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Sesko and Guirassy in with Wilson out would sort out our strike options for another CL or even title push, and deep cup run - all for 60m or so - minus the 10m for Wilson. NO BRAINER. Honestly, we're not too far from competing in my opinion. Pope + new GK (Gillespie) Trippier, Tino (Krafth) Schar, (Tosin) (Lascelles) Botman, Burn (Kelly), Hall Bruno, New DM (Miley) Tonali, Willock Joelinton, Anderson New Elite RW, Minteh Isak, (Sesko, Guirassy) Gordon, Barnes What a strong 25-man squad. Out: Targett, Dubravka, Karius, Longstaff, Wilson, Lewis, Ritchie, Hendrick, Hayden, Dummett Perhaps 1 elite RW only (in addition to Sesko and Guirassy) with Tosin and Kelly doing the job this year defensively. Then GK and DM can be either loans or fairly cheap which can be upgraded next year. Jobs a good un

Ditto Shop abroad man

All of these suggestions are great, in the 40-60m bracket. Chiesa could be added to this list too. It depends what is classed as elite. For example Sesko as a second striker, elite or not? He is younger, and coming off a poor season. A pacy CB is important. As is a starting LB. A decent specialist DM even if they’re not a starter would be a good position to fill for certain games.

Don't be silly, Schar would be on the bench or probably sold by now

Sesko - CF (Wilson replacement) - 45m (15m for Wilson) Chiesa - RW (Almiron replacement) 45m (15m for Almiron) Kelly - LCB/LB (Dummett replacement) - Free / Free Tosin - RCB (Schar cover) Free Miranda - LB (Targett replacement) Free / 10m for Targett Mamardashvili - GK (Dubravka replacement) - 30m (1m for Dubravka) K Thuram / Y Fofana - CM - (Longstaff replacement) 35m (15m for Longstaff) - 155m spend, 55m brought in = 100m net spend and the team will be looking very solid indeed CB slightly weak but can do a big CB signing the following summer or January

Having the impact I thought Kuol would have when he signed

Maybe he could play instead of Longstaff at LCM when Targett is back

Honestly should be Gordon RW and Barnes LW for every game left this season

Would anyone consider Jason Sancho for RW? He’s available for £34m. Get his head right and could be a great signing?

Ohhhhh weeee all of them pls

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/statistik/endendevertraege These contracts are expiring - wouldn't mind Taremi for back up CF and even Ndidi so we have a DM option (wouldn't start) That Juan Miranda LB is on this list, weren't we linked with him once?

Looking at the Saudi players, some of the bigger names might be interested in moving on, one year into the project with bank balances sufficiently topped up. The likes of Milonkevic-Savic or even Veiga. Bono for GK or Laporte for LCB. Even if on loan.

I do think FFP can be gotten around with cleverer use of the loan market. Ok so wages go up slightly but you’re getting rid of a ton of deadwood. Use up our loan slots to beef up the squad, this is where Saudi teams could be useful. eg get rid of Ritchie Dummett Wilson Longstaff Almiron Dubravka Targett then others eg Lewis Hendrick etc buy with cash permanent players for: RCB, RW, CF, GK Get Kelly or Tosin free for LCB cover loan in LB (eg like that Brazilian at Nottm Forest last season) CM//DM Young CF possible CB if don’t get freebies that’s a lot of business to do in one summer but absolutely needs to get done, the squad needs serious rejuvenation. Getting rid of 9-10 players will release a lot of wage room. could even get a back up GK on loan and save on that for now.

If you want to sell someone for big money for me it would be Miley over both of those. Pure profit

The joke of all this is that Man U can spend with impunity, even they’re loaded with over 1bn of debt

I hope we get one top class one in the summer eg Todibo and then one big name on loan from Saudi eg Laporte

Bruno too i initially thought it was him as he did something similar recently without scoring

One thing I have to say Kudus would be a dream signing Bowen is awesome too but Kudus has that silky Ben Arfa esque dribbling ability and close control

Its a shame Wilson is not available. He's guaranteed a goal or two against these

I never understood the hate for Guivarch? How is he the worst signing, he only played 4 games and even scored 1 goal? He was top scorer in the French league his previous two seasons and started for the World Cup winners in most games. Was it just that he never met expectations? We’ve signed some shockers so can’t think what makes Guivarch the worst? He didn’t even seem like a mercenary he left not long after a manager change so didn’t hang around for wages etc.

Actually agree at this point -4 is ok if it means we can get every position filled we need to

Good point. First intelligent thing you’ve said today.

The 4D chess move

What if PIF decided to take on FFP in a way that was so ludicrous it broke the system? They’ve done big things before like bought out the entire PGA So instead of pussyfooting around with 2-3 signings, they didn’t put in any limits, and bought 6-7 major signings, costing 400m. Obviously it shows blatant disregard for the rules, but what’s the worst that will happen? It could start a chain of events where others think oh well if these guys aren’t following it, we’re not and it becomes something that breaks the entire system?

When you have two goalkeepers out you're allowed to get one in on an emergency loan. In the same way we need an emergency FFP relaxation or exclusion in such cases as this year where our top GK, top CB, two top midfielders, top winger and top scorer are out for long periods. It's completely unsustainable. if you can't field a full bench, you have to be able to sign someone on loan, even outside the window. If it wasn't for FFP they definitely would have strengthened in Jan, hence the Trippier and Almiron rumours to make some space. This has been the kind of season where under a different manager and this unprecedented crisis you could quite easily see us flirt with relegation and be in 16th. Howe has done a great job tbh and he hasn't even moaned about it, just got on with an extremely bad hand dealt to him, with these injuries, the ban and the cup draws.