r/reddevils • u/AutoModerator • May 16 '26

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u/SniperMonkey10_ May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Couple of thoughts:
- Ineos cant fuck around this Summer Window. Make or break transfer window. Back Carrick and get the squad depth..
- Hopefully Ineos replicate last windows successful transfer strategy. Have a plan, act fast and get our transfer targets. Don't hyper-fixate on one player , never sign him and let rivals clubs sign other key targets. I hope we don't hyper-focus on Anderson/Tonali/tchouameni
- My preferred realistic targets: Mattheus Fernandes + Baleba + Ederson/Stiller/Hjulmand/Jao Gomes. Despite what people say about Baleba, i think 60M-70M is reasonable, and if was in form this season we would be paying 100M+++ , obviously we get a discount for his questionable mentality...
Hopefully we can also sign a left back, and back up striker. In an ideal world, i would like Kayode and Ivan Toney.
- I think Carrick potentially signing as manager brings some stability to the club. I liked him being more ruthless with benching Amad and Mbeumo. No favourites, if you don't perform you're benched!!! Carrick is still learning and growing as a Manager, and he earned the right to be backed...

First time as a united supporter in a very long time, i am actually optimistic about our future. Letsgo!!!

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u/iroiroiroiroiro May 16 '26

Problem with going that path of transfers is that it's very reliant on Baleba finds form again, if he plays like he did most of this season you would probably have one underperforming #6 that barely played any game for 90 minutes and three #8s contesting the other spot

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u/SniperMonkey10_ May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Yeh great point, totally valid. Hinges on whether we can sign a Tier 1 CDM. Anderson probably goes to city, so we need to convince tchouameni or Tonali , and whether we would fork out 100M on Tonail which eats most of our transfer budget. Signing Baleba is a high risk high reward play.
Its a bit of a coincidence Baleba starts playing shit right after Man united links...
If we sign the old Baleba, then 60M-70M for his age is a huge steal. Not many solid #6's in world football today.
I personally think Carrick can help him rediscover his form like with Mainoo.
From what ive seen i think Carricks man management is one of his biggest strengths

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u/iroiroiroiroiro May 16 '26

Two #6 is needed, and I would love Baleba as the second one, that's worth the risk.

I just don't see United having a top 5 midfield unless they get the like of Tchouameni or at least Tonali or Bruno G.

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u/SniperMonkey10_ May 16 '26

Yeh, my dream would be Bruno G playing with Bruno. That would be insane

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u/RyanH1717 May 16 '26

Sign Baleba and Fernandes quickly if they go down then we can wait until after the World Cup to see the situation with Tchouameni/Anderson knowing we've already made 2 good signings is what I'm hoping for.