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14 Jun 2024 21:51:02
Cunha is a name I’m seeing get mentioned a fair bit over the past few days but hasn’t been mentioned in here for a long time. Ed is there any interest in bringing him in this summer? I know he’s not particularly prolific but I think his all round play could really benefit the team.
{Ed002's Note - Matheus Cunha (S) I am not aware of any interest of Manchester United for a couple of years. Wolves have other attacking departures coming up and will not want to lose Cunha as well.}
1.) 15 Jun 2024 11:31:07
I don't think he'd be a bad shout to be honest. Hard working, technical, EPL proven and is a different profile of striker to Hojlund, likes to come deep and link the play, create for those around him. Also capable of playing wide if needed so offers another option there which would lessen the need to sign another player for the wide areas this summer. The only real downside is that he'd likely be expensive for the level he is at and the role we need him for.
I think there are other players of a similar profile available from outside the EPL for much less than he'd cost.
Ultimately this, like any signings we potentially make from the EPL, comes down to whether its worth paying a premium to lower the risk that they fail to adapt to the EPL.
If we can only make 3-4 signings this summer, is it worth paying a bit more for each of them to lower that risk that they fail to make a real impact.
For me personally it's only worth buying players from outside the EPL if they are significantly cheaper than a EPL proven alternative or there isn't a similar available EPL proven alternative, AND vitally the money saved is put into other transfers to improve the squad and mitigate the risk of a less proven player failing to adapt to the league.
I know I'm in the minority in that view as most people are won over by the fancy, less know player from the continent. We tend to be fairly dismissive of players we see week in week out playing for "smaller" EPL clubs.
Which is kind of weird as we had the majority of our success under SAF by buying the best players in the EPL. Those are the ones who have typically had the biggest impact and have had the highest success rate.
The same can be said for most successful teams, they tend to try and buy the best players from their own leagues rather than spend big on unproven players.
City for example have bought Walker, Sterling, Mahrez Stones, Grealish, Philips and Ake. Even KDB while not bought from an EPL club had EPL experience.
Liverpool bought Gomez, Henderson, VvD, Robertson, Mane, Jota, AOC, Mac Allister, Wijnaldum, Shaqiri, Solanke. With again Salah having EPL experience even though he wasn't bought from an EPL team.
Even Arsenal have bought a few EPL proven players to build their squad under Arteta, White, Tierney, Jesus, Rice, Havertz, Zinchenko, Ramsdale, Raya, Trossard, Jorginho, Soares, Ryan and Willian.
Those three teams have built nearly half of their title winning teams (with the exception of Arsenal who haven't won it yet) with EPL proven players.
Bayern Munich do the same in Germany, Real Madrid and Barcelona the same in Spain, PSG in France and the likes of Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan in Italy.
There is something to be said for buy key players for your team from other EPL clubs where the players have proven they are capable in this league and that they just need a bigger, better team around them to step up.
I think this summer it would be prudent if we can make maybe 50% of our signings from the EPL, mixed in with a couple of well scouted players for much cheaper fees from outside of the EPL.
Branthwaite seems to be one, and we have looked at Olise (although he's much further down the pecking order), with rumours of looking at players like Guehi, Joao Gomes, Cunha, Onana, Toney, Eze, Kerkez, Chalobah, Kilman, Tosin, and Ait-Nouri. I wouldn't be surprised to see at least one of those along with Branthwaite join this summer.
2.) 15 Jun 2024 12:16:10
I like him, good player. Seems a humble bloke too from the few videos I’ve see.
3.) 15 Jun 2024 22:56:50
Shappy, I think that aiming for making signings from inside the premier league is a great way to do our business if there are players available at teams outside of the top 6 who are to the level we need.
As you say, those players are already up to speed and performing in the league so they only have to adapt to playing in our team. If we’re signing players from abroad it should be young players with high ceilings who can grow into the league or great opportunities too good to pass on.
Signing some of the players from the list you provided earlier would be a great start to a rebuild. Branthwaite, Kerkez, Cunha and then in a dream world Neves and Yoro would be fantastic business.
4.) 16 Jun 2024 09:11:37
Good post shappy and agree if we can get top players from the PL that's the best route. Unfortunately Maguire and AWB have proven paying stupid money for pl players who are okay is not a good route. Fergie shopped the top tier and bought the best in the pl.
Brantwaite being Pl proven, one season at a team who was fighting relegation does not justify the lofty price tags and better defenders out there for that kind of money. Van der ven went to spurs for half that amount and I would say they have done exceptionally well.
Real Madrid raids the French league every year or best in class from other top leagues and top teams and not sure what you are referring to. Bayern also goes and buys the best from top teams/ rivals in Germany. Its akin to us buying city's best players or arsenal.
5.) 16 Jun 2024 16:12:31
Ahmad, obviously it's about getting the balance right. You need to be recruiting players who suit a chosen style of play. They also need to have the the talent and the mentality to step up and be successful.
While there have been many successful signings brought into the EPL from all corners of the world. I strongly suspect if you looked at all the EPL transfers that those signed from other EPL club have a higher success rate than those brought in from other leagues.
It's no good signing someone who doesn't suit your team just because they come from the EPL. Likewise the same can be said about signing players from outside the EPL who don't suit your team just because they are cheaper.
When signing players from the EPL you will pay a premium, with a bigger premium if they are also homegrown, and bigger again if they are also English.
That's just supply and demand. The best English clubs want to have the best English players, those are few and far between and thus cost more.
Passports shouldn't matter when signing players, but they do. And to suggest otherwise is to choose to be blind to it.
Firstly, clubs need a certain amount of homegrown players to meet the squad requirements of the league. Secondly, in terms of branding an English club will want to use English players, just as a Spanish club with Spanish players or a German club with German players. It's important for their image and to sell merchandise.
I'm not saying we should only sign players from the EPL, but that typically the best side in any league tends to sign the best players from their own league.
If we want to get back to the top then we need to try and bring in more of the top players from the EPL. Not only does it go some way to minimising the chance of that player failing, it also weakens league rivals.
Look at Klopp's Dortmund, they started to threaten Bayern's dominance, then Bayern signed Lewandowski, Götze and Hummels from Dortmund. Strengthening their side and weakening a rival.
When City first started to become a top EPL side they made a habit of signing players from Arsenal, as did Chelsea. As these sides signed Arsenals best players they overtook Arsenal in the league and established themselves as a top side. Even we took RvP from Arsenal when the opportunity presented itself.
19 May 2024 09:48:54
Hi Ed’s, is there any interest at all in Guirassy of Stuttgart? He’s had a great season and could be a cut price option for us in attack.
{Ed002's Note - Serhou Guirassy (S) Stuttgart are working hard to remove the release clause (which is to some extent a red herring) and the player is unlikely to be interested in joining any mid-table English side and will wait for the best opportunity with perhaps Spurs, Manchester United or Newcastle making an offer for the summer. There is declared interest from Spurs and the other clubs have sent scouts. Borussia Dortmund have him as a summer target and could move on Sébastien Haller to make apace for him. With Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting out of contract at Bayern Munich this summer they are considering him but would need to pair him with Harry Kane, effectively taking Thomas Muller out of the equation. Milan may offer a wildcard option but they have mush preferred options.}
1.) 20 May 2024 11:49:08
Thanks for the reply Ed. He looks like a good player and even if this form doesn’t translate into next season, if he got half of what he’s done this season it would represent good business. Just on your point of the clause being a red herring, is this because it’s not as straight forward as pay the money and he’s yours? Or is there another reason? Thanks again.
02 May 2024 19:41:51
If any of the Ed’s are around, just looking at the info given by ed002 and news coming out from various different places, it looks like we’re wanting at least 2 cbs, a full back, a midfielder (maybe 2) and a forward. The first choices seem to be Silva £60+ and Todibo £35m+ at the back, Ait Nouri £30m+ at left back, Neves £70m+ in midfield with maybe either Fofana £25m+ or Hjulmand £45m+ and then Olise £55m+ as the forward. Is there any way that this type of summer would be at all financially viable?
{Ed002's Note - putting aside the money these are all targets as I have explained.}
1.) 02 May 2024 20:48:30
I think it would be a fantastic summer but I really struggle to see us spending £250-300m especially without champions league football. Hopefully we can make some good money with sales. Would selling the likes of Greenwood, Williams, Hannibal and other academy players make more of a difference than selling the likes of a Lindelof?
2.) 02 May 2024 21:01:47
Sell as many as we can hopefully.
3.) 02 May 2024 21:58:17
Fingers crossed there’s actually a pretty high volume of sales this summer Eric, even if we have to take a hit on the fees for some of the players such as Donny and Sancho. Get them out and get their wages off the books. Just with Sancho, Casemiro, Martial and Donny leaving permanently we’ll be looking at almost a million pound a week freed up. That’s got to make a big difference.
4.) 02 May 2024 23:44:35
Those figures seem a bit light. Nice were wanting €50-60m for Todibo in Jan. Benfica want €100m for Silva, Neves has a €120m buyout clause too. Ait-Nouri is 40-50m.
5.) 03 May 2024 08:26:37
They are light, I purposely went to the lower end of the price range and added a plus to show how expensive it would really be. Although muppetiers has Todibo at around £35m, those prices are the release clauses of Silva and Neves so with it being the summer window they might be available a little lower. Ait Nouri I reckon around £35m would be a good price, wolves are in a bit of a financial pickle aren’t they?
6.) 03 May 2024 09:35:58
Eric’s right: sell as many as possible and let high earning wages go also.
(Please excuse crass maths now)
Martial, Casameiro, Varane, Evans Sancho: combined weekly salaries of 1 million per week? So 50 million per season? Amortised, get one or two top players with that.
Fees for: Greenwood, Sancho, Maguire, Eriksen, Pellistri, Hannibal, Alvaro etc: maybe bring in another 100 million? Again, 2 or 3 amortised top signings there.
Plus United allegedly have 100m to spend on top of that also.
So long as top players want to join the long term journey, then we could feasibly bring in 4 or 5 top players this Summer.
7.) 03 May 2024 10:31:53
I think with planned outgoings and changes to PSR and transfer caps, Utd could spend a lot this summer.
Realistically we need £500-600M investment in the playing side alone. This could be over 2 or 3 seasons but if it was me I’d mortgage against the future and buy now.
8.) 03 May 2024 11:16:46
I think we need to consider also that clubs will still look at us as easy targets in the transfer window due to past performances and transfer fees. I do feel INEOS and SJR will change this over time and we will operate a lot better moving forward however the Summer window will, I imagine also involve us setting the tone of how we will operate so, I guess some targets we will walk away from and then it will be a case of do we buy others for the sake of buying? I'm quite excited for this window to see how we do but I'm not expecting as many wholesale changes as maybe some others. I do hope I am wrong though.
9.) 03 May 2024 16:16:11
Bradders pretty sure ed002 has said Benfica will look to get the full €100m for Silva. If they do so then they have no need to sell Neves at all, so would hold out for his full release clause. Plenty interest in both will also drive their price up to close to their release clause given Chelsea are said to be interested and Boehly and co haven’t been shy of spending an arm and a leg on a player.
25 Apr 2024 18:27:03
Hi Ed002. I read your update on our current list of targets and watched players and have to thank you for such an in depth list. It was a brilliant read. I couldn’t help but notice though that a lot of the players on this list would best fit a 3 at the back with wing backs system. Do you have any information on that being the case? We only appear to be focussing on wing backs rather than your more traditional full backs. I think it would be a great tactical switch and would suit a lot of our current players if it was a 343.
{Ed002's Note - It will depend on ten Hag departing and a replacement.}
1.) 26 Apr 2024 02:33:35
Are united looking at coaches who will play 3 at the back?
{Ed002's Note - No, they are look at coaches - some may play different formations.}
2.) 26 Apr 2024 16:25:05
Thanks for the reply Ed. It would certainly seem like the players you have mentioned would fit a back 3 system, especially those who you have hinted to being the first choice in their position. We’ll have to see what happens and who takes over.
3.) 26 Apr 2024 19:27:30
Southgate loves a back 3 doesn't he. I pray to God Ineos have their homework done and steer well clear.
4.) 28 Apr 2024 12:04:08
I've actually thought for a little while that we might benefit from looking to move towards a back three type shape for several reasons.
Firstly, I think it's difficult to find the quality of players with the specific skills to suit either a double or single pivot in front of a back four. That Rodri type holding midfielder who can sit deep and shield the defence, but has the passing range on the ball to dictate play. The only one I can think of who might be good enough is Florentino Luis at Benfica. All the others are either lacking in the passing range, lack the mobility or physicality, lack the defensive nous, or don't have the intelligence to read the game to know when to step forward to win the ball and when to drop off and defend the space.
Really looking at the options available in midfield most need to play with someone who can support them in holding the midfield.
I think a back three with Martinez in the middle means we have height either side of him, while the demand on him to cover as much space would be reduced meaning he's less likely to suffer injuries.
We don't have any traditional wingers, so getting wingbacks in to replace the the full backs who aren't good enough makes sense.
We have inside forwards and roaming No.10's, playing them slightly narrower in the front three would suit all of Bruno, Mount, Rashford, Garnacho, Amad and possibly even Antony. Although I'd be tempted to try Antony as a LWB maybe in a 343 system.
It gives you a double pivot in midfield to play out from the back, along with more central options in defence. That makes is a much harder shape to press high, giving the team stability to play out.
The wide forwards playing narrower means we could create a box midfield with the double pivot, while the wide forwards can rotate with the wingbacks creating either overlapping or under lapping runs. Making the attack much less predictable. While the narrow shape through the middle makes it a much better shape defensively, with space limited to out wide, where it's less dangerous, and easier to counter press using the sidelines to win it back.
Many teams look play this way by either having an inverted fullback in midfield with the other fullback either becoming part of the back three or playing as a wide option further forward and have a midfielder drop back between the CB's to create the back three.
Regardless of what the starting formation might say, many look more like either a 3223, 3232, or a 3241 shape during the game.
Many of the best young up and coming managers have looked towards a 343 type shape as their defacto shape as it means they can have more special-ist in key positions, rather than having players rotate to play in positions they haven't typically played before. Like having a fullback in midfield or at CB.
Having a 343 means you have special-ist CB's playing at CB and special-ist midfielders playing in midfield. Leaving the wingbacks to focus more on creating chances along with inside forwards and attacking midfielders playing in their best position/ area of the pitch.
19 Aug 2023 12:11:54
Not sure if it’s been asked, but do any of the Ed’s know if there is a plan to sign a new forward if the club decide against Reintroducing Greenwood? We definitely need another goal scorer in the squad and it’s starting to look, rightly so, like Greenwood won’t be brought back.
{Ed002's Note - I still expect the club to try and add a player to play off the striker.}
1.) 19 Aug 2023 12:48:50
Brill thanks Ed and great work all summer. Any idea of who the player could be? Looking like Kudus is going elsewhere and obviously Ramos has gone to PSG.
{Ed002's Note - No, I have explained there are options.}
2.) 19 Aug 2023 14:06:33
Is Joao Felix a possibility Ed?
{Ed002's Note - I am not aware anything has changed with JF.}
3.) 19 Aug 2023 15:50:52
Thanks Ed, much appreciated.
4.) 20 Aug 2023 20:48:55
I think it’s going to be a crazy window these last two weeks for all clubs across the globe, and that’s not even considering the Saudi money flooding in too!
5.) 21 Aug 2023 10:24:31
I'm guessing unless there is a significant striker departure ie Martial we could be looking at another loan for the season. I wonder who might be available.
6.) 21 Aug 2023 11:51:03
The only slightly credible player we seem to be linked with as a striker option is Mehdi Taremi the 31 year old Iranian international playing for Porto.
However, it seems that the club aren't interested in a striker but someone who can play off the striker or maybe as a false 9. Players like Kudus or Jonathan David spring to mind as possible options. No idea if there are credible links or whether the club budget could stretch to sign players like that.
7.) 21 Aug 2023 12:09:49
The big guy who plays cf for forrest is pretty good and a handful. don't remember his name. proper built for CF.
{Ed077's Note - Taiwo Awoniyi
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26 May 2024 22:33:30
Now the season is over and we've played our last game, we’re getting close to where we will start to see genuine links to players and deals start getting done. That being said, here’s my ‘realistic’ summer window.
I think we move on Varane, Lindelof, Evans, Casemiro, Eriksen, Sancho, Greenwood, Pellistri, Martial. Amrabats loan expires and Hannibal and Antony amongst a few lads from the academy go on loan. I think we sign Branthwaite, Tosin, Ait Nouri, Fofana, Olise. I’d like to think there’s a possibility of another midfielder or striker as well but that’s my realistic summer. Does this improve us as much as we need? What’s everyone else’s thought for how our summer goes?
1.) 27 May 2024 02:13:19
Squad for next year, transfers in CAPS.
Onana/ Vitek
Shaw/ Amass
Dalot/ HEINRICHS
Licha/ BRANTHWAITE/ DIOMANDE/ TOSIN/ Willy
Mainoo/ NEVES/ McTom/ Gore/ BARKLEY (if not already signed for Villa)
Bruno/ Mount
Garnacho/ Amad/ OLISE/ Anthony/ Rashford
Rasmus/ Greenwood/ GUIRASSY/ DAVID
Could easily agree with your Ait Nouri for Heinrichs. Fofana also. I went for more because I think we and more importantly INEOS understand we need a high churn this summer.
Any of current squad not named, assume they are sold on or contracts expired, basically surplus.
A couple of those signings improve our current ones, without needing a massive pay check and transfer fee to obtain.
I doubt I'll be right on all fronts, and welcome discussion!
2.) 27 May 2024 04:38:43
Jimbo. Stay off the drugs eh? Look after yourself.
3.) 27 May 2024 05:19:56
What don't you agree with DB? Interested to hear your views on squad for next year.
Much will obviously depend upon if EtH stays/ goes. I've assumed he stays and has an appreciation of what he currently has and has seen the highs (not many) and lows (all too often), of most of the current squad.
A new manager may still have the will pulled over their eyes by some of them!
4.) 27 May 2024 07:29:51
Outs:
Bayindir, Lindelof, Malacia, Casemiro, Eriksen, vdBeek, Sancho, Greenwood, Martial.
There are a few more who I’d like to go, but moving that amount on is going to prove tough. The above should bring in £100-£130m.
Ins:
Johnstone, Todibo, Hato, Amrabat, De Jong, Fofana, Olise, Haller.
Around £250m spent, so a net spend of about £120m-£150m, which doesn’t seem unrealistic.
5.) 27 May 2024 08:34:14
I think we are seeing the beginning of the end of a crop of players who have been mentally weak, leaked information, and haven’t worked hard enough.
Moving Rashford on will be expensive for anyone interested and therefore I think he will still be with us come September.
I would like to see Tosin and Olise signed. I’ve not seen Branthwaite have a good game yet. I don’t get the hype. But I must be in the wrong as he appears to be highly rated.
We definitely need a DM, that’s the most important position for me. Cas needs to go and we may get a half decent fee from Saudi.
Then the forward position. I like Hojlund and think he will eventually score 30 goals a season. I’d like to see a more experienced striker come in for a couple of years. Not Morata though.
We need a left back as well. Ait-Nouri is a good shout if available.
6.) 27 May 2024 09:34:33
I think Amos is ready for game time next season. Full preseason with the first team and some game time in friendlies will help.
We won be challenging for a couple of years but I think he will be part of a squad that in 3 to 5 years is ready to push.
I don't want us to bring someone in who hastens his development. Yes, he will make mistakes' youngsters do, but United fans are forgiving and supportive of youth as they develop.
7.) 27 May 2024 09:55:42
I’ve zero clue who will come in. More confident on the outs. If I was on football manager now I’d probably look at the following:
Tosin to replace Evans
Branthwaite to replace Varane
Olise to replace Sancho
Sesko to replace Martial
Kambawala promoted to replace Lindelof
I think Toby Collyer will be the next young player brought into the squad for next season, seemed pretty involved after the game Saturday. Maybe to replace Eriksen?
Casemiro obviously needs replacing and from what I read there are a number of strong defensive minded CM’s who could replace him so not sure who that would be.
Then Van De Beek, Greenwood, Hannibal, Pellistri all moving on.
Whatever happens though I’m quite excited for the window and looking forward to see how we conduct our business this year.
8.) 27 May 2024 10:06:41
Lots of movement and unfortunately the euros will mean the window will go quickly then slow down and go again after.
The majority of players we want to move on are not going so should help on that front.
Rashford is one that I think will stay if EtH remains but may go if the plan is to move more towards the possession based city model. Quite a few of the utd podcasters (sorry I know quite often just speaking for hits) have hinted that local rumours are he is off.
Excited to see how we go and for the new hierarchy they will be looking forward to actually being able to make some on the pitch changes.
9.) 27 May 2024 19:16:27
I think the outs will tell us if anything is really changing or its a slow slow change that ill test people's patients. we talk about it every summer transfer window and hardly anyone goes for whatever reasons. Very difficult to bring in new players if you have a bunch hanging around that we can't shift.
My only wish is we get proper CB and DCM and striker and LB. Branthwaite does nothing for me. Watched quite a few of their games and nothing stands out defensively or offensively. He is mid premiere league table material imo.
Rumours arsenal are looking at Rashford. They will pay a lot i reckon if its true. He will do really well there too. interesting decision for the club if true.
10.) 27 May 2024 21:14:58
As expected DB, literally nothing to add to the discussion, maybe you should lay off the drugs lad ?
To give you some justification of my selections. you have to bear in mind, we are in Europe now.
There seems a general consensus on JB/ OLISE/ TOSIN I think all three instantly improve us.
HEINRICHS has one year left, is quality and provides competition for Dalot and won't hinder anyone from youth coming through, which is something we need to ensure we don't do going forward.
DIOMANDE I just think complements Licha too much to ignore and we will need 5 CB's including Willy. This obviously assumes the rest of the CBs depart (varane, Maguire, Lindelof)
NEVES has been done, we just get him 100%
BARKLEY adds some experience and off the back of a great season at Luton, he could work. Kind of a wildcard to be honest, but CM is a difficult one because if we proceed with Mainoo/ Neves, you obviously need someone who is effectively a bit part role, hence McTom is still there and Gore promoted.
GUIRASSY is attainable and will provide experience and bolster the attack line instantly.
DAVID is also attainable and will again provide options in attacking positions, I feel we need 4 attackers again, hence I opted for 2 additions.
Ive kept the likes of Rashford and Anthony as I'm not sure if they will depart, or be given another season to prove their worth.
Again, happy to discuss.
29 Mar 2024 19:09:15
Saw ed002s reply the other week about us having no interest in Tosin Adarabioyo but this is exactly the sort of deal we should be looking at this summer. Would be a quality signing to make for free and would allow us to allocate more money elsewhere. Hope the club decides to move for him.
1.) 30 Mar 2024 03:04:41
I'm with you on that one.
Tosin Adarabioyo would be a very wise arrival imo, but the club apparently have different targets.
What makes this notion funnier is the sheer amount of people on here who think Tosin's not at our level - what exactly is our level?
Imo, our level isn't that far from Fulham ATM, so what makes us so special?
Is our level sniffing around the vastly overpriced Branthwaite who will appeal to clubs that are actually at the top table or is it looking at more compelling options like Alip who few people on here know a thing about and should therefore, perhaps, be discounted out of hand?
People on here seem to forget that value can arrive on a free - Evans and Eriksen are great examples of this.
We aren't at the top table and won't have the reach to touch it for a few years yet, Tosin on a free would be a proper lanky bargain imo.
Ultimately, the absurdity on here is the amount of people who are apprehensive about spending big money on established or hyped up stars because they want value for money, but baulk at the idea of bringing in players who haven't experienced life at one of Europe's big hitters and have therefore not proven themselves or had a hype train.
Right now, however short-term, we need value for money and an experienced PL CB entering his prime being available for free is excellent value imo.
2.) 30 Mar 2024 09:15:06
Too right Ork. For many years I admired Juventus transfer dealings. They always managed to find some great deals and seemingly built some excellent teams full of free transfers and bargain buys.
I wonder who was behind that?
3.) 30 Mar 2024 10:59:35
Are Juventus in a financial hole?
02 Aug 2023 22:13:53
Hi Ed002, if you have the time and it hasn’t been answered before/ recently. I’ve seen you’ve mentioned Ramos as a player who would be seen as playing behind the striker, do we still hold an interest in him? And are there other names we should keep an eye out for other than him and Kudus? I saw a link today to Marcos Leonardo but it was from a pretty sketchy source. Thanks for the great work you do.
{Ed002's Note - No, can’t think of any.}
1.) 03 Aug 2023 02:39:24
Well we can strike Ramos off the list as he’s gone to PSG.
2.) 03 Aug 2023 08:33:34
Ramos plays mostly the same position as Rashford and Garnacho and likes to come in from the left wing. I can see why we like kudus as he can solve our right wing issue but suspect there is some linkage to what happens with greenwood.
Bruno out wide right really never works for us either and nullifies his influence on the game.
15 Jun 2024 22:56:50
Shappy, I think that aiming for making signings from inside the premier league is a great way to do our business if there are players available at teams outside of the top 6 who are to the level we need.
As you say, those players are already up to speed and performing in the league so they only have to adapt to playing in our team. If we’re signing players from abroad it should be young players with high ceilings who can grow into the league or great opportunities too good to pass on.
Signing some of the players from the list you provided earlier would be a great start to a rebuild. Branthwaite, Kerkez, Cunha and then in a dream world Neves and Yoro would be fantastic business.
20 May 2024 11:49:08
Thanks for the reply Ed. He looks like a good player and even if this form doesn’t translate into next season, if he got half of what he’s done this season it would represent good business. Just on your point of the clause being a red herring, is this because it’s not as straight forward as pay the money and he’s yours? Or is there another reason? Thanks again.
03 May 2024 08:26:37
They are light, I purposely went to the lower end of the price range and added a plus to show how expensive it would really be. Although muppetiers has Todibo at around £35m, those prices are the release clauses of Silva and Neves so with it being the summer window they might be available a little lower. Ait Nouri I reckon around £35m would be a good price, wolves are in a bit of a financial pickle aren’t they?
02 May 2024 21:58:17
Fingers crossed there’s actually a pretty high volume of sales this summer Eric, even if we have to take a hit on the fees for some of the players such as Donny and Sancho. Get them out and get their wages off the books. Just with Sancho, Casemiro, Martial and Donny leaving permanently we’ll be looking at almost a million pound a week freed up. That’s got to make a big difference.
02 May 2024 20:48:30
I think it would be a fantastic summer but I really struggle to see us spending £250-300m especially without champions league football. Hopefully we can make some good money with sales. Would selling the likes of Greenwood, Williams, Hannibal and other academy players make more of a difference than selling the likes of a Lindelof?
16 May 2024 17:49:51
I’d take him back on £100k a week and the understanding that he isn’t first choice and play him in the cups.
01 May 2024 16:46:21
Hi Ed, you say that the club is getting the right people in place with one exception. Is that someone who is already at the club or someone they’re looking at?
{Ed002's Note - Someone who has joined.}
05 Apr 2024 10:20:42
Think it has to be a mix of this and signing good young players. Take away the expectations of a title charge for the next couple of years but make it clear that the vision is building a squad of players who fit the system being implemented and that will grow together to make a real title winning team. No more 30 year olds, max age of 25 for signings unless it’s a great opportunity for example free signings or very good prices. Get rid of the old underperforming players and bring through a young core who want to play for each other.