Fellaini's replacement

[Moomin]

Lee Cattermole is available, in our price range.

 

[Degs62]

And how has 'our price range' been established?

Has someone pinched the access codes to BK's bank account?

 

[Moomin]

And how has 'our price range' been established?

Has someone pinched the access codes to BK's bank account?

Cheap price, years of bad leadership from our esteemed board.

 

[davek]

Wanyama 'deal' with Southampton fallen through. If we shift Fellaini out I could see RM using some of the money to bring him in.

Use the rest on a striker and that'd be our business pretty much done except for frees.

 

[Dutch Toffee]

Didn't notice the poll as I'm mostly on my mobile phone. Voted for Leroy Fer, as I see him as a like for like replacement for Fellaini. Young, talented energetic and ambitious. If I had to choose my fave player out of the options, it would be honda though. Wouldn't be a like for like replacement in my eyes though.

 

[Goat]

Wanyama 'deal' with Southampton fallen through. If we shift Fellaini out I could see RM using some of the money to bring him in.

Use the rest on a striker and that'd be our business pretty much done except for frees.

Over priced IMO.

 

[davek]

Cheap price, years of bad leadership from our esteemed board.

I actually see us spending less than we get in from sales this window. Fellaini will get us about £22M after Liege have taken their cut and RM will have to spread that over 4/5 risky signings or a couple of established players from this league.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Over priced IMO.

What is his price?

 

[davek]

Over priced IMO.

£10-12M is nothing these days really. All the clubs are going to factor in the extra cash from the tv deal and £10M will become the new £5M player of old.

 

[Degs62]

Cheap price, years of bad leadership from our esteemed board.

So a guess based on years past, OK.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

£10-12M is nothing these days really. All the clubs are going to factor in the extra cash from the tv deal and £10M will become the new £5M player of old.

Really? If we pay that for Wanyama, who from the little I've seen of him, looks nothing more than a yard dog to me, then I'll weep.

 

[MartSlinger]

Yeah, Wanyama is hoping a Top 6/7 side in the PL will come in for him, clearly thinks he's better than Southampton haha.

 

[Dutch Toffee]

10-12m for Wanyama or Fer for 6- 8m. Admit I haven't seen much of Wanyama, but I'm sure there isn't a gap of 4m between their ability.

 

[Vitalstatistix]

Out of everything I've read in this thread, the post below makes the most sense. One top class midfielder out, one excellent box-to-box midfielder & one international class playmaker in. If we can use the remainding £3-4million to make up the difference in an exchange deal with Heitinga & Alderweireld, I think it would have been a strong summer.

For the money from the Fellaini & Heitinga sales = Honda, Strootman & Alderweireld. Definite improvement.

Then, if RM really did have any pre-sales budget, he could gamble it on a freescoring target from the Low Countries e.g. Bony, Bacca, Altidore, Mboyo etc... Although I, like a few others on here, have a sneaky suspicion Jelavic will come good this season.

The more I think about this, the more I think we shall aim higher. Therefore, I have changed my mind.

In the latest report, the media mentioned that Honda is available either on a free or on a small fee. Yesterday I said both Honda and Strootman are not realistic targets. However, we shall consider the fact that we do have advantage at this point. That is, this club can actually guarantee them 1st team football in the Premier League.

After the inevitable sale of Fellaini, we must indicate to our players, this club will always looking to improve our squad instead of weakening it. The new signings will show what this club is all about. If we fail to get some really good players (with high calibre) in, this is an alarming message to our players. They may think are we actually moving forward?

If I am the manager, I won't sell Fellaini to Arsenal because Wenger is a tight ass. So what can we do with the £24m? I will probably sign Honda on a small fee around £4m since he has 6 months left in his contract. We break the transfer record on Strootman for £17m just to please everyone. The remaining fee will add to the £3m we get from the sale of Heitinga and the money left in January to sign Bony.

In sum, Fer and Benega will now be the backup pair. Our 3 marquee signings are Honda (not the fee; his reputation), Strootman and Bony. I do think this is deliverable. Alcaraz and a 2nd choice keeper will also arrive on a free. In case there is no such thing with regard to the new TV money (say we have no money left after the aforesaid 5 signings), we can sign someone like Moses on loan with view of perm move to boost the squad a bit.

The transformation:

Mucha --- 2nd choice keeper
Heitinga --- Alcaraz
Hitzlsperger --- Honda
Neville --- Strootman
Fellaini --- Bony

The main downside is our squad numbers remain the same.

 

[Moomin]

So a guess based on years past, OK.

Pretty much yes, I actually want Felli to stay.

It's actually sad. That we have virtually accepted the sale of Felli, so we have the prospect to sign players from the money.

In an ideal world, we should be building our team around Fellani.