Hes on about a billion pound salary. He’s unlikely to be going anywhere.
Araujo, Torres and Raphinha are all interesting.
Wonder if we get Torres on a sneaky loan with an option?
Would definitely take him. Probably more of a summer move though.
need a LB, so I would take Balde
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Exploring realistic options - Kai Wagner is free in the new year. Nouhou tolo. Both in MLS and could provide the opportunity to send Cedric the other way. Or would it be worth a chance on maatsen at Chelsea. Somewhere around the 20mil mark doesn’t represent a huge risk for a young player.
I would personally sooner go for Raphinha. Excellent option for cover/rotation on the right wing for Saka.
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De Jong and Osimhen. That youngster from Ajax, and some cunt to play wide, perhaps Neto from Wolves?
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That cunt Gabby Jesus can play wide when Osimhen joins.
Have mentioned that previously and certainly not against it. But if we had the opinions of Saka, Marti, Jesus and a Neto type for those wide positions then that would give us more that’s for sure.
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striker please…thank you!
Only as a backup. Varane? 20mil? Wages could be a concern.
Would he join as backup when he will soon be a free agent and presumably a lot of interest?
Although as you say wages will be prohibitive to a lot of clubs. I’d happily have him as a rotation rather than backup - we’ve been lucky (other than end of last season) with Saliba and Gabriel playing nearly every game, but it’s risky.
Question mark of whether United would even sell - yes it’s £20m or nothing in 6m but with their injury problems they already have Evans playing a lot. Get fair few supposed to be returning in Jan but would be worried if I was them.
He’s on £350k, would have to take a big paycut to join. But probably the same wherever he goes, barring Saudi clubs/PSG
Hell No! Varane is semi retired now. Completed the game with France and Real and is in England for a payday. His next will be in Saudi.
If we want to sign a United reject, I’d be testing the waters for Sancho on a loan with an option.
Varane was United’s best defender last year, would be this year too if not for injuries and the fallout. He’s only 30 still.
I don’t hate it as a short term move but not for anywhere near 20m.
This is the issue - wouldn’t mind paying it for a player on low wages, but he’ll want the big bucks. And if we sign on a free in the summer, probably even bigger bucks.
Imagine Saliba getting injured and being able to throw in the previous iteration in Varane 
Varane is available on a free transfer next June, and is supposedly on 300k odd a week, so it’d have to be no transfer fee to be considered even for a second. And imo, those wages would need to be halved, at minimum.
Not at all interested personally.
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Arsenal signed jorginho this window last season and you were happy about that…A fair comparison?
Very different situations for me. Completely different. We were a young team in a title race for the first time in all of their careers. We had a gaping Partey sized hole in our team also.
Jorginho has won every club competition and was an established player in the league. He was a brilliant pick up.
Varane looks a shadow of the World Cup winning centre back of a few years ago, is on huge wages and wouldn’t be a starter in my eyes. I doubt he’d be coming to join to sit on our bench, so why break up the league’s best partnership for a United flop?
A more apt comparison to Jorginho would be Thiagho Silva or Matip and we aren’t signing either.