With just a few days left before the market shuts, the Red Devils are weighing up whether to cash in on one of their brightest academy graduates of the last five years. Mainoo, 20, has long been regarded as one of the jewels of United's famed Carrington production line, but his future at Old Trafford is now being called into question.
Plenty of factors go into determining a transfer fee: wages, length of contract, age, position, whether a club has a need to acquire a player or has a need to offload, what the budget is, and how far along the player is in his development. Galleni says there's a premium for upside: an exceedingly athletic player might be able to improve technically and therefore be worth the investment. (The opposite -- a very technically gifted player who becomes a better athlete -- is far rarer.)
Palmer is a classic FPL troll. If you own him, he blanks. If you don't, he somehow manages to haul big points. His recent injury in the warm up at West Ham looks concerning. For those holding him, it's an unlucky injury but he could be back this weekend. But with Chelsea's fixtures looking mixed and Palmer priced at 10.5m without a guaranteed start at this stage, keeping him long term feels risky at his price.
With that being said, Morris is a more valuable player than it might seem. He was better at right tackle than he was at left tackle, and the 2023 third-round pick will make $2.6 million over the next two seasons. In a market in which Dan Moore and current Chiefs lineman Jaylon Moore received $15 million or more per season in free agency, Morris would have meaningful value if he were on the open market.