Getting them off the wage bill is most important. Jones, Mata, Lingard, Pogba, Matic, Martial, and possibly a few more, and we could bring a couple of players in. If we are fighting for that 4th place it will help us.think Martial is our only realistic out on a permanent deal
Pogba/Lingard will wait on their contracts expiring as its more $$$ for them
In saying that players like Lingard, Martial and Matic would be superb signings for Newcastle- they'd probably even pay a 3 or 4m loan fee for Jesse based on what he did for West Ham last year
The OP has gone madJesus your gone mad on these emoji's @golden_blunder
I fully agree with you. However Rashford is local, he's an academy product, and the way he is out in the public eye means he will stay at this club for his entire playing career. There will be nothing but scrunity and constant question marks if we decided to get rid of him, and they'll hang it over us all the time, even if it was the right decision. Only way i see he leaves is if he causes a storm and tries to get out himselfThat just shouldn't be the case though. One of the many, many problems at this club is holding on to players for too long when they offer nothing. I'm not saying Rashford should be sold, only talking hypothetically should he not show any signs of improvement.
Yeah that is true. But they have spent to be fair.Maybe a swap deal? Martial and lingard for a cm.It's hardly fair for Rangnick to have to work with the mess the amateur manager left behind either. Surely we can spare 30m-40m so he can at least buy 1 CM
Your still the best @golden_blunderThe OP has gone mad
Martial has barely played 350 odd minutes this season and scored 1 goal. He will be hardly missed. Amad/elanga could easily cover for him.Martial won't be allowed to leave in January, it's very difficult to find a replacement in the winter window.
We obviously need a midfielder, but there's not many available. I can't see much happening with Lingard, Pog etc. Not when they're so close to being free agents.
Hopefully we can bring a CM in to sure up that midfield. (Fingers crossed)
Summer is a different story, lots out, 2 or 3 young, quality additions in.
Amad will go out on loan. Elanga will be introduced slowly as he is being.Martial has barely played 350 odd minutes this season and scored 1 goal. He will be hardly missed. Amad/elanga could easily cover for him.
If he goes, he opens up space for a replacement - hopefully a center mid.
do we need one for Martial in Jan. Between Greenwood, Sancho and Rashford, we could cover the positions that Martial would cover ie left wing and centre forward. If we got a good offer in Jan, I don't think the club would turn it down.Martial won't be allowed to leave in January, it's very difficult to find a replacement in the winter window.
We obviously need a midfielder, but there's not many available. I can't see much happening with Lingard, Pog etc. Not when they're so close to being free agents.
Hopefully we can bring a CM in to sure up that midfield. (Fingers crossed)
Summer is a different story, lots out, 2 or 3 young, quality additions in.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/melba-swintex-mpl-1-piece-traffic-cone-750mm/2011vMartial won't be allowed to leave in January, it's very difficult to find a replacement in the winter window.
I think we do, yes said playes can play in those positions Martial plays but we need to keep depth in the squad, there's lots of games coming thick & fast, injuries to one or two and we'd be left short.do we need one for Martial in Jan. Between Greenwood, Sancho and Rashford, we could cover the positions that Martial would cover ie left wing and centre forward. If we got a good offer in Jan, I don't think the club would turn it down.
Haha yeah that should do the trick!
This is not Fifa 22 career mode…Martial, Pogba, Fred, Scott, AWB,AMAD, VDB, Jones, Williams, Tuzanbe, Mata, Lingard, Andreas, Fred, Matic are not Manchester United quality.
Maybe Newcastle will give us 400 milion for the lot
New RB, two New CMs another winger should do the trick. Maybe keep Fred and Scott as backup.
By listing Fred twice you must think he's atrocious. When in fact he's been our best player under Rangnick.Martial, Pogba, Fred, Scott, AWB,AMAD, VDB, Jones, Williams, Tuzanbe, Mata, Lingard, Andreas, Fred, Matic are not Manchester United quality.
Maybe Newcastle will give us 400 milion for the lot
New RB, two New CMs another winger should do the trick. Maybe keep Fred and Scott as backup.
After spending on Sancho, Varane and Ronaldo you can be sure that Martial is gone the moment Newcastle show us the money. We badly need a midfielder, it's January, they need a competent striker and he reportedly wants out so a deal is easier to do.Amad will go out on loan. Elanga will be introduced slowly as he is being.
Martial although hasn't played much recently is still an established 1st team player. He won't be allowed to leave unless we have a replacement for him in the squad. In my opinion.
We don't need to sell to buy & if there is a suitable midfielder available it's likely we'll attempt to bring them in. It's just finding a man suitable & available.
Absolutely. If it can stave off relegationthink Martial is our only realistic out on a permanent deal
Pogba/Lingard will wait on their contracts expiring as its more $$$ for them
In saying that players like Lingard, Martial and Matic would be superb signings for Newcastle- they'd probably even pay a 3 or 4m loan fee for Jesse based on what he did for West Ham last year
It's Football ManagerThis is not Fifa 22 career mode…
Like they said, every inch count.If we can shift players out in January then I would fully expect 1/2 in.
Yeah, I would be surprised if Rangnick isn't desperate to get another deeper midfielder in as soon as January. It would be surprising if he looks at McTominay as a starter and he doesn't seem to have immediately looked at VDB as a starter there either.We need a CM badly. If we can shift Martial/Lingard/Henderson, that should more than make enough room for one.
Yes, especially with the way COVID is raging, if one of McFred is out for a week or two, we're fecked.We need a CM badly. If we can shift Martial/Lingard/Henderson, that should more than make enough room for one.
Yeah sure if Newcastle come up with a good fee in Jan I'd expect us to sell him. Especially if he wants to leave. But we don't need the money to be able to fund bringing in a midfielder.After spending on Sancho, Varane and Ronaldo you can be sure that Martial is gone the moment Newcastle show us the money. We badly need a midfielder, it's January, they need a competent striker and he reportedly wants out so a deal is easier to do.
As for his replacement, we don't really need one as the squad is top heavy and we have Sancho/Rashford who can play LW and Cavani/Greenwood who can play the striker role. We don't even need to replace him as we have five players, established first team players at that, who can cover the two positions he plays.
It would be a poor decision to hold on to Martial and fail to fund the signing of the midfielder we really need when he is never going to play much anyway.
Personally i'd rather keep Armad over Elanga, I think the former has much higher potential and is ready for the first team. This gives us Ronaldo, Rashford, Greenwood, Cavani (he isn't being allowed to leave in Jan and he's not the type to push for it) for the front two. And then Bruno, Sancho, Amad and VDB for the two 10 spots. Martial even if he doesn't get the transfer he wants isn't going to be given minutes knowing that he's out the door. Hopefully we can ship him and Lingard out.If Cavani + Martial leave in January (& I'm not 100% convinced they will) is Ronaldo, Rashford & Greenwood enough to see the season out?
I don't think so, especially if we're now playing with two strikers up top.
Sancho is a winger (arguably so is Rashford), Amad is expected to go out on loan in January & Elanga is a prospect.
Yeah with developments regarding Cavani I agree we will need a replacement, my initial post was premised on Cavani staying.Yeah sure if Newcastle come up with a good fee in Jan I'd expect us to sell him. Especially if he wants to leave. But we don't need the money to be able to fund bringing in a midfielder.
I would also say that we DO need to replace him. For reasons I've already stated above. Plus Cavani is gone at the end of the season too or even sooner if you believe the current Barca gossip, so if we didn't replace Martial in Jan we will in the summer (if he leaves in Jan that is) 100%.
& I'll just reiterate again, we do not need to sell to buy. So Martial staying in Jan or not should not impact on us purchasing another football player.
Not if hes dropped he wont. We should pick players for the benefit of the team, not because hes local and an hero to the single mothers and I cant see his ego letting him sit on the bench for too many matches either. He will want to move on in this scenario.I fully agree with you. However Rashford is local, he's an academy product, and the way he is out in the public eye means he will stay at this club for his entire playing career. There will be nothing but scrunity and constant question marks if we decided to get rid of him, and they'll hang it over us all the time, even if it was the right decision. Only way i see he leaves is if he causes a storm and tries to get out himself
Again, i agree, yet its not happening is it, it hasn’t happened yet despite him constantly dropping 0/10’sNot if hes dropped he wont. We should pick players for the benefit of the team, not because hes local and an hero to the single mothers and I cant see his ego letting him sit on the bench for too many matches either. He will want to move on in this scenario.
I don't really see why Rangnick would wait to bring in a DM. If you figure we need 2 players for each spot (especially with Covid) we really only have Fred and McTominay for the 2 midfield spots.I highly doubt we're going to see anything in January. We spent a lot in the summer, especially with wages. You have to consider the hit to our finances through Covid and ongoing uncertainty around postponements.
Throw in how hard it is to get the quality you need in January and I fully expect a quiet window. Even if we sell a couple that will really only represent a balancing of the books that was probably intended for the summer but a few of them were hard to shift.
Sir Alex always said that you have to find the right characters and personalities to be Manchester United players. Some players look good at other clubs but buckle under the pressure at playing infront of Old Trafford and 75 thousand people week in and week out. Finding a Manchester United player is a completely different kettle of fish. I'm not sure if Rangnick understands that playing for the Red Bull Leipzig or Saltzburg are completely different to playing for Manchester United. He probably thinks if they can turn into great players for the Red Bull teams they can do the same for Manchester UnitedI'm personally bit worried with him and money.
Sure he may have an eye for some players but United isn't exactly Red Bull Leipzig or Salzburg either that can just be relying on some "good players" for an improvement.
We need to target the exceptional players with Rangnick hopefully deciding if they will be good enough for our tactics - rather than buying this Haidara guy (that hardly is catching our competitors clubs eyes) or someone like Timo werner if he was still in Germany.