Meunier and Alderweireld for £50m would improve us more than AWB and KK.Would prefer Cancelo to Wan Bissaka if the rumors are true he has fallen out with Allegri.
Disagree on Toby, but Meunier could be a sensible signing.Meunier and Alderweireld for £50m would improve us more than AWB and KK.
And no, I’m not trolling.
I don’t think KK would be any better than Toby for us. At least the latter is Prem proven and would only cost £25m, leaving more funds to upgrade midfield and attack.Disagree on Toby, but Meunier could be a sensible signing.
Don’t agree with any of that.Koulibaly would be significantly better than Alderweireld for United because he's a better player and plays as the left CB which is what United need.
And Wan-Bissaka has performed at a higher level this season, his first full one, than Meunier has in his entire career.
The only advantage to going with the Belgian boys is that they would be a lot cheaper.
What would be your preference then? Don't say De Ligt since there is no chance in hell he is coming here.Is anyone else scared shitless at the prospect of our potential back four next season ?
Shaw-Koulibaly-Lindelof-AWB
That would cost upward of £150m, and the upgrade would only be slight.
The fullbacks would add little to not to the attack. And while the CBs would be good on the ball, neither of them are commanding defenders.
Scary stuff IMO.
Meunier and Alderweireld for £50m.What would be your preference then? Don't say De Ligt since there is no chance in hell he is coming here.
The thing for me is that we've wasted so much money on average players that I don't want to see us waste even more and to me that's all I see when I watch Pepe, loose control, often brainless, I just don't see him as a £50M player that will change anything about this team, I've never liked Lukaku but I personally don't see him offering us anything more than him or Rashford or Martial.I think there's more nuance to things. Pepe has been one of Lille's best players this season and has helped them to qualify for the CL ahead of teams like Lyon and Marseille. He's a frustrating player and he's definitely not my first choice, but IMO we need to steadily improve, which unfortunately for us currently means securing a top 4 finish first and foremost. I want us to take the EL seriously and I am probably in the minority for actually liking the competition, but at the same time it's obviously important for us to be in the CL year after year.
I'm all for giving our young players a chance, but recently more talented players or players that looked to be as talented as our current bunch haven't worked out for us (Morrison, Will Keane, Petrucci, Januzaj). As far as I am concerned we could and probably should move on from players like Lukaku, Martial and Sanchez, let alone Lingard and Mata. There should be enough playing time available for the likes of Chong, Gomes and Greenwood, if we do actually move on from those senior players and still sign players like Pepe.
The argument that Munich opted against him, hence we should too, is understandable, but our situations are different. They don't have a problem qualifying for the CL every year and it is a lot easier for them to simply pick up players like Havertz or Brandt, if they choose to do so. Their squad in general is better than ours. Whereas we would have a lot more problems trying to sign the likes of Ricardo Pereira or Maguire, not to mention Eriksen.
Another argument for me is that there aren't many forwards available that could provide the goals that we need. If we don't get Jovic, then what? The answer can't simply be that we shouldn't bother then. Tottenham, Liverpool and Ajax have proven that you can be relatively successful with the likes of Tadic, Lucas Moura, Sissoko, Dier, Winks, Henderson, Milner, Wijnaldum, a struggling Fabinho and Keita. In fact the way you describe Pepe could easily be applied to Son Heung-Min during his time in Germany.
All I'm saying is, I don't want us to place all our hopes on our academy players and at the same time we shouldn't do what Moyes did, which was not having a backup plan to Fabregas or Bale and assuming we've got time.
He won’t be able to do the amount of running that Ole wantsI'd like us to keep lukaku for another season if we can get a decent RW player and also RB covered.
I believe he could still put up good numbers with flank support.
I just think we're looking at too many replacements if he goes too.He won’t be able to do the amount of running that Ole wants
Midnight.Probably mentioned before but when does the window officially open?
Midnight, although some leagues still have a couple of games left so even if we do bid for Koulibaly and or Fernandes and get the deals done quick, I doubt we’d hear about it until June anyway.Probably mentioned before but when does the window officially open?
As good as that looks on paper, I don't see us signing 5 foreign players this summer with the talk of Ole wanting more British players in the squad. There's also only 1 player in that list who has any PL football under his belt too.Koulibaly. £80m
Ndidi. £50m
Munier £20m
Bruno Fernandez. 60m (?)
Daniel James £15m
Nicolas Pepe £60m
Total £285m
I probably agree. Guess that’s my realistic wish list but I can see us going for Rice instead of Ndidi and I did think we’d look at Maguire ahead of Koulibaly because for some reason he just seems like a Utd transfer, the sort that Sir Alex would make.As good as that looks on paper, I don't see us signing 5 foreign players this summer with the talk of Ole wanting more British players in the squad. There's also only 1 player in that list who has any PL football under his belt too.
I'd be happy with those 6 though for sure, just can't see it.
Not even when he loses a few pounds? He always seems to work hard and try his best on the pitch. I really think we've been using him wrong.He won’t be able to do the amount of running that Ole wants
If we were playing 442 with 2 wingers and fullbacks capable of crossing, with a Beardsley style link man behind then maybe we’d see the best of himNot even when he loses a few pounds? He always seems to work hard and try his best on the pitch. I really think we've been using him wrong.
Add a DM and we are set provided Pogba and Lukaku doesn’t leaveCB: Koulibaly
RB: Bissaka
MC: Bruno Fernandes
RW: Pepe
I wouldn't be against a 442 with Martial and Lukaku as our strikers.If we were playing 442 with 2 wingers and fullbacks capable of crossing, with a Beardsley style link man behind then maybe we’d see the best of him
Agree. Those are the two I'd like the club to sign as well.Meunier and Alderweireld for £50m.
Promote Tuanzebe and keep Smalling around for depth. Spend the big bucks on midfield and attack.
Hopefully De Ligt stays at Ajax one more season so we can have a proper go at him next summer though that’s doubtful.
DDG is not irreplacable but his move will send all the wrong signals, club deteriorating, stars leaving, wrong direction etc.Reddit itk saying De Gea will be leaving the club.
If this is the case I'd rather Give Romero/Henderson a chance before blowing a load on a new keeper or getting someone mediocre like cilessen.
Any link, & idea of his credibility?Reddit itk saying De Gea will be leaving the club.
If this is the case I'd rather Give Romero/Henderson a chance before blowing a load on a new keeper or getting someone mediocre like cilessen.
Any link, & idea of his credibility?
Personally I wouldn't let Romero anywhere near the first choice spot, and Henderson would be an almighty risk, so would rather DDG just stays for now, even if we've got to let him go for free next summer, there is enough work to do without adding this to it imo.
Cheers, reality is it is probably no more reliable than anywhere else, but I've thought DDG might be the big players we lose this summer for a while, I'd rather he stayed, but if PSG want to pay him what he wants then I don't blame him really, or us for that matter this time.
I don't really hang around the reddit too much so not sure on his reliability but from what I can gather he does have a source at the club.
I still think Romero could be decent for a year, he's never done poorly when he has been called on. We have lots of positions to fill, a top keeper will eat a lot of our budget.
Duncan Castles has said similar.
I don't really hang around the reddit too much so not sure on his reliability but from what I can gather he does have a source at the club.
I still think Romero could be decent for a year, he's never done poorly when he has been called on. We have lots of positions to fill, a top keeper will eat a lot of our budget.
This is the same guy who posted a couple of days ago about the details from a meeting?? About how we want Sancho, AWB, Koulibaly and Rabiot. Most of what he'd written seemed to make sense (apart from Ole loving Rojo ). So maybe he does have an inside source and is right about DDG.
I don't really hang around the reddit too much so not sure on his reliability but from what I can gather he does have a source at the club.
I still think Romero could be decent for a year, he's never done poorly when he has been called on. We have lots of positions to fill, a top keeper will eat a lot of our budget.
I don’t want an upgrade.Both are substantial upgrades.