Football News: Tweaking The Manchester United Squad

Okay, I previously posted a young Manchester United squad with minimal outlay from Sir Jim Ratcliffe, and in parts it got shot down. We learn lessons daily, so here is my tweaked squad for your discernment. I've slightly adjusted my position in a couple of areas:

Goalkeepers:
Assuming we can offload Onana, I suggest we replace both Onana and Bayendir with Garcia (still hope) and Trafford.
Outlay max £35m, incoming would need to be similar to avoid a loss on paper.

Wingbacks:
Dorgu / Amass on the left, Amad / Dalot on the right, Kamason to support from youth setup. Offload Malacia and Shaw.

Centrebacks:
Yoro, Heaven, MdL, Martinez, Mazraoui, Branthwaite, Kukonki and Fredrickson to support from youth.
Sell Maguire, he is a liability, upgrade to Branthwaite, net outlay 60m.

Midfield:
Ugarte, Ederson, Mainoo, Kone.
Sell Casimiro, purely on his obscene wage, sell Bruno and Collyer.
Net profit financially, say conservatively £40m, should be a lot more.

Attacking Mids / 10s:
Cunha, Mount, Zirkzee, Mbeumo (yes there is still noise about him going to Newcastle United, but he does offer what we need, so until it is ruled out, keep him in).
Sell Garnacho, which financially is a straight swap for Mbeumo.
Then we also sell, Sancho, Rashford, Anthony.
Say net £100m brought in, £62.5m spent on Cunha, ~£40m left.

Strikers:
Osimehen, Obi, Rasmus.
Outlay £60m on Osimhen.

This of course, assumes we are capable of offloading players surplus to requirements AND bagging the players we need / want.

A potential first team consisting of:

Garcia
Dorgu
Amad
Yoro
Heaven
Branthwaite
Ugarte
Ederson
Cunha
Mbeumo
Osimhen

Which is pretty bloody decent.

Written by Jimbobred June 02 2025 10:26:19