The holy trinity 68
The disparager
Haaland, it is a no-brainer. Use the full £80m for the transfer fee and the rest for signing on fees and agent fees so that he doesn't ask for another release clause in the contract.
This is the only correct answer.Myself for £1 + £79,999,999 agent fees.
in fairness, he has no chance of ever becoming a reliable centre forward if we don't give him regular minutes as a centre forward in the next year or so.Greenwood is an unreliable forward unless proven otherwise. At current he is 3rd/4th choice as CF so the manager and coaching staff does not see him as reliable
Great shout on Koundé. Phenomenal talent. Not the biggest but makes up for it on athleticism. Definitely where I would spend my 80m.Would spend the bulk of the budget on Koundé (£70M?) and the remainder of it to pay all the signing fees it requires to sign Sergio Ramos, that sorts our defence out with Maguire, Ramos and Koundé, better build-up play and we won't drop cheap points. Hopefully we can offload either Lindelöf or Bailly. Would then hope next season for some internal progression from the likes of Greenwood, Rashford, Diallo in the attack.
If Pogba leaves, we have no choice but to strengthen the central midfield. We cannot go on with McTominay, Fred and Van de Beek.
Maybe they didn't show they were better as CF than as wide players. If you show prodigeous talent like ROoney or Owen or Torres, management would put you there. Also Thierry Henry made the transition from winger to CF quite easily so maybe they never had the attibutes to begin with. Its more than just about pace. CF have a natural knack they develop from youth days.in fairness, he has no chance of ever becoming a reliable centre forward if we don't give him regular minutes as a centre forward in the next year or so.
We had the same argument about Rashford and Martial a few years ago, and they are now demonstrating the consequences of shoving young strikers on the wing for years. They don't get the game time to really hone their skills, in terms of movement, positioning, timing. Instead, they are now stuck as in between players, can do a job on the wing or up front, but not really specialists in either position.
Also Sell Pogba and strengthen furtherHaaland, it is a no-brainer. Use the full £80m for the transfer fee and the rest for signing on fees and agent fees so that he doesn't ask for another release clause in the contract.
Stupid rule anywaySome people don't seem to be able to read the OP.
Marquinos would be the only swap deal (realistic) for Pogba between all the PSG, Juve or Real players I would happy with. But they wouldn't agree with and rightly so.Messi for free and Marquinos from PSG.
Feel like if we sell Pogba, we absolutely have to replace that dynamism in midfield. Without him, it's too easy to man mark Bruno and nullify our creativity.I’d sell martial & Pogba which should raise an additional £100m. West Ham would probably take Lingard at about 20-25m. Then I’d target Sancho, Ndidi & Kounde. Greenwood as backup 9 to Cavani. Then I’d target Haaland & Grealish the following year.
DDG/Henderson
AWB/Dalot
Kounde/Bailly
Maguire/Lindelof
Shaw/Telles
Ndidi/Matic
Van de Beek/Fred
Bruno/Scott
Sancho/Diallo
Rashford/James
Cavani/Greenwood
Maguire & Lindelof be each other’s replacements. Never to be played together. Scott & Fred no longer needed to protect the back 4 doing 1 man’s job, Ndidi sole DM. Bruno & VDB starting 8’s
Can I sell before I buy?So theoretically, your Ole and you have a £80mil transfer budget this summer. Who do you buy and for what position?
For clarity sakes, you can't add to the budget through player sales. Its £80mil thats your lot.
Choose wisely....
NoCan
Can I sell before I buy?
Honestly I'd be happy with Mbappe, Veratti or Marquinos, but the last two are quite happy at PSG and Mbappe's dream is Real.Marquinos would be the only swap deal (realistic) for Pogba between all the PSG, Juve or Real players I would happy with. But they wouldn't agree with and rightly so.