If Lukaku leaves then we need a striker to replace him.
Other than that we need minimum of 1 CM to replace Herrera/Fellaini. If we do not manage to get those signings done then we are in for a difficult season
I'm pretty sure that we will bring in Mandzukic to replace Lukaku, and it wouldn't be the worst stop gap in the World.
A bit like the Ibrahimovic deal, we know its only a temporary solution until we can do something more longer term next summer. I won't throw my toys out of the pram about this one.
But for me, the neglect in Midfield borders on criminal.
Solskjaer has been saying for months that he wanted 2 senior MFs to replace Herrera & Fellaini, its clear to see that Matic is well past his best and needs replacing, and the likes of Fred & Pereira have hardly set the World alight.
But we are now saying we had no interest in Bruno Fernandes, and that he isn't on Ole's list.
Well who is on Ole's MF list, because other than Bruno, I'm stumped, we don't appear to have any credible links to anyone at all.
Was Rabiot our prime target? Was there no alternative when we failed to get him?
Surely if Solskjaer wanted 2 MFs then his list should have had 4 or 5 names on it, but I really have absolutely no idea who they were, as we don't appear to have made and serious efforts to sign anyone...