What do we still need? Aka The never ending story

[Fracture90]

DMF, RW and RB is a must in the next transfer window irrelevant of who the manager is going to be at that point.

Hopefully we can shed away that horrible Sanchez' contact and probably even shift Lukaku as well.

 

[Fracture90]

I would agree with this. I however just dont think we will spend 80 million on a defender.

Neves for 50 million is quite unrealistic.

 

[King Andow]

A dominant in the air top quality centre back the absolute must.

When you don't have your two main centre backs on the oppositions main heading threat, I think that says it all.

A lot of the posts above are utter nonsense. We can't have mass clearouts every single year, and we won't be making 5-6 signings (or more) in one summer.

So a centre back, right back (if we decide Dalot won't be good enough quickly), and some sort of better right sided option attacking wise

Probably, but we could and should. City bought 15 of their current first teamers in 3 seasons.

 

[Van Piorsing]

Enough with the squad players. Make a clearout and derive all funds from selling to players that will change this team.

 

[Fracture90]

Meunier from PSG for RB, if we opt to buy one. Carvajal also said he wanted to try himself in the EPL not so long ago.

DMF I'd go for Neves or Lemina.

For RW position I'm high on Sancho but he would probably cost us a king's ransom, one of PSV lad's Lozano/Bergwhatever or that Roma Turk guy.

 

[Amadaeus]

Out:
Sanchez or Lukaku 30m - 70m
Mata 25m
Rojo 15m
Valencia 10m
Jones 15m
Dalot(loan)
Gomes or Andreaa(loan)
Fosu Mensah(loan)
Tuzanbebe(loan)
McTominay(loan)
Greenwood(loan Dortmund)

In:
Sancho (£80m + bonus)
Neves (£70m)
Koulibaly (£90m)
Hakimi (£40m)
Chillwell (£40m)

De Gea/Romero
Hakimi/Young - Koulabaly/Bailly - Lindelof/Smalling - Chillwell/Shaw
Neves/Matic
Herrera/Fred - Pogba/Gomes
Sancho/Lingard - Rashford/Sanchez? - Martial/Chong

 

[Sandikan]

Meunier from PSG for RB, if we opt to buy one. Carvajal also said he wanted to try himself in the EPL not so long ago.

DMF I'd go for Neves or Lemina.

For RW position I'm high on Sancho but he would probably cost us a king's ransom, one of PSV lad's Lozano/Bergwhatever or that Roma Turk guy.

Lemina is certainly a quality player.
Is he defensive though? Always thought he's like their equivalent of Pogba.

 

[Sandikan]

Out:
Sanchez or Lukaku 40m - 70m

Who is buying Sanchez for 40m?!
On his wages, we'll do well to get anything back.

 

[Amadaeus]

Who is buying Sanchez for 40m?!
On his wages, we'll do well to get anything back.

China or Dubai

 

[DomesticTadpole]

I'll say 2 midfielders as well.

Too much work need to be done. We have about 11-15 players good for United. The rest are meh.

Probably do need two midfielders. Fellaini gone and could do with a good quality replacement/rotation for Matic.

 

[Sandikan]

China or Dubai

No chance.
China have started reducing their ridiculous fees. Don't they now have a rule they have to pay the same amount of tax as fee?
Plus they've tightened up rules on foreign players.

 

[We need an rvn]

No chance.
China have started reducing their ridiculous fees. Don't they now have a rule they have to pay the same amount of tax as fee?
Plus they've tightened up rules on foreign players.

Someone will definitely buy him if he's on offer, even if we get nothing for him his wages will be a huge weight off the club and the balance of fairness to other player salaries.

 

[Amadaeus]

No chance.
China have started reducing their ridiculous fees. Don't they now have a rule they have to pay the same amount of tax as fee?
Plus they've tightened up rules on foreign players.

I m not sure. I don’t follow the Chinese league. If they can put a player like Fellaini on £200k plus wages then they can get one of our better players on one of those predefined wages.

 

[Fracture90]

Lemina is certainly a quality player.
Is he defensive though? Always thought he's like their equivalent of Pogba.

Yup, he's defensive enough, more so than Pogba.

 

[We need an rvn]

Needed are a dominant centre half to partner lindelof and backup with bailley, Jones and perhaps axel as youth promotion. Shaw ok but need a backup. Right back we have dalot and hopefully young again and I'm happy with that.

Central mid needs a big name and would like someone like sancho over Jesse if he was an option.

Big one is another striker as we can't rely on lukaku after recent performances and rashford needs help rest etc

 

[Fracture90]

I m not sure. I don’t follow the Chinese league. If they can put a player like Fellaini on £200k plus wages then they can get one of our better players on one of those predefined wages.

Player gotta agree and go along with the move though.

 

[Mibabalou]

Bin Lukaku and Alexis bring in Sancho, promote Chong, Gomes, Greenwood and maybe try to pry one of Kane, Erikson, Son, from spurs and let them all fight for positions with a more fluid attack.

 

[RedMilo]

Personally, I would like to see us raid Bournemouth for Ake & Brooks, as priorities. Sancho would be welcome. Would like Sessegnon from Fulham to compliment Shaw on left hand side. Those 4 would be great additions, combined with Garner & Greenwood coming through, we will be a lot stronger in terms of quality of squad next season.

 

[Havak]

Watching us under Ole, I still think we are probably 5-6 players off having the best team in the league. It's going to take more than a single season to get to this point given how much top players cost.

We need to rid of Jones, Rojo, Darmian, and Valencia especially, replacing with at least a top CB and RB, probably another CB at that. The fact that Alderweireld is available at £25m and a sign on fee should indicate we can get him and someone like Koulibaly or Maguire. McTominay should go on loan, with the sale of Mata and possibly one of Lukaku or Sanchez in this two-year time frame while bringing in another CM and forward. I think we're very much in the game in terms of winning the major trophies if this happens. Young could also be let go once we're at this point and looking at other full backs.

 

[Andycoleno9]

When you play attacking football you can see better what is wrong and what is good. It is now clear as a day. We need defender, right back and right winger( well we all knew that before but it is more obvious now). Sure some positions we can upgrade but there is time for that. Those 3 positions is a must buy at all cost. Young, Jones and Lingard should never be starters for club who want to win trophies.

But all this will not be easy to buy. I don't think that Glazers will just again throw 200 mil for players. We must sell something. This will be unpopular opinion but we must see how some of our players are rated on the market.
If we buy new defender then why to have Smalling and Bailly on the bench? We can get a lot of money for one of them.
If we buy new winger do we need Lingard and Alexis? If Solanke or Ibe are 20 mil then he is 40 at least. Do we need to have 75 mil striker on the bench? Maybe to replace Lukaku with some cheaper option who is more suited for our style? Can we replace Shaw with better player for same money?

My bet is that we will keep this squad, sell Rojo and buy one defender. And that is it.

 

[bosnian_red]

Going to be hard to get rid of some of the players we need to tbh. Can't see Lukaku or Sanchez being happy with their roles and we'd be better off replacing them with players who justify their pay in the squad. 2 players being paid like some of the best in the league yet when they play we always look weaker compared to the actual starters. Same with Mata actually. Getting rid of both even on frees would be massive for opening up the wages. Also a bit too many mediocre defensive options without the main player as we all know.

So for the next few windows in summary:
Sell:

• Mata
• Lukaku
• Sanchez
• Darmian
• Rojo
• Jones
• Valencia
• Pereira, Mctominay (loan both maybe, neither are good enough really)
• Grant or Romero, give Pereira the back up role (Romero is great obviously, Grant a bit pointless)

Goalkeepers:

• De Gea, Romero/Grant, Pereira

Fullbacks:

• Dalot, Young, Shaw

Centerbacks:

• Lindelof, Bailly, Smalling, Tuanzebe

Midfielders:

• Pogba, Herrera, Fred, Matic

Front 3:

• Rashford, Martial, Lingard, Greenwood, Gomes

19 players first team players which includes youngsters like Greenwood, Gomes, Tuanzebe and Joel Pereira who can probably get bigger squad roles. So we need to replace a few of the outgoings.
Per position:
Fullback: A new starting right back would give the fullbacks a good balance.

Centerback: Starting, dominant leader CB probably the most important thing. Partner Lindelof, Bailly/Smalling backups, Tuanzebe getting exposure there as well.

Midfield: 1 new player, 2 in the next few seasons. Matic is relatively old, same with Herrera, an see Herrera going back to Spain eventually. Fred hopefully adapts, but 1 definitely needed this summer, younger player who can play as a squad player with a view to replace Herrera/Matic as the future star is ideal.

Front 3: Obviously a right sided player like Sancho or Pepe. Greenwood might become a star, but he can force his way in. Rashford, Martial, new right sided starter as the main 3, Lingard, Greenwood, Angel Gomes all backing them up. No reason why they can't be good enough to force their way in as proper squad players. 1 reinforcement the priority this summer, and then we'll see the next year if Gomes/Greenwood/Chong can make the step up or if further recruitment is needed.

 

[anant]

Sell/Release:
Rojo/Jones (maybe even both)
Darmian
Valencia
Pereira
Sanchez

Buy:
Meunier/Some other RB
Koulibaly/Skriniar/De Ligt(unlikey)
Cengiz Under/ Lozano
Some CM but I'm not sure who

Squad:
GKs (3): DDG, Romero, Grant/Pereira
FB(4): Young, Shaw, Meunier, Dalot
CB (5): Lindelof, Koulibaly/New CB, Smalling, Bailly, Jones(?)/Tuanzebe
Midfield(6): Pogba, Matic, Herrera, Fred, New CM, McTominay/Garner
Attackers(6): Martial, Lingard, Rashford, Mata, Lukaku, Under/Lozano/New RW

 

[JohnnyLaw]

De Ligt
Neves
Meunier
Tierney
Suso

Sell:
Bailly
Rojo

Release:
Valencia
Young
Mata
Darmian

MartialSanchez - Rashford/Lukaku - Suso/Lingard
Pogba/Pereira - Herrera/Fred
Neves/Matic
Shaw/Tierney - Lindelöf/Smalling - De ligt/Tuanzebe - Meunier/Dalot​

 

[Hugh Jass]

Watching us under Ole, I still think we are probably 5-6 players off having the best team in the league. It's going to take more than a single season to get to this point given how much top players cost.

We need to rid of Jones, Rojo, Darmian, and Valencia especially, replacing with at least a top CB and RB, probably another CB at that. The fact that Alderweireld is available at £25m and a sign on fee should indicate we can get him and someone like Koulibaly or Maguire. McTominay should go on loan, with the sale of Mata and possibly one of Lukaku or Sanchez in this two-year time frame while bringing in another CM and forward. I think we're very much in the game in terms of winning the major trophies if this happens. Young could also be let go once we're at this point and looking at other full backs.

Disagree. We are about three or four players away from a good team. The thing is as well you cannot have all these fancy players. you need workers as well.

 

[Havak]

Disagree. We are about three or four players away from a good team. The thing is as well you cannot have all these fancy players. you need workers as well.

We already have a good team. I think we are 5-6 away from a title winning team / being the best.

I think we will need upgrades to two CBs, a new fullback, a new CM, and at least one offensive player if we are to win the title (depending on if Sanchez can improve).

This is a 2-3 season process though. Not going to happen in one Summer.

 

[Hugh Jass]

We already have a good team. I think we are 5-6 away from a title winning team / being the best.

I think we will need upgrades to two CBs, a new fullback, a new CM, and at least one offensive player if we are to win the title (depending on if Sanchez can improve).

This is a 2-3 season process though. Not going to happen in one Summer.

We dont need two new CBs. That is just football manager stuff. In fact we could probably get away with just having Bailly, Lindelof, Smalling and one of Jones/Rojo. You could maybe bring in a new CB if both jones and Rojo go, which i think they will. But we wont be spending 100 million on a CB. madness to do so.

 

[Devil may care]

The quartet of Lindelof/Bailly/Smalling/Jones has way too many holes in it and Rojo is pure deadwood, we could do with a more substantial clear out back there but hopefully at least two of them go.

 

[Oneunited26]

When you play attacking football you can see better what is wrong and what is good. It is now clear as a day. We need defender, right back and right winger( well we all knew that before but it is more obvious now). Sure some positions we can upgrade but there is time for that. Those 3 positions is a must buy at all cost. Young, Jones and Lingard should never be starters for club who want to win trophies.

But all this will not be easy to buy. I don't think that Glazers will just again throw 200 mil for players. We must sell something. This will be unpopular opinion but we must see how some of our players are rated on the market.
If we buy new defender then why to have Smalling and Bailly on the bench? We can get a lot of money for one of them.
If we buy new winger do we need Lingard and Alexis? If Solanke or Ibe are 20 mil then he is 40 at least. Do we need to have 75 mil striker on the bench? Maybe to replace Lukaku with some cheaper option who is more suited for our style? Can we replace Shaw with better player for same money?

My bet is that we will keep this squad, sell Rojo and buy one defender. And that is it.

Has much as I hate the glazers I think it’s quiet sensible to sell before we buy in terms of the players we need, there are players there that need to be sold to free up wages which are deadwood Fc stoping us from strengthening the obvious areas that need upgrading, RB, CB, CM, RW and a CF.

Now the players I think would free up the spaces if we move on rojo, Valencia, darmian, mata, Sanchez and lukaku, I cannot see young, smalling and jones leaving, so realistic those are the players quiet obvious are not trustworthy

Now we move on rojo, Valencia, darmian, mata, Sanchez and lukaku with fellaini also gone, we got spaces to sign a RB, CB, ARW, CM and a CF unless we can bring youth through, and who knows another striker to help rashford. Now we sign a top class attacking RW and a striker with mata, Sanchez and lukaku gone, you have the depth of rashford and lingard to go along with that striker, top class winger and martial, we got the tools to rotate. Mata, lukaku and Sanchez have failed time and time again to be the guys to help lingard, rashford and martial. We sell mata, Sanchez and lukaku, sign a couple of top class attacking forwards maybe, or just another world class attacking forward who can play on our right hand side, we going to be deadly

 

[Havak]

We dont need two new CBs. That is just football manager stuff. In fact we could probably get away with just having Bailly, Lindelof, Smalling and one of Jones/Rojo. You could maybe bring in a new CB if both jones and Rojo go, which i think they will. But we wont be spending 100 million on a CB. madness to do so.

That's why I'm saying it. I'll be a little surprised if all of Jones, Rojo, Darmian and Valencia are here next season. We will need to sign at least one CB and a FB for sure.

Normally teams don't need five senior CBs, but we have as two of them are complete crocks. Hopefully we could challenge with four CBs but we 100% have to replace Jones and Rojo with someone who is better than every defender at the club right now.

Saying we can challenge for the title with the current CBs we have is ludicrous. We have been so defensively frail. It won't happen. It's almost talking complete bollocks to be frank, but I don't want to be too insulting you can't have watched us this season and believe we have good enough defenders.

 

[davidmichael]

I think it’s very clear we need a right back, a centre back, a defensive midfielder and a right forward as priority signings this summer regardless of who leaves but what else we need depends on who leaves.

I think Grant, Darmian, Valencia, Rojo, Jones, Fosu-Mensah (couldn’t/can’t get games at Palace or Fulham) and Wilson should all definitely follow Fellaini out the door which frees up a lot in squad space and wages.

I did say the other that I’d like us to get rid of one of Sanchez or Lukaku and said I’d rather we get rid of Lukaku seeing as we’d get £50-£60 million for him but after watching Sanchez at the weekend I think I’d rather we got rid of Sanchez on a free just to get him off the wage bill, at least with Lukaku he’s coming into his prime rather than past so we’d need someone to come in to play left side support act to Martial unless Gomes is brought up.

 

[Silas]

I think it’s very clear we need a right back, a centre back, a defensive midfielder and a right forward as priority signings this summer regardless of who leaves but what else we need depends on who leaves.

I think Grant, Darmian, Valencia, Rojo, Jones, Fosu-Mensah (couldn’t/can’t get games at Palace or Fulham) and Wilson should all definitely follow Fellaini out the door which frees up a lot in squad space and wages.

I did say the other that I’d like us to get rid of one of Sanchez or Lukaku and said I’d rather we get rid of Lukaku seeing as we’d get £50-£60 million for him but after watching Sanchez at the weekend I think I’d rather we got rid of Sanchez on a free just to get him off the wage bill, at least with Lukaku he’s coming into his prime rather than past so we’d need someone to come in to play left side support act to Martial unless Gomes is brought up.

Why would we sell Grant? I seriously doubt he's on much.

 

[davidmichael]

Why would we sell Grant? I seriously doubt he's on much.

We’ve already got Henderson and Pereira so why do we also need Grant ? Almost like asking why sell James Wilson as he’s not on much but why keep players that are so far down the pecking order just for the sake of it or as they’re not on much money ?

 

[Alemar]

We’ve already got Henderson and Pereira so why do we also need Grant ?

Joel Pereira should be kept as far from the squad as possible. We don't need another Taibi or Bosnich, no thank you. Both Pereiras should be sold immediately due to mediocrity. Henderson is perhaps a better and more talented goalkeeper, but he needs to play on loan or be sold (as no young goalkeeper in the world can benefit from sitting on the bench, and with De Gea any goalkeeper pretty much will).

The thing is, that if De Gea signs new contract (which as we all hope he will), Man Utd won't need any young goalkeepers regardless of their talent (i.e., the only way to use them will be to sell for cash, preferably after a successful loan spell). It must be not the best thing in the world to be a goalkeeper in United Academy currently (contrary to being an outfield player in virtually any position)

 

[IrishGlen]

No chance.
China have started reducing their ridiculous fees. Don't they now have a rule they have to pay the same amount of tax as fee?
Plus they've tightened up rules on foreign players.

Yeah, 100 percent tax! I also feel Sanchez has no incentive to go there, the likes of Fella, Pelle, etc are getting wages than they couldn’t get anywhere else whereas with Sanchez that wouldn’t work. A Chinese club to double / 2.5 times his salary and provide a financial incentive combined with a 40,60,80M fee just isn’t happening. It’s going to be quite difficult moving him on!

 

[beingshe7don]

Buy
Rabiot (FREE) ---> Most definitely a good replacement for Matic
Koulibaly (85m) ---> Must have leadership at the back
Nicholas Pepe (50m) ---> Terrific RW
Neves/ Ndombele (60m) ---> Someone who can be Herrera and Pogba's backup

Sell
Lukaku to PSG.... They will be looking to replace Cavani.... possible 60m recoupment
Sanchez to China if that's even possible
Pereira
Mata
Jones
Darmian
Rojo

Forwards: Rashford, Pepe, Martial, Lingard, Greenwood, Chong
Midfielders: Herrera, Pogba, Neves/ Ndombele, Fred, Matic, Rabiot
Defenders: Koulibaly, Lindelof, Bailly, Smalling, Tuanzebe, Dalot, Shaw, TFM, Young
Goalkeepers: De Gea, Romero, Grant

 

[NoPace]

As of right now I'd rank our needs in this order. Was hard to decide between 1 and 2 since 1 has the higher floor but 2 the higher ceiling.

1 - RW - Best case scenarios on current roster: Lukaku's promising play on the right leads to an impressive goalscoring season in that role (though he struggles in other facets) as he gives fullbacks trouble with his physicality and Fred comes good in the midfield allowing us to play more of a diamond in big games. Lingard has a solid year again. I've given up on Sanchez becoming our RW even though it still makes some sense to me.

Likeliest actual result: Lukaku has some good games at RW but shows he isn't a RW, Lingard struggles to impact games from out wide and with Fred just a decent midfielder we need to always play one. Mata struggles there again. Basically this year.

2 - RB - Best case scenarios on current roster: Dalot wins the job, has a breakout year at 20.5 years old, the same age Bellerin was entering his PFA team of the year season and 2 years older than Shaw was in his. Fullback is a young player's position and Dalot is highly rated, so it's possible.

Likeliest actual result: Dalot plays fairly well but doesn't outright win the job and Young falls apart, the position is comfortably our worst (Matic and our RWs and 1 of Bailly/Jones/Smalling/Tuanzebe starting is probably a higher floor than Young aged 34 and Dalot aged 19) and never a strength in good months.

3 - LCB - Best case scenarios on current roster: Bailly and Lindelof, or even conceivably Tuanzebe and Lindelof (or Bailly-Tuanzebe but that's really stretching it) form a partnership. Bailly will be 25 and he has the talent even if he has odd moments. He hasn't put it together and had a great season for us but I wouldn't bet against it happening.

Likeliest actual result: Bailly plays well enough but only 15-20 Prem starts as he gets hurt, is in and out of the lineup and everyone else has a massive issue that means they're a 6.5/10 for us, as Jones destabilizes us, Smalling can't pass, Tuanzebe is young, Rojo probably leaves but also see Jones.

4 - DM - Best case scenarios on current roster: Matic has a good season, 31 as a DM in a 3 man midfield isn't the end of the world, though he has a mare or two against some nippy #10s. This will be his 6th straight year getting 30+ league starts so he's been consistently reliable in that way. Also Fred cost a ton of money, did play well for Shaktar and if he comes good in year 2, which guys from other leagues have done in the Prem fairly often, Herrera can be another option as a 6 and transition there using his tackling and mobility like Gabi and many other 8s whose game was never really based around offensive creativity anyways have done in their late 20s

Likeliest actual result: Matic loses another step and it's a real problem and Fred doesn't impact games enough to let Herrera play as a 6, or Herrera struggles there. Matic has his worst season since returning to Chelsea and while it's hardly a disaster, it's definitely a weak point in the team.

Basically I think our needs should be ranked by how you rank the following to have a very strong season next year:

-Lukaku at RW
-Matic at DM or Fred at CM
-Bailly or Tuanzebe at CB
-Dalot at RB

Definitely think we have to address at least RW and one of the defence spots, and then it's not crazy to be optimistic on 1 of Bailly/Dalot and then 1 of Matic/Fred having the kind of seasons needed to compete for the league as starters.

 

[Bobcat]

What we need are versatile players that can fit multiple roles without to much hassle. A right footed attacking player (RW), a versatile midfielder/defender and a proper CB to partner Lindelof.

Plently of deadwood in our squad, but if we got rid of Sanchez, Rojo and Velancia, that would be a good start at least.

 

[Silas]

We’ve already got Henderson and Pereira so why do we also need Grant ? Almost like asking why sell James Wilson as he’s not on much but why keep players that are so far down the pecking order just for the sake of it or as they’re not on much money ?

So you'd rather stunt Henderson and Pereira's growth by keeping them as the spare keepers that never get a game? Your analogy is nothing like this.

 

[bosnian_red]

As of right now I'd rank our needs in this order. Was hard to decide between 1 and 2 since 1 has the higher floor but 2 the higher ceiling.

1 - RW - Best case scenarios on current roster: Lukaku's promising play on the right leads to an impressive goalscoring season in that role (though he struggles in other facets) as he gives fullbacks trouble with his physicality and Fred comes good in the midfield allowing us to play more of a diamond in big games. Lingard has a solid year again. I've given up on Sanchez becoming our RW even though it still makes some sense to me.

Likeliest actual result: Lukaku has some good games at RW but shows he isn't a RW, Lingard struggles to impact games from out wide and with Fred just a decent midfielder we need to always play one. Mata struggles there again. Basically this year.

2 - RB - Best case scenarios on current roster: Dalot wins the job, has a breakout year at 20.5 years old, the same age Bellerin was entering his PFA team of the year season and 2 years older than Shaw was in his. Fullback is a young player's position and Dalot is highly rated, so it's possible.

Likeliest actual result: Dalot plays fairly well but doesn't outright win the job and Young falls apart, the position is comfortably our worst (Matic and our RWs and 1 of Bailly/Jones/Smalling/Tuanzebe starting is probably a higher floor than Young aged 34 and Dalot aged 19) and never a strength in good months.

3 - LCB - Best case scenarios on current roster: Bailly and Lindelof, or even conceivably Tuanzebe and Lindelof (or Bailly-Tuanzebe but that's really stretching it) form a partnership. Bailly will be 25 and he has the talent even if he has odd moments. He hasn't put it together and had a great season for us but I wouldn't bet against it happening.

Likeliest actual result: Bailly plays well enough but only 15-20 Prem starts as he gets hurt, is in and out of the lineup and everyone else has a massive issue that means they're a 6.5/10 for us, as Jones destabilizes us, Smalling can't pass, Tuanzebe is young, Rojo probably leaves but also see Jones.

4 - DM - Best case scenarios on current roster: Matic has a good season, 31 as a DM in a 3 man midfield isn't the end of the world, though he has a mare or two against some nippy #10s. This will be his 6th straight year getting 30+ league starts so he's been consistently reliable in that way. Also Fred cost a ton of money, did play well for Shaktar and if he comes good in year 2, which guys from other leagues have done in the Prem fairly often, Herrera can be another option as a 6 and transition there using his tackling and mobility like Gabi and many other 8s whose game was never really based around offensive creativity anyways have done in their late 20s

Likeliest actual result: Matic loses another step and it's a real problem and Fred doesn't impact games enough to let Herrera play as a 6, or Herrera struggles there. Matic has his worst season since returning to Chelsea and while it's hardly a disaster, it's definitely a weak point in the team.

Basically I think our needs should be ranked by how you rank the following to have a very strong season next year:

-Lukaku at RW
-Matic at DM or Fred at CM
-Bailly or Tuanzebe at CB
-Dalot at RB

Definitely think we have to address at least RW and one of the defence spots, and then it's not crazy to be optimistic on 1 of Bailly/Dalot and then 1 of Matic/Fred having the kind of seasons needed to compete for the league as starters.

Agree with this. Right back we can hope potential materializes, same with that 3rd attacking position, but we need to strengthen anyway and let the young players work their way in. Center back we need a new guy no matter what, same with in midfield eventually.

A perfect summer in my eyes would look something like:

• Koulibaly
• Sancho/Nicolas Pepe
• Declan Rice
• Kenny Lala/Meunier

Starting 11 of:

Martial Rashford Sancho
Pogba Herrera
Matic
Shaw Koulibaly Lindelof Meunier
De Gea​

2nd 11:

Lukaku Greenwood
Gomes
Lingard Rice Fred
Dalot Bailly Smalling Young
Romero​

Also leaves us in good stead for future transitioning out players for the younger guys. Definitely the potential there to give them bigger roles.

 

[WolfInSharp'sClothing]

Do what Man United have always done and go for the best young talent in the country (or Europe).

For me that's this lot:

RB - Aaron Wan-Bisakka
LB - Ben Chilwell
CB - Matthijs de Ligt
DM - Declan Rice
RW - Jadon Sancho/Federico Chiesa