10 Lukaku - a bargain, Gueye, DCL
- Marks out of 10
9 Barry - fantastic , Godfrey (future captain)
8 Keane (mostly decent), Richo (mostly decent, generally puts in a shift), Digne (mostly decent)
7 Pickford (when not being an idiot), James (if he stays fit a great player)
6 Sigurdsson (just ok, not worth the fee), Mina (I think there's a good player in there somewhere), Nkoukou (looks good so far), Allan (clearly knows what he's doing but injury problems), Doucoure (good for half a season, injured)
12 in bold to keep, along with Davies, Coleman, Virginia (Olsen perhaps if he wanted to sign), Gordon (Kenny, I don't really know now) - but these 15 or so need 5-6 decent additions and, doubtless a few youngsters and a couple of those below who we can't shift.
5 Robles (met expectations), RFM, Rooney (but well past his best)
4 Holgate, Lookman (nark), Onyekuru (we made a profit)
3 McCarthy - Injury case, Lennon (not good enough), Vlasic (another Velios)
2 Kone, Bernard, Cleverley, Oumar (ok as a sub), Martina (idiotic buy), Tosun (half-decent for half a season), Walcott (past his best, stupid buy), Gomes (injury basket case), Kean (idiot), Iwobi (not good enough)
0- 1 Alcaraz (occasionally fit), Eto'o (nark), Bolasie (injury basket case), Schneiderlin (injury), Klaasen (why?), Sandro (!!), McGeady (cheapo from Russia), Besic (wage thief), Leandro, Tarashaj (wage thief), Williams (wage thief), Gbamin (well, who knows?), Delph (who?)
Recruitment Average: 15 Successes 32 Failures. A very poor record.
Think the Holgate one is a little unfair. He cost £1.2m.