I have taken it upon myself to compile a list of transfer targets given that we frequently encounter the argument that there are not many decent players available on the market. Some of the players on this list are world class who we may have to break the bank if we are to have any chance of signing, others are good but perhaps not in the world class bracket and some are highly rated prospects with great potential. This is by no means a complete list, just the players I could think of off the top of my head.
Defenders:
Medhi Benatia
Matts Hummels
Matteo Musacchio
Daley Blind
Kostas Manolas
Nevan Subotic
Joel Matip
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
Eder Alvarez Balanta
Dede
Doria
Midfielders:
William Carvalho
Sami Khedira
Morgan Scheiderlin
Lars Bender
Blaise Matuidi
Marcelo Diaz
Adrien Rabiot
Juan Quintero
Juan Cuadrado
Sandro
Arturo Vidal
Claudio Marchisio
Granit Xhaka
Jordy Claisse
Adam Maher
Clement Grenier
Maxime Gonalons
Asier Illarramendi
Marco Veratti
Andres Gomez
Attackers/Wingers:
Everton Ribeiro
Lucas Ocampos
Julian Draxler
Max Meyer
Douglas Costa
Xherdan Shaqiri
Angel Di Maria
Marco Reus
Ezuqiel Lavezzi
Zakaria Bakkali
Viktor Fischer
List of Transfer Targets
posted on 17/8/14
comment by Darren The King Fletcher - Maroudona (U10026)
posted 10 seconds ago
Depends on the player and the position. Madrid and Barca are usually well stocked but still go out and splash the cash on big players. We cannot compete with those two. Never really could.
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Madrid and Barca have more than likely finished their spending for this summer as have many of the other top clubs I believe. I'm pretty sure if we tabled high enough bids for Benatia, Vidal and even Di Maria we could have gotten all 3 in by now
posted on 17/8/14
See this is where I disagree.
posted on 17/8/14
You really think for the remainder of the transfer window any central defender or central midfielder we could go for either Real or Barca may have an interest too?
Surely both are over stoked in those areas, Barca have bought 2 CBs and a CM already while both have spent a lot.
posted on 17/8/14
comment by Darren The King Fletcher - Maroudona (U10026)
posted 21 seconds ago
See this is where I disagree.
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comment by Darren The King Fletcher - Maroudona (U10026)
posted 21 seconds ago
See this is where I disagree.
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I don't see why. Vidal by his own admission is clearly available and I don't think any other team is in for him, the same with Benatia although Bayern now appear to be interested ever since Martinez got injured. Di Maria's future has been called into question since the arrival of James Rodriguez and PSG who were apparently the only other team interested have pulled out due to FFP.
Aside from that I'm pretty sure we could get any one of Lars Bender, Khedira, Schneiderlin, Carvalho etc who are all available at the right price and would definitely improve us
posted on 17/8/14
"Aside from that I'm pretty sure we could get any one of Lars Bender, Khedira, Schneiderlin, Carvalho etc who are all available at the right price and would definitely improve us"
Totally agree, all 4 would improve us as well as being attainable without no CL having a drastic effect.
posted on 17/8/14
I think we could have gotten nearly any player in Europe bar Ronaldo, Bale or Messi if we offered enough money but obviously the bean counters at the club don't want to make that investment.
I'm pretty sure if any of us were the owners of United and we brought in these massive deals with Chevrolet and Adidas we'd easily be able to spare a couple of hundred million to bring in some top top players.
The Glazers obviously don't see things the same way. And it's a massive shame for us supporters.
We all slate Roman at Chelsea but at least he almost thinks like a fan.
posted on 17/8/14
1982, I wasn't talking about the remainder of this window, I was talking generally.
United have struggled to sign the world's elite players for years. Not sure why people think that's all of a sudden going to change because we dropped out of the CL.
The latter look more likely. I'm not convinced we'll get any of the other three. Vidal I actually think is the most likely.
posted on 17/8/14
But I think KingP1N is on about for the next 2 weeks. He has made a comprehensive list with some players I personally think would make vast improvements to the squad so what is stopping us?
I know it's not that simple but that's why you employ someone who is able to get deals done. I keep hearing too many excuses for what is one of the biggest football teams on the planet.
posted on 17/8/14
comment by Darren The King Fletcher - Maroudona (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
United have struggled to sign the world's elite players for years. Not sure why people think that's all of a sudden going to change because we dropped out of the CL.
The latter look more likely. I'm not convinced we'll get any of the other three. Vidal I actually think is the most likely.
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I really don't think we have 'struggled', the question is really how many of these so called elite players have we seriously inquired about and tabled bids for. None us can know for certain we can only go by the reports and most of these football journos do not have a solitary clue between them
posted on 17/8/14
I know he was. I was making a general point about our inability to attract the very best players in Europe.