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Neuer 2011 Trippier 2021 Ramos 2005 Varane 2011 Baines 2013 Essien 2005 Kroos 2014 Modric 2010 Robben 2004 Ronaldinho 2002 Benzema 2009 There are countless others which I believe were gettable that we missed out on: Pau Torres, Ake, Verthonghen, Aldeweireld, Rice, Yaya Toure, David Silva...

So many big goals for us this season from Bruno

How do we get this guy out of Chelsea?

We could have been doing the same in terms of laying foundations for a different set up but the owners lacked the foresight

The biggest fumble post-Fergie was not securing either Guardiola or Klopp who were both very much on the market in the years immediately following Sir Alex’s exit. To make things worse, those two went on to manage our closest rivals and therefore rules out any chance of them managing us in the...

I really wish we had Cole Palmer. Lifelong United fan in a position that we’ve struggled to fill and looks the real deal.

Robbie Keane - Man City Wes Brown - Everton Maguire - Everton Taribo West - Bolton Matthew Upson - Aston Villa Sebastian Bassong - Portsmouth, QPR Stephen Carr - Man City, Sunderland Olivier Bernard - Fulham Micah Richards - West Ham Celestine Babayaro - Wigan Ian Harte - Everton Kieran...

Good player and ideal cover/competition for Martinez. Won’t come cheap though and therefore a question of whether this is the best use of our limited resources when there are so many areas that need addressing.

In an ideal world we would have adequately addressed our issues in central defence and central midfield by now and could be looking to go big for Wirtz as a replacement and long-term upgrade of Bruno. Alas, the old weaknesses in the heart of the team remain the same and won’t be cheap to fix so...

James Milner as already mentioned is probably the most obvious example I can think of. Could play full-back, wide midfield, central midfield and number 10 to a good level, whilst never really being top class in any of those positions.

I think we were seriously exploring loan options as cover for Hojlund but nothing materialised. A bad decision with hindsight.

We should at least have an alternative in the squad who comes in as a rotation option and puts a bit of pressure on. I think Ten Hag has got a bit more discipline out of him in terms of his decision making but there will always be times when Bruno wants to be Bruno and play with a lot of risk...

I would have taken a 2-1 at Luton a few weeks ago and to be honest I would have taken it before the game because it always felt like this could be a potential banana skin. I think with the context of us going 2-0 up in 10 minutes it feels like another frustrating game and probably more so...

One of the players I want us to sign most. I think he could be top drawer and he can do far more than just cutting in on his left. A more natural dribbler than Antony or any of other options. Technical, low centre of gravity. Hopefully not too expensive.

Hojlund - no brainer due to age and potential Garnacho - no brainer due to age and potential Shaw - he’s very good and we have very little depth at LB so selling Shaw would cause unnecessary disruption Martinez - excellent at what he does. Question marks over his fitness but with Varane OOC...