We need 2 or 3 seasons of signing the very best players 23 and under we can find. There will be deals galore on Bosman for slightly older squad players like Tosin when you have the wage capability utd do (while keeping it sensible hopefully)
It’s really not rocket science to develop a hungry competitive team but doing anything with the glazers involved is having one hand tied behind your back. They set a rotten tone by dithering on everything and hoarding crap unhappy players. INEOS will be more ruthless I’m sure of it
We could effectively sign 3 or 4 free signings this season but their wages still need to added to yearly accounts budget.
So assuming you let obvious players leave like ;
R Varane(350k), J Evans(60k), C Eriksen(8M/180k), DVB(7m/120k),
A Martial(250k)
Those contracts will not be renewed, the others have 1 year and the club would probably accept combined £10m for both to leave the club and save Wages. The £940k per week wages saved increase the Transfer and Wage budget to £45m and the £10m transfer amortised probably adds another £2m to give a combined budget of
£50m set aside for Free transfers yearly.
Consider the Following options on bosman free transfers this summer.
Defence;
Mario Hemoso , Age 28, 6’2 looking for 4/5 year on £100k per week,
Lloyd Kelly, Age 25, 6’3, PL proven on 30k per week currently looking for a 5 year contract on £75k per week
Tosin Adarbioyo, Age 26, 6’5 PL proven on 40k per week looking for 5 year contract on £75-80k per week
Midfield;
Adrien Rabiot, Age 29, 6’3 on 180k per week looking for 3/4 year contract on £250-280k per week
Ross Barkley , Age 30, 6’2 on 30k per week looking for 2/3 year contract on £75-80k per week
Wilfred N’Didi, Age 27, 6’1 on £100k per week, looking for 4/5 year contract on 120/130k per week
Piotr Zielinski, Age 29, 6’0 on 80k per week looking for 3/4 year contract on 100/120k per week
Guido Rodriguez, Age 30, 6’2 on 40k per week looking for 3/4 contract on 80k per week.
Josh Brownhill, Age 26, 5’10 PL Proven looking for 60/70k per week on a 5 year contract
Strikers ;
Not much on a free but
Rafa Silva, Age 30, 5’7 on 50k per week looking for 2/3 contract on £100k per week
Kelechi Iheanacho , Age 27 on 80k per week looking for a 4/5 year contract on 100k per week, poor season but useful maybe as a squad member and has PL
Experience.
Looking through this list, please also be aware that signing on and Agent fees are also to be paid what’s the best 3 or 4 we could sign from this list?
My Picks wouid be ;
Tosin Adarbioyo, Wilfred N’Didi and Adrien Rabiot or Ross Barkley If we can’t get Rabiot.
It’s important to remember when United signed Christian Eriksen we agreed a £12m signing on fee which is added to his £30m contract and therefore Eriksen true cost to the club was £4m per year to be paid as a signing on fee plus £10m in wages, so £14m per year on the books, if we sell him this year we still have to pay the last year of his signing on fee but obviously save £10m on wages and the transfer fee would pay some of the signing on fee.
You can assume that Rabiot would be a huge investment even on a free, a 3+1 contract at £250k per week and £25m signing on fee would cost the club £21-22m per year on the books, someone like Ross on a similar 2+1 contract at £80k per week and £8m signing on fee would cost the club £8m per year which if he continues his Luton form is a no brainer, the same with Tosin, he probably would cost £8m signing on and £4m per year on a 5 year contract means £5.6m per year on the accounts and Wilfred N’Didi on a 5 year makes an awful lot of sense at 27, £10m signing on fee and £120k per week wages means £8m addition to the clubs accounts. Conclusion Even Rabiot, Barkley, N’Didi and Tosin, yes all 4 would cost £43m on the books and there is still approximately £7m or 140k per week wages to add to the transfer kitty.
I’m sure Ashworth indirectly and the team left in charge of transfers are all over this and expect to see 1 maybe 2 early free transfers. I’d like to know what players you guys think we should sign from the bosman list?
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