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

- Pjanic is 30 and would cost too much. Decent player, but we need to stick with young players and avoid overpaid, ageing stars.

- Ramsey is 29 and hasnt stayed healthy for the past few years. Pass.

- Havertz is a stud, but he isnt a Pogba replacement. Hes more of a 10. Not sure how we would lineup with him and Bruno on the pitch. Good player, but not what we need IMO.

- Partey would be excellent as previously mentioned.

- Maddison is overpriced for his skill level. Similar to Havertz in that hes more of a 10 and would occupy the same space as Bruno. Pass.

 

Out of these choices I'm biased towards Partey given that I'm Ghanaian too but at the same time I know if Partey came to this club of Manchester United, he could become a bigger star than what he already is

 

They were discussed actually as replacements for Pogba online in articles I read so no trolling on that

 

Completely agree.

Sancho to sort us out at RW and Partey at DM. No need to spend huge for Grealish under the present circumstances but if we can get him for 35-40m to round out the squad (get rid of the twin cancers, Sanchez and Lingard) that’s fine. If we can pull it off a top CB as well but that may not be in the cards going into next season.

 

I keep wondering about Havertz as a slightly awkward alternative to Sancho at RW, given how much he plays that role for Leverkusen. He's played at 6 but as a bit of a last resort - he's too effective in the final third, I can't see him doing a Kroos and dropping back long term. It's more likely he'll be somewhere in that zone, between 10 and 7 facing inward on his left foot.

To be honest I can't see Bayern buying him either. I don't know when his contract runs till but I expect Bayern to try and get him on the cheap - I don't know if Havertz has explicitly said he wants to move there but it's going to leave him open to other moves for a good couple of windows.

 

Which is why Havertz is such a good fit for Manchester United

 

Sancho and Partey here at Manchester United...for me I would not mind these moves at all especially Partey but consider me biased because of the Ghanaian connection

 

I'm not sure Havertz is necessarily a good fit. I think it'd be a bit awkward if anything, AWB doesn't yet provide the width to compensate and I worry he'd tread on Bruno's toes, as Alexis stifled Pogba. I just want it to work if Sancho doesn't fancy us. But if Sancho doesn't want to come then why would Havertz?

Right now if Sancho stayed for one more season and we were set on him, I'd be inclined to see if West Brom can't afford the obligation to buy Matheus Pereira. We could still sign Sancho the season after and have Matheus as our second choice RW/AM until youth comes through, moving James back to LW. It makes much more sense than Grealish for £40m more.

 

Yeah it does you're right but would West Brom go for that deal? They would but Sancho if he does come back home to England to play in the Premier League, then Man U are favorites to sign him but then you have to worry about other clubs like Liverpool who are trying to buy everyone but other clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham

 

I don't really worry about any other Prem clubs. Liverpool I can't see signing anyone besides Werner, who doesn't suit our needs. None of the others you listed have the money for Sancho, especially with Covid having impacted finances so drastically.

If anything we should be more worried about their attention turning to potential academy talent. Mid-level talent may move around on loans with obligations to buy, but the structure for top level signings probably won't budge too much.

 

If he has 2 years at least left on his contract...then how can you be expected to sign him? Unless you guys offer a swap with Dortmund and swap one of your players for Sancho or you guys do a buy out deal with Dortmund

 

If Man U is smart they would go after Koulibaly

 

Some of the top players in the Championship.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...s-who-could-play-for-the-premier-league-top-6

 

Bellingham will end up with Manchester United

 

How about Mertens

 

Partey to United please

 

Werner, Dembele and King are a completely random shortlist. Absolutely no plan there whatsoever - do we get the left winger, the sub-Lacazette or the second striker with 6 G+A in 19 games?

Hopefully we have a better grasp on what we actually want to do as a plan B than this.

 

Werner would fit right in at United

 

Werner plays the same game as Rashford as a wide forward, even when he's 'central'. We already have two of him. We're meant to be trying to sign a striker.