Joshua King / signs for Watford

[The Firestarter]

So you are saying he would have refused to play had the season started (transfer window closed)?

 

[Rozay]

If they've turned down £27m then we'll end up paying in excess of £30m for a squad player. Liverpool signed Origi for £10m and Shaqiri for £13m in comparison.

Origi as a 19 year old from Birmingham, not actually intended to be a squad player either, and Shaqiri from a relegated Stoke with a fixed price.

They also signed Naby Keita for about £60m who is no more than a squad player.

 

[Grylte]

People seem to forget that we're not looking for a starting 11 striker.
It's a backup and rotation player, we're looking for, to give Rashford some rest now and then.

King is a good player, and i think he'd do well here, was a bit annoyed when we let him go.

 

[AshRK]

He is not some kind of superstar to force a move. Had he stayed he would have been useful as backup. The best thing would have been to just replace him in the summer, of course.

It doesn't work like that. He wante dto leave and was not even training with us in the summer. What makes you think he would have not caused any fuss in the dressing room. Lukaku always wanted to play in Serie A and we got a good offer so Win-Win for all parties. The problem was we did not sign an adequate replacement.

 

[RedDevilRoshi]

Yeah right.. and the rest fella. I doubt Celtic would sell for less than 35-40m

£25M is a lot of money for Celtic. Even if they win the treble again this year (looks likely as Rangers always have a wobble after the winter break), they won’t get anywhere near that figure for their triumph. There is hardly any money in Scottish football. £25M would definitely give them something to think about just like what it did with Tierney.

 

[The Firestarter]

It doesn't work like that. He wante dto leave and was not even training with us in the summer. What makes you think he would have not caused any fuss in the dressing room. Lukaku always wanted to play in Serie A and we got a good offer so Win-Win for all parties. The problem was we did not sign an adequate replacement.

As I said , I agree with the bolded being the preferred solution.

 

[Andycoleno9]

Versatile, experienced forward who knows the club and manager. Just get it done, I don’t know why anyone would give a feck about the cost.

Oh, not again with this

 

[Sylar]

You can spin it how you want but spending 30 mil for average 28y old striker who will be backup option is madness. For 30 mil we can surely find either much better backup striker or younger with lots of potential or even first choice.
I hope that this is not true

Like who?

With one day left of the window, and with Rashford being out for as long as we are, we are basically left with Martial and Greenwood. One injury to Martial and all of a sudden, were totally fcked with a top4 place and Europa League on the line.
Hes got a similar record to Martial in front of goal for a worse team.

Right now Bournemouth are in the bottom 3 so we gotta make it worth it for them too.

We need a backup, somebody who will be happy to be at United and wont be on a shit load of wages. And this would be a short-term fix for somebody who will want to play for our manager.

 

[SoCross]

Isn’t he injured at the moment?

 

[Lash]

King will easily get 10-15 goals a season as a back-up striker. If Chelsea signed him for £27m - £35m this forum would go off about how poor our management is because we weren't in for him...

This is it for me. He also doesn't play down the middle due to Wilson.

 

[Infra-red]

Couldn't we sign someone good instead?

 

[poleglass red]

£25M is a lot of money for Celtic. Even if they win the treble again this year (looks likely as Rangers always have a wobble after the winter break), they won’t get anywhere near that figure for their triumph. There is hardly any money in Scottish football. £25M would definitely give them something to think about.

it is, but they got 25m for a left back selling Tierney to Arsenal. For a striker they'd want more, esp considering Edouard would generate interest in Europe as well, Monaco reportedly put a bid in for him just last week. They got 25m for a left back with injury problems that really one club was in for, there'd be quite a few here and abroad would target Edouard. I agree with you, I think he's a fantastic player, got a bit of everything in his game

 

[Cassidy]

King will easily get 10-15 goals a season as a back-up striker. If Chelsea signed him for £27m - £35m this forum would go off about how poor our management is because we weren't in for him...

He just about gets that as a starter

 

[Infra-red]

Isn’t he injured at the moment?

Yes.

 

[Eckers99]

So his 2 biggest virtues are that he knows the club and knows the manager?

High standards.

 

[LawCharltonBest]

I don’t get why some are dead set against it

It’s not going to stop us signing a first choice CF Lukaku replacement in the Summer, as that’s our main priority

He will be valuable between now and May, then a solid 4th choice next season

 

[Camy89]

Isn’t King injured?

Edit: Yes, he is. How on earth does this solve our problems?

 

[Shane88]

This is a sign of being comfortable with mediocrity.

 

[RonaldoVII]

I don’t get why some are dead set against it

It’s not going to stop us signing a first choice CF Lukaku replacement in the Summer, as that’s our main priority

He will be valuable between now and May, then a solid 4th choice next season

£27m for a 4th choice 28 year old striker isn't great business though when the team needs an overhaul as it is. We don't want to end up not being able to shift him like the likes of Jones/Rojo etc.

 

[Ødegaard]

So you are saying he would have refused to play had the season started?

No, that's what you are asking. He was saying that Lukaku forced a move, which he did.

 

[Ødegaard]

Origi as a 19 year old from Birmingham, not actually intended to be a squad player either, and Shaqiri from a relegated Stoke with a fixed price.

They also signed Naby Keita for about £60m who is no more than a squad player.

Birmingham? Lille?
I think the expected more than a squad player from Keita.
Not that I think spending 30 million on a squad-player is a terrible idea. They just need to be good squad players.

 

[Infra-red]

So his 2 biggest virtues are that he knows the club and knows the manager?

High standards.

He's also Norwegian.

I think that just about covers it in terms of the virtues, yes.

 

[Renegade]

King will easily get 10-15 goals a season as a back-up striker. If Chelsea signed him for £27m - £35m this forum would go off about how poor our management is because we weren't in for him...

easily get 10-15 as a back up striker? He just about hits that number as a starter.

 

[Rozay]

The teams chasing 4th have all made strong plays this window. Chelsea may well regret it if they cannot strengthen.

Spurs have signed Bergwijn and are trying to strengthen up top too, Sheffield United have signed Berge and Zivkovic, Wolves have signed Podence, Mattheson and another guy I can’t remember. It was vital that we also strengthened as we can’t allow these sides to pull away from us.

 

[crossy1686]

He just about gets that as a starter

In a team with less creativity and possession based approach. King would lap up counter attacks, he's a proper striker.

 

[SATA]

For those asking whether he’s injured, yes he is but he will be back playing after the winter break. He won’t play tomorrow anyway if we sign him today

 

[Erentz]

This is a sign of being comfortable with mediocrity.

Nah, more a sign of needs must. We're in a rebuilding phase, and not every signing is going to be top tier player. He's a good player who could do a job for us, wouldn't be a bad signing at all.

 

[Brophs]

King will easily get 10-15 goals a season as a back-up striker. If Chelsea signed him for £27m - £35m this forum would go off about how poor our management is because we weren't in for him...

Looking at his careers stats, going backwards by season, in terms of league goals, he has:

3
12
8
16
6
1
2
2
1

I think we'd be pretty optimistic to think he'll guarantee goals. Aside from the season he got 16, he's generally around a 1 in 4 type of player. That's not to say that he wouldn't be useful, but we've spent this long banging on about needing goals and now we seem to be going for a sort of utility forward who isn't exactly prolific. It seems a bit scattered to me.

 

[Nr.7]

£3-5 million for a six months loan with an option to sign for £20ish million would be decent.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

So his 2 biggest virtues are that he knows the club and knows the manager?

High standards.

And he gets injured a lot....perfect

 

[Rozay]

Birmingham? Lille?
I think the expected more than a squad player from Keita.
Not that I think spending 30 million on a squad-player is a terrible idea. They just need to be good squad players.

Belgium*

And Josh King is a good squad player in my opinion. He’s no worse than Origi and Shaq.

 

[crossy1686]

easily get 10-15 as a back up striker? He just about hits that number as a starter.

In a team looking at relegation most years...

 

[Raven]

Think he could do a job while Rashford's out, probably feck ourselves with his injury record though.

 

[United_We_Stand]

The £27m claim comes from Norwegian TV2 http://sportwitness.co.uk/man-unite...er-players-sale-receive-offer-cannot-refused/

As far as I'm aware, this hasn't been reported by any British journalist. Joshua King is 28 with only 15 months left on his contract, there is no way we'd pay 27m for him.

 

[El Zoido]

The £27m claim comes from Norwegian TV2 http://sportwitness.co.uk/man-unite...er-players-sale-receive-offer-cannot-refused/

As far as I'm aware, this hasn't been reported by any British journalist. Joshua King is 28 with only 15 months left on his contract, there is no way we'd pay 27m for him.

Let me introduce you to a guy called Ed Woodward..

 

[Gomes]

This United's "new transfer strategy" would have got all the previous managers lynched.
Will be funny at least to see future comparisons of United's team costs to the opposition and then crying about how player X from Norwich would get into the team.

 

[Snafu17]

So you are saying he would have refused to play had the season started?

Yeah, considering he literally went of to train with another team, I have zero doubts he would probably be listed as injured until the 31st of August.

 

[Big Ben Foster]

This is a panic buy if true. Of course though some posters will rationalize it as a "cultural reboot" and a piece of 4D chess from Ole.

 

[TMDaines]

On reflection I think people are right in suggesting this would be more deadwood for the sake of it. Despite reservations about Greenwood's readiness, I'd rather have him intensely coached and given a clearly defined role for a run of games.

 

[Ed9]

Wasn't he always superfast but a bit of a headless chicken?