Has he said he wont go united cause of that ?
Erling Haaland / signs for Dortmund
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Long time ago that. Keane is long gone.
He’s got a better connection to Utd these days: Ole, former coach and fellow Noggie and his dad and Ole being friendly
He’s got a better connection to Utd these days: Ole, former coach and fellow Noggie and his dad and Ole being friendly
His dad has already answered there is no hard feelings and it won't effect his future decision. Let's move on from this.
Whether he will chose us, who knows. But having him and Martial as our 2 striker will be a huge bonus. Greenwood will get plenty of minutes also in the RW or CAM slot.
Whether he will chose us, who knows. But having him and Martial as our 2 striker will be a huge bonus. Greenwood will get plenty of minutes also in the RW or CAM slot.
Yes, it was a bad tackle but that tackle didn't end his career as Haaland himself said.
If we sign him we will play a 4-4-2 in some form (e.g 4-2-2-2, 4-2-4 etc) with Martial and him up front and Rashford and James supporting them from wide positions.
Strengthen the midfield and it might work.
Strengthen the midfield and it might work.
I don’t know what you mean by world class team, but if you’re comparing us to the very best we’re obviously far from a ‘world class team’. Martial turns 24 on 5 December, would you still classify him as a youth?
It's an interesting link because there is so much backstory.
Our manager, his compatriot, was his manager at Molde. That should be a major boost in our favour.
On the other hand his father played for Leeds and Man City, and the negative incidents with United and Keane the thing people remember most about him.
Hope we go all out for him, I'd like to think his own personal history with Ole is the biggest factor here. Martial can play with him, behind him or even on the left.
Our manager, his compatriot, was his manager at Molde. That should be a major boost in our favour.
On the other hand his father played for Leeds and Man City, and the negative incidents with United and Keane the thing people remember most about him.
Hope we go all out for him, I'd like to think his own personal history with Ole is the biggest factor here. Martial can play with him, behind him or even on the left.
We can also use one of them from the bench. Nice to have a gamechanger on the bench when things are not going our way. We need to have a balanced side so playing all together might just unbalance things.
We need a top striker and a right winger, and those saying we have Greenwood, we are doing a disservice to Greenwood's talents by keeping him on the bench, he should be playing regularly for a championship side, enhancing his skills, gaining confidence, send him on loan and get him back after he has matured in 2,3 years. Meanwhile invest in a world class striker and a right winger. And that top class striker ideally should be Haaland.
His father has already ruled out that his history with Keane is relevant. Also, as his father, I bet he's more interested in the manager's vision for his kid rather than his own history with the club.
I want to get excited about this, and then I remember Bruno Fernandes. 
Great PR piece
Well if we signed him Martial or Rashford would have to go as neither of them would be fine being bench players nor is there a way to fit the 3 of them into a starting 11. Would have to play Martial or Rashford on the left with Haaland up top unless we change to a 4-4-2 Which is unlikely.
All goals this season. And then think about all the times our wide players put it across the five yard box but there's no one there with the instinct to meet the cross. If he was here he could easily have been on at least 12-13 goals already.
Jesus Christ. How is this still a thing!
A couple of facts about the Keane-Haaland 'tackle'.
1) Haaland was not injured by the tackle. He was not substituted off, he continued playing and finished the match.
2) Haaland was fit to play a friendly for Norway a few days later. He was also fit to play the following weekend for City (came off after 68 minutes).
3) Haaland carried on playing football for two years after the 'tackle'.
4) Haaland did retire from football at the age of 29, due to his failure to fully recover from an injury - to his left knee. Keane's challenge was on his right knee. Haaland has explained that his left knee had been causing him problems for months prior to the game with United, that he was heavily strapping it for that reason and that Keane's tackle had no effect on that knee or the existing injury. He had an operation on his left knee in the summer of 2001, but problems with that knee persisted and eventually caused his retirement in 2003.
5) Haaland came out of retirement after 8 years to play for Rosseland BK in the Norwegian Third Division.
6) Haaland does not blame Keane for the way his career ended and professes no bitterness towards him.
Now, for the love of God, let this myth die.
We sold Lukaku. A player who needs play built around him to become a modern team.... now people want us to buy another younger and less experienced striker who needs play built around him.
Hmmm! Seems to be 2 more dots on this map than on the map for Manchester United this season in all competitions…..
All goals this season. And then think about all the times our wide players put it across the five yard box but there's no one there with the instinct to meet the cross. If he was here he could easily have been on at least 12-13 goals already.
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Can we threadmark this or add to the title or OP about this? This is getting out of hand. Every page couple of peope come out and are like but Keane did that to his father or his father played for City and leeds. None of that really matters. Not when you get a chance to play for United for a shit load of money.
this. Dan James would get an absolute bagful of assists this season with him in the side.
All goals this season. And then think about all the times our wide players put it across the five yard box but there's no one there with the instinct to meet the cross. If he was here he could easily have been on at least 12-13 goals already.
Yeah, that man was built like a brick shithouse. Don’t feel like he had the pace of Haaland. I guess when you are reaching that far back for comps, Haaland really is a unicorn. Doesn’t mean he will ultimately become a top striker, but based on what I’ve seen of him, he looks like an athletic freak.
Please, for your own sake, stop.
A lot of fans would like him, but there's no need for this kind of hyperbole. There are only two players, of the same age, comparable to the player you're talking about, and they are Maradona and Pelé, that's how absurd what you've said is.
Martial is Lukaku's replacement if anyone hasn't noticed. That's why Ole gave him the no. 9. Now it's up to Martial to prove he's good enough to play as our main striker and to do this he has to perform well for us in that position for the whole of this season. So we've given Martial a chance to prove himself and he's been doing well so far. Now are we just going to go against this and sign Haaland in January if he continues his good form? Or get aback up that can support him when needed.
This is Martial's chance to prove his worth as our main striker and signing Haaland can disrupt that chance. Haaland who is currently top scorer in Champions league will come in expecting to start given his price and form currently. But there are strikers capable of being back ups and at the same time capable of performing when called upon.
Give Martial this season to prove himself and if he fails then get a striker next summer. We still have about 12 games to go before the January transfer window opens so it doesn't even have to take a full season to analyze if he's good enough to be our no.9. However if he does perform then what we would need is a good enough back up for him
Haaland may not even be available January like some are suggesting.
This is Martial's chance to prove his worth as our main striker and signing Haaland can disrupt that chance. Haaland who is currently top scorer in Champions league will come in expecting to start given his price and form currently. But there are strikers capable of being back ups and at the same time capable of performing when called upon.
Give Martial this season to prove himself and if he fails then get a striker next summer. We still have about 12 games to go before the January transfer window opens so it doesn't even have to take a full season to analyze if he's good enough to be our no.9. However if he does perform then what we would need is a good enough back up for him
Haaland may not even be available January like some are suggesting.
We can't rely on just Martial alone for 4 competitions.
for 4 attacking players we will have Rashford, Martial, James, Greenwood, Lingard, Pereira, Mata.
Below the starting front 3 there's a real lack of quality in depth. Greenwood could be anything from Flop to World class, it's too early to say.
Haaland seems like a confident, natural goal scorer. Fergie didn't worry how it would upset his other players, he made them rise to the challenge.
for 4 attacking players we will have Rashford, Martial, James, Greenwood, Lingard, Pereira, Mata.
Below the starting front 3 there's a real lack of quality in depth. Greenwood could be anything from Flop to World class, it's too early to say.
Haaland seems like a confident, natural goal scorer. Fergie didn't worry how it would upset his other players, he made them rise to the challenge.
This has a bit of a mixed analysis of him. Are his weaknesses overblown?
Listened to a radio show this morning and Graham Hunter said he is a massive Leeds fan and can't see him signing for United.
Trust me. He will either flop completely or if he’s a success he will be one who will eventually prevent us reaching our true potential.
Eg a striker who needs the game to revolve around him... great for battering little teams, 20 years ago would win you the Premier League when it was a 2 horse race and about beating everyone outside the top 4, but a player who will easily be marked out of big games by top four teams, or in QF/SF of Champions League... and because play has been built around him when that happens there’s no other avenue for goals.
In today’s Premier League, even if he’s able to take what he’s doing up 100 levels and do it in the Premier League. His style makes him a redundant striker for teams with aspirations of winning the Premier League and Champions League.
So you think having peak Zlatan in the team won't help us win anything? Currently the kid is outperforming Zlatan albeit in a lesser league, but he is doing extremely well in Champions League too. Martial is a great player but if we are serious about reclaiming our lost glory we need a solid striker who has the capacity to not only partner with him, but also challenge and displace him from the team, only with this kind of competition you are able to build great squads, for reference, look at the squads and strike forces of 99 and 07 to 09 United.
This is untrue. all of it. RB's play does not revolve around Erling. Also, he has scored against pool and Napoli and is the top scorer in CL. Mark him out? With his pace and nose for position? Also on counterattacks, you simply can not do that. Not many defenders can outpace and outsmart him. He is unfinished still, and we can not expect him to bag this many goals all the time. The thing about this guy though, is that he lives and breathes for goals. His mentality is scary good. He has no fear whatsoever and never had any. This guy is only going to get better. How many goals he will score is hard to say, but you can guarantee that he will keep evolving. Also I can mention that he was not large/tall as a kid and palyed with older boys, so he had to develop a smartness to score, that meant amongst other thing to get in front of the defender and get to shoot before the defenders can get to him. And he goes for goal like a terminator.
Is he Zlatan? While both are out and number 9 Zlatan actually had flair and link up play that allowed the wingers to cut inside or number 10 to overlap. So the team didn’t set up with the focus of playing a style to get Zlatan to score.
But even then. During Zlatan’s prime he lasted 1 season at Barca. And if you remember when Ole arrived he was talking about playing a modern pressing style which usually means something influenced by Barca 2007-2012... now time has revealed Ole to be mostly just talk and no substance but still
Are you his girlfriend or agent?
Spot on. And it´s never good to have players being too confident about their position in the team. Martial needs competition, and it´s obvious that a club like United should have more than one top class striker. When Ole was active himself, he met the competition of Yorke, Cole and Sheringham. That´s 4.
Can’t see us signing him, Mandzukic as a budget option is much more likely.
He wouldn't want to come here forget it guys. Not after the Roy Keane thing with his dad.
Just for giggles guys. Dont hate me
Just for giggles guys. Dont hate me
No quite, I think. Haaland himself is very much part of the build up, and he has plenty of assists as well.
No brainer, this!
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