If swap deals is so easy. And if I was United manager or D.O.F
Henderson —> Martinez- Aston Villa - GK
DVB —> Raphinha - Leeds RW/wide player
Pogba —> De Ligt - Juventus - CB
Fred —> Joao Palhinha - Sporting Lisboa - DM/nr.6 - No one is gonna bully this guy. I thought McTom was the new Roy Keane. Until I discovered Palhinha. Keane’s cloning. Really aggressive, good tough tackling and one on one. He will win most of them. Does has speed in him.
Bailly —> Still searching for a pacey , but still more composure than Bailly. Lesser reckless than Bailly. Fast , aggressive , but still full control = top composure.
New price players -
Sancho, wide player - Max 90 £ mill
Kane - CF - Max 110 £ mill - Take or leave it and last price
Sum of those 2 = 200 £ mill Max transfer budget this summer
Line them up in a 442 formation:
Martinez + Bissaka - De Ligt - Maguire - Shaw
Raphinha - Bruno - McTerminator - Sancho
Greenwood - Kane
Other options and double cover :
De Gea + Williams/Dalot - Lindelof - Tuanzebe - Telles
Diallo - Hannibal/Garner (8 & 8&6) - Joao Palhinha (6)- Martial/James
Cavani - Rashford
Raphinha - Not as good as Mahrez when he was at Leicester. But it’s Raphinha first season in premier league. For a really good and well coach team in Leeds, a team around 6-8 th. Taking his teammates into counting to evaluate his performance. Then I will state it’s been a very good debut first season for Raphinha. Really high level of ball control in top speed. Similar style to Mahrez and Arjen Robben type of winger and football player. Raphinha is not there yet. But playing in a same team like Bruno and Sancho. It will help him a lot. The rising of quality of your teammates, then your performance will rise too.
Diallo is really promising. But Raphinha is more close to a finish product more.
In the end. United have bought many really good players from Sporting Lisboa. I am really impressed how they keep producing new really good players.
Like Ronaldo, Bruno and Nani
And now. The young left back in Nuno Mendes. Born June.2002
And a really aggressive DM in Joao Palhinha. This guy is really hard to beat one on one. He might probably can play CB too.
But again. If swap deal was so easy. But without swap. Theirs current transfer market value are.
Rapinha - 25 mill euro - Dec - 1996
De Ligt - 75 mill euro
Joao Palhinha - 15 mill euro. Born in 1995 . The Portuguese Roy Keane. A lot lower price and Rice . Which is 60 mill euro. Not a chance 4 x times better than Palhinha.
Only De Ligt has high transfer value. So I am still looking for others alternative options. I am scouting Bootman. He looks good and solid. But not 100% sure yet. Maybe Bootman is good enough for top 4 in big 4. Just became Ligue 1 champion. So definitely a big achievement for him. To comparison. Personally and easily Bootman over Lindelof any day of the week. Bootman will not get bully to often.
Yeah there are mine swap deals. If it’s so easy. But I think DVB for Raphinha from Leeds. Maybe a realistic. Yet another ex Sporting Lisboa players. So again. I am really impressed. Two thumbs up for Sporting Lisboa. Really good to develop and produce really good football players.