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The only striker target left id actually take. But if PSG are also interested I doubt we have any chance at all.

I pray he’s good, then. Game changer of a player if he stays fit for the whole season.

He’s not a winger but that the only place for him in the first XI unless we use him as a false 9. If he’s fit he has to start for me and I’m hoping that injury he had last season was just an unlucky, freak injury. He’s not a guy like Reece or Wes Fofana who has had chronic injuries to the same area, right? So I don’t see why we shouldn’t be optimistic.

Good signing. Villa are going to be very good again this season but I still think they take a slight step back.

Surely Nkunku will be starting on the left…

Btw, what ever happened with the Anselmino deal? By all accounts that was a done deal like 2 weeks ago, we agreed to loan him back to Boca, but then we never did get an announcement or anything.

I get the feeling that striker isn’t really even in our thoughts currently. The club are banking on Nico taking a big leap (which I agree with) and a combination on Guiu, Nkunku, and the attacking mids being enough to score us plenty of goals. There just isn’t that standout striker available this window that’s within reach. Any attacking signing we make the rest of this window will likely be a wide player. We’ll revisit both the striker and goalkeeper positions in January after we’ve had a good chunk of the season to assess whether Sanchez and Nico Jackson + Guiu are adequate.

We’ve already got plenty of big name players already. We just need sensible players in areas of need now. The only big name we should go all out for is a keeper. But that doesn’t appear to be happening.

Does he come in and start over Nkunku/Mudryk/Sterling? Or is he Palmer’s backup on the right ahead of Madueke?

If we’re going to bring in another wide attacker I don’t know why we’d bring in yet another young talent like this when we’ve got Estevão and Paez to come next summer. I feel like any that we get now should be someone already established at the top level. I don’t think Doué is the level of player that’s going to come in and immedietly be an upgrade on the wide players some are already saying aren’t good enough.

I know YouTube highlights are just that, highlights showing the best parts of a player, but Renato Veiga does genuinely look super promising in terms of raw talent and physical tools. Could be a hidden gem for a super cheap price if he can settle well. Just curious if that’ll be at LCB or competing with Cucu (and I guess Chilly?) in that inverted LB role.

Seems Bayern are desperate to get back to “where they belong” and cruising to Bundesliga titles again. Feels like they’re going crazy this window. They’re not going to let Leverkusen or Dortmund have a sniff again for a while. Probably only a matter of time before they snatch away Wirtz.

One is on a free and the other nearly 50m. And I don’t think de Ligt will be any better for United than Tosin is for us. Not saying he’s going to be some Thiago Silva level monster but I think better than the scrub you are predicting.

He seems to only go after Dutch players or players that have some connection to the Dutch league. Onana, Zirkzee, de Ligt, Antony. Mount who he saw when he was on loan there, I’m sure. The ones they already have look like flops and the ones they’re about to bring in look bang average. As a rival to them for top 4 I’m glad to see them repeatedly do this kind of business and that they kept ETH.

You love being the contrarian to literally everyone here, huh? Any time anyone here says anything positive you jump in and try to shoot it down. de Ligt has been bang average since he left Ajax. That’s just a fact. I don’t hear any Juve supporters saying they miss him at all and Bayern fans won’t either since they’re comfortably upgrading on him with Tah. If we were the ones trying to sign him now instead of United I’d be disappointed. I just don’t rate him as anything other than “okay.”

Zirkzee looks like an excellent footballer but a mediocre striker/finisher. I predict he’ll be very underwhelming just like Hojlund was for them last season after all the hype. Both of them are decent but not top class. Their strikers don’t scare me at all.

Think people are really underestimating the role Tosin and KDH will have. A lot of Chelsea fans seem to think they’ll be nothing but bench players. I think both are going to starters pretty much immediately. And I just have this feeling that both will be very good. I’m also VERY confident that Lavia & Nkunku in particular returning fit will have big seasons. Not really expecting anything from Fofana until I see him on the pitch. Just hoping for the best. I saw someone say either here on Twitter that the signings we’ve made like Tosin and KDH aren’t the type that will “take us to the next level” but they’ll raise our floor. I agree with that. We still need that killer finisher either in a forward or wide player and a top keeper to take us to the next level. Plenty of time left for the former but I think we’ll be waiting at least 6 months for the latter.

My dream girlfriend is Sydney Sweeney. But I have as much of a chance at getting her as we do of getting Nico Williams.

This journalist created and destroyed his own rumor within a fucking hour! 🤣🤣🤣

Fits the “Swiss army knife” profile of player that it’s reported Maresca wants. Think he is versatile enough to play all across the attacking positions. But after the tournament he’s having and with such a low release clause I think there will be too much competition for him.

I personally really like what I’ve seen from these training videos so far. This is the sort of coach I feel like we need. One who is like Pep or Arteta who are obsessive micromanagers and demand that the players do precisely what he wants. So one who will do a lot of actual coaching DURING MATCHES rather than just standing quietly in the touchline with their arms folded like Poch did. Poch seemed more like a figurehead sort of coach much like Mourinho surely is at this point. They have a general philosophy but the actual training and coaching is mostly done by his assistants. Poch prioritized work rate and running a lot. The hope is that Maresca prioritizes tactics, positional mastery, and quick thinking play. Which it appears he’s doing already.

I’ve never really rated Rashford. Always thought he is massively overhyped due to being a United player. Don’t think he’s ever been near the level of prime Grealish when he was at Villa.

Grealish is the classic case of a guy who has been more concerned about being a celebrity who is in a million ads and the face of a bj ch of brands than he is being a footballer. And a lot of people called him going to City a mistake because Pep’s rigid, robotic system wouldn’t suit a “maverick” sort of player like Grealish who likes to be more spontaneous and unpredictable. If he ever leaves it’ll surely be back to Villa.

Can Dani Olmo be a possible solution for us? Or is he off to Barca?

He seems super comfortable in Milan. Don’t think he’d want to leave there even if we suddenly decided to spend big on a keeper.