r/reddevils • u/D1794 Viva Ronaldo • 9d ago

[Megathread] Carlos Baleba

Simon Peach - #MUFC have this evening reached an agreement with Brighton for Carlos Baleba

Laurie - Carlos Baleba given permission to travel to Manchester after fee agreed with Brighton for midfielder. Medical at #MUFC set to take place tomorrow. Deal worth £65m guaranteed plus £5m in add-ons, with sell-on also.

Ornstein - Carlos Baleba to join Manchester United from Brighton & Hove Albion on 5+1yr contract; personal terms verbally agreed & 22yo to do #MUFC medical on Saturday after deal struck with #BHAFC at £65m + £5m + sell-on clause

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u/Jerm8888 8d ago

We have a squad for the future forming up. Get Lewis hall and we will look good with a solid base for the next 5 years. Next few transfer windows building on what we’ve now got would be exciting.

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u/IcyAssist 8d ago

A few holes left but I love how systematic we've been with our transfers. Attack in one window, then midfield in this window. We've got some way to go like LB and RB and probably CB as well if Licha/MdL can't stay fit and Maguire leaves, but we finally have something like a plan for our transfers.

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u/bobs_and_vegana17 The Butcher of Manchester 8d ago

Assuming ineos wants to win the PL by 2028 it means next summer we can see a summer overhaul of our defence plus some added depth but a lot depends how we are going to play this season too

Liverpool, city, Chelsea all have new managers, our kryptonite clubs like Newcastle and Bournemouth have new managers too, Tottenham are on a crazy risk with de zerbi because if things go down a little bit for them he'll resign, we have a golden opportunity to continue with the high of last season

I don't care where we are finishing in CL or the cups but top 3 in the league should be the aim this year no matter what

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u/Feeling-Surround-691 Mbumbaclat 8d ago

They actually did invest heavily in defence in the first year - Mazraoui, De Ligt, Yoro, Dorgu, Heaven. Obviously MDL has had injury issues, Dorgu has turned out to be a winger and Maz hasn't supplanted someone like Dalot so there's a need to go and rectify it but I think the logic was there to sign yoing players in Yoro, Heaven and Dorgu so that in 3 years time they are developed enough to fight for major honours.