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Summer transfer window 2023

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Think it's well documented what we spent on the "squad" doesn't reflect on quality.

Would also say that if you compared our 11 on the weekend to Fulham, Forest, Palace...we'd still be below them cost wise.

We've not scored in 3 games. We were the lowest scores in the prem last season. We've spent next to Luton to "fix" that (so far).

Don't see a surprise from me.
It's unfair to expect a manager to coach a team to victory.

It's not his fault.

He's totally blameless.
 
It's unfair to expect a manager to coach a team to victory.

It's not his fault.

He's totally blameless.

Of course not and I never said that either.

Just pointing out that when you spent £12mill to fix scoring goals it probably won't work out.

Additionally giving the manager more time.
 
As ive posted before, next summer we only have McNeil and Dobbin under contract who can play any of the three attacking midfield roles.

In addition we will only have Onana and Garner for central midfield (Gana is/will be finished at this level).

If, and its a big if we could sign Wharton and one of Gnonto/Bakayoko that would go a long way to next summers business being done in advance.

It is actually terrifying how many players we're losing at the end of the year. As it stands, without making loans permanent or offering any one year deals to older players, we're due to lose Iwobi, Dele, Doucoure, Gana, Young, Coleman, Danjuma, Harrison, Gray (on the off chance he doesn't go now), Gomes, Gbamin, and Lonergan.

Now the good news is, we'll be saving about £300k p/w on Dele, Gomes and Gbamin who will likely never feature for us again. It'll help bring our wage bill down massively which is long overdue.

The bad news is, the rest of them bar Lonergan are first teamers and largely going to be in the first XI. Whilst a few of them are of questionable quality, it will ultimately require money we don't have to replace them. If we do survive this season, which let's be honest is a real concern, it'll be yet another year of patching things up to survive another season.
 


It is actually terrifying how many players we're losing at the end of the year. As it stands, without making loans permanent or offering any one year deals to older players, we're due to lose Iwobi, Dele, Doucoure, Gana, Young, Coleman, Danjuma, Harrison, Gray (on the off chance he doesn't go now), Gomes, Gbamin, and Lonergan.

Now the good news is, we'll be saving about £300k p/w on Dele, Gomes and Gbamin who will likely never feature for us again. It'll help bring our wage bill down massively which is long overdue.

The bad news is, the rest of them bar Lonergan are first teamers and largely going to be in the first XI. Whilst a few of them are of questionable quality, it will ultimately require money we don't have to replace them. If we do survive this season, which let's be honest is a real concern, it'll be yet another year of patching things up to survive another season.
Tbh the number of players leaving is more terrifying than the names of the players. I see it a bit more positively as almost the final purge of our most excessive earners. There’s probably about 35-40 million a year between those in salary.

Based on age and ability only 4 of those (Doucoure, Iwobi, Harrison, Danjuma) should realistically be anywhere near our squad next season anyway. And those we could still plausibly extend or make permanent, with an option on Harrison.

We’ll have loads to do next summer but then we always do. For me the massive purge of the wage bill is more of a positive than the loss of most of those players is a negative.
 
Utd have rejected a proposal from Everton to take Harry Maguire on loan.
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