AnotherLondonManc
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No excuses? How about the excuse that 3 more first team players in January is wildly unrealistic.We're broken. We're so so broken. We still need major investment despite spending £200m+ this summer.
We desperately need a DoF too.
Shaw, Varane, Martinez, Casemiro and Eriksen are the only players that I'd be dead cert to keep around as regulars.
There needs to be signings in January. Minimum we need to go for is a RB to compete with Dalot, a FW (Gapko - he's, however, in a title fight) and a CM.
How much? Around £120m, I'd say. And yes, that's a significant amount but we need to spend. We can't make the same mistake as last January. UCL football is crucial.
As for long term, GK, RB, CM, CM, W and #9 is needed.
We need two CMs as none of Fred, McTominay, Fernandes or van de Beek are good enough and Eriksen is ageing + fatigued.
The likes of De Gea, Maguire, Williams, Tuanzebe, AWB, VDB, Fred and Elanga need to be made surplus to requirements. Pellistri too. There's a good £100m there (saving around £10-15m purely from De Gea off the books).
This January? The minimum must be a RB, CM and FW. No excuses.
Dalot cannot go the whole campaign without rest, we cannot have a gaping hole in our team for a season and we cannot rely solely on an OAP Ronaldo and crocked Martial.
It's pretty clear where we are lacking in our squad and there's a common consensus that we need at least a CF, CM and RB before we're challenging for titles. But we're not challenging for titles this season, and no amount of January spending is going to change that.
Currently, we're looking pretty good! The team is starting to embrace ETH's football, and we're well on track for a top 4 finish (although long way to go). People are talking like us not being in a title challenge this season is unacceptable. That was never the plan.
In January, I'd like us to address RB. I have no clue where TF Wan Bissaka is but to have only one senior RB is mad. If we can then sort a quality CF and CM in the summer (and maybe Gakpo), our squad is starting to look pretty stacked. We'd still have some depth issues in defence and there are always areas to improve, but this is a marathon, not a sprint.
TBH this is the first time I've felt optimistic about Utd for a while.