Who is "the right striker" in the transfer market?

[spiriticon]

Ibrahimovic
Lewandowski
Kane

The best in class for the type of striker we need but unfortunately none of them are attainable

Well there's also Diego Costa I guess but I wouldn't go there....

 

[Jonno]

I think Kane would come to United, just like Maguire came to United, who could have gone to City. Spurs have gone backwards this season, they’ll not win the League in the next 5 years and United are a bigger club, with bigger potential.

I personally would break the bank to bring Kane to Old Trafford and he could be our number 10 for the next 5-10 years. Stability and consistency.

 

[Judas]

The delusion at people thinking we could get Kane, especially with Ole in charge is just....I just can't put into words how much confusion my brain currently feels. Bless your souls.

 

[Romez]

Do people think it’s 2008? That we’re one of the best teams in the world full of top class players, winning back to back titles and a CL?

We can’t get Kane in our state right now, absolutely delusional to think otherwise.

Not to mention Levy wouldn’t sell for anything less than £200m.

 

[TMDaines]

Why do people respond like this every time someone tries to create a well-researched post about player options? I understand it's not football manager. But it's also important to consider options beyond the usual Mandzukic and Dembele-style signings. I'm not saying any of these guys are an immediate long-term solution, but they'd be a valued addition to the squad, which we desperately need given our lack of spending on midfield and attack. My point was that United can improve significantly with just a little investment.

You're not wrong. We need to buy someone who will experience their peak with us, rather than possibly just be passing it and be at their maximum price because of having just experienced their best years (Kane).

 

[lysglimt]

There are very few goalscorers around who isn't at top-top Clubs - who also aren't in their late 20's

So I would say the 2 names that stand out for me is Timo Werner and Dembele.

But this fact makes it all the more important to get the most out of Greenwood - because he realistically can solve that problem in 2-3 years.

 

[The Firestarter]

Poch aint all that...

Stick with Ole and let him build his team. You shift Ole out, you're back at the start again, with another manager with a different idea of how to play football, with differing views on players, with a new style...we're forever in a perpetual stage of transition.

Ole's vision of the team is Rashy and Lingzy.

 

[Mainoldo]

Ibrahimovic
Lewandowski
Kane

The best in class for the type of striker we need but unfortunately none of them are attainable

Well there's also Diego Costa I guess but I wouldn't go there....

Depends what you mean by unattainable. I think the description, "Do not want to come to this sh&t whole is more accurate"

 

[Eric's Seagull]

Harry Kane would be great but I've read Spurs want £250m, so I dont think there is any chance of getting him.
Also getting a player mid-season is going to be hard. Think we should have got Mandzukic in the summer and would take him next window if he's available or I would bring Zlatan back on a short term loan as long as long as he is willing to accept a role on the bench.

 

[LilyWhiteSpur]

Harry Kane would be great but I've read Spurs want £250m, so I dont think there is any chance of getting him.
Also getting a player mid-season is going to be hard. Think we should have got Mandzukic in the summer and would take him next window if he's available or I would bring Zlatan back on a short term loan as long as long as he is willing to accept a role on the bench.

We don't want anything for him, and would only contemplate selling him if he wanted to go and I don't see that happening any time soon.

 

[devilish]

We need someone who offers something different to Rashford ie presence, goals and workrate. I'd say Belotti could do the trick.

 

[Wilt]

Kane. If we could get Pochettino I’m sure Kane would follow.

 

[Okey]

Timo Werner. Simples... Still baffling how we're not all over him in our situation. Ticks all the boxes. Gettable unlike a Harry Kane. There's the Bayern links but they've been dragging their feet. Spent a ton already and probably prioritising Sane as next recruit. If you flash the cash, you could actually get Werner in January.

 

[balaks]

Kane. If we could get Pochettino I’m sure Kane would follow.

Kane is tied to the club rather than the manager - he has been a Spurs fan since he was a kid, not a Poch fan. Having said that Kane leaving isn't impossible but I'd be fairly certain that Utd would not be somewhere he would be looking to move to if that ever happened. At least, not THIS Utd.

 

[Okey]

Bare minimum would be Mandzukic as a cheap stop gap in January. We can't possibly not buy a striker in that window.

 

[balaks]

I think Kane would come to United, just like Maguire came to United, who could have gone to City. Spurs have gone backwards this season, they’ll not win the League in the next 5 years and United are a bigger club, with bigger potential.

I personally would break the bank to bring Kane to Old Trafford and he could be our number 10 for the next 5-10 years. Stability and consistency.

So Kane would leave Spurs because they are going backwards and would willingly move to Utd who are also moving backwards but at about twice the pace that Spurs is?

 

[Eric's Seagull]

We don't want anything for him, and would only contemplate selling him if he wanted to go and I don't see that happening any time soon.

Even if we were interested and there was even a possibility he became available, he could have a lot of clubs interested in him and I doubt he would want to come to us given the our current predicament.

 

[Bestietom]

Mousa Dembele or Belotti. But we will most likely end up with Mandzukic.

 

[Wilt]

Kane is tied to the club rather than the manager - he has been a Spurs fan since he was a kid, not a Poch fan. Having said that Kane leaving isn't impossible but I'd be fairly certain that Utd would not be somewhere he would be looking to move to if that ever happened. At least, not THIS Utd.

Agree to a point, but without going off on a Pochettino tangent i do think Kane is desperate to win something and also it seems Poch has taken Spurs as far as he can. So based on my thoughts Poch and Kane are joined at the hip and with money not being a problem (or at least it shouldn’t be) I do think there’s a realistic possibility Utd could get him.

 

[Ventura]

So Kane would leave Spurs because they are going backwards and would willingly move to Utd who are also moving backwards but at about twice the pace that Spurs is?

When we bounce back, we bounce hard and long because we fell from high up, while Spurs will make a slight bounce to third at best.

 

[balaks]

Agree to a point, but without going off on a Pochettino tangent i do think Kane is desperate to win something and also does seem Poch has taken Spurs as far as he can. So based on my thoughts Poch and Kane are joined at the hip and with money not being a problem (or at least it shouldn’t be) I do think there’s a realistic chance Utd could get him.

You think he is more likely to win something at Utd at present? I don't.

 

[balaks]

When we bounce back, we bounce hard and long because we fell from high up, while Spurs will make a slight bounce to third at best.

When is this bounce back happening though? Next season? 5 years? In the next decade?

Utd still appears to be a club on the way down at the moment.

 

[Dr Fink]

If we buy Mandzukic we will have fully transitioned in to mediocrity: buying has-beens. Please don't say he's a stop-gap.

 

[bond19821982]

Kane is not coming to us. How can people be so clueless? Its dippers level of desperation when they were on a free fall.

 

[norm87cro]

How about a cheeky bid for Pukki? Could as well be a bargain.

 

[Wilt]

You think he is more likely to win something at Utd at present? I don't.

Probably not straight away, but perhaps with financial backing within two years.

 

[snowkarl]

Considering we already have 2 good and young ones that will get better, Martial and Greenwood, I think it makes sense to go for an experienced striker that offers something we don't have, physical presence and aerial threat. Wout Weghorst is a good shout, 27, 6″6, good hold-up play, 3 goals and 2 assists in 7 this season. Zapata is also an interesting option, 28, big and strong, 5 and 1 assist in 7. I haven't seen a lot of Callum Wilson but right now I wouldn't mind him either, good backup. All cheap, available in January and I can't see them having a problem with sitting on the bench too, so why not.

Wilson, cheap? No way he goes for less than 40, probably 50 or more. English striker to a divisional rival and to United, a club known for splashing the cash... Cheap is the last thing he will be.

 

[balaks]

Probably not straight away, but perhaps with financial backing within two years.

So do you think that Kane, probably one of the most sought after strikers in the World right now would be willing to move to Utd in the hope that possibly in 2 years they will 'bounce back' and challenge for titles, champion leagues, etc.?

I suspect he might not view that as a great idea.

 

[Beaucoup]

If we buy Mandzukic we will have fully transitioned in to mediocrity: buying has-beens. Please don't say he's a stop-gap.

I agree, however any striker we bring in will struggle until we get creative players in the team.

 

[stretford_oslo]

If not Kane then let's get Heung Min Son. He's basically good at everything.

 

[Welbeckham]

Kane would never happen. And I also think he has declined slightly.

Would love us to take a punt on a cheaper option. Think we should’ve been all over Haller in the summer.

 

[Wilt]

So do you think that Kane, probably one of the most sought after strikers in the World right now would be willing to move to Utd in the hope that possibly in 2 years they will 'bounce back' and challenge for titles, champion leagues, etc.?

I suspect he might not view that as a great idea.

No, we’d have to get Pochettino first. Waste of time bringing in a top striker (even if they agreed to come) in the current setup.
Ie: no point in having the fastest car if you haven’t got the right man to drive it.

 

[bosnian_red]

Kane and Sancho is what Sir Alex would do if he was here, though he'd have the lure to bring them which we don't have. Don't think Kane would be possible unless we had Pep/Klopp/Pochettino in charge, and even then it's a stretch. Sancho I still think is possible but depends on timing and depends on if he feels he achieved all he can at Dortmund first. Maddison is another one, and one we'll definitely go for which will improve us (but Sir Alex didn't really use his types of players).

Past those 3 if they aren't possible (Kane isn't, Sancho maybe, Maddison should be), I'm not sure who the options are. We've been linked with Dembele, Mandzukic and pretty much nobody else, and nobody else for the right wing. Maddison and Bruno Fernandes for the creative midfield spot (some links to Eriksen but not real).

Maybe Belotti could be an option? Not sure how he's progressed since his 1 excellent season but he seems to have started really well now. Could be a good time to go for him.

 

[Bestietom]

Do you think that the Glazers and Woody would sanction 250million for Kane and another 120 million for Sancho. Then what about the other positions we need to strengthen in. You could bring Pep in here and he wouldn't last a season, because of these tight asses.

 

[Green_Red]

Vardy

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

If reports about Aubameyang were true we should have gone for him.

 

[RedFish]

Biscotti won't be around forever.

 

[Dolf]

There aren't any top strikers available. Timo Werner is the only option I see. There was a period when players like Lacazette and Aubamayang were ready to take the next step but right now I don't see any good striker that fits us and isn't already at a top club.

 

[RedB4ndiT]

Lukaku was a proven Premier League goal scorer. He's scored more goals in the Prem than anyone in current United squad.

 

[Bwuk]

Lawrence Shankland from Dundee United, in ridiculous form at the moment. Was shocked to see him not move up a few levels in the summer after two seasons of being a beast in front of goal. I've watched him loads of times and it always impresses me how naturally clinical he is, he'd do the job for us at least as back up.

No he wouldn't. I remember watching him when he was at Dunfermline and he scored a bunch, but it's far too much of a step up from the Scottish Championship to a top 4 contender.

I get he's in the Scotland squad, but he's not going to get any game time.

Our reserves would walk the Scottish Championship, and I'd be surprised if they lost many if any games.

Odsonne Edouard from Celtic. A lot of people say he's better than Dembele when he was at Celtic. He's the kind of guy you could get for 10 to 15 million in January. Knowing the way United work we will not look at him then pay 50 odd million for him in a couple seasons time from some French team.

I like Edouard too. However Celtic paid 9m for him, they would want probably 25-30m for him not 10-15.

Kane is tied to the club rather than the manager - he has been a Spurs fan since he was a kid, not a Poch fan. Having said that Kane leaving isn't impossible but I'd be fairly certain that Utd would not be somewhere he would be looking to move to if that ever happened. At least, not THIS Utd.

I thought Kane was an Arsenal fan? Kane would be stupid to come here anyway if he was to leave Spurs. He'd have City after him.