2018-2019
Upemecano - Bayern
DeLight - Juventus
Wan Bissaka - Manchester United
Ascacibar - Hertha Berlin
NDOmbele - Spurs
Guimaraes - No Move
Gouiri - Nice
Jadon Sancho - No Move
Chiesa - Juventus
Really thought Guimaraes would be a star but heard little of him. AScacibar has had injuries and spitting incident and gone backwards, bar SAncho every other player has moved to a big club
2019-2020
Bissaka - Manchester United
Romagnoli - No move
Upemecano - Bayern
Rice - No move
Sancho - no move
Tonali - Milan
All at big clubs bar the players we are getting linked with now two years later. Didnt do one last year but for this summer:
Out: DeGea, Romero, Bailly, JOnes, Dalot, Mata, Lingard, Pereira, Van De Beek, Garner, Fred, Chong, Cavani (his choice) -
Personally are others I would like to sell but we STILL have a lot of deadwood looking at this list and DeGea cant stay if we are putting faith in Henderson as is too good to be a number two. Bailly and JOnes are just too inconsistent and injury prone. Fred though I like him, simply isnt good enough and Van de Beek just doesnt fit into the side, never thought it was a good signing at the time though he is a good player,w as massively over hyped at the same time.
I would hope this would bring in £100-150m. With lost revnues from Corona, history under Ole transfer wise and fact even with all these exits we still have a big squad with a few youngsters coming through, realistically we cant spend a fortune this summer or bring in lots of players so I am going for a low net spend:
CB: Romagnoli - Still only 26, left sided, captainand leader and good organiser, good on the ball and experienced, with Upemecano now moving, without doubt my number one choice is Romagnoli and I feel this summer may be our best chance to sign him £35m
CM: Boubacar Kamara - I would love us to sign Camavinga but have a feeling the competition will be rife and with Pogba staying, I see him moving to the likes of Madrid. I also really like Declan Rice but we already have a similar player in McTominay and we are probably talking £65-75m for Rice which is crasy money. A player with similar technical ability to Camavinga and the defensive attributes of Rice (can also play CB liek Rice), Kamara gives us the balance and stability defensively we could be lacking with Matic ageing, but with good technique carrying he ball that we seem to lose with a Fred/McTominay partnership. At £30m odd I think he would be gret value for money
RW: Gabrielle Veron - We have already invested £30m is Amad who surely is expected to play a lot more next season. As much as I like him, with the potential of Amad, I wouldnt now pay £80m+ for SAncho as much as I like him. Have to confess I have seen little of Veron but he looks an insanely talented player and I would rather be spending £30m on another prodigous young talent to double our chances as James and Greenwood can still play there too
CF: This is a tough one as there are three obvious choices at the moment - Mbappe unrealistic - Kane I feel has had the purple patch and is too start too fade, would guarantee goals and assists but for a fee of £100m+ prob a fair bit more, for how long, doesnt make financial sense - Haaland is of course the obvious choice but takign away the football side as he is the most suitable to us of the three I feel all things considered....I just dont like him. There is the stinking smell of that agent, the apparent greed and career pre-planned so lack of loyalty, a dislikable arrogance, the links with father and most importantly, again unrealistic with the competition and probabloy wages required on top of a £150m odd fee. Outside of that most of the really godo strikers are old and already at big clubs. We also have to remember we would still have Martial and if needed Rashford to play there and also we have one of the most talented young strikers in the world in greenwood potentially who hopefulyl will get more game time there next season if someone like Amad/Veron can claim the right wing berth. The name I would go for is actually one I mentioned in 2018.......
Amine Gouiri - Not long after I first mentioned him at Lyon enarly three years ago, he broke through and suffered a serious injury. After a long time out he didnt seem to get opportunities unable to break past Depay and Dembele. Last season he moved to Nice to resurrect his career and its great to see him getting back to the player he looked to be at still just 21. This is a gamble and also he has mainly played on the left the few times I have seen him for Nice...however that gives us good cover for Rashford. He is quite small but he has very good pace, fantastic technique, intelligence and awareness and is a very good finiher, have seen some recent comparisons with Benzema which I dont personally agree with. I think we can pick him up again for around £30m. The only other option for me is Calvrt-Lewin who has improved a lot this season and is a good stiker, again I think we are talking £65-75m again and that just doesnt make sense to me though
Signign these four players with our outgoings will probably actually give us a negative net spend. I would also like to see Laird, Mengi and Mjebri added to he squad next season