Bastian
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- Mejbri
Martial out on loan
Donny out on loan
Amad out on loan
Jones, Lingard and Henderson with moves that didn't materialise for various reasons
Squad made a bit more manageable, Pogba coming back, Mejbri coming into the senior team, and our most promising player likely finished.
My hopes were for us to make a low-risk signing of a DM (Kamara) or if possible, or a summer target player now. And for us to make some money in the market by selling players who are not playing (Mata, Bailly), whose contracts are running out (Lingard). As it is, it's sensible to have kept Lingard. And I think those loans out make sense as long as they're guaranteed game time (no worries about Martial).
It's hard to know whether Rangnick just wasn't backed in terms of acquisitions or if it's a measured approach as the required profiles weren't available. But we are very thin in midfield. An injury to Fred/McTominay and we're kind of fecked.
Not factoring in recent events, I'd give it a 6/10 for showing the effort to trim the squad.
Donny out on loan
Amad out on loan
Jones, Lingard and Henderson with moves that didn't materialise for various reasons
Squad made a bit more manageable, Pogba coming back, Mejbri coming into the senior team, and our most promising player likely finished.
My hopes were for us to make a low-risk signing of a DM (Kamara) or if possible, or a summer target player now. And for us to make some money in the market by selling players who are not playing (Mata, Bailly), whose contracts are running out (Lingard). As it is, it's sensible to have kept Lingard. And I think those loans out make sense as long as they're guaranteed game time (no worries about Martial).
It's hard to know whether Rangnick just wasn't backed in terms of acquisitions or if it's a measured approach as the required profiles weren't available. But we are very thin in midfield. An injury to Fred/McTominay and we're kind of fecked.
Not factoring in recent events, I'd give it a 6/10 for showing the effort to trim the squad.