What do we still need? Aka The never ending story

[Waynne]

I know, it's unrealistic, but this would be my dream summer window:

Buy:
Xavi Simons, 62m (alternative: Dani Olmo)
Victor Osimhen, 62m
Jeremie Frimpong, 35m (alternative: Roger Fernandes)
Raphael Onyedika, 20m
Andy Diouf, 10m
Yusuf Akcicek, 7m
Oumar Camara, free

Sell / out of contract:
Alejandro Garnacho, 50m
Antony, 40m
Marcus Rashford, 40m
Rasmus Hojlund, 35m
Sancho, 25m
Casemiro, 20m
Christian Eriksen, contract expiring
Victor Lidelof, contract expiring

Three instant starters (Xavi, Osimhen, Frimpong), two young talents to replace the aging Casemiro and Eriksen (Onyedika, Diouf) and two talents for the future (Akcicek, Camara).

Onana
Yoro De Ligt Martinez/Heaven
Frimpong Ugarte Bruno Dorgu
Amad Xavi
Osimhen​

Onana
Yoro De Ligt Heaven
Frimpong Ugarte Casemiro Dorgu
Bruno Cherki
Osimhen

 

[vva]

Midfield is not good enough to control the game and compete with Top team.
Striker can't hold the ball and convert few chances to goals.

MC - Malik Tillman
DMC - Angelo Stiller

FW - Osimhen

 

[MCDC]

Signings:

Liam Delap - 40m
Tyler Dibling - 40m
Adam Wharton - 80m
Roger Fernandes - 30m
Rayan Cherki - 25m
Matheu Fernandes - 30m

Out - 245m

Outgoings:
Rashford - 40m
Antony - 30m - 40m
Sancho - 25m
Eriksen - Save 7.8m on wages
Lindelof - Save 6.2m on wages
Malacia - 5m - 10m
Garnacho - 50m

In - 165m - 150m

 

[TRUE NUMBER 9]

GK - Upgrade needed in the starting XI. Bayindir, Vítek, Harrison, Mee & Graczyk to provide depth, challenge to start.

CB - Heaven, de Ligt & Yoro as starters, with depth from Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw & Kukonki.

WB - Upgrade needed in the starting XI. Dorgu to start on the left, with Dalot, Amass & Leon as depth.

M - Fernandes, Ugarte, Collyer, Casemiro, Kone & Gore. Another quality midfielder required.

AM - Upgrade needed in the starting XI. Amad, Garnacho, Mount & Zirkzee

ST - Upgrade needed in the starting XI. Hojlund, Obi

Personally, I see GK, RWB, M, AM & ST as the stand out needs, with ST, AM & RWB the most urgent. Viktor or Victor gets my vote for the ST, which is the top priority. Stay away from Delap or other forwards who remain unproven, bite the bullet and pay for the guarantee of goals. Frimpong seems an excellent option at RWB, with a affordable reported release fee. The options at AM & M are aplenty but range from proven PL talent such as Cunha, to youngsters with great potential in Karetsas, Cherki & Bouaddi.

In an ideal world, Mainoo remains at United but I left him out of the named squad as I feel the generated income would be required to fund an incoming striker such as Gyökeres. In the same, ideal situation, the likes of Casemiro, Shaw, Martinez & Mount would all be sold but I do not see any of them leaving due to wages and major fitness concerns. United have been hit so badly by some terrible transfer decisions but also, rotten luck on the injuries.

OUT: Onana, Evans, Lindelof, Malacia, Eriksen, Mainoo, Rashford, Antony, Sancho (fingers crossed, most if not all will leave Old Trafford this summer). Potential summer sale of Greenwood by Marseilles also looks set to bring United welcome income boost (50% of sell-on profit clause)

 

[daba]

Wirtz, Gyokeres, Cherki.

I know signing the first two is a tall order given where we are so this is more wishful thinking. But we can potentially afford 200m of signings if we can sell well (Garnacho, Zirkzee in addition to Rash, Antony and maybe Sancho)

That will fix our attack. Defense is good. Makeshift midfield of Ugarte, Casemiro, Bruno, Collyer and KM probably ok for another season.

We have no chance at Wirtz but something like Gyokeres, Cherki, Wharton and Frimpong/Roger Fernandes would be an unreal summer.

Would of course require us to win Europa to have any chance of attracting, let alone affording those players however.

 

[FlawlessVictory88]

The first XI most urgently needs a centre forward and central midfielder. Those are the most important two.

After that, given our system I guess we need another ‘10’ and probably a RWB, although we may have hope for Mantato there.

We also need a goalkeeper.

I seriously don't understand how anyone can think the most urgent position is a striker when we've lost Rashford/Sancho/Greenwood/Antony and brought in no replacement which has left us with no left winger/left 10 other than Garnacho who takes more shots per game than Rasmus and Zirkzee combined and creates almost nothing for those around him.

No striker is going to a join a United side that's 19th in the league for creating chances and 13th for expected goals then reproduce form shown at teams where they have creative players around them.

I'm all for signing a new striker but priority this summer has to be either side of him, then right wing back. Central midfield is way down the list.

 

[AdNani]

We have no chance at Wirtz but something like Gyokeres, Cherki, Wharton and Frimpong/Roger Fernandes would be an unreal summer.

Would of course require us to win Europa to have any chance of attracting, let alone affording those players however.

A Summer of Gyokeres, Frimpong and Cherki would be an absolute dream.

Onana
Yoro De Ligt Heavan
Frimpong Bruno Ugarte Dorgu
Amad Cherki
Gyokeres​

The Jump in quality in the forward areas is huge, physical, energy, GOALS

​

 

[Olecurls99]

I seriously don't understand how anyone can think the most urgent position is a striker when we've lost Rashford/Sancho/Greenwood/Antony and brought in no replacement which has left us with no left winger/left 10 other than Garnacho who takes more shots per game than Rasmus and Zirkzee combined and creates almost nothing for those around him.

No striker is going to a join a United side that's 19th in the league for creating chances and 13th for expected goals then reproduce form shown at teams where they have creative players around them.

I'm all for signing a new striker but priority this summer has to be either side of him, then right wing back. Central midfield is way down the list.

Completely agree. We are crying out for a solid number 10 to show Amad and Garnacho the way.

 

[UpWithRivers]

I seriously don't understand how anyone can think the most urgent position is a striker when we've lost Rashford/Sancho/Greenwood/Antony and brought in no replacement which has left us with no left winger/left 10 other than Garnacho who takes more shots per game than Rasmus and Zirkzee combined and creates almost nothing for those around him.

No striker is going to a join a United side that's 19th in the league for creating chances and 13th for expected goals then reproduce form shown at teams where they have creative players around them.

I'm all for signing a new striker but priority this summer has to be either side of him, then right wing back. Central midfield is way down the list.

We actually have 5 left 10 options - Zirkzee, Mount, Bruno, Mainoo, Garnacho. Yeah maybe not ideal for various reasons but they are there. For example you could say Mainoo is not a 10 but thats what some people think he is better suited at and if he's not the that means he is an 8 which means where does Bruno go? Thats right. left 10. Saying that I agree that a better 10 could improve us but since we have so many options maybe a midfielder like Wharton/Baleba would be a better place to spend our limited budget. And if we are to spend on a 10 we are much shorter on right sided 10's, especially if Amad starts playing wingback. We have players who can play there but its not their natural position. Cherki I guess could pay right 10.

 

[FlawlessVictory88]

We actually have 5 left 10 options - Zirkzee, Mount, Bruno, Mainoo, Garnacho. Yeah maybe not ideal for various reasons but they are there. For example you could say Mainoo is not a 10 but thats what some people think he is better suited at and if he's not the that means he is an 8 which means where does Bruno go? Thats right. left 10. Saying that I agree that a better 10 could improve us but since we have so many options maybe a midfielder like Wharton/Baleba would be a better place to spend our limited budget. And if we are to spend on a 10 we are much shorter on right sided 10's, especially if Amad starts playing wingback. We have players who can play there but its not their natural position. Cherki I guess could pay right 10.

Zirkzee is a striker who has been played out of position a number of times as Amorim tried to solve the lack of goals. His last appearance I remember in the left 10 he was subbed off after 30 mins because we were getting battered by Newcastle in midfield.

Mount has barely kicked a ball in years so no, he's not there.

Bruno could prob do a job here but that's because he can do everything, he leads the premier league in possession won back and chances created.

I'd like to see Mainoo tried here when he's fit until the end of the season.

Garnacho is barely a footballer never mind a 10. Sooner he's sold the better.

 

[FrankWhite]

Zirkzee is a striker who has been played out of position a number of times as Amorim tried to solve the lack of goals. His last appearance I remember in the left 10 he was subbed off after 30 mins because we were getting battered by Newcastle in midfield.

Mount has barely kicked a ball in years so no, he's not there.

Bruno could prob do a job here but that's because he can do everything, he leads the premier league in possession won back and chances created.

I'd like to see Mainoo tried here when he's fit until the end of the season.

Garnacho is barely a footballer never mind a 10. Sooner he's sold the better.

Zirkzee played as the left 10 against lyon. In fact most of his good performances have been as a 10. He lacks one of the fundamental traits that Amorin needs in a striker. He's not a threat in behind nor can he drive past teams.
For me He's a 10 in this system.

 

[FlawlessVictory88]

Zirkzee played as the left 10 against lyon. In fact most of his good performances have been as a 10. He lacks one of the fundamental traits that Amorin needs in a striker. He's not a threat in behind nor can he drive past teams.
For me He's a 10 in this system.

I think you mean Sociedad and while I agree he's has some good games there he's also had a number of very bad games. Newcastle at home when he came off after 30mins, Everton/Ipswich and Spurs recently.

 

[FrankWhite]

I think you mean Sociedad and while I agree he's has some good games there he's also had a number of very bad games. Newcastle at home when he came off after 30mins, Everton/Ipswich and Spurs recently.

Haha thinking ahead. Watch him have a good game against on Thursday as a 10.

 

[daba]

We actually have 5 left 10 options - Zirkzee, Mount, Bruno, Mainoo, Garnacho. Yeah maybe not ideal for various reasons but they are there. For example you could say Mainoo is not a 10 but thats what some people think he is better suited at and if he's not the that means he is an 8 which means where does Bruno go? Thats right. left 10. Saying that I agree that a better 10 could improve us but since we have so many options maybe a midfielder like Wharton/Baleba would be a better place to spend our limited budget. And if we are to spend on a 10 we are much shorter on right sided 10's, especially if Amad starts playing wingback. We have players who can play there but its not their natural position. Cherki I guess could pay right 10.

I agree with this, I think a RAM is more important even if we sell Garnacho in the summer (which personally I would).

Cherki isn’t perfect but he excels so highly in what he does and I think he’s a super interesting option at a reportedly very low price.

He probably wouldn’t pair well with Zirkzee due mobility and work rate but he’s two-footed and plays equally well on either side so we could even play him and Amad in the 10s which I think gives us great balance.

New GK

Yoro De Ligt Licha

New RWB Ugarte Bruno Dorgu

Amad Cherki

New ST​

 

[Shaneo2121]

We actually have 5 left 10 options - Zirkzee, Mount, Bruno, Mainoo, Garnacho. Yeah maybe not ideal for various reasons but they are there. For example you could say Mainoo is not a 10 but thats what some people think he is better suited at and if he's not the that means he is an 8 which means where does Bruno go? Thats right. left 10. Saying that I agree that a better 10 could improve us but since we have so many options maybe a midfielder like Wharton/Baleba would be a better place to spend our limited budget. And if we are to spend on a 10 we are much shorter on right sided 10's, especially if Amad starts playing wingback. We have players who can play there but its not their natural position. Cherki I guess could pay right 10.

The other thing we need to remember is that Rashford/Sancho/Antony could all be back as well. That's 8 players for 2 position's and there's no way we could justify signing another number 10 without moving at least 4 players on, and by that time we could be coming up to deadline with all decent options no longer being available.

I would concentrate on getting our top choices for CM, Striker, RWB and Goalkeeper and hopefully by that time we will have made the necessary outgoings to look at a quality number 10 if time and funds permit..

 

[FrankWhite]

The other thing we need to remember is that Rashford/Sancho/Antony could all be back as well. That's 8 players for 2 position's and there's no way we could justify signing another number 10 without moving at least 4 players on, and by that time we could be coming up to deadline with all decent options no longer being available.

I would concentrate on getting our top choices for CM, Striker, RWB and Goalkeeper and hopefully by that time we will have made the necessary outgoings to look at a quality number 10 if time and funds permit..

We have quantity but not quality. I see bruno as the only starter worthy option there. We need another high level player. For me it's Striker, CM, and RAM. Amad will play right wingback with Dalot.

 

[Rozay]

What I do know, is that these big goals that we have been telling the world we plan to achieve cannot be achieved by ruling out every footballer once they cost more than 50m. It’s a flawed approach to building the best football team. And IF indeed that is a team’s objective, then chances are it will actually ultimately be an expensive approach too, rather than the cost saving one it is made out to be. We bought Ugarte for about 42m, Arsenal bought Rice for 100m. Again, IF we are trying to win the league and the Champions League, the likelihood is that we’d need to spend again on a new midfielder to replace Ugarte before that is done.

Personally, I suspect that there is a lot of public posturing, and I cannot believe that we are walking away from every footballer that costs a few bob and asks for more than minimum wage. I expect the reality in the summer to be different, especially if we make the CL. From the way we are talking, we will be outspent not only by City and Chelsea and co, but also by Villa, Brighton, Brentford, West Ham etc and other teams that can also spend north of £100m in the summer. If we are limiting ourselves to £40m strikers, unless we get very lucky, we’ll need a new one again next summer. We went and spent huge money on the best young centre half in the world last summer, and on evidence, that is exactly what we got for our money. One of the only signings in a long time that we are not immediately looking for an improvement on the following summer, and now we can continue to plan our future around him being a fixture in the team.

Once we make necessary sales, we need to absolutely be spending in and around £200m again this summer. Even if that means buying 4 players instead of 6 or whatever. What we need to do above all is get the right players.

 

[KStandBarmyArmy1993]

This would be my "to do list" for the summer. Obviously, still a lot of ifs and buts etc...

Still think anyone saying we should sell Garnacho or Mainoo is insane to be honest.

If we qualify for Europe, we're gonna need a bigger squad but the money won't be there. So we need to look for cheaper back ups.

I'd keep Casemiro (again if we qualify for Europe). His experience is still useful at times.

I would also keep Onana. No guarantee a new keeper would be any better whilst the team is still a work in progress. I'd say sell Bayindir and bring in a 2nd choice that can maybe push Onana.

Ultimately, no major changes really but this might be a two year process. The year after, Dalot, Maguire, Casemiro might be moved on and we we can make longer term decisions over Martinez, Mount (can they stay fit), Onana and Hojlund. Things will (hopefully) be more settled off the pitch then aswell.

Buy
Cunha
Gomes
Jonathan Tah (if we qualify for Europe)
Frimpong
Welbeck (if we qualify for Europe)
2nd choice keeper (if Bayindir leaves)
3rd choice keeper (assuming Heaton retires)

Sell
Antony
Rashford
Sancho
Luke Shaw
Malacia
Bayindir

Release
Lindelof
Eriksen

Loan out
Hojlund
Collyer

Players that will retire
Heaton
Evans

 

[nooshka]

My absolute ideal summer would look something like this:

IN
Cunha - £60-70m
Gyokeres - £60-70m
Delap - £30m
Frimpong / Fernandes - £30m
Gomes - £0
A goalkeeper - £30m

Total: £210-£230m

OUT
Rashford - £40m
Anthony - £40m
Sancho - £25m
Garnacho - £50m
Hojlund - £20-30m
Malacia - £5m
Lindelof - £0
Eriksen - £0

Total: £175-185m

That would infinitely improve us as a team and for not that much more money, as well as getting some high earners off the books and an additional 2 players than we bring in.

 

[KStandBarmyArmy1993]

Controversial one incoming...

If we can get rid of Onana and assuming that money is being spent elsewhere, we sign Aaron Ramsdale. Not world class but Premier League experience and would perhaps be a good 2-3 year stop gap.

 

[TRUE NUMBER 9]

My absolute ideal summer would look something like this:

IN
Cunha - £60-70m
Gyokeres - £60-70m
Delap - £30m
Frimpong / Fernandes - £30m
Gomes - £0
A goalkeeper - £30m

Total: £210-£230m

OUT
Rashford - £40m
Anthony - £40m
Sancho - £25m
Garnacho - £50m
Hojlund - £20-30m
Malacia - £5m
Lindelof - £0
Eriksen - £0

Total: £175-185m

That would infinitely improve us as a team and for not that much more money, as well as getting some high earners off the books and an additional 2 players than we bring in.

I wholeheartedly agree with the vast majority of this. Gyökeres is the number one for me, as I have stated ad nauseam. However, bringing in Delap as well would be nice...as a switch for Hojlund who looks like he couldn't score in a brothel. Cunha, for all his issues, is a PL proven talent and would seem to be a great fit for United. Frimpong as the new RWB would bring energy and a level of talent lacking at the position. I like Dalot, he has been one of the better United players in recent years but the bar is too low. Every time Andre Onana makes these howlers like last night's pair, we are reminded of the need to find a new keeper. Radek Vítek, the young Czech lad out on loan in Austria, is arguably the most promising of the young keepers and I would like to see one of them given a chance before spending big on another keeper - unless, it is a proven "guarantee" coming in. One name I would love to see added to the United squad is that of the Greek teenager Konstantinos Karetsas - if you have not seen him, watch what he did to Scotland for Greece in the recent games. Extraordinary talent.

The departures are going to need work, lots of it...but it is possible that most of this does happen, if not all. I note the lack of Casemiro, Mount, Shaw & Martinez - all are players many of us would like to see moved on but we know that realistically, it will not happen. United should also receive a nice wedge from any sale involving Mason Greenwood, due to the 50% profit clause added into the deal with Marseilles - big teams from Italy are reportedly ready to pounce in the summer, so fingers crosses, a nice windfall coming.

 

[Woziak]

My absolute ideal summer would look something like this:

IN
Cunha - £60-70m
Gyokeres - £60-70m
Delap - £30m
Frimpong / Fernandes - £30m
Gomes - £0
A goalkeeper - £30m

Total: £210-£230m

OUT
Rashford - £40m
Anthony - £40m
Sancho - £25m
Garnacho - £50m
Hojlund - £20-30m
Malacia - £5m
Lindelof - £0
Eriksen - £0

Total: £175-185m

That would infinitely improve us as a team and for not that much more money, as well as getting some high earners off the books and an additional 2 players than we bring in.

I would love Gykores, but I can’t see us getting him, can’t see us wining EL to have CL football next season, he will go to a CL team. I also think moving Sancho and Rashford will be far more difficult than people think because of their huge wages.

At best I think we will sell Antony (£30m), Sancho(£25m), Malacia(£5m), Hojlund (loan), Rashford Loan, Garnaucho (£50m), others like 50% Sell On MG £15m we might get in £125/130m and we might have £70m to add to that so £200m spend in terms if available cash.

Players in;
New GK - J Trafford or B Verbruggen - £25m
New CM - Ederson - £50m
New RWB - R Fernandes - £20m
New 10 - M Cunha - £63m
New 9 - L De Lap - £32m
New South American youngster like J Gimenez or V Pereira - £10m

Honestly if we did this with no European or CL football next season, it would be a fantastic window.

This improves the spine massively and with Ederson able to be more creative in CM but also an Elite all round midfielder, we could probably let Casemiro go and the wages freed up plus a £15m transfer fee would pay for another young attacking player like Dibbling or Rigg.

 

[Onerealunited]

New GK
New WB
New CM/AM (depending on where you deploy Bruno)
New ST

Above are MUST and should improve the quality of the starting 11 from day 1!!!

 

[Olecurls99]

Fill in the blanks

Blank
Mazraoui De Ligt Yoro
Dalot Ugarte Bruno Dorgu
Diallo Blank
Zirkzee

Bayindir and Mainoo if we're skint
Moritz and Cunha/Mitoma if we can cobble some money together

 

[dinostar77]

Can't find a Cunha transfer thread so will ask on here. Not seen him play much, however various journos are linking him with a £62.5mil move to Utd this summer as our biggest signing of the summer.

Presume we would have to offload someone like garnacho to make the financials work.

What do we think of Cunha as a one of the no10's ?

 

[Roboc7]

Our attack is dross, we need a striker and two more attacking players. At least one midfielder and Onana has made a new keeper an absolute must now as well.

We probably have to make do at WB and in defence.

 

[chris123]

Cunha and Delap seem to be the two bits of business we want to do early, so that probably tells us where our priorities lie with the No. 10 and striker positions.

I think on top of that we need to focus on an affordable goalkeeper (sub 25M), a wing back and a centre mid to play next to either Ugarte or Mainoo.

 

[Indigofink]

Cunha and Delap seem to be the two bits of business we want to do early, so that probably tells us where our priorities lie with the No. 10 and striker positions.

I think on top of that we need to focus on an affordable goalkeeper (sub 25M), a wing back and a centre mid to play next to either Ugarte or Mainoo.

Agree, I think this would be perfect.
For me, we should also be looking to move out at least one of Maguire, Martinez, or Shaw so that we can bring in a Central Defender with genuine pace. Having someone with rapid pace at the back is something we have lacked for years and is needed if we want to press much higher up the pitch.

We have also lacked aggression in the team for years and bringing in Cunha & Delap will have a massive impact on the profile of the team - it will help bring out the best in some of our other players (like Keane used to back in the day).

I'd like to see us consider Jonathan David on a free as well. He offers a different dimension up front giving the option of more direct counter attacking play.

Hopefully we can move the players out that we want early enough in the window so that we can get the players in that we want but suspect it might not be so easy. I can see the likes of Rashford, Sancho, Antony, Casemiro being on-running sagas right to the end of the window unfortunately. It will also be tough to move Onana without taking a big hit.

 

[TRUE NUMBER 9]

Agree, I think this would be perfect.
For me, we should also be looking to move out at least one of Maguire, Martinez, or Shaw so that we can bring in a Central Defender with genuine pace. Having someone with rapid pace at the back is something we have lacked for years and is needed if we want to press much higher up the pitch.

We have also lacked aggression in the team for years and bringing in Cunha & Delap will have a massive impact on the profile of the team - it will help bring out the best in some of our other players (like Keane used to back in the day).

I'd like to see us consider Jonathan David on a free as well. He offers a different dimension up front giving the option of more direct counter attacking play.

Hopefully we can move the players out that we want early enough in the window so that we can get the players in that we want but suspect it might not be so easy. I can see the likes of Rashford, Sancho, Antony, Casemiro being on-running sagas right to the end of the window unfortunately. It will also be tough to move Onana without taking a big hit.

Yoro & Heaven both have pace and will likely occupy the outside CB roles. The central defender, i.e. de Ligt / Maguire, is not necessarily required to be as quick, whereas the outside CBs are - to cover the wider areas. Pace all over the pitch is always welcome but at the back, Yoro & Heaven going forward will be fine in that regard. It would be nice if somebody took Shaw or Martinez but realistically, United are probably stuck with them.

As for Onana, take the hit...just get rid of him as he is a major liability and cannot be trusted. Personally, I would never play him again.

 

[Trex]

Ideally
Outs Ins
Hojlund Ekitiki..... Priority 1
Rashford. Cunha...... priority 2
Antony. Dibling
Eriksen. Chris Riggs
Casemiro. Baleba
Onana. Anyone decent......p3

 

[Todd]

Nobody is paying 50 million for Garnacho.

When is the last time we sold a player for that much?

 

[KD6-3.7]

We have several glaring holes but we can't go into a new season without a new first team striker and goalkeeper.

Just feels like every transfer window we need to add more and more but always seem to have less and less money to spend. We have made several terrible signings but those Ten Hag windows has set this club so far back.

 

[Tallis]

Nobody is paying 50 million for Garnacho.

When is the last time we sold a player for that much?

Didn’t Napoli bid that much for Garna as their final offer. But we wanted 60m.

To answer, your question, it was Lukaku.

 

[JE-365]

GK, CB, Midfielder, L10, and 1 or 2 Strikers.

GK because Onana is prone errors.

CB because I'm concerned that our CB are still injury prone. The fact that we still need to play Lindelof despite of already have Mazraoui, Heaven, Yoro, Maguire, de Ligt, and Licha.

Midfielder because we are currently thin in midfield.

L10 and strikers because we are struggling to score goals. The likes of Hojlund, Garnacho, and Zirkzee haven’t been good enough, while Mount is injury prone.

 

[UpWithRivers]

Nobody is paying 50 million for Garnacho.

When is the last time we sold a player for that much?

Why is it that other teams want 100 mill for thier players- Baleba, Wharton, Joao Pedro etc, heck even Everton want 60 plus for Branthwaite yet here we are and can't even get 50 mill for our players. Garnacho is an attacker and should warrent a higher fee and Mainoo is an England International that played in the final

 

[2 man midfield]

I think a lot of our targets will depend on who says yes/no first. We can’t afford Gyokeres and Cunha, but probably could afford Delap and Cunha, or Gyokeres and Cherki for example.

———————New GK
——-Mazraoui-De Ligt-Yoro————-
New RWB—————————-—Dorgu
—————New CM-Ugarte—————
——-Amad———————-New AM—-
————————New CF———————

Ideally need 5 signings, but I can’t see us making that work without selling all our deadwood. What I can see is us running out of money and making Amad into a wing back.

We probably need another mad dog alongside ugarte as well, and a striker is urgent. I don’t see us starting the season without signing someone in those 2 positions.

New keeper has shot up the list though. I’d try and get Mike maignan for cheap, or even just someone on loan.

 

[Onerealunited]

I think a lot of our targets will depend on who says yes/no first. We can’t afford Gyokeres and Cunha, but probably could afford Delap and Cunha, or Gyokeres and Cherki for example.

———————New GK
——-Mazraoui-De Ligt-Yoro————-
New RWB—————————-—Dorgu
—————New CM-Ugarte—————
——-Amad———————-New AM—-
————————New CF———————

Ideally need 5 signings, but I can’t see us making that work without selling all our deadwood. What I can see is us running out of money and making Amad into a wing back.

We probably need another mad dog alongside ugarte as well, and a striker is urgent. I don’t see us starting the season without signing someone in those 2 positions.

New keeper has shot up the list though. I’d try and get Mike maignan for cheap, or even just someone on loan.

You don't think Bruno is good enough to be in this team?

 

[2 man midfield]

You don't think Bruno is good enough to be in this team?

Of course, he’s our best player - I don’t think he’s got a nailed down role as such. Sometimes he’ll be the 10, sometimes the 6, it felt silly putting him in one or the other. The line up above was more to illustrate the positions we need to sign rather than name our strongest side.

 

[Onerealunited]

Of course, he’s our best player - I don’t think he’s got a nailed down role as such. Sometimes he’ll be the 10, sometimes the 6, it felt silly putting him in one or the other. The line up above was more to illustrate the positions we need to sign rather than name our strongest side.

Good point and agere with you 100%. Ideally we should sign a staring midfield and AM so we have enough cards to play and move people around. Also given our injury history more than one good player in the heart of the play would only do us good

 

[Bwuk]

I trust Amad to get enough G/A as the right sided 10.

I don’t see a reliable starting option for the left 10. We badly need a striker too.

A replacement for Casemiro in midfield to play with Bruno. Someone who can put their foot on the ball and knock it about.

A new goal keeper.

That’s what I’d be prioritising.