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This is the kind of thinking we need. As I posted on the Kim Min Jae thread, we need to make better use of the free transfer market. Kane and Fernandez would change the face of the team, and if we could use frees like Skriniar, Ndicka, Sommer, Laimer & Moukoko, supplemented by some youth players, we would have good strength in depth.To be honest I think we may have a definitive back line at the moment.
We just need a new top cm to take over from Eriksen and a striker, the rest would be reinforcements.
First team:
De Gea (on reduced wages)
Dalot
Varane
Martinez
Shaw
Casemiro
Fernandez
Antony
Fernandes
Rashford
Kane
This would be a really stable team, with only two changes from the current first XI.
This would be supplemented with a second team properly capable of competing for first team places:
Sommer
Laird
Skriniar
Ndicka
Malacia
Laimer
Eriksen
Pellistri
Sancho
Garnacho
Moukoko
Thuram could be another alternative option at centre forward.
To offset the cost of the two big purchases (Kane and Fernandez), which might cost almost £200m, there are a lot of players we could potentially move on:
Henderson
AWB
Maguire
Lindelof
Jones
Bailly
Tunazebe
Williams
Mctominay
Fred
Amad
VDB
Elanga
Martial
I can't think of any of those players that I would classify as of the required quality, so this would remove our deadwood, and make our squad more lean. I would happily use some of the kids like Mainoo, Bennett, McNeill, etc. in the league Cup and to give them cameos in the league.
Obviously if we get mega wealthy new owners we will be fishing in a different pond, but the squad named above would be achievable if we are on a budget.