I can see United breaking the summer transfer window total spend records - either they do that or mid table mediocrity beckons.
De Gea - surely this year Real will snag him
Lindelof - Their Mangala
Blind - sidelined
Luke Shaw - broken
Darmian - sidelined
Valencia - on last legs
Carrick - gone
Pogba - fallen out
Fellaini - going
Young - on last legs
Sanchez - Getting slower and slower
Martial - pissed off (had his entire AMNumber branding ready to go, when he lost that number IIRC)
Lingard - will follow his dab partner to the ends of the earth
Rashford - dicked about with
Ibrahimovic - going
So even if some of that doesn't occur, they're going to need to replace almost an entire starting 11 just to stand still.
Looking at their recent history of incoming transfers:
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-united/alletransfers/verein/985
..it's a pretty dire the amount of short term churn in the previous 4 seasons
14/15
Di Maria - gone
Shaw - dead and buried
Herrera
Rojo
Savic - gone + Who?
Blind - sidelined
Falcao - crocked and then playing better when he left
15/16
Martial - not happy
Schneiderlin - moved on
Depay - moved on
Darmian - sidelined
Schweinsteiger - moved on
16/17
Pogba - not a happy haircut
Mkhitaryan - moved on
Bailly
Ibrahimovic - let go/moved on
That's an abysmal hit rate (similar to ours on 'misses' 12/13 to 14/15 https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-city/alletransfers/verein/281 )
He'll pay a lot more tax on that, when he starts drawing the Old Age Pension next year.New contract for Young, lol.
Good post. They have been “rebuilding” for years now.
They will spend £200m minimum. They could spend more and be like Milan which had many many new players that failed to gel.
Shaw, Fellaini, Carrick, Darmian, Zlatan all leaving. Like you said they will need to spend crazy amounts just to stand still and replace these players.
The gouger looks to be begging for the sack to get his pay off. Would love to see Spurs knock them out of the FA cup which could be the final blow.
Also consider that they have overachieved this season in the league.
Matic, Mata, and Sanchez will turn 30 this year. Young and Valencia both turn 33 in the summer. Their defense is bad and masked by their player of the season for the nth year running De Gea. Hopefully he finally smartens up and moves on to bigger and better things.
Smalling, Lindelof, Jones, Rojo, Blind all range from terrible to average. Bailly is good from time to time.
Can see one of Martial or Rashford, maybe even both looking to move to get more game time.
Best thing is they are stuck with Sanchez for another 4 years!! Wonderful.
New contract for Young, lol.
New contract for Young, lol.
reduced salary but all the birdshit he can eat.......................
Is this a joke?New contract for Young, lol.
Nope, the rags have triggered a 1 year extension option to his current contract, which runs out in June 2018, I believe..!Is this a joke?
Jesus God.Nope, the rags have triggered a 1 year extension option to his current contract, which runs out in June 2018, I believe..!
Sounds brilliantThere’s a story going round that players agents are having a turf war at the club. Shaw and Phil the face are being singled out by Mourinho to protect his mates agency clients. These agents in turn are leaking like sieves to the media about Jose and the club are trying to block it all legally to “protect the brand.”
Valencia and Young as full backs.
We know what happened when we had Zabba and Kolarov as our first choice fullbacks after they had passed their prime.
On a serious note, what do you think has happened to Sanchez since becoming a rag? He's a shadow of his former self under Maureen so what could the Pulis tribute artist have done to totally fuck things up in the way that he obviously has with Sanchez?
There's obviously a great deal that goes on behind the scenes at the swamp than the likes of us will never know, but Maureen and/or a few players must have said or done something to unsettle him.
Valencia and young have a season at best left in them as a fullback pairing. They don't offer much going forward these days.When you have four players in front of you and you never get forward they’ll be alright for a few more years or till Moaninho goes
There’s a story going round that players agents are having a turf war at the club. Shaw and Phil the face are being singled out by Mourinho to protect his mates agency clients. These agents in turn are leaking like sieves to the media about Jose and the club are trying to block it all legally to “protect the brand.”