Your top transfer targets (be the Mourinho)

RB : 1. Aurier 2. Semedo 3. Ricardo Pereira
LB : 1. Mendy 2. Sandro 3. Kurzawa
CB : 1. Varane 2. Van Dijk 3. Kimpembe
DM : 1. Weigl 2. Fabinho 3. Seri
CM : 1. Keita 2. Nainggolan 3. Saul
Winger : 1. Ousmane Dembele 2. Gelson Martins 3.Baldé Keita

Striker ? Rashford or Martial :)
 
Well the most talked about links seem to be Morata, Lindelof and Perisic. They do all seem to fit the mourinho mould and fit kind of what we need in certain positions. Not underwhelming, but they do all seem signings to me that would improve us but not send us into another stratosphere. None of these may happen of course but I expect similar signings if they dont, Mourinho always goes for certain types.

Personally I hope (but dont see happening), one or two United type signings, relatively young players on the cusp of being huge. An Under, Lozano, Guimaraes. Somebody we can sign and turn into a star. Think Depay was a bad choice, wasnt surprised he flopped. Martial I didnt really know, he has had a godo first season and a poor second one, but the potential is obviously there. That is the kind of signing I would like ....at a far more realistic price though
 
A triple swoop for Jonny Evans, Darren Fletcher and Michael Keane. :drool: Bring them back Jose!
 
Rhyme Animal said:
If I was José I'd remind Woodward that we spent £0 in January, and that we're the World's richest club, and that I've got us CL football and 2 trophies...

And I'd want -

Kane for up to 150-200m
Sanchez for up to 80m
VDV for 50-50m

And I'd offer these players all at least double what they're earning currently.

These are the type of signings we should be looking to make - the World's richest club shouldn't allow Spuds to enjoy Kane and Alli in the same league, it's insane. Likewise with Sanchez, he shouldn't be allowed to move to Bayern without at least offering Arse twice what Bayern are paying.
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Even at that price it's highly unlikely Levy would even consider it. It's a competitive league, and no club want to sell their best players to a rival.
 
Von Mistelroum said:
Striker (#9): 1. Aubameyang, 2. Morata 3. Dembele (Celtic lad honestly)

Midfielders 1. Nainggollan, 1) Fabinho - two number ones as I feel we need to focus on the strength in depth Real have or we used too. 2. Sanches 2. Weigl 3) maybe consider Ross Barkley as squad player to push Fellaini out the door. Or better Reyes is it from Porto?

Attacker (wing or support): 1. Sanchez 2. Dembele (Dortmund) 3. Douglas Costa

Defender (CB): 1. Keane, 2. Lindelof 3. VVD

Left back shaw gets one more season. Fosu mensah promoted to Valencia understudy.

Left Mbappe out cos IMOP he's Madrid bound, prob with our money for moratorium sale partially funding it
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Ok so if I were Jose/players I'd go for if I were in charge

1st choice - Lewandowski/Griezmann/Verratti/Vertonghen
These would be the hardest to get targets, you could argue no amount of money could get you Lewandowski however I believe the others would if you threw enough money at it

2nd choice - ???/???/Fabinho/???
See this is where it already gets difficult because anything beyond first choice feels like shopping in the bargain section. There's genuinely not a gettable centre forward out there that I can get excited about especially when it hampers the development of Rashford, I get Rashford as the sole striker isn't enough to go into the season with and that's why Griezmann was so important to which there really isn't an alternative in my opinion. Fabinho could be arguably a 1st choice signing for me so no issues there and as for CB's again there aren't really any that get me excited
 
CB - Lindelof
CDM - Fabinho/Dier
LM - Perisic
ST - Morata
MAYBE AM - James or Griezmann (still don't think Griezmann deal is dead yet). Think Woodward will want a 'galactico' type signing this summer whether it's Griezmann or not.
 
Calvin Carrick said:
CB - Lindelof
CDM - Fabinho/Dier
LM - Perisic
ST - Morata
MAYBE AM - James or Griezmann (still don't think Griezmann deal is dead yet). Think Woodward will want a 'galactico' type signing this summer whether it's Griezmann or not.
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Be good signings (Fabinho for me as not a big fan of Dier) I would also depending on cost take a punt on Celtic pair Armstrong and Tierney as both very good young players.
 
#9: Morata, Belotti, Dzeko
Wide Forward: Sanchez, Salah, Keita Balde
#8: Tolisso, N.Keita, Kovacic
#6: Fabinho, N'Zonzi, D.Pereira
LB: A.Sandro, Mendy, Hector
CB: Van Dijk, Laporte, Koulibaly
 
Calvin Carrick said:
CB - Lindelof
CDM - Fabinho/Dier
LM - Perisic
ST - Morata
MAYBE AM - James or Griezmann (still don't think Griezmann deal is dead yet). Think Woodward will want a 'galactico' type signing this summer whether it's Griezmann or not.
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I think we would only sign the likes of a Fabinho or Griezmann/James, not both. Pogba and Herrera will be the two starting midfielders. If he does switch formation to play a #10 then we still have Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lingard, and possibly Pereira to fill that spot.

Wayne can be #10 too. :wenger:
 
ST: Lukaku / Morata / Lacazette / Belotti
Wing: I don't feel we are desperate, as I think Rashford, Martial, Micki, Mata will all contribute much more this season
Midfield: Veratti / Saul Niguez / Weigl / Corentin Tolisso / Matuidi
CB: Lindeloff / Marquinhos / Keane
LB: Mendy
RB: Serge Aurier

Selling:
Rooney, Smalling, Fellaini, Young, Januzaj

Tough but I would take Lukaku over Morata ever so slightly at this stage because Lukaku has done it for a few years in the PL.

In midfield, we need a proper puppet master to pull the strings and release Pogba a bit further forwards.

In defence, I think we need extreme pace on the flanks to help us attack and another CB.
 
I think Mourinho only works with 22 players plus the keepers.He always emphasizes on Good depth and two good players for one position.

GK- ddg/romero -Sorted

CB- Bailly, rojo
CB- Jones/Lindelof - Sell Smalling

RB- Valencia/darmian - Can make do for another season
LB- Shaw/darmian/blind/rojo- same as above

DM- Herrera/carrick
CM- Pogba/Fellaini/Perreira

LAM- Martial/Rashford/Mkhi/lingard
CAM- Mata/Mkhi/Pogba/lingard
RAM- Mata/Mkhi/lingard

St- Morata/Rashford/martial


Clearly we need much much more in attack than we need in defence. I hope we sign

Lindelof(cb can cover full back) - 35 Million pounds
Fabinho(Midfielder can cover fb/cb) -35/40 million
Morata(striker) - 55/60 million pounds
Belotti (Striker) -- 60/70 million
Douglas costa(Winger) 35 million

Sell
Fellaini-10
Smalling-20
Blind-10
Young-10
Rooney- free?

In -240 million
Out- 50 million

Net spend 190 million
 
peridigm said:
I think we would only sign the likes of a Fabinho or Griezmann/James, not both. Pogba and Herrera will be the two starting midfielders. If he does switch formation to play a #10 then we still have Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lingard, and possibly Pereira to fill that spot.

Wayne can be #10 too. :wenger:
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In games against lesser teams -
Fabinho------------Pogba
------James/Griezmann

In games against bigger teams -
-------------------Fabinho
----------Herrera-----------Pogba
James/Griezmann-------------Perisic/Mkhitaryan/Martial
--------------------Morata
 
If I'm Jose...

Joey Barton to replace Pogba who we'll be sending to City on loan.
Joe Hart to replace DDG, because we'll also be sending him to City on loan.
Peter Crouch because I'd like a big no.9 to replace Zlatan.
Oh and Adama Traore to replace that Rashford kid because well they have similar ability and Traore has a much cooler and real footballers name. Remember Djimi.
No need for a number 10, we've got Rooney and having a good big Englishman like Crouch beside him will bring out his best.
 
Assuming Morata will sign and Fabinho is off the cards (could change, obviously), i'd probably go for:

Thiago Maia- DM
Paulo Dybala- RW
Adama Traore- LW

Maia, simply because he looks outstanding. Dybala, for obvious reasons, and because United need one 'galactico', and with Douglas Costa off to Juve the opportunity may be there.

The only reason I have gone for Traore is that he is an obviously raw talent, would cost under £10m, and could be offloaded in a season or two without much loss if it didn't work out. And, if anyone can instill tactical discipline in an untamed spirit it is Mourinho. Also, if there is an injury to Morata, both Martial and Rashford could devote themselves to playing up front with Traore being a replacement on the wing.
 
Transfers: Morata, James, Fabinho, Lindelof, Guerreiro

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Valencia------Bailly--Lindelof---Guerreiro
-------------Fabinho--Pogba---------------
----Mkhi---------James---------Rashford--
-----------------Morata---------------------

Subs:
FW: Martial, Ibra
AM: Mata, Lingard, Fellaini
CM/DM: Herrera, Carrick
CB/FB: Rojo, Blind, Smalling/Jones. Shaw, Darmian
 
1. Ousmane Dembele, if his release clause is only 80 million pounds its a steal, as these days players like morata go for 70.
2. Fabinho - Really decent price 35 million pounds is quoted I think? Or hell even any CDM from the portugese league, that fits the budget.
3. Aubamyeang - Proven striker with great instinct and goal scoring ability. He'd be around 70 million pounds I'd think at most, but I dont think he will want to come to United/Manchester. He seems like a fair weather player. Thus Morata is much much more likely.
4. Wilfried Zaha - would've been a welcome addition imo if we could get him for around 20-30 million pounds, he would be ridiculously hard to buy rn.
5. Oxlade Chamberlain if he hasnt renewed, great workhorse player that would fill our english contingent and is extremely versatile. Essentially a much better version of Lingard.
6. Aurier - 30 million pounds at most, Valencia's great but hes not good at attacking or crossing anymore, dont think he was ever great at it. But thats a neccesity in the modern game.
7. Mendy - 45 million

Obviously this is well above our budget, I was trying to keep it in mind at first just lost track. The 3 in italics would be luxury buys.

As lindelofs already done I'll include him as well



I think Dembele would have no qualms to a move to united in a year or two, but he probably doesnt trust our system of training and development nearly as much as dortmunds, hence he probably wouldnt want to leave yet. Otherwise I find it ridiculous that anyone can even think many clubs arent willing to pay that 80 million clause, I think City would also be keen on that.

Ideally we buy him and loan him back to them, but that realistically doesnt happen with such high profile players.

Theres a sense of inevitability that he'll play for Barcelona, but that can happen when hes around 26.. we could still get 4-6 years of a great player and sell with great profit.
 
Now we have Lindelof who I have barely seen, if I could sign any players I would probably go for:

Fabinho - I actually think he is over rated but he would do a decent job for us as the defensive midfielder eased in for Carrick...but I still think he is better as a right back and he provides cover there for Valencia who like Carrick isnt getting any younger in a position we have pretty poor cover for. TFM isnt a right back, neither are Smalling or Jones and Darmian is very average there if he stays, so Fabinho potentially solves two problems in one

Guimaraes - Big gamble and probably a big fee and potential Anderson situation. He is getting compared to Countinho and linked with Madrid though we have apparently watched him. From the little I have seen of him for Brazils youngsters he really reminds me of Verratti and I think within 3/4 years he will be of that level, in fact better than Verratti. Real splashed a lot of money on a Brazilian recently as the next big superstar....think they got the wrong one...Guimaraes will be the next big superstar

Cenzig Under - Heavily linked with us and Spurs for around £15m. Have to confess this is a player I have only read about and seen on youtube....but for that fee and watching him, he seems to have the shooting boots of Ronaldo and some of the technique on the ball of Messi. Not saying he will ever get to that level but I actually think we are weak on the flanks. Martial is a striker not a winger, same for Rashford, Mata is a number 10 for me not a wide player. Miki has a lot of talent but I personally think he had a pretty poor first season for us, like Depay he really only performed in Europe, hope he can step up next season but judging on last year one of the reasons we didnt create or score a hatfulo of chances was our poor performances outwide which is unheard of in my lifetime supporting the club. For 15m he could be an absolute bargain. We missed out on one potentially great Turkish player last year in Emre Mor, we shouldnt miss out on another

Dembele - Talking of missing out on a player to Dortmund, we shouldnt have missed out on Dembele. Although his final ball is lacking for me at the moment, the talent running with the ball.....wow, bums off seats signing that should be our big one this summer. Forget Griezman and Rodriguez who dont fit, Dembele does. Not only that if we sign him and Under we have two options on the flanks that allow us to use Rashford and Martial as striker where they should play.

On top of that I would mind signing a young left back to compete in a weak area, somebody like Sessegnon and I wouldnt mind us signing another young striker as well to give us three option up front which we can assess while Ibrahimovic recovers whether we should resign him or buy big in the summer. Personally I am not that excited by the likes of Morata, Aubeyang, Lacazette or Bellotti in terms of the fees. I think in Rashford and Martial we have two of Europes best young strikers if they were played there so dont think we need to buy big yet.

These signings would give us two quality options in every position even without the extra two:

GK DeGea/Romero
RB Fabinho/Valencia
CB Bailly/Tuanzabe (or Jones if you want experience)
CB Lindelof/Rojo
LB Shaw/Blind
DCM Carrick/Fabinho
CM Pogba/Perreira
CM Herrera/Guimaraes
LW Under/Dembele
RW Miki/Mata
CF Rashford/Martial

Then you still have the likes of Darmian, Young, Rooney, Jones, Smalling Fellaini, Lingard, TFM a couple of which I would certainly sell. We already have a big squad with depth. I just dont think we have a good team. Think we have bought poorly both in Fergies last season and since until Mourinhos first window. Bar Ronaldo, Bale or Neymar I dont see any of the ready made players such as Griezman, Rodriguez being the right fit as good as they are. I think Morata would actually suit us well.........but I dont think he is special, none of the linked strikers seem to be to me. I would rather we sign someone who is only a season away from being one in Dembele that fits and two potential ones in Under and Guimaraes who are exactly what we need. Gambles maybe, but lets face it last year in terms of performance there were probably only 4-5 positions at most well filled for us. We had a season of a lot of appearances in defence by Smalling, a lot of games in midfield by Fellaini and a lot of games out wide by Lingard......it shouldnt be hard to seriously upgrade on those players performances even with gambles rather than ready made expensive square pegs in round holes
 
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RAVred said:
1. Ousmane Dembele, if his release clause is only 80 million pounds its a steal, as these days players like morata go for 70.
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He doesn't have a release clause. It's just a BS figure thrown in the room by that toilet tabloid Sport
 
I think the most important thing is bringing in players that really wants to be here. I'd rather we play our youngsters (who played CP off the park) than bring in socalled suoerstars who is more concerned about the money they bring in than MUFC. We have to get a CM though to free Pogba. My team for next season:
Ddg
Valencia Bailly Lindelöf Shaw
Fabinho Herrera
Rashford Pogba Martial
M'bappe.
Subs
Semedo, MkHitaryan, Mitchell, Gomes, Tuanzebe, TFM and Romero.
If only Mou could let the four attackers interchange and move around we will be a joy to watch. And stop playing so f-cking defensively away from home. Mbappe ,Fabinho and Semedo. Get it done Woody:devil:
 
Morata, Fabinho, Nainngolan, Perisic, Semedo

I've gone for a somewhat compromise between players I'd really like and players I think we can/will get (i.e. Perisic)
 
Ronaldo as Zlatan's replacement, and Perisic from Inter. Matic to reinforce our midfield.

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Pretty confident we'll sign fabinho and morata to add onto lindelof. Semedo would be an excellent signing as well. 1 top attacker definitely needed to add to them though otherwise we'll still be light up front. A very good all around squad though if they all happen.

Maybe hope for martial to develop and get back to his best, and then next summer sign griezmann to take us up a level.
 
Fabinho
Morata
Perisic
Matic

And a marquee signing somewhere just for laughs it should've been Griezmann, Otherwise it's a pretty meh transfer window for us.
 
With the amount of Perisic in posts, I'd like to know at what point in the last 12 months did you think "what we need is that Perisic fella"? Before or after the rumours started. I swear he's some people's dream signing even though only know about him this window.
 
Are we even particularly linked with anyone right now? It's all been so quiet and boring. My muppet signing will be Sanchez but I don't think we're in for him
 
If we can´t get Mbappe, and I don´t think we can, Morata is a good choice as our next 9. Good aerial threat against deep lying defences and a very smart hold up player when we´re sitting deep. Scores goals at a high, Chicharito-esque rate per minute.

I already like our wingers just fine. Martial, Mkhitaryan, Mata is a fine trio. If we can´t get a proper upgrade like Cristiano, Dembele or Bale, and we probably can´t, I´d just leave as is for next year.

Gonalons is moving for 9M to Roma. That looks like a steal to me. He´s not special, but he screens the defense well. I´d have bought him and then spent the real money on a proper box to box midfielder, with Herrera able to play as an 8 or as 6 when we want better passing or more mobility there. For example, if Naby Keita is the player he´s supposed to be, we could have spent 80M on Keita and Gonalons and presumably sold Fellaini for 20M and that´s about 60M net spend, whereas we might instead spend 40M on Matic. Same principle would apply for a different CM. Whoever we think is the next Vidal or Modric just pay over the odds for, but that´s how we should be thinking.

Lindelof looks promising and a reasonable fee. I´m a Shaw believer, but we probably do need an LB to compete with him. Valencia turns 32 before the season, so we need to be looking for his long-term replacement, but it´s okay if the guy needs a season or even two to get ready for the job.
 
For this Summer,

CB's sorted, next we are in need of a good striker badly and a left winger significantly at least.

Striker: Morata, fits everything that we need of a striker. Can post play and hold the ball better, thus compliment Rashford's speedy striker playstyle. Rotation or playing with Rashford (2 strikers formation or Rash on the wing). While he's adapting to EPL, Rashford lead the line.

Left Winger: Perisic. To bring balance to our midfield, and improve our left side. Martial is a good back-up and will continue improving.

Additionally,
Attacking Midfielder: James, if he's interested. Doubtful though. Will improve our first eleven and goal scorings.
Central Defensive Midfielder: Matic/Fabinho. To free up both Pogba and Herrera. Play in some games.
Centre Back: Keane, bring him home, replacing either Jones/Smalling (sell either one next Jan the earliest). Not a big priority atm.

LB and RW reserved for January and summer next year. Depends on situations (Shaw improving, or even Blind and Mitchell). If LB is still poor, by then time to poach maybe Rose (if Tottenham is not winning again that'll take a toll on their players). Willian from Chelsea (he's not a regular under Conte) if our RW is still that bad.

Sky1981 said:
This isn't be the mourinho. This is be the fm manager with cash cheat.
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To add to my own thread, we've been struggling to get Perisic by all accounts and I'd like to add Draxler to my LW list. He's a top player and he'd be perfect there for us.
 
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