31 Jul 2014 01:13:42
I haven't posted for a while as this site is almost pointless now without ed002's input (no disrespect to other eds), but I feel the need to do so tonight.

Firstly, I'm delighted with the clubs business so far this summer. We have addressed all the areas we needed to with real quality players. We now need to unload a few players before buying anymore. In an ideal world the players offloaded would be: Torres, Mikel, Moses, McEachran, Marin and Kakuta. They simply aren't going to get enough game time and for all parties involved probably best to move on.

Economically this would be hugely beneficial as we would receive around £30m in transfer fees, but more beneficially, save approximately £350,000 a week on wages. The club clearly has a strong interest in bringing in Pogba, Varane and a striker. In my opinion the club is simply waiting to offload players before looking to strike deals for those players - it will be feasible with FFP as long as we sell. It is also necessary to sell to comply with the squad criteria rules. We have already received good money for players being sold long may it continue!

Personally, I'm delighted we have managed to get £28m for Lukaku! His attitude is not cut-out to be at a top club, plus he is only effective with space in behind and when defences sit deep (a regular occurrence at the bridge), he is pretty much useless. Technically he is average at best and his development has slowed in recent years due the fact that when he was younger he was double the size of everyone, but now others have caught up with him

{Ed008's Note - Myself and Ed018 are deeply offended :(

1.) 31 Jul 2014
Ed008 and Ed018, please don't be offended. We're all very thankful that you still answer questions on this site.

With the sale of Lukaku, I believe there should be no problem in putting in a big offer for Varane or Pogba. With one of them, or in the absolute godly case both of them, our team would be set! I'd love to see the club put in a lot of effort to get them. Sadly, I can't see it happening.

2.) 31 Jul 2014
Would love to see the sales of Lukaku and the players you (MB1) feel should be sold (and I agree with) to fund bids for Varane, Pogba and another striker, maybe Aubemeyang.

Having those three players, which to some extent I would deem as fairly realistic, I think would make us the most strong, and balanced team in England and potentially Europe, aswell as then having Mourinho on top.

3.) 31 Jul 2014
No offense intended ed008 and 018, you are doing the best job you can. Ed002 simply has some great contacts (especially at chelsea) and has been extremely reliable for the 3 years I have been on here - I hope he comes back soon!