Murder on Zidanes Floor
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If City do get Halaand, do we go for Kane?
No. Why is there such an insane push for Kane on this forum? We blow most of our budget on Kane and then what? A quick fix solution that fixes nothing and we end up with a worse squad than this season after some of our players leave it's utter madness. It's like people have learned nothing over multiple years since Sir Alex leftIf City do get Halaand, do we go for Kane?
He had smaller niggling injuries, again no reason why we wouldn’t renew. Good age, fit and healthy, could cover several roles. It’s unfortunate for him that he picked up that career threatening injury then.I just checked his injury record. He has goes into a 2nd page for injuries. He might not have been injured at the time, but his past injury record should have been a warning. It's is something that he is now fit and cannot get a game. I actually think he could get a game, the state of that defence, but our luck he would get injured. Can he play RB?
Isn't his contract almost over? Like it'll have two years to run and we could get him for £70mNo. Why is there such an insane push for Kane on this forum? We blow most of our budget on Kane and then what? A quick fix solution that fixes nothing and we end up with a worse squad than this season after some of our players leave it's utter madness. It's like people have learned nothing over multiple years since Sir Alex left
Shiny new toy. It's like putting a tiled roof on a pop up tent.No. Why is there such an insane push for Kane on this forum? We blow most of our budget on Kane and then what? A quick fix solution that fixes nothing and we end up with a worse squad than this season after some of our players leave it's utter madness. It's like people have learned nothing over multiple years since Sir Alex left
I agree with the spunking loads of cash on one player seems nuts but strikers are different. Getting a top top striker is friggin hard. See Chelsea, see Man City, see us. When's the last time we had a good really top striker. Lukaku! :-) And yes it makes a huge difference. Kane has been carrying Tottenham for years why not us. People think we can just get Schick or Issak and all is well are deluded. We could end up paying 50 mill this year for a striker that doesnt work then 50 next year for another striker that doesnt work. Kane is a prem proven top goalscorer and can almost guarantee 20 plus goals. Who else will do that and how much will they cost.No. Why is there such an insane push for Kane on this forum? We blow most of our budget on Kane and then what? A quick fix solution that fixes nothing and we end up with a worse squad than this season after some of our players leave it's utter madness. It's like people have learned nothing over multiple years since Sir Alex left
With two years left they'll still want maximum value, £70 million would be the 1 year left price.Isn't his contract almost over? Like it'll have two years to run and we could get him for £70m
Also, it was just a question, no one is obsessed, just if City get Haaland, we might have an easier run at the best striker in the league.
Right but the problem is are the Glazers likely to fund a massive rebuild that we need? If we spend a good chunk of our budget on Kane what then do we do for the gaping holes in our midfield because we have no DM and Pogba is leaving, our Fullbacks need an upgrade, our centre of defense needs reinforcements, likely we'll need an attacking player other than a striker as well. To say lets spunk a big portion of our budget on a world class striker indicates to me that you think aside from a striker we have a world class squad that doesn't need many reinforcements, when it couldn't be further from the truthI agree with the spunking loads of cash on one player seems nuts but strikers are different. Getting a top top striker is friggin hard. See Chelsea, see Man City, see us. When's the last time we had a good really top striker. Lukaku! :-) And yes it makes a huge difference. Kane has been carrying Tottenham for years why not us. People think we can just get Schick or Issak and all is well are deluded. We could end up paying 50 mill this year for a striker that doesnt work then 50 next year for another striker that doesnt work. Kane is a prem proven top goalscorer and can almost guarantee 20 plus goals. Who else will do that and how much will they cost.
No it means its much easier to find budget options in other areas. We could get Kane + Any of the free transfers Mazraoui /Kessie/Kamara etc. Or even cheap players if we could sell and stretch our budget to 150 - Ruiz, Tielmans, Schlotterbeck etc.Right but the problem is are the Glazers likely to fund a massive rebuild that we need? If we spend a good chunk of our budget on Kane what then do we do for the gaping holes in our midfield because we have no DM and Pogba is leaving, our Fullbacks need an upgrade, our centre of defense needs reinforcements, likely we'll need an attacking player other than a striker as well. To say lets spunk a big portion of our budget on a world class striker indicates to me that you think aside from a striker we have a world class squad that doesn't need many reinforcements, when it couldn't be further from the truth
Its even worse than thatContracts up in the summer:
Pogba
Lingard
Grant
Mata
Chong
Cavani
Greenwood*
Contracts up next summer:
Dalot
Laird
Tuanzebe
Mengi
Matic
Fred
Ronaldo
Players actively looking to leave:
Henderson
Bailly
Jones
Williams
Pereira
Van de Beek
Martial
Committed players who aren't good enough:
Wan-Bissaka
Maguire
Telles
Committed players with something to offer:
De Gea
Heaton
Varane
Lindelof
Shaw
McTominay
Bruno
Sancho
Rashford (dangerously close to the previous list and rumoured to be among the list before that)
Young players coming through:
Garner
Mejbri
Elanga
Shoretire
Amad
Pellistri
That is the extent of our squad at the moment. 7 players we're likely to lose for nothing this summer, plus another 7 who have a year left - very few, if any of whom are truly worth offering new deals to, so we'll likely lose most of them for nothing next year as well.
Then we have 7 players who no longer want to be at the club, and who aren't really offering us anything in terms of getting back to where we need to be. We have another 3 or 4 who are happy enough to be here - but only because they're so bloody useless they know they'd never be able to steal the living they have anywhere else.
That leaves us with 8 or 9 long term committed players who are good enough to be in a squad challenging for anything significant, perhaps 4 of whom are good enough to start, plus a handful of young talents breaking through.
Its criminally negligent that this is what we are left with after the money spent over the last decade. We're lightyears away from being where we need to be.
I don't think the white scum will sell Raphinha on cheap. Also, his contract is until 2024Honestly, maybe we should pray Leeds go down, then go after Phillips and Raphinha.
Will fix two of our issues at a budget price, I imagine.
Phillips is not the best, but realistically he's not the worst, and an upgrade on what we have.
Would allow us to invest more funds into a central midfielder and striker.
People need to put more respect on Jones’ name. He hasn’t intentionally been injured & came back after god knows how long to play better than our £80mil captain has all season. The contract was terrible in hindsight, nothing more.Sigh, again. He wasn’t injured when he resigned, he was still a good age and in the England squad. Why wouldn’t we offer a new contract?
Go away Ed we don't want you anymore.Is Gareth Bale still worth a punt ?
Agree Schick doesnt solve our problems, be a great second choice, Isaak looks talented but not convinced. But on the same token Kane probably costs £70-80m even now with his contract under Levy. No doubting he is world class and playing well....but that fee on a 29year old, nearly all our budget......arent we in a similar situation as you say anyway in two years. Kane would be fat better than the other two but barely another signing this summer with him going?I agree with the spunking loads of cash on one player seems nuts but strikers are different. Getting a top top striker is friggin hard. See Chelsea, see Man City, see us. When's the last time we had a good really top striker. Lukaku! :-) And yes it makes a huge difference. Kane has been carrying Tottenham for years why not us. People think we can just get Schick or Issak and all is well are deluded. We could end up paying 50 mill this year for a striker that doesnt work then 50 next year for another striker that doesnt work. Kane is a prem proven top goalscorer and can almost guarantee 20 plus goals. Who else will do that and how much will they cost.
Didnt realise he was an escort nowIs Gareth Bale still worth a punt ?
He is quality. Of all the strikers I've watched on YouTube for us to get, he looks the best and most ready. Also watched him against Psg and looked really dangerous. Can he play as a lone striker though?Agree Schick doesnt solve our problems, be a great second choice, Isaak looks talented but not convinced. But on the same token Kane probably costs £70-80m even now with his contract under Levy. No doubting he is world class and playing well....but that fee on a 29year old, nearly all our budget......arent we in a similar situation as you say anyway in two years. Kane would be fat better than the other two but barely another signing this summer with him going?
I mean Fofana, Rice, Bellingham, Kane would be great, but dont think we can make a huge signing in any area, and a 29year old maybe the worst one for us for the next five years.
There is a number of QUALITY free signings this summer, hugel talented youngsters breakign through the vast majority of which wont top £40m, we really need to be clever.....granted, very very few of these types are strikers...but...Giouri
Well at youth for France all be it four years ago when he caught my eye in a tournament, yes and his finishing was fantastic. He seems at Nice to have played on the left or in a front two and seems to drift to the channels. He is isnt a hold the ball up type of player, but he technique and touch I think is excellent....but Greenwood wasnt either and he would have been a fantastic striker for us I think sadly. Personally think he is good enough to go anywhere, but maybe biased as always liked him since that tournament and followed him so want him to do well in his career. Always been my favourite youngster under the radar, finally getting the attention his talent deserves.He is quality. Of all the strikers I've watched on YouTube for us to get, he looks the best and most ready. Also watched him against Psg and looked really dangerous. Can he play as a lone striker though?
football come first and commercial come 2nd ?A billionaire.
Yes. Our owners are not rich enough to run a club this size, which is why they bought with a loan, therefore saddling us with debt and have to find every piddling type of sponsorship deal out there to bring money in so they can get their dividend. It is those deals and the TV deal that is financing the club, not the owners and certainly not what is happening on the field.football come first and commercial come 2nd ?
I always wondered Was there no other billionaire interested in united at that time ?Yes. Our owners are not rich enough to run a club this size, which is why they bought with a loan, therefore saddling us with debt and have to find every piddling type of sponsorship deal out there to bring money in so they can get their dividend. It is those deals and the TV deal that is financing the club, not the owners and certainly not what is happening on the field.
It seems that they want to buy clubs who aren't quite there yet. We were very successful. Maybe they didn't want the hassle of buying up all those shares.I always wondered Was there no other billionaire interested in united at that time ?
more difficult than CR7 to win world cup for Portugal.What do we still need?
A complete change of ownership and restructure from top to bottom.
problem is does the manager have the power to do so without the board interfering ?I think it’s a tear-down. I really do. Hopefully the manager will come and gut the side as Ferguson and Ron Atkinson did and start building a new United.
it’s going to take a long time and it’s going to take a manager with vision.
Piece of piss, innit?
Need some investment in the right side too whether it's attacking RB/RWI can see an expensive striker and a couple of midfielders and promoting Hanibal, Garner and maybe Laird. A lot of players will go and with no CL football we will look to streamline the squad. It will be a very disappointing summer for those that think we will get 5, 6 players in.
A good point but I think its actually deeper than that. Think our targets could vary quite a fair bit dependant on who takes over just on the players they like personally individually both inside our club and at other clubsBefore we sign any players, we need a new manager.
becauss signing players who dont fit the manager’s system of play will get us nowhere.
I wouldn’t call 50m as bargain. It’s reasonable fees but not bargain.We have to find a bargain like Luis Diaz is for Liverpool.
Liverpool keeps finding these forwards for reasonable fees.