2024 January transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[pauliewalnuts]

Martial is absolutely bloody terrible, he's been shit for years at Man U, and he was shit on loan at Seville.  Do be quiet Footy.

The absolute poster boy for the decline of Man United.

[paul_e]

Martial is absolutely bloody terrible, he's been shit for years at Man U, and he was shit on loan at Seville.  Do be quiet Footy.

To round out the others, Casemiro can't cope with the pace of the league, Varane's legs have gone and Sancho doesn't seem all that bothered about not playing, which is a massive red flag at his age.

I wouldn't go anywhere near any of them.

[Footy-Vill]

Monchi convinced him to sign for Seville. I was speculating this as potential move not because I want Martial but because Monchi might!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I hope we're not restricting our shopping this window to Spain.

[AV84]

I've seen a couple of videos on YouTube where they're doing "one player your club should sign in Jan" things, and so far the people doing them all think the most important position for us is another forward.

It's entirely possible they've only watched our last 2 games and think Konsa is a RB option, but I was hoping to see some RB suggestions.

The last one I watched suggested Jonas Wind, who we might have been linked to before? And then Guirassy from Stuttgart.

[Drummond]

Monchi convinced him to sign for Seville. I was speculating this as potential move not because I want Martial but because Monchi might!

He might do ok for Seville in La Liga, the standard isn't up to Premier League level.

The only caveat I'd add, is that I'd trust Emery to sign whoever he likes if he thinks he would make it work.

[pablo_picasso]

This Leao at Milan looks lively. I’d love him if they got knocked out of Europe.

Excellent player, he was brilliant last year, think he got about 15 goals from the wing. Sadly he's rated in the £100m+ bracket.

Yeah, he is a wonderful footballer, but I think a little overly ambitious for us at the moment...

[Rudy Can't Fail]

There's more like him at Sporting. It's a factory of quality players, the trick is to get in there early before they start asking silly money.

[Garyth]

I hope we're not restricting our shopping this window to Spain.

I think we have to get all our American signings in first.

[Holte L2]

I'd love Boniface and Frimpong from Leverkusen. I think they would both suit our style of play and add something a little bit different.

[IFWaters]

Is there any universe in which we could get Coots back to help our oush for glory this year? I know we all think that ship has sailed but he has so much quality, such a shame he can't seem to produce it regularly enough now.

[mrfuse]

I've seen a couple of videos on YouTube where they're doing "one player your club should sign in Jan" things, and so far the people doing them all think the most important position for us is another forward.

It's entirely possible they've only watched our last 2 games and think Konsa is a RB option, but I was hoping to see some RB suggestions.

The last one I watched suggested Jonas Wind, who we might have been linked to before? And then Guirassy from Stuttgart.

Well it all really depends on the question. If we are to mount a serious challenge this season to be in the running to win the title or finish in the top 4, I would say injuries to Ollie or Emi would seriously dent that.

Obviously a right back overall is what we need in the long term to strengthen the squad.

[Smithy]

Monchi convinced him to sign for Seville. I was speculating this as potential move not because I want Martial but because Monchi might!

He signed him on loan, he was crap, scored one goal, and you think Monchi would want to sign him AGAIN??

[Smithy]

I've seen a couple of videos on YouTube where they're doing "one player your club should sign in Jan" things, and so far the people doing them all think the most important position for us is another forward.

It's entirely possible they've only watched our last 2 games and think Konsa is a RB option, but I was hoping to see some RB suggestions.

The last one I watched suggested Jonas Wind, who we might have been linked to before? And then Guirassy from Stuttgart.

Well it all really depends on the question. If we are to mount a serious challenge this season to be in the running to win the title or finish in the top 4, I would say injuries to Ollie or Emi would seriously dent that.

Obviously a right back overall is what we need in the long term to strengthen the squad.

If it's just one player though, and we don't have any glaring gaps in the first 11 (which we don't), then you have to look at the drop-off in quality from the first choice to the second choice.  That means Ollie, or Emi, because Konsa is a perfectly capable right-back with Cash - not ideal, and not his preferred position, but he can obviously play there and cover that position pretty well.  I don't think the same is true of Duran or Olsen coming in for Ollie or Emi.

I think not getting another specialist forward in during January would be borderline negligent.  We've been very lucky that Ollie is apparently made of granite, but all it needs is one bad tackle, or one tweak of a tired hamstring, and our whole attack would look far less threatening.  It would also be nice to have a genuine alternative on the bench to play the last half an hour of some games to keep some miles out of Ollie's legs.

[DrGonzo]

The problem with relying on Konsa at RB is that we will leave ourselves open to injury concerns among our CBs.  If Carlos was to breakdown again we'd be in trouble there instead.