Fosu-Mens
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We can currently field a starting 11 that would fight for top 4 if eveyone is fit. With injuries on certain players we will struggle.
Our goal for the summer should be to improve our starting 11 to the degree that we are likely to get top 4 with some margin and improve the squad depth to make it more resilient regarding injuries on important players. Not going to evaluate GK position as this is the only please we are better than our competition.
Current players that are going to leave and/or must leave:
Valencia: Free.
Rojo: Whatever we can get.
Darmian: Whatever we can get.
Mata: Free.
Sanchez: Hopefully we do not have to pay.
Players that should be considering sold:
Fred: Cannot see him making it.
Pereira: He would benefit playing in a different league.
Bailly or Jones: Injuries and inconsistency.
Lukaku: If we can get big money for him and we have a suitable target (Sancho), then we should do this.
Options:
FB: Meunier or Lala, both in their prime. Would cost around £20m.
CB: de Ligt (if not going to Barcelona then he must be a priority) £75m, or Koulibaly for £75m+ or Alderweireld for £25m.
Midfield: Rabiot (if OGS thinks he can be handled) as our next holding CDM(his best position and where he is really good) and Pellegrini(as a versatile B2B for Herrera/Pogba) £22m clause.
Attackers: Suso £33m or Sarabia £15m. Both creators, both left footed, both able to play as a RW, CAM and LW. Suso would be a starter on the right, and Sarabia would be a low risk transfer that would improve the squad.
Would cost around £140m of we go for the 5 players in bold.
Team would look something like this(likely starters):
GK: DDG, Romero, Grant
FB: Meunier, Shaw, Dalot, Young
CB: de Ligt, Lindelof, Smalling, Jones, Tuanzebe. (Bailly)
Midfield: Pogba, Herrera, Matic, Rabiot, Pellegrini, McTominay. (Fred, Pereira)
Attack: Rashford, Martial, Suso, Lingard, Lukaku, Greenwood.
Our goal for the summer should be to improve our starting 11 to the degree that we are likely to get top 4 with some margin and improve the squad depth to make it more resilient regarding injuries on important players. Not going to evaluate GK position as this is the only please we are better than our competition.
Current players that are going to leave and/or must leave:
Valencia: Free.
Rojo: Whatever we can get.
Darmian: Whatever we can get.
Mata: Free.
Sanchez: Hopefully we do not have to pay.
Players that should be considering sold:
Fred: Cannot see him making it.
Pereira: He would benefit playing in a different league.
Bailly or Jones: Injuries and inconsistency.
Lukaku: If we can get big money for him and we have a suitable target (Sancho), then we should do this.
Options:
FB: Meunier or Lala, both in their prime. Would cost around £20m.
CB: de Ligt (if not going to Barcelona then he must be a priority) £75m, or Koulibaly for £75m+ or Alderweireld for £25m.
Midfield: Rabiot (if OGS thinks he can be handled) as our next holding CDM(his best position and where he is really good) and Pellegrini(as a versatile B2B for Herrera/Pogba) £22m clause.
Attackers: Suso £33m or Sarabia £15m. Both creators, both left footed, both able to play as a RW, CAM and LW. Suso would be a starter on the right, and Sarabia would be a low risk transfer that would improve the squad.
Would cost around £140m of we go for the 5 players in bold.
Team would look something like this(likely starters):
GK: DDG, Romero, Grant
FB: Meunier, Shaw, Dalot, Young
CB: de Ligt, Lindelof, Smalling, Jones, Tuanzebe. (Bailly)
Midfield: Pogba, Herrera, Matic, Rabiot, Pellegrini, McTominay. (Fred, Pereira)
Attack: Rashford, Martial, Suso, Lingard, Lukaku, Greenwood.
With this team we should get be a little closer to City/Liverpool and be relatively safe considering a top 4. Squad is also relatively resilient regarding injuries. And with additional transfers/improvement the next season we should on paper be able to fight for something major.