the manager
Given there's a week left .. doubt we see a striker come in. Dorgu as LWB seems like he come, and then Garnacho staying or going would likely drive us bringing in someone like Cunha or not doing it. But yes it's not giving Amorim a chance if we don't sign a CF, as he can't do much when nobody can scoreIf Garnacho stays
One striker in and one LWB at minimum before the window closes
If Garnacho leaves
A striker, LWB and a 10/Winger before the window closes
Anything less than this and they are sabotaging the manager
If we are buying premiership proven what are the options Robinson, Nyouri maybe? They would also cost a lot more... Neither are quite good enough for me defensively. I don’t get excited about many signings we make and again this summer gone was a fanfare for pretty average players in my opinion as a whole due to the names or clubs they were at…..I think Dorgu though its potential being realised bit by bit and a fair way to go…..will be a top signing. Beyond Hernandez/Mendes/Davies who are all highly unlikely….he is the best left back we can sign I know of personally. Him on the left and Quenda on the right would be pretty transformative to our side pretty quickly and very much so long termIf you add Dibbling in as well then yes, however I’m seriously not convinced by Dorgu, another unproven PL player that we are probably paying £10-15m too much for because we are so desperate right now.
Love both those left wing back options, I think Amad is perfectly fine rotating between R10/RWB and I could See Tyler Dybling being able to share the workload in both those positions however I think Quenda will be silly money!If we are buying premiership proven what are the options Robinson, Nyouri maybe? They would also cost a lot more... Neither are quite good enough for me defensively. I don’t get excited about many signings we make and again this summer gone was a fanfare for pretty average players in my opinion as a whole due to the names or clubs they were at…..I think Dorgu though its potential being realised bit by bit and a fair way to go…..will be a top signing. Beyond Hernandez/Mendes/Davies who are all highly unlikely….he is the best left back we can sign I know of personally. Him on the left and Quenda on the right would be pretty transformative to our side pretty quickly and very much so long term
Because a 17 year old is not physically ready for adult football, we need to look at restructuring the whole academy strength and conditioning.Strength and conditioning team - we're having to pay €40mn for a LWB because our academy talents are never physically fit for purpose when they reach adulthood and despite everyone being able to see that likes of Amass have all the talent in the world, we're having to spend massive money in the market for a kid thats only a couple of years older and who looks very raw. This essentially closes the door for Amass and forces us to pay huge fees for roles we should be able to supply from the academy for nothing.
I'm far from Rugby's greatest fan but with fewer financial resources, we can see that they can produce physically formidable teenagers. Even at other clubs, it feels that our players are physically behind other clubs such as Chelsea.
Given the current circunstances we should deal with 18 senior players plus youngsters.If we’re not in European completion next year and have fewer games, perhaps we should just shrink the squad to save cash for a season?
Instead of a 23 man squad, we could probably get away with 20 plus a few youngsters if needed.
Those players are physical outliers. Greenwood wasn't training with a professional club for over a year, went to Spain and was the best player in his team.Because a 17 year old is not physically ready for adult football, we need to look at restructuring the whole academy strength and conditioning.
Then why have Greenwood, Kobbie & Garnacho all come through at 18 in recent years, with Collyer coming through a bit later as he wasn’t physically capable.
You do realize that physical development is not linear?
There are exceptions to the rules like Bellingham or Yamal.
Can you name me how many 16/17 year old play regularly in the PL?
I said thd same. Unfortunately only straightforward deals work like that, and none of our deals are straightforward.
We are on record as saying we need to sell to buy and that is the reality of the situation. In none of the potential deals we are talking about are we dealing from a posiion of strength.
We have out of form over priced players we want to move. We are massively constrained financially, more so than other clubs seeking players. We are playing terrible football and are unlikely to have european football next season.
Any negotiations are going to be opportunistic in nature I guess.
Isn't this to be expected based on how the club is run?I am trying very hard to wear my common sense hat here but I just don't get it.
Transfer window opens in January meaning THAT is when business can be done. Why can we not plan and prepare our purchases and sales BEFORE the transfer window and then complete the transactions in the window??
Instead it appears that we only seem to start talking to clubs and players in the window itself which then inevitgably involves negotiations, contract talks etc.
I said thd same. Unfortunately only straightforward deals work like that, and none of our deals are straightforward.
We are on record as saying we need to sell to buy and that is the reality of the situation. In none of the potential deals we are talking about are we dealing from a posiion of strength.
We have out of form over priced players we want to move. We are massively constrained financially, more so than other clubs seeking players. We are playing terrible football and are unlikely to have european football next season.
Any negotiations are going to be opportunistic in nature I guess.
I think it's quite clear that nobody will be coming in, tbh.
No it's not. Good chances we're getting someone actually.
It's beginning to look like that. We'll probably get some loan signing and make it look like that was our target all along
I'm going to guess it was summer 2020 with Cavani and Amad.
a goal scoring attacking midfielder would be my number one target alongside the LWB, our attack is just completely impotent, only Bruno and Amad offer any threat.
Not sure I follow the logic of why we need an attacking midfielder when our two attacking midfielders are the only ones with attacking threat. Surely, that implies the other attacking roles are where we need to add goals.a goal scoring attacking midfielder would be my number one target alongside the LWB, our attack is just completely impotent, only Bruno and Amad offer any threat.
Not sure I follow the logic of why we need an attacking midfielder when our two attacking midfielders are the only ones with attacking threat. Surely, that implies the other attacking roles are where we need to add goals.
Any targets in mind?
