Episode 85 - Rebuilding Manchester United: Victor Osimhen and Picking a CM Target

On this episode, Patrick and Ted rebuild Manchester United. Which Striker should they go for, what positions do they need to improve (hint: a lot of them), and what players can they keep in their squad? Should they go after Victor Osimhen, Viktor Gyokeres, Liam Delap or someone else? Or should they splurge on a midfielder instead? All that and more on todays episode, enjoy! Part 1 of our Rebuilding Manchester United Newsletter: https://www.thetransferflow.com/p/the-manchester-united-rebuild-part-1 Part 2 of our Rebuilding Manchester United Newsletter: https://www.thetransferflow.com/p/the-manchester-united-rebuild-part-2 Subscribe to our FREE newsletter: https://www.thetransferflow.com/subscribe Join Variance Betting: https://www.thetransferflow.com/upgrade Follow us on our Socials: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1WTKOt7byrELQcGRSzu1Q X: https://x.com/TheTransferFlow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetransferflow.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetransferflow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@transferflowpodcastTimestamps: Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - United should be better than this 01:47 - United could finish 17th 02:33 - It’s been good to see United fans suffer a bit 03:19 - Rebuilding United is hard because they have SO FEW resources 04:06 - Their books are depressing, but they have some young talent 05:27 - How are United broke while Chelsea have infinite money 06:12 - United have made tons of mistakes, especially with wages 07:47 - This is a multi-year rebuild 08:49 - Amorim has been honest about this hurting 10:19 - United should NOT go for super specialized players 10:49 - Christian Eriksen = Tin Man 11:32 - They lack athleticism 12:50 - Garnacho and Diallo 13:11 - Their Next Center Forward - Darwin Nunez, Victor Osimhen, Someone else? 14:36 -Darwin and someone to pass to him 16:35 - United can’t shop at premiums anymore 18:24 - Two approaches they can go for 19:52 - The near term option 20:51 - The extreme discipline option 22:19 - Better teams get value out of players 24:20 - If they want a striker, where should they look? 25:49 - Discount Striker and amazing CM? 26:50 - Osimhen or Gyokeres? 27:56 - Jonathan David and Georges Mikautadze 28:27 - Being connected to lesser tier clubs 30:17 - Liam Delap 32:20 - Playing higher variance 33:23 - What’s the plan and who is executing it? 34:13 - Comparison to Liverpool and Arsenal 35:55 - Lionel Messi and doing the right thing 37:11 - Nunez as the answer to structured football 37:47 - Boniface for cheap? 39:06 - Ederson 40:04 - Should’ve bought Joao Neves not Lenny Yoro 40:51 - Rebuilding from 14th to 7th is not 4th to 1st 41:35 - Angelo Stiller 43:30 - Is Cunha too expensive? 44:11 - Adding a changing room problem? 47:40 - Jean-Philippe Mateta 48:36 - United have to shop much deeper in the market 50:08 - Should they gamble on unknown, cheap guys? 51:07 - Buying from surplus English academies 53:25 - They have to fill their needs 55:04 - Xavi Simons and Soungoutou Magassa 56:35 - They need high floor guys 57:17 - Benefiting from a 2nd team? 58:24 - United fans this will take TIME 1:00:48 - Sign 23/24 year olds for the long term plan 1:02:33 - A couple enjoyable players go a long way 1:04:54 - B-Roll (Dorgu, Johnny Evans, and continuity) #manchesterunited #manutd #premierleague #manunited #garnacho #amaddiallo #osimhen #striker #gyokeres #liamdelap #liverpool #arsenal #amorim #football #soccer #foryou #fyp