Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 12.02.26

If we sell Garnacho, then I hope we get a CF, GK, Cunha, CM and some cheap options for CM, Wing, RB/LB

We're never getting £30m for Hojlund though. That's closer to what he should have cost us. Antony maybe, since he's kicking ass in Spain.

It would be interesting to hear from Antony as to the reason for his much improved output. Is it the quality of the league, issues within Old Trafford, better coaching..

I think to get 30+ for Hojlund it would need to be a load with a performance based option/obligation. I don't think we'll get much interest in outright buying him this summer tbh. I do think there will be clubs that still rate him based on that he was before we signed him and apportion a lot of his issues to disfunction at United - but at the same time I think they would view it as a gamble and not one they want to commit to this summer.

I do think we are going to sell Garnacho this summer.

Cunha looks like a very solid target, and he plays the position Garnacho would want in our side. So that is one reason Garnacho might look to leave if we sign him. the L10 position (or R10) also doesn't really suit how Garnacho plays, so i think that is a second reason he might look to leave - go somewhere he plays a more conventional winger role?

And the reality is Garnacho is one of three players we could possibly sell to generate signifcant incoming - along with Rashford and Mainoo. and i STRONGLY do not want us to sell Mainoo. If we got 40/45 for Garnacho that would be huge in terms of a PSR boost that allows us to sign a number of players.

Heaton, Bayindir, Lindelof, Evans, Eriksen, Sancho, Rashford, Garnacho are all players I think will leave in the summer, some certain as their contracts are up. I think that only gets about 100m or so in income (and sancho won't be 'profit'), but the wages are significant.

Rasmus won't be sold this summer I reckon a loan option with a small fee and hope he does what Antony is doing. If we sell him this year it would have to be for over the 40m mark to balance psr. If we keep him and he has a good loan spell somewhere then chances are we can easily balance his sale on psr next summer.

My summer business would be cunha, swap Rashford for Watkin I think that one makes sense, delap, midfielder to replace Cas and that can play beside ugarte or Bruno depending on specific game and a RWB.

We could do with other postions obviously but we not going to do them all in one summer.

Garnacho to Napoli and Osimhen going the other direction probably makes good sense, but with added $$ to United as part of such a deal.

I don't see Garnacho being part of Amorim's long term plans. The off-the-cuff, more chaotic approach under ETH suited him far better. He's been quite ineffective in Amorim's system and some of his decision making is so poor.

With United desperately needing to sell in order to buy, he's likely to be earmarked as one who can raise revenue and help us get a much needed quality striker into our squad.

IMO If we got Osimhen we don't go for Delap. Its one or other for me.

IMO Delap is the 'practical' number one choice due to the likelihood we are not in the CL next season. Osimhen is the number 1 choice if we are in the CL.

Maybe we try swing Osimhen regardless, but I reckon it is CL dependent.

I've a feeling that irrespective of whether we qualify for the CL or not by winning the Europa, it will be Delap and Cunha we will buy with Garnacho and Rasmus staying.

You're spot on, Ornstein confirmed it this morning about Cunha and Delap being transfers the club wants in early and not dependant on sales.

I can see Antony being bought by someone before Rashford. Now I think both will likely go out on loan again next season but Betis could qualify for CL and Atletico are supposedly interested. If Betis really want him they could offer to buy him this season but think he could go on a loan with an obligation to buy this summer.

I just can't see Villa making the Rashford deal permanent. I don't think they're gonna get top five and their turnover spent on wages is extremely high. They'll need to cut some costs if they don't end up top five. Rashford's wages I think will see him go out on loan again likely with another option to buy rather than obligation. If an obligation is included it's gonna have some high targets to reach.

I'd say it's more the fact that Garnacho moving on could allow you strengthen a couple of starting XI spaces. Plus if Cunha comes in he's gonna take Garnacho's place in the starting XI. He'd be a fantastic squad player to have but he might well want to be a starter rather than someone rotated in and out.

Let's just say Cunha is signed that's Bruno, Cunha, Amad, Mainoo, Zirkzee, and Mount as options for the 10s. Garnacho's sale could allow you bring in a decent CM and upgrade from Delap to an Osimhen.