That will forever remain as the most heartbreaking saga of all time. Nothing will ever have the same effect, we were so innocent and naive back then!
Erling Haaland / signs for Dortmund
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What happened to the release clause? The Liverpool lad had one and Haaland doesnt? Is that standard procedure? Surely its either everyone has a release clause or no one.
No. Outside of Spain it just depends on the agent and what they negotiated.
Always on. Get on the train.
Gonna last long
He's coming, this is on like fecking Donkey Kong.
The only comparable qualities with Haaland and Lukaku is that they are tall men. That's it. Even their hairstyles are different.
Haaland does not want the ball in his feet, he's not a big target man. He wants the ball played in the backroom so he can blast past defenders and put it in the net.
At least he stayed on his feet. Would like to see a player do that after a fist to the face in todays football. He was a punchable player though, excellent at stepping on defenders toes, usually lazy on the pitch, but a decent finisher and had one good trick in his sleeve: the single over step, which he mastered quite well.
Regarding his tweet. It just a nothing tweet summing up his postmatch interview with him from yesterday. Ole gave nothing away and se know just as little as we did before the interview.
I also believe the Lukaku comparisons are off the mark. I'm not sure where they originate from. Haaland looks to me to already have a far wider all round game than Lukaku has ever had.
This is going to run and run
because Lukaku didn't want to be here? Ole said he wanted to keep him but the player asked to leave.
Also, we didn't sell the Lukaku from 6 or 7 years ago who was quicker and agile. Haaland seems much more suited to our attack than todays Lukaku.
We're clearly interested, then. I hope we get this kid.
On senior level he has scored 49 goals in 93 matches. The past 6 months, for Salzburg, he has 28 goals in 22 matches while playing only 66 minutes in average per match.
I was here during the Thiago saga, the most heartbreaking for me was Arturo Vidal. Imagine staying up late to watch Chilevision!
If you want muppetry, a Norwegian news paper dagbladet write today: "A month ago Dagbladet wrote that United was in the lead for the 19 year old. New information we have received the past days amplify this". Take it for what it's worth, which is not much.
He'd be great for us, give us an ariel threat and some strength in the box. We've been missing that in our attack, most importantly though, he has a nose for the goal. He'd complement our attack really well, whilst adding another dimension to it.
Ah, you guys weren't here for Sneijder were you? The beginning of flight tracking, Fergie ripping into journo's on a pre-season tour for quoting him as a source saying United were in talks with Sneijder, bald men being mistaken for Sneijder by the MEN at Manchester Airport. What a ride that was.
You want multiple forwards expecting to start! That's how you win the league. As you mention, Liverpool has 6 good players fighting for 3 spots. Also, If we compare the depth today with the past five seasons we won the league you see we are lacking. Meaning: by identifying the number of players that would suit the three forward spots. This includes attacking wingers and strikers but not attacking midfielders. Players must have played at least 3 matches. Results:
2012–13: 7 players (Rooney, Berbatov, Chicharito, Welbeck, Van Persie, Giggs, Nani)
2010-11: 9 players (Rooney, Berbatov, Chicharito, Owen, Macheda, Giggs, Nani, Obertan, Bebe)
2008-09: 9 players (Ronaldo, Saha, Berbatov, Rooney, Giggs, Welbeck, Macheda, Tevez, Nani)
2007-08: 6 players (Ronaldo, Saha, Rooney, Tevez, Giggs, Nani)
2006-07: 7 players (Ronaldo, Rooney, Saha, Giggs, Alan Smith, Henrik Larsson, Solskjaer)
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I always use this approach.
He has agreed terms / signed ( hooray ) unless proven otherwise or hes rubbish ( booo )
So using that mathematical formula, Its not been proven he has not agreed terms / signed plus hes not rubbish = hooray !
On to the next target.
He has agreed terms / signed ( hooray ) unless proven otherwise or hes rubbish ( booo )
So using that mathematical formula, Its not been proven he has not agreed terms / signed plus hes not rubbish = hooray !
On to the next target.
I still can't believe we didn't sign him.
Who could forget Sneijdercafe?
Good times
Lukaku didnt want to be here because Ole didnt play him as a striker and he was supose to be a benchwarmer. Last season under Olé he played mainly as a RW. Btw Lukaku is still very quick, its one of many myths that he is a fat and slow player.
So Ole pushed him away to buy a similar type of a player and play him where exactly? As a striker? Or as a RW like Lukaku was playing almost every time?
Being tall is not a quality, it is a physical predisposition. So tell me, if you dont see any similarities, what is Lukaku´s style of play and then you can tell me about Haland´s style of play. Maybe we can compare those styles, but how many Haalands games did you actually watch?
I think he will anyway. He looks absolutely not interested in anything at all.
He dedicated an entire object just for united. Caf peaked that time.
It seemed to me the reason Ole didn't fancy him as a starter was he couldn't press to save his life. Something Ole likes in a forward and something Haaland is very good at.
Heartbreaking.
Not really when you consider you dropped just shy of 40m on Andy Carroll all those years ago. Probably the equivalent of more back then.
Ole wanted Lukaku to play as a wide right target man. He felt being out on the wing gives the midfield an easy angle to hit than playing the ball straight up the middle. It would also see Lukaku up against a full back instead of two centre backs, giving him the chance to run riot. Ole even said he wanted him to play similarly to Manzukic does as that’s his position, as seen during the World Cup.
Lukaku wasn’t interested and wanted to leave, that’s why he found himself on the bench and out of the team. If he’d have bought into that idea he would have started every game.
Tchu tchuu
He get the amount of goals wrong. When that was posted, Haaland had 23 goals this season. He has 28 goals this season now, and 49 in total in senior club football.
Thats golden!
Just checked again and you’re right. Don’t know how I got 23.
Well done. Was trying to remember, there was definitely a signal that had us all flipping cocks out.
Moysie and Woowoo, eh? “Fellaini might be a better bet”
Yeah, I’m not sure the Carroll saga should be used as a benchmark for a good transfer.
As I just said, though, I got the numbers wrong. He’s got more goals than I initially credited him for.
I can’t say that I know anything about him other than him being the most talked about teenager in football right now. If you get him, It’d be interesting to see if he’s the real deal and even more interesting to see if his playing style suits yours. He’s a giant and you currently play with small, rapid forwards. Perhaps he could help you against the smaller teams that sit back allow crosses and possession.
I can assure you that it’s not me
Just an example of the fee not being as ridiculous as you seem to suggest given your own clubs track record.
Just because they look similar, but Lukaku did not score goals in the champions league at his age? Lukaku is not calm on 1 v 1. His first touch was always been an issue that is why he didn't quite make it at Chelsea.
You don't care but the fans and manager does because we only want players who are good in the dressing room. Ole has worked with both and knows what personalities they both have.
We made a £1m loss on him so hardly a loss.
Funny you seem to know so much, yet you don’t even know what team Lukaku played for. I’m guessing you know little to nothing about Haaland either.
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