Originally Posted by Tribec:
“Well if we read the papers and he's getting rid of Rojo, Blind and Darmian then he'll need more than just Bailly to fill the gaps in defense. No matter how good CBJ and TFM have been, I can't see Jose starting the season with them being part of a first choice back 4.”
I personally think Blind and Darmian should stay. Blind can play a number of positions well and can fill in when needed to. It wasn't his fault Van Gaal played him out of position. Same with Darmian too. He was shuffled along the back line all season, not being able to form any consistency at all. He didn't help himself at times though, when he was bad he made some catastrophic errors, but when he was good he was simply solid. To sell him after only 1 season would be alittle harsh.
Thinking about it, their is only really De Gea, Smalling, Rooney, Martial and Carrick who don't have question marks above their heads. Seeing how Mourinho is going to shape the team this summer is going to be interesting.
Originally Posted by Banana Rama:
“from what i have seen and read about bailly he seems very raw and certainly not ready to walk into the starting 11 next to smalling which is what we need, bailly seems more like one for the future. hopefully we bring in another more established centre back to play next to smalling, if bailly is our only centre back signing then that would be a big disappointment as he isn't the ready made player that we need and frankly as of right now he doesn't look any better then rojo or jones. with resigning carrick for another year, the likely ibra stopgap deal and now bailly i am beginning to be concerned about our transfer business. maybe we are just struggling to attract the calibre of player that we need due to being out of the champions league for the second time in 3 seasons, that is a possibility...”
Out of curiosity, who do you exactly want us to sign?