I'm basing this solely on analysis by a source I regularly read regarding player's performance and transfers. So definitely not claiming to be an expert.

https://www.thetransferflow.com/p/johan-manzambi-freiburg-s-latest-gem

Have friends from Freiburg so I oddly watch quite a few of their matches. He is definitely a box to box mid, could be a second in a double pivot for sure, but would offer a lot more going forward than a Ugarte for sure. He reminds me a lot of Kobbie to be honest.

Reading the article linked above and it sounded a lot like he and Mainoo would overlap a lot in skillset. Which isn't to say he would be a bad addition especially at a decent price but wouldn't be an obvious first (or I guess second now) choice considering the current makeup of the roster.

I could see him and Kobbie on the field together in a double pivot behind Bruno. The pure defensive mid just doesn't exist like it once did. Carrick wants to play more on the front foot up the field, so two mids with that skill set would be valuable.

This site provides a simple radar for midfielders (not as good as some, but it's free so it's for me lol)

https://datamb.football/midfielders/

Put in Santos and Tchouameni… they are kind of good at the same things and less at others (mainly carrying and key passes, which makes sense because you don't want your 6 running way up the pitch a lot). And key passes is why God created Bruno, you wouldn't expect that either. I mean, for 40-50M, this kind of makes sense. He is not as good as Tchouameni, obviously, but probably about half the price, and we don't know if he's actually available.

(Twitter is big mad though lol. I think he's suffering from having a name similar to Antony's last name and coming from the place that unloaded injured Mason; I genuinely think he'd be getting less grief he were coming from Aston Villa or somewhere).

Wake me up when Twitter isn't "big mad" about anything.

Another way to look at it. If he moved for 40m, all he'd have to do is be better than Garnacho for United to come out net positive on the deals. When one says it like that, Santos seems like a no brainer.

No woman? No cry…

Also …
Don't worry about a thing
'Cause every little thing's gonna be all right.

Doesn't really matter, but since his name came up, sounds like Chelsea are having a tough time moving him on… I don't think we are going to get much from that sell-on clause lol.

Alejandro Garnacho is for sale this summer, as revealed on @talkSPORT back in April.

Chelsea will not consider a loan, as @BobbyVincentFL reported.

No club-to-club discussions at this point but a number of teams interested.🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/7TfTlSjgRL

— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) July 6, 2026

Thanks...gonna need a frontal lobotomy now.

Hey, looks like we'll be getting Bruno back a little earlier than expected.

Dre_00 said:

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Hey, looks like we'll be getting Bruno back a little earlier than expected.

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Hey. Diego Dalot isn't chopped liver.

Ok. Jokes aside. Mazraoui is still playing. Is he the last one?

Bruno, Dalot, Cunha all went out the last two days.

ETA. Mainoo is still in but is he even getting to sniff the field for Tuchel?