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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5475310, member: 405"]
Yeah, I have been unhappy with Chelsea's transfer activity.

The first year, when Boehley took over, he was looking to Thomas Tuechel for direction, but Tuechel didn't want to be too involved in recruitment; he just wanted to coach the gameday squad.

So that led to some crappy senior signings that didn't work out (Koulibaly, Sterling).  The next year, they signed too many guys for the same positions, it's true.  You can't have 35 guys in the team.

This last year, Maresca cut the squad down.

To me, the biggest problem has been that they recruit over guys before they have given them enough game time to see if they can play or not.

Lately, they seem to have settled on roles. They have moved out a lot of guys in the last 9 months.  Players have a couple years together, for the most part, and their chemistry is growing, especially after winning a couple competitions.

Turning to Manchester United, I think they need 3 new players - a defending MF, a left back, and another center back.  I think the attacking recruitment has been good, but the midfield is weak, and the defense is slow.
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