Same old, same old. 4 major needs:
1. One absolute star attacker who fits with Bruno and Rashford, so presumably a 9 or RW but I'd certainly be fine with Grealish if it's not Haaland or Sancho who are probably neater fits. Point is a 3rd star to join those 2 and then let 4 of Greenwood, Cavani, Martial, James and Diallo compete, so probably Martial gets sold as for me Greenwood will already as good a 9 by halfway through next season. The cheapest and easiest option here is probably Danny Ings, whose quality seems to increase annually and would probably chew his own arm off to come here. Griezmann is one to watch out for cuz it's going terribly for him at Barca, though he might be an awkward fit here and should just go to post-Odegaard Arsenal, Napoli or some team he can just play as a 2nd striker again every single week.
So in the formation below, just move Rashford right and Grealish to LW if it is Grealish, and if it's a 9 like Haaland then move Greenwood to RW.
2. A DM who can really pass, though it's not crazy to think Van De Beek can become a quality #8 by linking play and moving well. If Pogba doesn't leave, my guess is we ignore this position and just try to play one of Pogba or VDB more often with McTominay with Fred getting more minutes as McTominay's backup and all the minutes Matic now plays as a DM and left-footed in midfield. This is the toughest position to identity when I look around, though Neuhaus makes sense and Valverde might be gettable via a Pogba swap. Pjanic or Verratti wouldn't be crazy either if we're talking Pogba swaps. Fabian Ruiz looks a good passer in a double pivot, as does Kalvin Phillips (and he could play alone at times with McTominay further forward or just Bruno and Pogba/VDB in a 4-3-3). Camavinga, Sabitzer, Ruben Neves, Tielemans, Pellegrini, Locatelli, Ward-Prowse, McGinn (a gamble that he recovers his pre-injury form) Koopmeiners and Bissouma seem like names we're probably monitoring at least a bit as players who have played in a double pivot and are better going forwards than defensively, though only the last few of them seem like simple enough transfers.
3. A star CB. No question here, we don't have a #1. Maguire is a #2, good in the air. Lindelof is probably a slightly less high upside #2, our best CB centrally in a 3 man backline and good in exactly the kind of games I don't trust Maguire in (lots of thinking and quickness and pressing), so having a #1 and then them competing/rotating makes a ton of sense, with Bailly as #4 and Axel on loan for a full year of starting for a Prem Team (He'd have started over guys like Dan Burn at Brighton, pushed Fulham to use Aina at RWB instead of Bobby Reid, been a lifesaver for Sheffield with the still raw Ampadu getting knocked over every week)
4. A RWB who can really pass and create offensively for games we want a more attacking alternative to AWB or even a sub option with 30 minutes to go. Trippier has no resale value and will start declining soon but he does make a lot of sense if the price is right.
----------------------------------Cavani(Greenwood)-----------------------------------
Rashford(James)-------Bruno(VanDeBeek)-------------------RW(Diallo)
--------------McTominay(VanDeBeek)----------DM(Fred)------------
Shaw(Telles)-----LCB(Lindelof)-Maguire(Bailly)----------AWB(RightBack)
--------------------------------De Gea(Henderson)----------------------------
Updates from the last time I wrote this sort of thing:
1. McTominay nudges ahead of Fred for me in next year's depth chart.
2. Lindelof closer to a tie with Maguire.
3. Angrier at Martial, more sure Greenwood is a 9, he just looks so much more comfortable in the buildup linking play there.