Ronald Koeman
Wayne Rooney
7th
Romelu Lukaku (25)
Jordan Pickford (Sunderland, £30m), Michael Keane (Burnley, £25m), Davy Klaassen (Ajax, £23.6m), Sandro Ramirez (Malaga, £5m), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, free)
Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United, £75m), Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona, £10.5m), Tom Cleverley (Watford, £8m)
Have done some good business and did it early, allowing their arrivals to integrate. Koeman has bolstered his spine, with Pickford, Keane and Klaassen all solid additions.
Replacing Lukaku’s 25 goals will be tough. For all the romance of Rooney’s return, he is nowhere near the player he was.
Jordan Pickford. Can theoretically become England’s No1 for the World Cup.
Capable of a push for a top six finish, and they are the team best equipped to pounce should one of the big boys stumble.
With Lukaku gone, they are lacking an X-factor star, with too many 7/10 players only fleetingly capable of the fantastic. Europa League beckons.