Let’s be honest - the manager and players they bring in January will be designed to win an ugly relegation battle and ensure they don’t get relegated.
Then next summer they’ll start the vanity project properly and they’ll likely start by buying older stars that are past their best.
I’m not at all surprised about the Coutinho link - Barca will see this as a great opportunity to shift some high earning shite to ease their financial woes.
If Utd don’t win something or mount a credible challenge - I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Ronaldo flogged to them next season.
Forget the likes of Mbappe, Kane or Haaland going there now - they’re a couple of years away from that.
That’s not to say there isn’t scope for some tasty signings in Jan - if they wanted go really hard, splash big on Ivan Toney, bring in Coutinho, we’d sell Nat Philips for £20m and he’d improve their defence, maybe Traore from Wolves and a few players they might be able to pick up cheap due to end of contract - Lingard, Tarkowski, Moutinho, etc
Those players won’t win them the league or even get them into Europe - but they’ll establish them in the top half and form the basis of a squad to build on.
They should be looking at a few of Chelsea’s “boys that are rented out to other teams” and the likes of Cantwell, etc as well.
They can have Karius if they like too.
Then next summer they’ll start the vanity project properly and they’ll likely start by buying older stars that are past their best.
I’m not at all surprised about the Coutinho link - Barca will see this as a great opportunity to shift some high earning shite to ease their financial woes.
If Utd don’t win something or mount a credible challenge - I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Ronaldo flogged to them next season.
Forget the likes of Mbappe, Kane or Haaland going there now - they’re a couple of years away from that.
That’s not to say there isn’t scope for some tasty signings in Jan - if they wanted go really hard, splash big on Ivan Toney, bring in Coutinho, we’d sell Nat Philips for £20m and he’d improve their defence, maybe Traore from Wolves and a few players they might be able to pick up cheap due to end of contract - Lingard, Tarkowski, Moutinho, etc
Those players won’t win them the league or even get them into Europe - but they’ll establish them in the top half and form the basis of a squad to build on.
They should be looking at a few of Chelsea’s “boys that are rented out to other teams” and the likes of Cantwell, etc as well.
They can have Karius if they like too.
