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Desiré Doué looks really interesting. Plays mainly off the left wing but has also played right wing and 10. Would not be surprised to see him move this summer as our replacement for Sancho/Greenwood/Antony. Another interesting prospect is...

What you're essentially asking about is a question of cash flow rather than the actual cost on the books. Buying a player for 100m will cost the club the transfer fee divided by the length of the contract for each year, i.e. 100m/5y = 20m a year...

Again, thanks for your polite tone. To answer your question, yes, see my post above. If we manage to offload just a few others, we will definately have room. For example, selling Sancho would save us combined ~£30m a year in wages and...

He definately has a point about us needing more than one player. I think we need at least six new players. Two CBs, a LB, two CMs and a striker but that is for another discussion. When we're looking at our squad cost before any sales, Martial...

Thank you for the compliment. With a masters degree in finance and writing my thesis about sport economics, I actually do have a clue how football business works. For this summer's transfer spending, we will have plenty of leeway in FFP terms...

What a beautifully written post. Completely agree. I've seen a lot of posters on here wanting us to sign mediocre players on "frees". Well, it might turn out well, but it is not the overarchinbg strategy that will see us compete with the top of...

I completely disagree. Chelsea won the CL in 2021 with a midfield of Kanté and Jorginho. In many ways, Joao Neves has some similarities with Kanté as being very good af winning the ball back. He is also very good aerially despite his height. The...

That is very true. People here really underestimate Neves' ball-winning abilities as they see a slight guy who is good on the ball. He is not a lone 6 but I'm certain who would work so well Mainoo in a double pivot.

They are not similar players at all. Olmo plays mostly on the wings and half spaces, whereas Joao Neves is an all action deeper midfielder who wins so many tackles and interceptions and distributes well.

Yes, I know I did not look into what we would get by selling players, as this was not part of my point. With regards to selling players, the fee you sell the player for minus the book value of that player goes into the transfer income for that...

Just to put your argument into perspective, looking solely at transfer fees is not how football finance works. You can't simply put X and Y players on free transfers is good business compared to buying player Z for 70m. Here is how it works...

I would love to see United pick up the following three midfielders: Joao Neves: Unreal talent. I think he would compliment Mainoo really well even though he is not the tallest. He's a really good ballwinner, covers a lot of ground and can...