Theirs a lot of good defensive mids around mate, and this seasons huge merry go round at the 'top' clubs will see a lot of players pushed down the pecking order at teams
Mata, Rooney, Blind and Schneiderlein could all find themselves on the outside of that united squad, and would love to see any of them here frankly
Same with the City squad, Hart, Iheanacho i'd take in a heartbeat
Arsenal - Chamberlain, Giroud, Ramsay?
rs - Benteke (for the right price) Markovic (again for a knock down fee)
Going to be a lot of incomings at all those teams and players will have to make way for them - that's likely are best chance of grabbing players experienced and good enough for top 4 in this league at fees that aren't ridiculous.
Of course we won't be the onyl oens trying to do that either so gonna be interesting to see what happens this summer
Yeh agree.
Well, I don't think Iheanacho or Hart will leave City, and I think Rooney has at least another year at United now under Mourinho and as a midfielder. Mata, Blind or Schneiderlin would all be great. Think Herrera has enough snide in him to stay under Mourinho as well tbh, but we'll see.
As for Chamberlain, I think for his own sake he needs a move, and yeh again I'd love it if it was here. Ramsey is a key part of their team though mate and has actually just been given the No.8 shirt - can't see him moving anywhere. Giroud is a weird one - maybe if they get a striker in (but a top class one - I don't mean Vardy - who as good as he is isn't world class).
Benteke - nah, don't want any RS players thanks and tbh I think with Benteke the whole team needs to be revolved around him to get the best out of him. Good player but not for the hassle and for what he'd cost. Markovic isn't a PL player - hasn't got the physicality. We already have two tempremental wingers on our books.
The thing is, we don't actually need that much.
We're realistically looking at two strikers (presuming Rom goes and Niasse is as crap as he looks), a central midfielder, potentially a playmaker/winger, a back up right back, and a goalkeeper. If Stones goes, throw in a centre half.
Even with the influx of cash, we won't - and shouldn't - go mental. The squad doesn't need that. It needs a refresh, but not a restart, if you get me. There's also a clean slate for all (well, most of) the players.
I imagine McGeady, Gibson, Pienaar and Kone will be shipped of asap - probably Niasse too.
That leaves us with Ossie and Hibbo who I think will stay on as a coaching/ambassador role (definitely Hibbert will I think) - Osman will probably look for a year elsewhere, and he could still do it at a lower level in fairness.
Then we have the likes of Garbutt and Oviedo, which is a bit of a toss-up. And then Browning, Galloway, Pennington ready for first team football, and Davies and Dowell at least ready to get a full pre-season under their belts with the first team.
