News: The rebuild goes on... - The summer 2020 transfer thread

Joe Rodon is perfect

 

May as well sign him

 

Then really what is Man U waiting for

 

A player who would be a really good fit, a really good asset to this squad:

Canadian international...Jonathan David...of Gent and it has been said that United have shown interest in this kid

 

Big fan. Don't think he's a fit for United though.

Really hoping Canada can put together a solid team for this 2026 WC and make some noise.

 

I hope so too but yeah it is true United have made offers to him

 

We've got a tricky run in ahead given the number of games and the limited rest with no preseason. That obviously has no bearing on the transfer targets we will seek directly, but it does indirectly. With everyone fit and 5 subs, we hopefully will be giving loads of time to kids or squaddies in rotation and for resting purposes.

Strong performances from them may have an impact on who we target.

The front 5 picks itself, but performances of Matic, Fred, McTominay will determine who we pursue for the midfield. My guess is that we'll be in for a RW/Sancho anyway. I also think we will target CB2 before the extra CM spot because we have promising kids at CM.

The asterisk on all of this is if the club and Pogba have come to an agreement that he will be sold next year. If that's the case then CM is priority #1 which would somewhat explain the persistent rumours surrounding VdB, Grealish and other players it doesn't make sense to pursuit whilst Pogba and Bruno are at the club.

Unless there are concerns that I'm unaware of, the prevailing wisdom has to be RW, CB, DLP in that order. I'd been hopeful that Tuanzebe would get a run in this end of season period but he's injured again. Apparently he can only be fit when he's on loan. He's going to be a premier league quality defender for someone, but maybe not us.

 

RW, CAM/CM, CB2 for me. We already know we can deal with no Pogba better than no Bruno, and Garner and Levitt both cover the 6 & 8 roles.

 

The more mistakes I see from Maguire, the more I think we really need a CB2. Specifically, a CB 2 that has above average speed and can recover/cover for Maguire when he gets caught out. Maguire is great with the ball but when he gets isolated or steps up and gets caught, were usually left wide open.

 

CB2 would be less necessary if Bailly could stay fit. He's the type of CB we need. At the risk of sounding cliche, a scorched earth, tackle everything moving, blinding pace CB. Only thing Bailly doesn't have is excellent passing, but he's not bad.

 

I get that, and I don't disagree that a shrewd CB2 signing would be a nice pickup btw, especially if we're binning off all three of Rojo, Jones and Smalling. But we've just conceded 3 in 13 matches, with 10 clean sheets. And one of those was the Calvert-Lewin block on De Gea, the other was route one for Club Brugge as Maguire was coming back from a set piece, nothing to do with him.

 

I’m sure our budget is impacted, but hopefully this is also the club learning from Woody’s idiotic strategy of bragging about how much we have to spend.

 

The CB isn't just to cover Maguire's weaknesses, it is to complete the team. Maguire is a decent passer, an elite passer next to him with good technique, makes a huge difference in breaking a press. A CB good on the ball is essential these days but more so with FBs who are mediocre technically.

Page out of SAF's book.

 

I'm fine with admitting I've fully given up on Bailly. I would be happy to keep him around and be proven wrong, but I need to see him for and contributing for a full season before I'll get my hopes up again. Otherwise, yes I agree he's exactly the type of partner Maguire needs.

 

It seems clubs interested in Sancho right now as it stands:

Manchester United
Manchester City
Liverpool
Chelsea
Real Madrid
Barcelona

 

I never really got my hopes up.

So Grealish it is, lmao

 

Someone at Sky Sports just had their career ended for them.

 

We will end up paying £70million for Grealish ..