Piggybacking on VC's article suggesting that Johnny M should be visiting the United JA606 board to gauge whether he should proceed with the pursuit of particular transfer targets, let's see how people would fill his shoes and see if we can come up with a JA606 list of preferences...
You have £120m to splash with three weeks until the window closes. How do you choose to spend it?
(Rabiot has not yet signed and his fee would count towards this £120m.)
I'll start!
Three weeks is time enough for United to close three deals (). Top priorities in terms of first team-ready players for me are a versatile player for the front three, at least one midfielder and a RB.
Pedro Goncalves - £50m. Has a £61m release clause, but would likely be available for a little less. Super talented, prolific creator and goalscorer suited to a high tempo game. A joy to watch, can play across the midfield and in wide forward positions, and knows Bruno's game inside out.
Matheus Nunes - £51m (release clause). The midfielder Pep lauded as one of the best in the world right now, and Liverpool have reportedly been tracking. Very strange that he hasn't been picked up yet, which suggests he might already know where he's going to be going next summer, but worth going all out for. Determined, bright, exceptionally tidy passer and brilliant ball carrier. Would make a de Jong-level impact, IMO.
Max Aarons - £19m. Too good for the Championship and a bargain punt if AWB is going to go out on loan. Would look more like competition for Dalot than an upgrade, but still very young, seems to have a great attitude and should suit Hagball.
Over to you...
Fantasy deadline time
posted on 9/8/22
comment by -bloodred- (U1222)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Rosso out here drippin’ in finesse (U17054)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by Slippin’ Robb (U22716)
posted 21 minutes ago
Auba - £20 million
SMS - £60 million
Lamptey - £40 million
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Just been looking at Lamptey vs Aarons across their careers on FBref.
Remarkably similar figures, with Lamptey shading Aarons in terms of attacking contributions and Aarons shading Lamptey in passing (particularly progressive passes).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah but having Martinez and Lamptey in a back 4 would be a laugh
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Already nervous about the Malacia - Martinez on the back post whenever they start together. Imagine Lamptey in there too
posted on 9/8/22
I’d sign 12 players for £10m each. Don’t care who they are.
posted on 9/8/22
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by -bloodred- (U1222)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Rosso out here drippin’ in finesse (U17054)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by Slippin’ Robb (U22716)
posted 21 minutes ago
Auba - £20 million
SMS - £60 million
Lamptey - £40 million
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Just been looking at Lamptey vs Aarons across their careers on FBref.
Remarkably similar figures, with Lamptey shading Aarons in terms of attacking contributions and Aarons shading Lamptey in passing (particularly progressive passes).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah but having Martinez and Lamptey in a back 4 would be a laugh
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Already nervous about the Malacia - Martinez on the back post whenever they start together. Imagine Lamptey in there too
----------------------------------------------------------------------
De Gea's aerial domination will help with that. Oh...
posted on 9/8/22
comment by Darren The King Fletcher (U10026)
posted 7 minutes ago
I’d sign 12 players for £10m each. Don’t care who they are.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Following the Pogba ‘buyback strategy’, for £120m you could probably bring in:
James
Fellaini
Rojo
Ighalo
CBJ
Wilson
TFM
Varela
Cleverley
Welbeck
Powell
Bebe
posted on 9/8/22
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 16 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by -bloodred- (U1222)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Rosso out here drippin’ in finesse (U17054)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by Slippin’ Robb (U22716)
posted 21 minutes ago
Auba - £20 million
SMS - £60 million
Lamptey - £40 million
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Just been looking at Lamptey vs Aarons across their careers on FBref.
Remarkably similar figures, with Lamptey shading Aarons in terms of attacking contributions and Aarons shading Lamptey in passing (particularly progressive passes).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah but having Martinez and Lamptey in a back 4 would be a laugh
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Already nervous about the Malacia - Martinez on the back post whenever they start together. Imagine Lamptey in there too
----------------------------------------------------------------------
De Gea's aerial domination will help with that. Oh...
----------------------------------------------------------------------
But you are forgetting our ace card. if we play Maguire his head is so large it has its own gravitational pull so all high balls will gravitate to his noggin. With that covered we could probably start Peter Dinklage at RB.
posted on 9/8/22
Incidentally, I did see that Derby picked up 12 players on a free this transfer window. Don’t recall ever seeing that.
posted on 9/8/22
comment by Rosso out here drippin’ in finesse (U17054)
posted 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 7 minutes ago
25m spoken for with Rabiot and Arnautovic.
Loan for Icardi seems like it could be done.
De Jong now he's being sued by Barca looks more likely imo 75
Hateboer 15 -20
A loan now buy later for Asensio. Last year of his deal so could be done.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Interest has been ended in Arnautovic, and Rabiot is yet to sign.
Interesting choices. Hateboer I haven’t seen much of but he’s an Dutch international, isn’t he?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A blessing in disguise if that deal is over.
He is, i've not seen much either but seen a few Atalanta games and he's always impressed.
Koopmeiners is another for them, excellent dutch DM.
posted on 9/8/22
de Jong - £65m
Tielemans - £25m
Isak - £35
Going to go over budget a little but I’ll sell AWB
posted on 14/8/22
Pedro Gonçalves yesterday playing at left inside forward vs Rio Ave:
2 goals (5 shots, 3 on target, hit the bar)
6 key passes
89.8% pass completion
5 crosses, 2 successful
2 long balls, 2 successful
1 through ball, 1 successful
1 times dispossessed
Sign the facker up already!
posted on 16/8/22
Wolves have just agreed a fee of £38m for Matheus Nunes.
United should be in there like a facking shot, because a) he’s exactly what United need in midfield for what ETH is building, and b) that fee will prove to be a steal.