Zlatattack
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I think most people have thoughts about who we need and what they'd like the squad to look like in the next couple of years. I'd like to know your thoughts on the calibre of players we should be targeting in the summer or the next few transfer windows.
For example, most people think we need a CDM, should we target someone I'd consider amongst the very best in the role (Verrati) or someone who is a very very good player in the role (Fabinho), or someone who is adequete for the role (like Dier for example.... i know i know...). Now please don't go off on one about whether my examples are as good as I think they are, that's not what i want to talk about. I'd like to know if people are happy to get the right man for the job, or want the best man for the job.
As a club we've tried both approaches. I think when we bought Pogba we bought one of the very best in the world as a central midfielder. When we bought Mhkitaryan we signed someone who was a very good attacking midfielder, but arguably not in the top 5 or10 of the world in his position. We signed Schniederlin and we signed someone who we thought would be the right man for the job, an acomplished player as a CDM. We've had mixed success with each calibre of signing.
I personally think we desperately need a CDM, a central defender and an attacking midfielder. I think we need to be secure at the back, we need to be able to dictate play in the middle and we need to unlock defenses and score goals. We struggle with all these things, the spine of our team is weak. In my opinion i'd like to target the very best players we possibly can in these positions.
I also think the team lacks width and quality in the depth of our squad, but i'd be happy to see that addressed in later transfer windows, or dealt with players who are not the elite, or are simply acomplished players. For example, I think we need to replace Fellaini or at least push him down the order of midfield options (unless he proves in training he deserves his spot), but I don't think we need to sign Toni Kroos to do that, I think we could improve our options with another Herrera type signing.
For example, most people think we need a CDM, should we target someone I'd consider amongst the very best in the role (Verrati) or someone who is a very very good player in the role (Fabinho), or someone who is adequete for the role (like Dier for example.... i know i know...). Now please don't go off on one about whether my examples are as good as I think they are, that's not what i want to talk about. I'd like to know if people are happy to get the right man for the job, or want the best man for the job.
As a club we've tried both approaches. I think when we bought Pogba we bought one of the very best in the world as a central midfielder. When we bought Mhkitaryan we signed someone who was a very good attacking midfielder, but arguably not in the top 5 or10 of the world in his position. We signed Schniederlin and we signed someone who we thought would be the right man for the job, an acomplished player as a CDM. We've had mixed success with each calibre of signing.
I personally think we desperately need a CDM, a central defender and an attacking midfielder. I think we need to be secure at the back, we need to be able to dictate play in the middle and we need to unlock defenses and score goals. We struggle with all these things, the spine of our team is weak. In my opinion i'd like to target the very best players we possibly can in these positions.
I also think the team lacks width and quality in the depth of our squad, but i'd be happy to see that addressed in later transfer windows, or dealt with players who are not the elite, or are simply acomplished players. For example, I think we need to replace Fellaini or at least push him down the order of midfield options (unless he proves in training he deserves his spot), but I don't think we need to sign Toni Kroos to do that, I think we could improve our options with another Herrera type signing.
- What do you think is the right approach?
- Does it vary on the position you think we need filling?