Another left forward/winger?
Yep hard to moan at those signings, both look a shrewd bit business. Big upgrade on both positions with premier league proven players.
Agreed.
Sidibe, Sandro, Alderweireld, Fred, Willian. That's the five I think we'll go for too, possibly Talisca instead of Willian. No need for another CM with Pereira coming back.
I’ve noticed people mentioning Pereira across the forum. I don’t get the hype. I get he is talented but doesn’t seem like a player that will settle in the EPL. Him leaving rather than staying said quite a bit and with all the injuries we had last year, he would’ve definitely got playing time.Sidibe, Sandro, Alderweireld, Fred, Willian. That's the five I think we'll go for too, possibly Talisca instead of Willian. No need for another CM with Pereira coming back.
Don't think anyone will be able to get passed our right side with the aggressiveness and agility of Willian, Fred, Sidibe and Bailly. Imagine that compared to Mata, Herrera, Valencia and Smalling.
I believe so too. I think if we can do business like we're being tipped to do, we'll be a bit of a machine next year with no glaring weaknesses. We might not play like Barcelona but I think we'll be a lot better to watch.
Yep, the first step to becoming any sort of great side is to have balance first and foremost.
Mourinho didn't want him to go on loan last summer, which suggests he rates him and wants him here.
True but from what I recall him not staying got him on José’s naughty list
Pereira, although a different type of player, is on a different level to the massively over hyped Mctominay. We need to give Pereira chance this year, we will regret selling him, he is a real talent.
Highly doubt we would spend that much and sell that many players. Too disruptive and far too risky to the current squad.
Highly unlikely? yes.
Very much doubt Dybala would want to come over here. If he came to the EPL, he'd probably want to go to City or Liverpool (if they could afford him). As it is, we're already balking at SMS for a lower price, so I doubt we'd bid for Dybala at that price. TBH, it would be good to see prices get a bit moderated.
Too many who would be expected to start though? One of those and bringing through a younger player, be it McTominay or preferably Pereira would be ideal. The squad feels bloated as it is for some reason, letting more go than come in but upping the quality with 4 or 5 cast iron 1st teamers and opening squad spots to youngsters is what I would like to see. RB, LB, one CM and a RW is what I would like. Toby as well if we can move Jones/Rojo on.
This was part of the initial aggressive investment period when Roman took over the club. A settled club shouldn't have the need to swap out that many players, especially when the manager is struggling to show that he can win with the players he has bought the past two transfer cycles.
Every player at the club has been/is on jose's naughty list though.
What’s different from Fellaini contract and Martial how he’s holding the club to ransom? Both are well within their right imo.
Yes, we shouldn't have that need.
He's obviously going to buy several players and we are going to lose a few. But we shouldn't expect that transfers are going to magically liberate us from the problems we've had over the past two years, which are more down to squad ethos and the players not galvanizing around Mourinho's tactics and managements style. Only Jose himself can fix that.
Dybalas price it not the issue, and he'd be interested at the same wage as Pogba.
I think he’s been hamstrung with key positions much like city last year with their full backs. Once we have full backs capable of getting up and down and not just supporting but over lapping we’ll see more fluidity in our attack and will open options for our midfielders imo. Full back is the key but midfield and right wing are needing upgrades also. Will be interesting as that’s 4 positions and I think signing 4 is the top number we’ll sign maybe only 3 and with Jose looking at or rumoured to be interested in Alderweireld and Fred then that leaves both full backs and right back not touched and we have a big budget but not unlimited given we signed Sanchez in January.
I don't think that buying players will fix the problems we had. But it seems to be the managers viewpoint.
I agree with the latter but then I also think it leaves us thin if Pogba goes down. We all saw how meh we were without him.
I’ve always felt we’ve been short in CM. I’ve felt this way since 2008 and it’s never been properly addressed. We are an injury away from being very weak in there as it is, I’d love more than anything for Pereria to be given a go but let’s face it the odds are against Jose doing that.
I fully expect this to be the case in truth. I think we will see 3 come in. It isn't enough but I think that's what Jose will do.
To beat city to the title we need more than 3 players.
