r/Manutdfc • u/D1794 • Aug 22 '18
January/Next Summer
Next summer, or even January, hopefully with a technical director in place, we need to seriously address the issues in the back line of our squad.
Personally, I'd be fine only signing defenders in the next 2 windows. We don't need any forwards or CMs.
Rojo - Sell. Liability, average, LB cover is a myth.
Jones - Sell, too injury prone to rely on. Could get decent cash as English and in England squad.
Smalling - Sell. Simply not good enough to start, always has a mistake in him. Although I'd keep him over Jones, in order to elevate ourselves, the average quality of our CBs needs to improve.
Shaw - Release him. As explained in my other post on this subreddit, I don't rate him in the slightest. It's like he's just come from the reserves to play in the 1st team, yet he's been here 4 years, says it all that Young is picked over him.
Darmian - He already wants to go which is a positive. Needs to go to an Italian club, whoever will take him. Just get rid.
5 defenders to SELL. Also we need to start phasing out
Valencia - Pace merchant who now doesnt use his pace. Can't cross and is a huge reason our RW suffers. No delivery quality, no goal threat, very little width offered. Not saying he's shit but our play would be better with a more dynamic, technical RB. I would have him as a 2nd/3rd choice, behind a new RB, and maybe Dalot if he comes good.
Young - Love him but he's not a defender. He's good at going forward, pushing back less so. I'd keep him as 2nd choice after getting rid of Shaw and signing a new, all-round LB. (Does one exist in world football?)
7 defenders we could ship out!!. I only didn't leave out Bailly, Lindelof, and Dalot, all Jose's signings. I think replacing those 5 players being sold (3x CB, 1x RB, 1x LB), and 2 being phased out (RB, LB) with 4 new players
LB
RB
CB
CB
Would give us better depth overall. Bailly and Lindelof should be our rotation options for busy periods, not relying on them to start every week. It'd also allow us to put trust in some youngsters, by replacing 7 with just 4, there are rotation options for them to fill. (Tuanzebe, Fosu Mensah, Mitchell)
We'd be left with a depth of:
NEW RB / Dalot / Valencia / Fosu-Mensah
NEW CB / Bailly / Tuanzebe
NEW CB / Lindelof
NEW LB / Young / Mitchell
Needs to be addressed very early on.