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‘Successful’ scenarios for Summer ‘23
- Thread starter Jericholyte2
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5 transfers is all we need to become unstoppable
1 is ruben neves or palinha as cover for casemiro
2 is make sabitzer permanent to cover fred
3 is buy mateo retegui as our striker for next season. Osihmen, ramos and kane are way tooo pricey for their real value. Besides, benefica or napoli will sign him to replace ramos or victor if they leave
4. Sign axel disasi from monaco to replace maguire
5. Sign raya to replace de gea
Sell maguire, mctominay, martial, bailly, telles, tuazebe.
Loan out elanga and pellistri, zidane iqbal and maybe mainoo.
Bring back amad and let him cover anthony.(really think amad will actually bounce anthony by season end)
Thats it, thats all we need to become unstoppable. 3 players per position...we can comfortably compete for all 4 trophies without much dip in quality between teams
1 is ruben neves or palinha as cover for casemiro
2 is make sabitzer permanent to cover fred
3 is buy mateo retegui as our striker for next season. Osihmen, ramos and kane are way tooo pricey for their real value. Besides, benefica or napoli will sign him to replace ramos or victor if they leave
4. Sign axel disasi from monaco to replace maguire
5. Sign raya to replace de gea
Sell maguire, mctominay, martial, bailly, telles, tuazebe.
Loan out elanga and pellistri, zidane iqbal and maybe mainoo.
Bring back amad and let him cover anthony.(really think amad will actually bounce anthony by season end)
Thats it, thats all we need to become unstoppable. 3 players per position...we can comfortably compete for all 4 trophies without much dip in quality between teams
Let's be realistic we are not selling 8 players and buying other 7, this is reality not Football Manager.
I would say 2-3 transfers in, with a ST and a CM being the priorities for this summer - 2 absolute starters, good players that must improve us immediately.
So a striker named Kane/Osimhen would be great, a CM named De Jong/Jude would be perfect.
For departures the priority should be offloading players that will never get to play again for us, Jones, Bailly, Telles, B Williams maybe also DVB.
I would say 2-3 transfers in, with a ST and a CM being the priorities for this summer - 2 absolute starters, good players that must improve us immediately.
So a striker named Kane/Osimhen would be great, a CM named De Jong/Jude would be perfect.
For departures the priority should be offloading players that will never get to play again for us, Jones, Bailly, Telles, B Williams maybe also DVB.
This is 25 players (included two more keepers) and only 7 homegrown (if the two backup keepers are homegrown). Perhaps Lavia would count as homegrown too? If so, that would make the cut.
Gvardiol would cost more than 100m.
I also would comment on your valuation of the outgoings but get why you would undervalue them.
And still 240m+ net spend. Never happening.
On the funny side, you've went to lengths to spell Ahmedhodzic name but have typos in other names (Osimhen, Diogo Costa)
He is as injured as Martial.
I honestly don't think the summer can be successful unless we bring in a keeper.
I'd be worried if De Gea's still our keeper next season.
Really? Played 36 league games last season and 25 so far this season
Interesting to see a lot of people wanting us to sign Sabitzer. I don't dislike him but he's barely played, and hasn't been particularly noteworthy when he has?
He has, yea, but Inter fans have always said that about him. He can be a liability because he has some sort of ligament problems which if he gets injured, takes ages to recover from. He was very highly rated before he joined Inter already and everyone hoped he to become a potential star of the league. His fitness can be manageable, but seeing our track record with this kind of player, I don't recommend signing another one who has to be managed.
Buy:
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia — 100m
FDJ/JUDE Bellingham — from 80m to 150m.
Diogo Costa — 60m
Frimpong — 35m
Goncalo Ramos — 65m
Sabitzer - 20m
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Total cost - 430m
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Sell:
Elanga — 12m
Pellestri — 10m
Donny — 15m
Bailly - 10m
Release Phil Jones !
Maguire - 40-45m
Henderson - 20m
Mctominay - 35m
Martial - 25m
Dalot - 25m
Telles - 10m
Tuanzebe - 10m
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Total Sales - 212
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Total Net spend - 218m which won't be a problem if we get Qatari ownership and they clear the debt.
This will be the best scenario if we can do it in the summer and we immediately became favorites for every title out there .
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia — 100m
FDJ/JUDE Bellingham — from 80m to 150m.
Diogo Costa — 60m
Frimpong — 35m
Goncalo Ramos — 65m
Sabitzer - 20m
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Total cost - 430m
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Sell:
Elanga — 12m
Pellestri — 10m
Donny — 15m
Bailly - 10m
Release Phil Jones !
Maguire - 40-45m
Henderson - 20m
Mctominay - 35m
Martial - 25m
Dalot - 25m
Telles - 10m
Tuanzebe - 10m
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Total Sales - 212
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Total Net spend - 218m which won't be a problem if we get Qatari ownership and they clear the debt.
This will be the best scenario if we can do it in the summer and we immediately became favorites for every title out there .
Haha, you suspect I copied and pasted A’s name?This is 25 players (included two more keepers) and only 7 homegrown (if the two backup keepers are homegrown). Perhaps Lavia would count as homegrown too? If so, that would make the cut.
Gvardiol would cost more than 100m.
I also would comment on your valuation of the outgoings but get why you would undervalue them.
And still 240m+ net spend. Never happening.
On the funny side, you've went to lengths to spell Ahmedhodzic name but have typos in other names (Osimhen, Diogo Costa)
Good points! I also think the number of players we sell in my scenario is completely unrealistic.
I haven’t crunched the numbers. But every 35m of cost savings/profit we make — we can basically buy a player for 100m and pay him 200k a week. So selling Elanga and Pellestri alone would enable like additional 80m to spend.
Lastly, I would love Anel A as a Varane understudy. They are actually very similar in many regards, especially how they run/their speed. He is perhaps a little raw, but with Bailly back, we do have some depth there.
More depth in midfield and fix the striker issue. That's the bare minimum for this window.
Would love to see Osimhen here, possibly even another option as well if Martial and Weghorst aren't around.
Would be interested to assess Sabitzer over the next few months, but wouldn't say he's done enough to justify as a long-term yet. I really like Paulinha at Fulham, think he'd be great in rotation with Fred.
Move on: Maguire, McTominay, Martial, Henderson
In: Osimhen, Paulinha, "backup striker"
Would love to see Osimhen here, possibly even another option as well if Martial and Weghorst aren't around.
Would be interested to assess Sabitzer over the next few months, but wouldn't say he's done enough to justify as a long-term yet. I really like Paulinha at Fulham, think he'd be great in rotation with Fred.
Move on: Maguire, McTominay, Martial, Henderson
In: Osimhen, Paulinha, "backup striker"
Amen, and in normal cases I agree with your 2-3 mark.
But I hope we can see more outgoings this summer (albeit 8-10 is FMish). Why? There have been such a big swing in our philosophy since ETH came here, that many players (young and old) just doesn’t fit.
I think Elanga is a good example. Had he come up through the system as a 15 y/o today, he would have been molded into a different player than he is today. Now he is a prototypical inverting LW, that could fill in as a RW. To get him to a point where he can contribute — it takes a large investment in terms of affording him time to play and adjust. We can’t even remotely afford that. Why loan him out? I can only really see him fit as a No 10 (with big question marks for vision) or as a fullback. Will he come back as that?
Pellestri is another one, where from my POV, much of the arguments applicable on Elanga also applies to him. I like the lad. But looking at our depth chart, why hang on to him? He do have a long way to go, and Antony and Amad would be way ahead on the depth chart. Not to mention that we already have a log-jam of wingers with Rash, Antony, Garnacho, Sancho and Amad. FP just played a World Cup and had successful stints in the PL. Dont think we will do him justice if we keep him, and think we would get more for him this summer than next.
Maguire and McTominay are much better players than they can display in ETHs system. I wouldn’t at all be surprised if McT had some really good PL seasons in him. ETH just don’t see them as trustworthy options. Must be sold.
Donny? Possibly a loan, but just cut the losses. Donny is an OK footballer, but it’s so obvious that ETH more or less turns the AMC position into a grave yard shift when short on options and that Donny never was a core player for him. Just a bad buy by us.
Lindelof will probably not be sold, but if we get offers and he wants to go to the sun, I would do it.
I think Bailly is a goner, to be honest. I like Ahmedhodzic a lot too. All time favourite in FM tooHaha, you suspect I copied and pasted A’s name?
Good points! I also think the number of players we sell in my scenario is completely unrealistic.
I haven’t crunched the numbers. But every 35m of cost savings/profit we make — we can basically buy a player for 100m and pay him 200k a week. So selling Elanga and Pellestri alone would enable like additional 80m to spend.
Lastly, I would love Anel A as a Varane understudy. They are actually very similar in many regards, especially how they run/their speed. He is perhaps a little raw, but with Bailly back, we do have some depth there.
I do feel, however, that we'll shop more locally because of the homegrown quota. Your list includes 3 homegrown players being sold and zero bought. That will definitely be a problem, considering Butland loan will be over too.
Would you lot prefer a single, big coup like Osimhen or a same total money double like Vlahovic + Rabiot? Ok, if Qatar buys United you can get all three in a blink 
… but you are not there yet.
… but you are not there yet.Are you having a laugh? "Unstoppable" with a soon-to-be 24 year old nobody from the Argentinian League. He's not even half as talented as Julian Alvarez.
Everything depends on who buys us and how quickly the takeover is done;
Scenario A - The Glaziers still own us, we have no cash and the club is losing money at the tune of £100-120m per year so more debt on club, higher interest payments and a 90% FFP rule only for this summer with no cash in the bank to do much. The club would panic have a fire sale to clear the decks quickly offering - Maguire(20m), Mctominay(20M), Henderson (20m) Teles (8m), E Baily (7m), F Pellistri(loan),
Due to Henderson and Mctominay not costing the club anything they are profit on our amortised budget; Eg The combined £40m over 4 year contracts means we have £10m per year or £50m added to ours sales budget on a 5 year contract. The others apart from Bailey simply cancel each other out as his contract was renewed so you might add another £10m to budget. When you factor in new reduced contracts like De Gea and leaving plus the rumoured budget of £80m you would have about £150m in total.
- GK / D Raya (20m)
- CM / A Rabiot (Free)
- CB / J Timbor or M Guehi or F Tomari (35m)
- CF / G Ramos (80m)
- AM / Sabitzer (15m)
- W Zaha or MRheus (Free)
The problem is the speed at which this would be done, they would only get the frees done early and others transfers dependent on 1. Player sales and 2 CL qualification not guaranteed with oiur current form and injuries.
Scenario B - SJR/Ineos take over, he appoints his man to get best in class, most transfers are halted apart from obvious ones. Players sales going and he Targets one huge Marquee player, whilst listening to what ETH has to say but tells him Fletcher, Murtourgh and Arnold will be gone soon so he can only get 3/4 players at the value of £200m which is not dependent on sales and 1 or 2 more if he sells 3 or 4 players like Maguire, Telles, Mctominay, Bailey,
We Keep D Henderson and he has the chance to be number 1, we buy ;
- CB / J Timber, F Tomari or M Guehy £35m
- CM/DM / A Rabiot
- AM/N10 / MKudas 45m
- CF/ V osimhen £120m
- E Ferguson (35m) if sales
Scenario C - The Qatar bid is successful by 1st June, this would pose a problem to SJR as he looks to appoint Dave Brailsford as his right hand man and then change all the Exec board like Arnold, Murtourgh, delaying potential transfers. The Qatar will want the same thing but they will be fully focused on the summer window and encourage deals like Victor Osimhen, FDJ, N Barello , J Gvardiol, K M Jae. They would have already have been lining up some of these players from May onwards, that’s how they work and they will want a full quick fix ; the debt will be paid off, player sales not key to moving in the market quickly as they will know they have to get 3 or 4 players out but the easiest options are Mctominay and Henderson as they cost the club nothing with Maguire conveniently going to PSG at the end of the summer for £40m on a 4 year contract giving the club a net profit on what we owe for the next two years.
The Transfer budget could be £350-400m under Qatar which is £70-80m amortised over 5 years against our allowed £500m of 90% (Wages £370m, Agent Fees £30m and Net amortised transfer of £58m after sales of Maguire, Mctominay, Teles, Bailey and Henderson cap to expected turnover of £550m (458/460m) 82-83% meaning they would have to do some creative accounting in season 24/25 but if we have CL and new shirt sponsorship deal turnover will grow to £650m easily.
- GK / D Costa (50m)
- RB / Dumfries or Frimpong (40m)
- CB / J Timber, F Tomari or M Guehy 40m)
- CM:N8/ FDJ or N Barello £60m
- DM/CM / A Rabiot (Free)
- AM/N10 / M Kudas (45m)
- CF / V Osimhen or H Kane (120m)
- RW / W Zaha (Free)
The most important thing for ETH is to finish the season strongly , a top 3 finish and another cup should cement his position and power who ever comes in, a failure to land top 4 could mean we see a new manager especially under Qatar or SJR so now the club needs to get back to wining in the PL and we need to ensure we don’t lose to Newcastle or Spurs in the run in.
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comparing this guy to Osimhen seems a huge stretch !
This is dependent on two things ;
1. Who buys the Club and
2. Whether we get CL or not still not a guarantee!
This summer is interesting. New owners is looking very likely and it remains to be seen how they approach the transfer market.
We are pretty close to having a great team in my opinion. The core of Varane, Martinez, Casemiro, Bruno and Rashford is strong and experienced.
We should be looking to add a top striker and goalkeeper, one squad depth midfielder, one understudy for Casemiro and one backup cb. Let me speculate with names and prices.
GK - David Raya, Brentford, 27 years. Contract: 2024. £20 million.
My personal choice to be our new goalkeeper. Great distrubution with both feet. Knows the prem. Good age and retains the HG-status, something that we are going to need with players leaving.
CB - Evan Ndicka, Frankfurt, 23 years. Contract: 2023. Free.
Big and strong left footed defender. His contract is running out and he is open for a new challenge away from Germany. Some rumors about going to Barcelona, but I seriously doubt that all things considered.
CM - Adrien Rabiot, Juventus, 27 years. Contract: 2023. Free.
One of the more underrated players around. Good dribbler of the ball, good composure on the ball. Decent pass range. Has already scored 9(!) goals this season. Entering his prime years as a footballer.
CDM - Romeo Lavia, Southampton, 19 years. Contract: 2027. £30 million (if relegated)
Young, athletic player with decent close controll, dribbling and passing range. Would be a great understudy for Casemiro, but can also play as a box-to-box midfielder. Versatile player. HG status too, if I’m not mistaken.
ST - Harry Kane, Tottenham, 29 years. Contract: 2024. £80 million.
Looking at our current team we need to win right away. To win we need a world class striker. Kane is the one. Our core of the names I mentioned earlier are not getting any younger. We need to win now.
ST - Wout Weghorst, Burnley, 30 years old. Contract: 2025. £12 million.
The workhorse, the backup for Harry Kane. I know the fanbase is divided about him, but I like him. Amazing attitude on the pitch and offers something different than the current crop of attackers we have.
In total this would add up to: 142 million of the King’s finest. Even if my estimations would be a bit off, it’s still doable imo.
Sqaud depth for next season, players not included should be sold or loaned out.
GK: Raya (Heaton)
LB: Shaw (Malacia)
LCB: Martinez (Ndicka, Shaw)
RCB: Varane (Lindelöf)
RB: Dalot (Wan-Bissaka)
CDM: Casemiro (Lavia, Mainoo)
CM: Rabiot (Eriksen, Fred)
CAM: Bruno (Eriksen, Hannibal, Diallo, Sancho)
LW: Rashford (Garnacho, Sancho)
ST: Kane (Rashford, Weghorst)
RW: Antony (Sancho, Diallo)
We are pretty close to having a great team in my opinion. The core of Varane, Martinez, Casemiro, Bruno and Rashford is strong and experienced.
We should be looking to add a top striker and goalkeeper, one squad depth midfielder, one understudy for Casemiro and one backup cb. Let me speculate with names and prices.
GK - David Raya, Brentford, 27 years. Contract: 2024. £20 million.
My personal choice to be our new goalkeeper. Great distrubution with both feet. Knows the prem. Good age and retains the HG-status, something that we are going to need with players leaving.
CB - Evan Ndicka, Frankfurt, 23 years. Contract: 2023. Free.
Big and strong left footed defender. His contract is running out and he is open for a new challenge away from Germany. Some rumors about going to Barcelona, but I seriously doubt that all things considered.
CM - Adrien Rabiot, Juventus, 27 years. Contract: 2023. Free.
One of the more underrated players around. Good dribbler of the ball, good composure on the ball. Decent pass range. Has already scored 9(!) goals this season. Entering his prime years as a footballer.
CDM - Romeo Lavia, Southampton, 19 years. Contract: 2027. £30 million (if relegated)
Young, athletic player with decent close controll, dribbling and passing range. Would be a great understudy for Casemiro, but can also play as a box-to-box midfielder. Versatile player. HG status too, if I’m not mistaken.
ST - Harry Kane, Tottenham, 29 years. Contract: 2024. £80 million.
Looking at our current team we need to win right away. To win we need a world class striker. Kane is the one. Our core of the names I mentioned earlier are not getting any younger. We need to win now.
ST - Wout Weghorst, Burnley, 30 years old. Contract: 2025. £12 million.
The workhorse, the backup for Harry Kane. I know the fanbase is divided about him, but I like him. Amazing attitude on the pitch and offers something different than the current crop of attackers we have.
In total this would add up to: 142 million of the King’s finest. Even if my estimations would be a bit off, it’s still doable imo.
Sqaud depth for next season, players not included should be sold or loaned out.
GK: Raya (Heaton)
LB: Shaw (Malacia)
LCB: Martinez (Ndicka, Shaw)
RCB: Varane (Lindelöf)
RB: Dalot (Wan-Bissaka)
CDM: Casemiro (Lavia, Mainoo)
CM: Rabiot (Eriksen, Fred)
CAM: Bruno (Eriksen, Hannibal, Diallo, Sancho)
LW: Rashford (Garnacho, Sancho)
ST: Kane (Rashford, Weghorst)
RW: Antony (Sancho, Diallo)
Even if Qatar buys us or another financial power I still don't us to become Circus FC and start buying players left and right like Chelsea are doing.
Honestly anything more than 3-4 transfers per summer is hilarious, no club with a clear vision would do that.
Quality over quantity is what we should aim for.
Agree.
I love DDG and what he has done for this club but his deficiencies are really telling. How many teams do we play against that chip a ball to their full backs when pressed? How many times does DDG do it? 10% of times he gets it right.
I find it really frustrating when we are building from the back keeping the ball and DDG gives the ball away, putting us on the backfoot.
Yes he makes world class saves but, I feel with a better keeper we will face less shots anyway.
Realistically I see 2 starters coming in (goalkeeper and striker), and then 2-3 squad players (younger casemiro backup, younger Varane backup).
Maguire, McTominay (unless he stays as DM backup), Van de Beek, experienced load players currently out all sold, de Gea demoted to backup or released, weghorst and sabitzer loans end.
I'd say McTominay is the only one there who is a "unlikely sell". I think Maguire will leave for regular games, same with Van de Beek at this point.
Four signings absolutely have to be made if we are going to do anything next season. A centre forward, 2CMs and a right back.
Think we might need 2 strikers.
Osimhen/Kane then Weghorst or someone good on a free to be cover.
Then Sabitzer google-price of 20 million euros seems incredibly good for what he would provide.
Besides that I think anything would be a bonus as I don't see us getting a lot for the players we'd be willing to part ways with.
Osimhen/Kane then Weghorst or someone good on a free to be cover.
Then Sabitzer google-price of 20 million euros seems incredibly good for what he would provide.
Besides that I think anything would be a bonus as I don't see us getting a lot for the players we'd be willing to part ways with.
I would agree however the prospect of being completely F…..in Season 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to the tightening of FFP rules from Uefa, from 90% this summer , 80% next summer and then the dreaded 70% in the summer of 2025/26. This means that if our turnover was consistent at £550m without CL, but increases to £600m
Club Turnover £550m - 2024/25
Allowance 80% (£440m)
Wages £375m
Agents and others £30m
Amortised Transfer Budget based on No sales and Amortised 5 year contracts £35m would give us £175m budget for two transfer windows; £125m summer and £50m in winter.
Club Turnover £595m - 2025/26
Allowance 70% (£417m)
Wages £375m
Agents and Others £30m
Amortised Transfer budget no sales 5 year contracts £12m multiply by 5 = £60m transfer Budget or sanctioned in two windows !
This year 2023/24
Club Turnover £540m
Allowance 90% (£486m)
Wages 20% Europa reduction £345m)
(ETH new contract Ralph and Ole paid off)
Agents and others £30m
Amortised Transfer budget after sales
(D Henderson, S Mctominay @£20m each adds £40m profit because we never paid a fee would be amortised and adds £8m per year to our budget)So we could buy this summer and winter because there are two transfer windows in a financial year so legally the club could spend a max of £119m amortised over 5 years the club or £595m, potentially £350m in the summer and £245m In the winter window but only this year.
Some people think Todd Boehly went crazy in the two windows but he didn’t, he spent £580m in two transfer windows by a loophole by putting players on 7 year contracts because he realised they wouldn’t be able to spend the same money in 2024/25 and 25/26 season so they will do the same this year as well.
Victor Osimhen bought on a 6 year contract at £20m per year is a no brainier for all the top clubs in England. In other words who ever buys the club will buy big this summer because they have to, they will buy the best young players 24 and under simply to future proof the club. The only reason the Glaziers could not buy players is because they have run out of cash and are skint !
Nope. The age doesnt matter...its the profile. He fits the exact profile that Ten hag needs for a striker. Manutd have signed nobody's before and been successful. Its about the profile of the player. All these players we talk about now where nobody's 2 years ago...enzo fernandez, moses caicedo etc. If you scout based on profiles, you are able to find talented players for fractions of the price you would pay if you bought from Europe
Besides all that, we would have fixed our weaknesses from this season with 3 players available per position next season.
We need to sign the next Messi. Only then can we consider it a success.
Also just seen someone suggests we need to sign sabitzer as Fred cover. Surely Fred is the cover, think we need to think bigger than that!
I think it’s pretty simple Rabiot(Free) and Sabitzer (18m) massive upgrade for selling McTominay for £20-25m keep Fred, we can look at that one January 24 with a bid for FDJ or N Barella
Players like Enzo Fernandez and Julian Alvarez were most sure things from Argentina in years as they worked under Gallardo at River who shares similar principles to the top European coaches like Pep and ETH and was surely the best manager out of Europe in the game at the time. They were not just talented players from South America but also incredibly good coached youngsters.
350m budget
GK - Raya (40m)
RB - Frimpong (40m)
CB - Timber (40m)
CDM - Lavia (40m)
CM - FDJ (60m) & Sabitzer (10m)
ST - Osimhen (120m)
That's the dream scenario for me but 6 new signings isn't realistic for 1 window.
Outs:
RB - Dalot 20m
LB - Tellers 10m
CB - Maguire 20-40m
CM - McT 20-40m
CAM - VDB 15m
RW - Sancho 20-40m
100-165m
GK - Raya (40m)
RB - Frimpong (40m)
CB - Timber (40m)
CDM - Lavia (40m)
CM - FDJ (60m) & Sabitzer (10m)
ST - Osimhen (120m)
That's the dream scenario for me but 6 new signings isn't realistic for 1 window.
Outs:
RB - Dalot 20m
LB - Tellers 10m
CB - Maguire 20-40m
CM - McT 20-40m
CAM - VDB 15m
RW - Sancho 20-40m
100-165m
Again, this doesn't really matter that much. It's the players fitting the profiles. Gallardo coached many talented youngsters in his teams...why haven't they been signed by the top teams yet. The answer is simple, they don't fit the profile of players the teams need so far. Other players from South America e.g vinicius, rodrygo, etc have been signed by other teams like Barcelona and Madrid and yet they were not coached by Gallardo...why...they met the profile of the player those teams wanted. We just need to start signing players that fit the profile. ETH will make them the superstars of the future. Ferguson did this before too btw...so there is nothing new here
If this is the case, why isn't Weghorst world class already or why is Antony not creating anything?
Top quality midfielder and striker and we’d be looking good.
Any scenario that sees us somehow snag Frenkie.
duh, this is so obvious it's amazing u don't see it. Both Weghorst and Anthony don't fully fit the profile needed for their roles. Square pegs in round holes Weghorst presses very well and has good link-up play but he isn't fast and he doesn't score many goals. Anthony doesn't beat players one on one regularly enough and can't pass with his weaker foot...he actually can't do anything with his weaker foot. Anthony has time on his side, weghorst does not. Anthony might improve in the future, Weghorst won't. It's all elementary really
Totally unrealistic.
No chance we would sell Sancho for as little as 20 million and Dalot will be kept.
Is your account a parody or something?
Antony (not Anthony) was bought for £82m on request from Ten Hag after having previously worked with him. Do you not think he thinks Antony fits the "profile needed for their roles"? And as for your point regarding Weghorst who doesn't score many goals or isn't fast, that is precisely my point. You're talking about Mateo Retegui, a soon-to-be 24 year old striker who has a whopping 30 goals over 3 seasons in the Argentinian League and you want him to lead the line? He isn't fast so similarly to Weghorst, Ten Hag can't teach him pace. Mateo Retegui isn't good enough to play as the main striker for Manchester United, and the fact you think that is absurd. What do you even mean by "fit the profile"? Do you think you know the best fit for United better than Ten Hag or something?Could also do with a backup CB too