I haven't given up completely on him as a contributor to the team, but I simply don't see how he's a starter at United. Aside from moments here and he does very little. For me, he doesn't challenge and frighten defenders the way a starting forward at United should.
Ozil on £300k on the bench or Sanchez on £350k on the bench?
Ideally someone better than either but given a choice - Ozil.
I agree with this, sell them both and buy Sancho for the RW and we'll be even better
So what are you advocating? As Ole said we have 6 attacking players and 3 can play at any one time, what is wrong with that? If we are going to sell Lukaku, do we get a backup striker in case Rashford is injured? If yes, do we get someone experience and expensive like Morata or someone cheap like a 16 years old untested? If we end up going after expensive backup then why bother? Beside, why say Lukaku is always a bench warmer? If Lukaku puts in a performance like last night, even without scoring, while Rashford stop scoring, do you still start Rashford regardless?
Either is fine Mr K. Neejerk.Thank you!
Do I pay at the front desk, or do I make the cheque out to Jordan Peterson's pseudo-psychology appreciation society?
Will not get any £££ for Sanchez. And only oil clubs and China can pay can pay his wages. I would still let him go for next to nothing.
I think he would want to leave if he was told he is not going to be first choice in any position across the front, yes.
Mata has lost pace too but is still very useful. Sanchex is very versatile and can play across our whole attack but lukaku is only good when given space. I'd take the more versatile attacker any day of the week although the cost is very high.
None are going to leave so it's not even open to debate anyway. Ole is happy with the attackers he's got and they've just helped us win eight games on the bounce so it's strange we're all discussing this anyway.
[QUOTE="Neo_Mufc, We need to get them both firing and have them competing for spots a like what City do with each of their players. A bad spell and you know your spot is up.[/QUOTE]
I don’t think this is how football managers go about things. They will tell their players they are going to compete for places and the one that applies himself the most in training and gets the end product in matches will be selected.
What is it with this forum and wanting to sell good players? Thank feck you’re nowhere near the club’s operations.If Sanchez is willing to go to China and Club's are interested then you could always find a way around the rules . We could loan him for remainder of his contract for good fee circumventing the transfer tax altogether unless it applies on loans as well.
I agree with all that to be fair mate, I think there comes a time aswell though, that no matter how much trying and applying in training you do you’ll see you’re not getting picked as much or for the important games as the other guy.
Correct.
If City have a full fit squad then at least one of Sane, Sterling and Mahrez sit out. Two of De Bruyne, Silva, Bernardo and Gundogan sit out. Jesus sits on the bench, anyway. Can’t you see what’s going on Spurs? Kane and Alli get injured and the world behaves as if Spurs are finished. Lack of depth being the reason why.
There’s talk of getting rid of Mata on here - even though he apparently wants to stay in a squad role. Bloody brilliant. Let’s keep him. How many other teams have a fifth or sixth choice attacker as good as Mata? We should be pleased he’s even happy to stay put, to be honest. He’s a great option.
If Lukaku and Sanchez want to leave then the situation changes, but under an attacking manager (at long last) there will be enough games and (hopefully) goals to keep them happy. Just like City.
We’re not talking about Darmian and Rojo here. First team players that never play and are quite clearly not good enough to play for the club. That’s who we get rid of. That’s who we replace. Not Lukaku and Sanchez for feck sake.
All what you say is correct but it relies on people’s perceptions of a players quality.
If City have a full fit squad then at least one of Sane, Sterling and Mahrez sit out. Two of De Bruyne, Silva, Bernardo and Gundogan sit out. Jesus sits on the bench, anyway. Can’t you see what’s going on Spurs? Kane and Alli get injured and the world behaves as if Spurs are finished. Lack of depth being the reason why.
There’s talk of getting rid of Mata on here - even though he apparently wants to stay in a squad role. Bloody brilliant. Let’s keep him. How many other teams have a fifth or sixth choice attacker as good as Mata? We should be pleased he’s even happy to stay put, to be honest. He’s a great option.
If Lukaku and Sanchez want to leave then the situation changes, but under an attacking manager (at long last) there will be enough games and (hopefully) goals to keep them happy. Just like City.
We’re not talking about Darmian and Rojo here. First team players that never play and are quite clearly not good enough to play for the club. That’s who we get rid of. That’s who we replace. Not Lukaku and Sanchez for feck sake.
Selling Lukaku and Sanchez and replacing them with two ‘better’ attacking players (who would this even be?), in addition to buying defenders - which should be the summer priority - is the sort of upheaval the club does not need. That’s fantasy stuff. I’m not entirely sure what kind of message it sends to Martial and Rashford either, especially when they both look like developing into proper players. The very idea of doing this just seems like a compete waste of time.
