Man United transfer news: Ins, Outs & I Wants

Fucking crack addicts the lot of 'em

We've been offered Emil Forsberg apparently from Leipzig for only 17 million.

Also they're reporting that both Lingard and Pereira will be out in the summer with Forsberg joining Grealish as their replacements in the squad.

Drafted in Sir Alex apparently as well, big talent this kid so let’s hope he’s a smart cookie and makes the right choice.

Looks like the Sancho deal may be close as Dortmund admitted he may not be there for very much longer.

Also we've got three confirmed options at #10 (maybe even 4 if Maddison is included).

Donny Van Der Beek (50 Million) - The cheapest option but certainly not the worst, he's a damn good player and would fit our system nicely, only downside is that he doesn't have the premier league experience that Grealish has and isn't as complete of a player as Havertz and doesn't have his potential

Jack Grealish (80 Million) - Villa want 80 mill but we'd proabbly be able to get him for around 60-70 i'd think. Still, as good as he is, the price is too rich for my liking.

Kai Havertz (90 Million) - I really, REALLY want this guy at United given how complete he is as a player and his world class potential, he could become a legend at the club and a true cornerstone, he's been described as a complete all rounder and what can this guy not do, he scores goals, he is an amazing passer and can play freely and move onto the wing if Rashford or Martial are cutting inside which helps our style of play. Only downside is that ridiculous price. Also chelsea seemingly are ahead of us but they do have a #10 already in Ziyech. The negative is that insane pricetag that Leverkusen want and I don't think they budge too much cause its about par for a youngster of his talents (in fact it may be a bit under still given that Ousmane Dembele went for like 110 mill a few years back).

Now personally, as much as i'd love to see us get Havertz, with Sancho coming in for what will be a fee of almost or above 100 mill, i can't see us dishing out for 2 players of that pricetag (even if we could afford it) mainly cause i think we're still after a CB as well (I'd imagine Koulibaly will be a priority as well). I think it would be Sancho + VDB with Koulibaly coming in as our world class CB to partner Maguire (with Lindelof and Bailly our main backups with Smalling, Jones and Rojo to be sold).

Also Jude is going to Dortmund now as well as he's probably snubbing us (I mean in terms of initial development, he ain't wrong but i think he would do very well in our system, also learning off the likes of Matic and even Mata would do him a world of good before coming into the starting lineup).

Angel Gomes is confirmed to be leaving the club.

Apparently he wanted more than the 30k we offered per week (Probably wanted something close to the 50k per week that Greenwood's on). Not happy with him leaving as we need the depth and he is a good prospect (better than Chong) but clearly someone in his camp has gotten into his ear. Now we potentially will have to buy two attacking mids or bring Mejbri in before he's ready (or worst case scenario, we have to keep one of Lingard or Pereira and actually play them next year).

Bellingham is confirmed going to Dortmund, from what i've seen its not a shock, what has changed though is that we're potentially in for both Grealish AND VDB (I think the Gomes situation and missing out on Bellingham has meant that we need new attacking mids, also Lingard and Pereira both where the weakest on the park for us against Norwich and Brighton respectively, that confirms their fate, especially as AC Milan may be in for Pereira).

This is just pure muppetry but this is what i'd like to see from us in the upcoming window at every position.

Goalkeeper: This is a complex one, we owe a hell of a lot to De Gea for getting us into champions league, keeping us in the top half by himself in some seasons with our backline. But if PSG or Real Madrid come in, we owe it to him to leave the club with some dignity (does help that we'd get a decent fee for him and wages off the table). Henderson would be our starter next season for sure.

In: None
Out: David De Gea

Right Back: This won't happen but it makes sense, Dalot and Aarons are the same age and Dalot is a Jose signing first and foremost who hasn't lived up to potential. Fosu Mensah is more a thing where we need to be ruthless and realistic, he's never going to be more than a squad player so selling him for 10-15 mill to Ajax (especially if they move on Dest) and putting in a buy back clause if we are wrong is probably for the best. We have scouted Aarons and obviously like what we see otherwise we wouldn't have come close to signing him last year. The right back/Right wing back position is one of the most important in world football today. With Norwich going down almost a certainty, Aarons coming in makes a world of sense. He offers us more going forward than AWB as well. Then add Laird to this scenario and we have a hell of a full back situation.

In: Max Aarons
Out: Diogo Dalot, Timothy Fosu-Mensah

Centre Back: One of the key areas that need improvement in terms of quality and in need of change. Maguire was a good start but we can't rest there. Maguire and Lindelof don't mesh that well, at least not enough to fend off top teams and Bailly, whilst a good partner, isn't healthy enough. Hence the need for a left footed, pacey cb like Ake. Realistically speaking as much as i'd like Koulibaly or Skriniar, its probably not realistic and if you can't go for world class, you go for a damn good CB and Ake is a damn good CB who is still only 25 years old. He is fast as well (having experience in the past playing LB), big issue is he's 5'10 but is very agile at CB and more importantly, covers Maguire's weaknesses. Outgoings are fairly obvious, as much as I like Smalling he isn't going to go back to the bench at 29 years of age, Rojo is useless and we need to move on Jones as he's probably 5th choice at best.

In: Nathan Ake
Out: Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo

Left Back: Shaw may be the most controversial player in the team, some people think he's borderline world class, some people think he's terrible. Whatever the opinion is, he's never recovered since that night in Valencia really. I think if Chilwell does go to Chelsea, we could offer Shaw to Leicester for about 30 mill. Telles is 27 so older than Shaw, but a lot better overall and better going forward and probably as good of a defender. At this rate Williams will surpass Shaw very easily by early next season. We need to give Williams some competition and Telles is that, a world class LB to come in for the next 2 years and having a young williams as an understudy to Telles before we sell Telles for a tidy profit and bring Williams into the starting lineup is great, also Telles would cost us 23 mill, we'd make a net profit really.

In: Alex Telles
Out: Luke Shaw

Defensive Mid: Ideally we hopefully shouldn't have to worry about this till next year, but if Declan Rice (as is being rumoured) is to be offered out to clubs, even if it comes out of next years budget, we need to make a move for him now. That sadly means Matic must make way this year. Rice is probably our #1 target for next year but if he's going this year we need to move in now really. note: only if Rice is put on the market this year.

In: Declan Rice
Out: Nemanja Matic

Centre Mid/Attacking Mid: Putting this into one category as its one in the same in our squad in a sense. We missed out on Bellingham which sucks but it does mean that if we make our sales, we can get two attacking mids instead of one (I think the original plan was VDB/Grealish & Bellingham, with only one of Lingard or Pereira needing to be sold). This scenario has 3 outgoings in attacking mid instead. Frankly put, if Pogba and/or Bruno aren't playing or are subbed, we downright suck, we have no creativity at all and we needed Bruno to play for 120 minutes against Norwich because of it. The reason I keep on harping on about Kai, he is being called an Alleskonner, or an all rounder, a player who can do it all. He'd come in and have one of the higher footballing IQ's at the club, has world class potential and is only 21. I don't believe if Leverkusen can deny us too much (and sure can't demand 90 mill) as they're in the europa league next year again, i think 70 mill would be enough (which would only be marginally more than we'd pay for Grealish even if they go down, and we'd probably pay a similar fee if they stay up). He also has a better head on him than Grealish so that fits in with the club and can play basically anywhere from midfield onwards (he even played defensive mid a year or two back when Leverkusen were down to bare bones and did pretty well). He's better, younger and more versatile than Grealish and has a better attitude, what's not to like, need to stop paying the english tax for the sake of it if we get an inferior player. Let Chelsea get Grealish and Leon Bailey go to City. The outgoings are fairly obvious, Jesse hasn't been the same, Pereira has no football IQ and makes me irate anytime he steps on the pitch for us. Juan Mata has me mixed, on one hand, he is a great mentor to the youngsters but is older and on a significant salary and clearly isn't a top player anymore. Gomes is already confirmed to depart so its time for Mejbri to step up into his role (we could go for Aouchiche even and offer him a similar deal). VDB would be the sub for Pogba and Havertz would come in for Fernandes but Havertz could come in for Pogba but can play as a second striker, both wings and as a false 9 and even dropping deeper.

In: Kai Havertz, Donny Van Der Beek
Out: Jesse Lingard, Andreas Pereira, Juan Mata, Angel Gomes

Right Wing: This is the most clear cut situation, sell Sanchez hopefully to Inter permanently and buy Sancho. We should look to loan out Chong and evaluate this year whether he's good enough, or else sell him

In: Jadon Sancho
Out: Alexis Sanchez, Tahith Chong (Loan)

Striker: This only becomes an issue this summer if Martinez goes to Barca (and Griezmann goes elsewhere other than Inter). Inter's #1 target if Martinez is sold is Martial. I'm of two minds, he's been brilliant since the restart and finally looks like the #9 we had hoped for but is he going to be consistently world class cause i feel we've been down this road before with him. If we can cash on him at the high point (80 million + maybe 10 mill in clauses) then we should do it. Harland has a 63 mill clause but not for the summer, that doesn't mean we can't come in for him. Offer 70 mill and get the deal done now honestly, having two golden boy candidates fighting out for the #9 is a good position to be in. Also Ole clearly loves him. Hopefully though Inter gives us more time to do this and waits till january.

In: Erling Haaland
Out: Anthony Martial


So with that in mind, our lineup + backups

Henderson (Romero)
AWB (Aarons) - Maguire (Lindelof) - Ake (Bailly) - Telles (Williams)
Rice/Matic (McTominay/Fred)
Pogba (VDB) - Fernandes (Havertz)
Sancho (James/Havertz) - Martial/Haarland (Greenwood) - Rashford (James/Havertz)

Take away the Rice and Martial situation, this would be an expensive window but not prohibatively so, the wing back situation most likely is net neutral spends, CB situation would be pretty much almost net zero. the VDB purchase could be funded via the sales of Lingard, Pereira and Mata. So really speaking, we'd be mainly putting out money for Sancho and Havertz out of our pockets and that too is sofented by the sales of Sanchez and De Gea. We'd probably, in terms of net loss, would be talking about 100 mill or maybe a bit more (could be as high as 150 mill or so if Rice is available though) which isn't that ridiculous given the massive overhaul. In doing that, we'd have sorted out our depth and made our squad younger and fitter.

Ominous. Matic signs a 3 (yes 3) year contract extension. They never learn.