Think about it guys. No deals official done til today. 1st July = new financial year. Salah signed again. More wages on this new year not last year. Nunez competes officially today. Carvalho today. I agree that nobody actually expected it to be done after the season ended as it would have been a huge boost to see something announced before cl final. The best thing is though... 5 forwards for next season secured. Midfield is alright.but not perfect Defence is well sorted. Roll on Monday and the puke test.
Who covers Salah? Still one missing up front. Plus one in midfield imo but yes, we are in good shape.
I guess diaz and Jota can cover that side. Jota scores just as many with his left than his right so should be comfortable coming inside.
Very difficult. No left footer bar Elliott so it could be Diaz nunez salah Carvalho firmino jota In reality it'll be 5 subs and hope he is bullet proof so the sub is a 20min rest and control game
It is if he is out. We have to start managing him more. If he goes off and we are level or behind it's a struggle as you are right it not balanced. We have to see how carvalho and Elliott come on Same with Jones Just want to see good preseason and a step up from these guys I'm confident nunez will shine
Ronaldo wants out apparently. Scored all their goals last year so I’m sure will miss that. But could be a bit of a blessing for new manager. Doesn’t have to force him out, drop him, deal with the circus that comes with that… plus potentially saved 500k a week
Maybe but he was the only one scoring goals for them so they'll have to spend whatever they're saving on finding a striker who can actually score goals. And all the good options have either been bought or are on their way to somewhere. Plus the lack of CL is going to hinder.
Yup. If he won't accept 1 game a week or being subbed and he ruins your press, well I'd be falling over myself to sadly let him go while wishing his ego well. I'd say 1 down and 20 to go but pogpoo, jones, mata, cavani, matic and lingard are already gone so just 15 more to go. Lindelof Bailly Maguire Dalot Shaw Pereira Greenwood Fred Wan Biscuit Williams Van beeky Daillo Telles Martial Rashford Now I know this is nearly all of them but seriously speaking notbone is good enough for a title challenging team are they? The sad thing is this leaves De gea (millstone keeper who is rooted to line and destroys any hope of high press) Fernades (wasn't bothered running last year and on huge huge contract Sancho (found out but only hard worker among them) Mctominay (very poor player) Varane (never fit huge wage) Elanga (kid who took his chance) No matter how you cut it tin hat has a 3 year rebuild job costing 750mil to do. Best of luck with that.
You say that but some of those will be decent enough all round squad players. Plus always room for a decent manager to actually improve players. no one would have put Robbo, down as a star but he improved year after year. Players like Fred, vd beek, rashford, they are no worse than players like Keita and better than ox, minamino, origi etc. spurs they may not be top class players for a title challenge, but tbh uniteds target isn’t the title this year or next. They need to make themselves a regular top 4 again and some of those players should be good enough for that. you then bring in quality to play alongside and hope a few improve and those that don’t you go from making first choice, to being back up etc
Yup and that’s why managers are paid big bucks to make those decisions. He scored all their goals, maybe that’s cos rest were poor and without United would have been even worse. or maybe without, others would have stepped up, not though oh Ronaldo will score. Or looking to pass to him instead of going in their own etc. can argue both sides of the coin. Pinning all your hopes in a 37 year old to continue to score you 20 league goals is risky though. in theory, rashford CF Sancho is a potentially decent line up. With Elanga looking a decent prospect. Who they get to play up top will be question. They’re looking at Antony who is another winger so maybe allows rashford to go central
The legend of Ralf Ragnarok. Twilight of The Gods, resurgence after getting rid of the old egos, etc etc... Could be prophetic.
Who is this Salah we just signed? Any relation to Mo Salah who we won't be renewing the contract for?
Desperation mate, when your best player leaves you do what you need to in the hope of keeping the rest. Wage structure busted, when is the next big contract due?
