SteveW
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DDG is a liability. I love him but have accepted this. I thought so last summer and this season has just confirmed it. Ideally we can get him off the wage bill.I'm 100% sold in we need to get Sancho and Grealish, but I would keep DDG. He's on a 350m/week and he has contract till 2022.
Who would you want for CB? I recently made a threat in the Newbie forum and I explained why I thought looming into the Inter 25 year old CB named Milan Skriniar might not be such a bad idea.
If not we still don't have to play him. De Gea on the bench will still cost the same amount in wages but at least he won't cost us ponts as well.
It's a sad situation because he's been such a hero to us but this happens in football. We don't owe him a place in the team just because he was good in the past. And he's not suddenly going to get it back after 2 and a half years. Chances are he wasn't going to be a great keeper in his 30s anyway. He's too based around superhuman reflexes. That doesn't last forever. He doesn't possess the characteristics of the great older keepers such as communication or command of his box. He doesn't even talk to his defenders during games.
Its pretty sad that his greatness came when we were shit. I think all of us would have loved to have seen him in a great Unites team. He was worthy of that. I think that's why so many are in a state of denial about how bad he's now become and just want him to be in a winning team for a while.
I have no idea which CB and I don't think it absolutely has to happen right now . But eventually I'd like us to have one with really pace as the perfect partner for Maguire. Lindelof is a good player too but we can certainly upgrade. Maguire, New CB, VL and ideally Axel and Mengi can round out the group. The others should be moved on. Who knows, maybe Axel or Mengi could grow into that pacey partner for Maguire. Mengi could surprise a lot of people.