What do we still need? Post Summer 2015 edition.

Leroy Sane would be the perfect winger signing for us. Have we been linked with him at all? Looked fecking rapid when Schalke scored today.
 
Sounds like none of the wingers we have truly are what he wants, he wants blistering pace on both flanks. Shame he has zero interest in fixing our #10 problem. Still, 2 fast. creative attackers should be top of our shopping list followed by a CM.

As for CB, if we can't Stones or Laporte I'm not sure LvG will bother. Rojo is showing improved discipline so maybe he can transfer that to LCB when Shaw gets back to the LB spot.
 
We need an absolute world star. Reus/bale/neymar kind of mainstream choice and i would personally grab another central midfielder to completely solidify the position as carricks a year old and bastian will eventually start to fall back into some injury issues/slight decline (not suggestion soon). so a long term partner for Scheiderlin in the spine of our CM. like a big money move for veratti/koke.

I think we are at the stage with this squad that we need quality over quantity. 30m doesnt get you a top player anymore unless you have an amazing scouting department. we need like 2 world class additions then just keep promoting through the youth ranks.
 
Freak said:
If pace is what he wants in the wing, why not play Valencia there for the time being? He's done well there for his country recently and for us in the past.
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He wants players with speed who can beat men and cut inside/ put a cross in. Valencia is good but these days cant beat a man and his crossing has detirorated over a period of time. Right back suits him perfectly for now. Its the same reason young plays full back.
 
Think we are going after Mane again. Korean said a few weeks ago that he knew they couldn't keep him.
 
Adisa said:
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cant see it at work but assuming its the link to him saying that he wants 2 fast, creative wingers.

Im not his biggest fan, infact i'm one of his biggest critics here due to the nature of our attacks so I am over the moon to see that he recognizes we need pace

Bale and Reus please
 
Whiteside1985 said:
Remember when we brought in Alan Smith from Leeds (much to the horror of many) and due to injuries he had to be the sole centre-forward for quite a few games at the start of a season? (and won many over with his work ethic)

I wonder who the equivalent signing to this would be at the moment? An old-style British centre-forward to lead the line when Martial needs a break. Not necessarily a world-beater, but someone to do some of the hard graft.
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your man from QPR
 
sdb4884 said:
Victor Osimhen
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Spanish newspaper AS claim Spurs were in talks with the player's representative throughout the Under-17 World Cup and that he has agreed terms with us ... but I've no idea about the reliability of AS.
 
GlastonSpur said:
Spanish newspaper AS claim Spurs were in talks with the player's representative throughout the Under-17 World Cup and that he has agreed terms with us ... but I've no idea about the reliability of AS.
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Didn't Spurs sign Souleymane Coulibaly or something like that after he similarly impressed in a youth tournament? I doubt Osimhen is anything special, and Spurs probably missed the boat with Iheanacho, but one of these days it might work out for them.
 
ADJUDICATOR said:
Didn't Spurs sign Souleymane Coulibaly or something like that after he similarly impressed in a youth tournament? I doubt Osimhen is anything special, and Spurs probably missed the boat with Iheanacho, but one of these days it might work out for them.
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Yes. It didn't work out and he now plays for Peterborough Utd in League 1. But with the ongoing construction of a new stadium to pay, Spurs don't have lots of money to shell out for established players, so to some extent we're in the game of speculating to accumulate.
 
I'm starting to think that we could win the league this year if we had another forward (or if Rooney finds his form)
I'd be all up for buying somebody who can give us goals and options up front in January... Preferably somebody not cl cup tied as hopefully with a bit of luck we will qualify and then you never know.

Icardi? Higuain? I doubt their clubs would want to sell in January but a big offer would surely be tempting to both and I genuinely believe that either could give us the extra goals to take advantage of a start that has yielded more points than some of our performances have deserved
 
sun_tzu said:
I'm starting to think that we could win the league this year if we had another forward (or if Rooney finds his form)
I'd be all up for buying somebody who can give us goals and options up front in January... Preferably somebody not cl cup tied as hopefully with a bit of luck we will qualify and then you never know.

Icardi? Higuain? I doubt their clubs would want to sell in January but a big offer would surely be tempting to both and I genuinely believe that either could give us the extra goals to take advantage of a start that has yielded more points than some of our performances have deserved
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I'd rather see it out till the summer then go after Harry Kane.

In a dream summer, Kane, Stones and whoever else is available. Since Carrick may retire and Fellaini will probably be sold, we'll need another midfielder, who will have to be a starter if Van Gaal doesn't want Herrera as one of the midfielders. Barkley would be great.

De Gea
Darmian - Smalling - Stones - Shaw
Herrera - Schneiderlin
Mata
Memphis - Kane - Martial​
 
Bwuk said:
I'd rather see it out till the summer then go after Harry Kane.

In a dream summer, Kane, Stones and whoever else is available. Since Carrick may retire and Fellaini will probably be sold, we'll need another midfielder, who will have to be a starter if Van Gaal doesn't want Herrera as one of the midfielders. Barkley would be great.

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I struggle to understand the rationale behind going all out for Kane. I feel like a lot of people would like to bring him to the club purely because he is young and English and I don't think he would make a massive amount of difference to how we play. He has quite an impressive goalscoring record for Spurs, granted, but he also spurns a lot of chances and his shooting technique leaves a lot to be desired. He just seems to lash it and hope for the best, from what I've seen. He can get away with that at Spurs because they create more chances than us, but I think he'd be an incredibly frustrating player to watch in this system.

I'd much prefer us to play Martial through the middle, where we can get the best out of him. Then we could sign an actual winger.
 
1) Cheap, hungry promising striker (Chicharito mark 2) to back up Martial; Rooney goes and his wages basically cover this
2) Best RW we can get; Most of our summer money goes to this
3) Young, promising box to box CM to rotate with Schweinsteger and Herrera when we go 4-3-3; Fellaini goes to cover half/third of the fee
4) Best LCB under 27 we can get; McNair goes on loan and gets 35 Champo starts

That'll do.
 
sun_tzu said:
250k a week for another three years... Why exactly would Rooney go anywhere?
Nobody is going to pay him close to that
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MLS, PSG, some other acronym?

We could cover 50K a week of that and it might be worth it, also...
 
NoPace said:
1) Cheap, hungry promising striker (Chicharito mark 2) to back up Martial; Rooney goes and his wages basically cover this
2) Best RW we can get; Most of our summer money goes to this
3) Young, promising box to box CM to rotate with Schweinsteger and Herrera when we go 4-3-3; Fellaini goes to cover half/third of the fee
4) Best LCB under 27 we can get; McNair goes on loan and gets 35 Champo starts

That'll do.
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1) hoping we go for a young potential, ala Memphis and Martial
2) Same as above
3) Gundogen
4) would say Stones if LVG gets over his left foot right foot thing (he has played Smalling and Jones together) otherwise Laporte
 
sun_tzu said:
250k a week for another three years... Why exactly would Rooney go anywhere?
Nobody is going to pay him close to that
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My question on top of your question is....if no one buys him and his playing level continues to drop (as I expect it to). If he's no longer good enough for first team, will he sit on his arse for three years and tough it out until he had every last penny out of the club, or hold his hands up and say "I can't do it anymore and no longer deserve what you pay me, so by mutual consent my contract is terminated"?
 
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CM10 said:
I'd much prefer us to play Martial through the middle, where we can get the best out of him. Then we could sign an actual winger.
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I agree with this.

Martial + new winger > Kane + Martial.

Much depends on Memphis' development but adding one quality attacking player, either winger or #10 could make a massive difference to our team. As others have said, we have a real chance at winning the league this season itself.

Because of Shaw's injury we are also one defender short so let's buy Ashley Cole.
 
Ideally, I think we could do with both a winger and a #10 but that might depend on us binning Rooney in the summer, which I'm not sure we'll do.

We shouldn't be going near Ashley Cole now though. He isn't near the required level for United anymore and we have better options for the left back spot at the club already.
 
If LvG stays, i think we will be in the market for a Second-Striker, Right-Winger and a Deep-Lying Playmaker.

My choices would be:

SS: Teixeira/Griezmann
RW: Sane/Mane/Mahrez
CM: Tielemans/Gundogan/Xhaka

Would take most of the budget i would imagine.
We could still use a LCB, but imo it's not as big a priority.
 
Aubamayang and Griezmann for me. We need to rebuild this awful attack.
 
Overhaul the front four. If we're brave enough to do this and take some tough calls I reckon we can go up a few levels as a team.

Get rid of the albatross that is Wayne Rooney, and build a front 4 that has proper pace and skill.

Get in a right winger, a number 10 and a striker this summer.

Herrera and the new number 10 for the number 10 role.

Mata and the new right winger for the right wing role.

Memphis and Martial for left wing.

Martial and the new striker for the striker position/second striker position (if we play two uptop)

Alternatively, get a left winger as well as Memphis is struggling, but I think bringing Januzaj back and rotating him with any position across the front four is a better idea.
 
He can buy as many pacey players as he wants, if he instructs them to play as cautious as we currently do there wont be an improvement
 
We need a new manager, a manager that can't make our current players look half functional doesn't deserve to be supported on the transfer market.
 
Escobar said:
He can buy as many pacey players as he wants, if he instructs them to play as cautious as we currently do there wont be an improvement
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That is a concern.

But I doubt even Pep could make this attack work. Where is the star player? Where is the creative genius? Where is the goalscorer? We have none of those at the minute.

Van Gaals fault as he could have addressed this in the summer. Depay and Martial are young players who both need time.
 
We need quality.

If we had an outstanding attacking four, this team would be superb.

We are extremely strong in defence and possession.

We just lack any quality upfront.

Three attackers and John Stones.
 
Bojan11 said:
That is a concern.

But I doubt even Pep could make this attack work. Where is the star player? Where is the creative genius? Where is the goalscorer? We have none of those at the minute.

Van Gaals fault as he could have addressed this in the summer. Depay and Martial are young players who both need time.
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Coming in at Bayern is probably easier for a player than at United currently, but look at what Guardiola has done with Coman. He was decent player for Juventus last year, but nowhere near as good as he is for Bayern presently. Douglas Costa's ridiculous form is probably down to Guardiola as well. He was Donetsk's most talented player, but judging by his performances in the Champions League for Donetsk, he's clearly improved a lot, too.

We obviously need more quality for our attack, but it's quite clear that van Gaal isn't getting the best out of them either.
 
JPRouve said:
We need a new manager, a manager that can't make our current players look half functional doesn't deserve to be supported on the transfer market.
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Exactly a manager is supposed to be able to get the best out of his players, and getting 250mill is a bonus that very very few managers get, and to then still be complaining that he needs a Ronaldo or Bale. Whats the use of him, if every excuse is that he needs more money
 
It's funny, when we got LvG as a manager we were warned that he was a transfer muppets nightmare and not to expect much activity, yet every time a transfer window opens LvG is like a Beverley Hills housewife with her stockbroker hubby's credit card, off to the shops like a whippet!
 
We spent £250m but had to basically buy an entire squad. Real have spent more than that on 3 attackers.

We need to invest again big money.

Kate, Stones and two wingers for me.
 
I don't see two wingers being bought personally, I do wonder though if LvG might go for another top #9 and play Martial off the left with Memphis as a back up for both positions.
 
Bojan11 said:
Aubamayang and Griezmann for me. We need to rebuild this awful attack.
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There is nothing wrong with Martial, Herrera, Depay, and Mata they are all top players imo, we could replace them with Aubamayang, Griezmann, Mane, and Rodriquez, but as soon as they succumb to LvG's tactics then it'll be more of the same.

I'd argue that we are just a Luke Shaw recovery, and a top right winger away from having a team that could win anything given the right approach.
 
Just get Pep in and give him 300 million to work with.. And move Lvg to Portugal with his wife..
 
KingMinger22 said:
We spent £250m but had to basically buy an entire squad. Real have spent more than that on 3 attackers.

We need to invest again big money.

Kate, Stones and two wingers for me.
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You started post-Fergie with a squad that had just won the league by a big margin. You didn't have to "buy an entire squad". You needed to make some astute replacements in the squad that you already had, but largely failed to do so and resorted to simply chucking money around left, right and centre to no great effect.
 
GlastonSpur said:
You started post-Fergie with a squad that had just won the league by a big margin. You didn't have to "buy an entire squad". You needed to make some astute replacements in the squad that you already had, but largely failed to do so and resorted to simply chucking money around left, right and centre to no great effect.
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I agree with this. We had a good squad when Fergie left and could've easily maintained it with a couple of new players and a great manager. Obviously that wasn't in the cards with Moyes, which subsequently led us astray in terms of transfers.
 
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