Would you be happy with Morata, Fabinho, Lindelof and Perisic?

Would you be happy with Morata, Fabinho, Lindelof and Perisic?

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I think it's becoming quite obvious what the 4 targets are now. If we get all of these players and no more, are we comfortable going into the season?

I also want you to assume City sign Walker, a solid left back and Sanchez just to make it easy for comparison purposes. Chelsea Tottenham and Liverpool are harder to guess by way of summer business.

Personally I'd be quite happy but it will put much pressure on the wingers particularly to perform on a more consistent basis. It's gone from guessing with Griezmann, Silva and James early in the summer to Morata and Perisic. I think Mourinho knows what he wants and we have to trust him, but its a lot of pressure on Perisic/Mkhitaryan to perform. They aren't on the same creative quality of Sanchez, KDB, Eriksen and Mane. Hope to be proven wrong with Perisic and hope Mkhitaryan brings consistency to his game next season. That's my only concern.
 
No. I wanted Fabinho, Varane, Lukaku and Griezmann (or James)

But I'm not the manager and I trust in Jose's decision so if it pays off, I'll be more than happy.

Mourinho knows what players he wants and needs for his system. They might not always be the flashiest players or the biggest names but if it means we'll get results and win more trophies, who cares? A proper unit is much better than a team of individuals who look brilliant on paper but in reality have no chemistry with each other and/or don't fit into what Mourinho's trying to do.
 
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No because we need a new LB and a better B2B midfielder.
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Pogba and Herrera are fine B2B midfielders. We need a proper DM alike Fabinho who can sit and break up play and play the simple balls.

I agree about a LB though. Mendy would have been fantastic but I doubt Monaco would sell us two players. So i'm fine with Darmian/Blind/Shaw.
 
If we stopped at Fabinho/Morata and Lindelof I'd be very happy.

Perisic added in makes it a bit better and more depth added.

But the first 3 are the important ones, especially Fabinho.
 
No, we need another source of goals, Morata replacing Ibra is fine but we were way off the pace with goals last season and need a secondary scorer in the team as well. We also need a LB and there are much better wingers around than Perisic.
 
I would like another creative winger as well, Who has goals and assists in him along with good skills in high pressure.

Someone like Fedrico Bernardeschi or mahrez
 
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It depends who goes out. You could potentially re-add Zlatan to that list. We have Pereira coming back who and maybe another kid will come through. Would Fabinho allow Pogba and Herrera to score more and create more and would Perisic and Morata give us the goals we lacked last season. Perisic I think would be a good addition. It's difficult to say. I think defensively we're strong enough. We're perhaps missing unpredictability but maybe Pereira can give us that. I think we'd challenge for the premiership and fair well enough in the champions league but it's all about momentum.

Also Harrop and Mitchell did well in the palace game. Good qualities and in the case of Mitchell someone who WOULD improve us offensively so maybe he would be a good rotational option because our full backs offer very little going forwards and we need their width
 
I'd be delighted, think it'd be a very good window.

People need to wise up and put down FM/Fifa.
 
Yes. This is real life not FIFA.

We need to buy players to suit our system. That's what we did under Sir Alex and it rarely failed us.

What have all the Falcaos and Sweinsteigers actually done for us? Happier to get players that will do the job.
 
It appears if all deals go through-one player for each position defence midfield,wing and attack.
 
Would be decent, it would definitely improve the team however not sufficiently. Another goal-scoring winger and left back and we are talking.

Lindeloff, Morata, Mendy, Fabinho, (unfortunately perisic) + quality winger. We can't forget the fact we lost out on a major transfer in griezmann and have to consider we won't have Ibra.
 
Will not solve our goal scoring problems. I'm sure opposition fans would be delighted if these are the only transfers we make.

Probably a Top 4 scrap next season.
 
Would be very good. If we are playing 4-3-3 the signings would leave us with a very balanced squad except maybe left fullback.

4-2-3-1 we would still be lacking a reliable number 10.
 
No. I don't think we will score enough goals. I don't think Morata will cover the amount of goals Ibra scored for us last season and I'm not too confident about Perisic. I can see another season like last with lots of draws if we don't sign another top goalscorer.
 
I wouldn't personally. If that was our transfer window, just like I predicted last year, I wouldn't see us making the top 4, never mind mounting a title challenge. Unless Pogba starts burying his chances, Morata turns out to be the real deal doing something he's yet to do - be a consistent goalscorer as a starter, and Rashford/Martial continue to progress, then I think we might be alright. Too many ifs, though.
 
If that's what Mourinho wants, then yes. If I was manager I would probably go for Sanchez and Willian (both) instead of Perisic.

Morata
Sanchez
Willian
Fabinho
Lindelof

That's a very good summer.
 
If you add Andreas Pereira to that, it's quite a quality pack of players coming in... Perhaps the only worry would be lack of goalscoring number 10 or supporting striker for Alvaro in case of injury or something in that mood and I'm not even trying to be pessimistic. We all know uncalled injuries in Man United is almost a norm during intensive season.
 
you'd have to be happy with that. It might not be the Griezmann and big names we'd of hoped. But you have to think of the age of them and ask, is he thinking long term.

Should we win another 3 trophies this season at worst its the league cup, super cup and shield not so good then really. Even to finish second, quaters in europe and win the FA cup would be a huge season for us and a huge step in the right direction. You need to consider where we been and the quality we have lost.

I think a season like that would send the message we are becoming a force again and all them muppet dreams of world class players in every position could become a reality, although i doubt it for all 11. But 6-8 could be a reality.

If the season is more of the same as this last one?... there could be meltdown
 
I think all 4 address weaknesses so I'd be happy with the signings individually, but I do think we need another attacker on top of that.

Edit: Actually we need a left back too, and I think we'll get one.
 
I'd like to see an experienced player come in for the defence/as the DM. Morata, Lindelof and Fabinho are all under 25, and although they've had a decent amount of games at the top level I'd still say they're relatively inexperienced.

Honestly think Nainggolan would be perfect.
 
Yes, because they'd improve our squad in key areas and I'm not a big fan of adding a whole load of players in one go. I'd sign 5 players max as investments for the squad next year. Any signing beyond that would be players for the future, rather than ones I'd expect to produce and help us challenge for the league next year.
 
Absolutely. I expect Martial and Mkhi to step it up a notch next year.
 
People seem to forget how shite our attack was last season and that was with ibra who is now unavailable. Perisic and Morata won't solve all our issues in the final third. This has nothing to do with playing too much fifa or whatever other Shite. Look at our competition and that says it all really.
 
Given the caveat that City are signing Alexis no I wouldn't believe we'd have done enough, it's already arguable that that would be the case already but Sanchez to City dare I say delivers them the league

Those 4 signings in isolation to what anyone else does though I'd be relatively happy...

Lindelof - hopefully between him and Rojo they along with Bailly can form our next great CB pairing

Fabinho - the Carrick replacement we've all worried about for so long

Perisic - an out and out winger giving us a different threat to what Mkhi, Mata and Martial provide

Morata - all things being well Spain's future long term number 9

Griezmann not coming is a huge blow to our aspersions for next season though as we'll still be lacking that world class attacker that our rivals possess however hopefully him and Zlatan could be January signings...
 
I think it would have sufficed last year but the way City will grow makes them more menacing. Chelsea under Conte for a 2nd season is a bit of a black box, motivation wise etc. Conte is also one to apparently throw his toys out the pram quite easily.

I'd be happy. I think.
 
No. Not enough quality. We need world class game winner. Thats is the most important thing with holding midfielder. We simply need +20 goals next season. Scoring goals in our biggest weakness.
 
I would be quite happy.

Fabinho is a classy addition to our midfield, and his ability to sit in front of the back four and pressure opposition attackers will give the likes of Pogba more freedom to go forward. He's a handy, calm passer too. He will be the foundation upon which any midfield success we have is built.

Lindelof's signing in conjunction with Bailly is clearly an attempt to recreate the Rio and Vidic partnership, with Bailly playing the Vidic role, the brave and strong tackler, and Lindelof the Rio role, the cool and classy one. Keane and Van Dijk were both more similar to what we already had, but I feel Lindelof will offer something different.

Morata and Jose have a strong relationship, Jose clearly likes Morata for his qualities and mentality and Morata clearly likes Jose's style of management and wants to play for him. Morata again offers something different to what we currently have, in that he can hold up the ball and link play. Zlatan could do that but he liked to drop deep, as did Rooney, and Morata will have more pace and trickery than either of them. He's more physical than Martial or Rashford and has a decent size about him.

Perisic has pace, trickery, can beat a man, works hard, and he'll compliment Mkhitaryan very well I think. I would assume those will be our first choice wingers going into the season, with Martial and Mata as backup to them, and Rashford covering Morata.

I can see a lot more service getting to Morata than we've had this season with Perisic and Mkhitaryan out wide also offering the threat of cutting in, and with Pogba more advanced with Fabinho holding behind him. I'd still like us to look into getting a left back, Danny Rose would be ideal. I don't think we'll need any more midfielders beyond Fabinho if we are going to be giving Pereira games. I think most people would agree that Griezmann would have been better than either Morata or Perisic, although he doesn't really suit the number 9 role and that is allegedly what we've switched our focus onto. Not sure how much of that is perhaps the club trying to save face after chasing him only to have decide to stay with Atletico though. Belotti for me is a question of style, he'll either suit what you like in a striker or he won't. He's got the style of a number 9 but without the size and power of one.
 
Yes and no. I think those would be fantastic additions. Lindelof looks like a great two-footed, ball-playing CB who really appears to have a cool head. Fabinho is the best DM we can realistically get. Morata is class and would thrive in the PL, and Perisic might not be quite as cool as some other wingers, but I think Mourinho wants the directness he brings. He's a great outlet and, while he won't be doing a tonne of tricks, he'll get that ball in to Morata regularly.

The problem I have is that we need more. I can handle the idea of not getting a new LB as I think we have options there that can do the job, but attacking-wise, I don't think we'd be stronger than last season necessarily after losing Zlatan. We could really do with another attacker, that x-factor that we lack and Griezmann would have brought.

Of course, Atletico can sign players again in Jan right?....So if there's a chance we are just waiting until then for Antione, it's worth the wait with those players.
 
Mendy, Sanchez, Morata, Fabinho, Mahrez and a bid for Veratti (you never know).
 
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