I am quietly optimistic that City will not have quite the same level of success next season as they have had this. More and more teams are going to learn that they are vulnerable if you go at them. I still think they are red hot favourites for the league title again, but I think there will be many more bumps in the road for them next time around.
As for United. I think Mourinho will continue to build a functional and more effective team. One that will remain uninspiring however. If all our transfer plans come together - a lot of ifs - I could easily see Martial and Pogba heading to PSG with Neymar coming the other way. I don’t want to see Pogba leave, at all, but in these circumstances I could see it working.
De Gea
Valencia Jones Alderweireld Sandro
Matic Savic
Willian Sanchez Neymar
Lukaku
Would be a brilliantly balanced line up. Somewhat pie in the sky but a boy can dream.
Oh that looks neat and dreamy . They will kill teams when attacking .But this team will be murdered by counter attacking teams . I dont think Matic can do all that running in midfield . From what I have seen of Savic from YouTube and 2 full matches . I felt he isn't very good defensively . Felt he is an attacking floater and he reminds me of Berbatov . He has nice touches and came off silky looking but I feel he doesn't have that pace to stop counter attacks and be gritty in midfield . The thing which is most worrying for me is doing the defensive duties of Sanchez . The guy misplaces half the balls he plays through and loses possession a lot . We need someone covering up just for me because he is always get dispossessed in the middle which usually starts all the counter from the midfield . I feel we need a proper destroyer in the middle and we kind of missed of on Dier last season and went for 2nd best option in Matic . Granted Dier isn't very good attacking wise but defensively he is fine and usually keeps it up as a literally plays as a 3rd centre back . Anyways apart from that . My own choice of dream 11 with more realistic options are
------------------------De Gea--------------------------
Valencia---Bailly----Umtiti/Toby----Sandro
-------------------------Matic----------------------------
-------------Fekir-------------------Pogba-------------
Mahrez--------------------------------------Sanchez
------------------------Lukaku-----------------------------
Umtiti or Toby Alderwerield coming for Smalling in the team.
Fekir in place of Herrera . He is a very good dribbler . A proper playmaker who is good defensively and can shield the ball properly .
Sadly with signs of Martial leaving I would draft in Mahrez . It would be nice to have a proper right winger .