From the experienced ones I think Young, Fellaini, Mata and Rojo are all in danger. Also hope he keeps some of the promising young lads around for the Europa League and cups.
Jose's signings and those possibly leaving this summer?
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Stones + Ibra + Hames + some random youth player.
Depends who the other clubs sign
The telegraph article reckons the turnover of player might not be too high in Jose's first season, a CB, CM, & a CF, and not too many departures, that's fine by me beacause it'd be a shame to see Darmian, Depay, Scneiderlin, etc shipped out too soon, but I do hope we will add a RW player to the list of incomings.
There's no way Mourinho would sell Schneiderlin, he'll turn him back in the midfield machine that he was at Southhampton.
Schneiderlin's skill set is exactly what Mourinho wants in his midfielders.
He'd have been useful in the West Ham game. What you've got to do is stop thinking of a first 11 and therefore one set of tactics. Jose is a pragmatist, if he feels a match can be won by taking advantage of Fellainis hight, either in attack or defence, then he'll do it.
Fellaini can't head the ball to save his life, that's alright in defense but in attack he is useless in that domain.
Agree, but many would have him out of the door followed by a few others that were average under LvG.
The only players I'm happy that I have seen enough of, and aren't United players would be Rojo, Romero, and Fellaini, also if Mourinho sees fit to lose players like Young, Valencia, and Jones then I wouldn't argue, same applies to Mata but for different reasons, the rest can stay for me.
Absolute rubbish, you may not like him as a player but theres no need for stupidity
I might be kidding myself but I believe that the Athletico side could be on the verge of breaking up after what happened yesterday. I think Niguez, Koke and Greizmann would all be fantastic but we would need to throw the chequebook at them. I would be happy enough with Stones but I still think we need a reliable, experienced CB to help when we inevitably have 18 injuries by the end of October. If it were me though, I would be going to Spurs with a blank cheque for Alli and Kane.
Not at all. Fellaini misses more easy headers in the opposition box than any other player I've seen. He must have missed the best part of 10 simple headers this season.
As my Grandad says "he must close his eyes, he always gets into the right position but never gets it right".
This love in with Schneiderlin that everyone has is very baffling considering he's been shite all season. He wasn't even brilliant at Southampton...functional but not brilliant. That was his level. Who's to say Rojo won't also be magically transformed under Mourinho too. Very easy to slate a player when it's fashionable to do so. He certainly hasn't been our worst player this season. I'd be happy for him to stay and see what he can do. He could be the next Paddy Evra when you think of the shaky start that he had when he came. Very similar in style too.
Scoring goals ain't easy. That he's actually getting to the ball shows he is dominant in the air. Something that could prove useful occasionally
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Getting to the ball is totally pointless if you can't finish. That's why Welbeck is a £16m player rather than a £60m player.
Also, scoring goals when you have a completely free header a few yards from goal is easy. Unless you are awful at heading the ball with any kind of direction; in which case it isn't.
I can't see Jose getting rid of anyone this summer the squads thin enough and he'll want to give everyone a fair crack at it. We might see 3-4 new names but id say that'll be it a centre back,Central midfielder,Striker,Winger. Who exactly? I've no idea but it'll be interesting that's for sure. Wouldn't be surprised to see a few names leave in January.
I don't think we'll get where we want to be until we stop trying to shoehorn Rooney into the team.
He'll score a few and prevent even more. Remember, I am not saying he'll start a majority of games, but there will be times where he will be useful, something I think Mourinho would recognise and make use of
I don't think he will sell as many as you think, certainly this summer anyway.
I would think Rojo will be first gone followed by Fellaini. After that, I'm not entirely certain.
As for incomings, I don't see it being more than 3. Pretty obvious the positions they will be but no clue on who.
Everyone is expecting a huge turnover. I just don't see that happening.
I would think Rojo will be first gone followed by Fellaini. After that, I'm not entirely certain.
As for incomings, I don't see it being more than 3. Pretty obvious the positions they will be but no clue on who.
Everyone is expecting a huge turnover. I just don't see that happening.
Why not? LvG was commended by a lot on here for doing it.
He prevents far more than he scores, that's true.
I expect Mourinho to have a defence that is much better drilled and consequently doesn't need a big oaf in midfield to cover for our defensive frailties. Likewise I feel Mourinho will have us scoring more freely so the occasional goal conceded via a set piece won't be disastrous as it has been under LVG.
There are times Andy Carroll or Peter Crouch would be useful, but I certainly wouldn't keep them around on £120k a week whilst their value diminishes for those rare occasions.
Selling him for say £10m this Summer vs keeping him around for the next two years would be a difference of £22m in lost transfer fees and wages. I personally don't think £11m per season for the next 2 years represents good value for money.
He was commended and he also failed. A lot of fans love this Football Manager type idea of buying and selling lots of players but the reality is rarely like that. It takes time to build a team. He will want all players on side quickly, and that means minimal change.
Its going to be so funny when Jose keeps Fellaini and pisses off all you haters.Yeah you are just being stupid for the sake of it now.
If he's true to form there will be changes. See article for his transfer history on joining new clubs...
http://www.balls.ie/football/what-j...means-for-his-first-year-at-man-united/334536
http://www.balls.ie/football/what-j...means-for-his-first-year-at-man-united/334536
Players out - Young, Bastian & Rojo. Possible De Gea if his transfer has already been sorted.
I think he might like Fellani, he loves a physical player. I also think Jones will get given more time to develop under Mourinho.
Players in - Ibra, Stones.
The rest is anyone's guess.
I think he might like Fellani, he loves a physical player. I also think Jones will get given more time to develop under Mourinho.
Players in - Ibra, Stones.
The rest is anyone's guess.
Why are so many convinced Mourinho wants Stones?
Because he was willing to break the bank for Chelsea last season.
He tried to get him for Chelsea last summer.
Fair enough. We are another club though, he may see Stones as a lesser fit for us.
Wanted him for Chelsea + United need a CB. I'd be surprised if he didnt want Stones. Especially as he's played with Smalling before. I think he will end up at City though
Supposed to be a United fan though, I think we have that in our favour.
Stones will end up at City.
Maybe then, if that is true.
For some reason he strikes me as a tiki take Guardiola fanboi. I have no evidence for this at all obviously. He is definitely a Guardiola style CB though
I think the appeal of working with Mourinho is just as good a draw in fairness. Mourinho will improve Stones ten fold, Guardiola won't improve his defensive game one bit.
Minimum a CB, striker and another defensively solid midfielder. Knowing Mourinho he'll want to make us hard to score against first so we'll probably end up with two defensive midfielders who can't really pass the ball.
-----------De Gea
RB-----Smalling---CB-----Shaw
----Schneiderlin New CM
------------Rooney
Rashford-----------Martial
-----------New SF
Edit: It wouldn't surprise me to see Jones get games in midfield if he can prove his fitness. TFM would also be a possibility. Similar to his use of Pepe in midfield at Madrid or Zouma against us for Chelsea.
-----------De Gea
RB-----Smalling---CB-----Shaw
----Schneiderlin New CM
------------Rooney
Rashford-----------Martial
-----------New SF
Edit: It wouldn't surprise me to see Jones get games in midfield if he can prove his fitness. TFM would also be a possibility. Similar to his use of Pepe in midfield at Madrid or Zouma against us for Chelsea.
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Fellaini is a lot better with his feet than he is with his head. He is good at shooting the ball and not very good at heading it. In the PL Fellaini scored 12 headers since 2008, Chicharito scored 10 since 2010, Smalling 5 since 2008, Carroll 19 since 2008 and Tim Cahill scored 21 during the period that he played with Fellaini.
Fellaini is big and people equate it with special aerial abilities but he isn't good enough to be specially used in the air, Fellaini is an excellent anchor because he is good with his feet and powerful, not because of his ability to head the ball.
Stones and James will be our main targets I believe. Stones was already a huge Jose target at Chelsea and we need a center half as much as they did. I'd expect bid in the region of £50m.
James looks like realistic target at first glance due to star esteem (something we've been after for two years) and Mendes connection but I'm not entirely convinced he's a Mourinho player. Isco would be better but he's not attainable.
On top of that I'd expect a couple of punts and definitely a winger but I have no idea who that winger could possibly be.
James looks like realistic target at first glance due to star esteem (something we've been after for two years) and Mendes connection but I'm not entirely convinced he's a Mourinho player. Isco would be better but he's not attainable.
On top of that I'd expect a couple of punts and definitely a winger but I have no idea who that winger could possibly be.
Is the bold part a euphemism?
Fellani is big and is therefore man, double or triple marked in the box 95% of the time.