Wonder if we'd go for De Kaetalare as a false 9 if Cristiano goes. He might suit Ten Hag and with his height you'd figure he's a good bet to be an aerial threat in a couple years.
Potential striker signings (who aren't named Højlund)
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
Wonder how much Joao Felix is being pimped by At. Madrid for? Would be happy for Ronaldo and his drama to piss off if we could sign him.
Wonder / hope a bit that Hugo Ekitike rejected Newcastle because of us but is also rumoured to be of interest to PSG
Genuinely don't think we are in for a number 9 until Ronny leaves next summer, yes I appreciate that leaves us short of a backup to him this season.
If Ronaldo stays, it makes sense to buy a young striker who would be willing to bide his time and learn from the best, take his chances from the bench.
How about integrating McNeil into the first team ?
How about integrating McNeil into the first team ?
Been bleating on about this for a while. He would be perfect for us in rotation with Ronaldo and would hopefully blossom into a proper striker in the coming years.
PSG are signing that Sassulo striker so I wonder who Ektike is waiting for? He seems to have backed out of the Newcastle deal.
Rashford can rotate between left forward and striker in the event Ronaldo is injured or rested, Martial also the same. Both of them know where the goal is, its just confidence with both of them. I honestly believe Martial and Rashford will surprise a lot of people this season, especially Martial.
I would go for Lautaro Martinez. Rashord on the right, Martinez as number nine and Ronaldo on the left.
Not getting Nunez or Nkunku was a miss. If we had our shit together earlier Nkunku may have been more interested.
Same with Nunez had they seen a project in progress. Hope we don't regret that. Not many clear candidates other than those two and I don't want to see us linked with Harry Kane now that Spurs are signing Richarlison.
Same with Nunez had they seen a project in progress. Hope we don't regret that. Not many clear candidates other than those two and I don't want to see us linked with Harry Kane now that Spurs are signing Richarlison.
Osimhen and Dolberg.
We have to get a striker in. Especially if Ronnie leaves. I'd go for this chap
Nkunku, David, Lautaro Martinez, Isak, Oshimen, Schick, Joao Felix
Next summer now of course
Next summer now of course
We need to get both Schick and Diaby
Wow looks like Memphis is returning to us.
Know you're joking but I would take him as a cheap back up to Ronaldo as long as his salary isn't nuts.
Another guy I've been thinking might be decent and relatively cheap would be Joshua Zirkzee.
If Ronaldo leaves our strike force will be the weakest of the top 6. Who could we potentially target?
According to transfermarkt, I see that Jonathan David and Hugo Ekitike are players who have had a significant value increase over a year and whom we'd might target.
Maybe Isak? Malen?
From free agents just as a stopgap, Belotti or Suarez (lol, what a shithousery) are options, Diego Costa (lol) and Mertens too.
Wonder if ETH is considering Bruno as a false 9 now? VDB could do well in the number 10 position since his best asset is arriving in the box. I expect he would get quite a few goals from there.
De Gea
Dalot Varane/Maguire Martinez Shaw
McTominay/Fred/new CM FDJ
Sancho VDB Rashford
Bruno
Not going to lie, I'm panicking a bit now. I really didn't expect Ronaldo to leave until today. Jonathan David would be my 1st choice. I like Scamacca but he seems to want to stay in Italy. Ekitike is fine as a backup but too limited to be a 1st choice striker for us imo.Dalot Varane/Maguire Martinez Shaw
McTominay/Fred/new CM FDJ
Sancho VDB Rashford
Bruno
Jonathan David would be my pick
Nkunku would be my no1 choice
If he stays it will be, too.
Jonathan David isn't good enough presently,not sure he could make a step up.
Dream would be swapping martial for vlahovic
Dream would be swapping martial for vlahovic
If Ronaldo goes to Chelsea, we get Sterling from City. If he doesn’t work out, we haven’t signed an out and out striker and we can get one mid season or next summer and put Sterling on the wing. Obviously not a first choice, but he seems to be surplus at City.
I am assuming that our scouting system doesn’t have any upcoming gems.
I wonder who ETH had his eye on as potential Haller replacements.
I wonder who ETH had his eye on as potential Haller replacements.
Schick looks like our only proper option if we're going for a striker. We don't have the luxury of signing someone just good enough to be a backup when we were chasing Nunez (not hard enough) the other day and he's signed to our rivals. Oshimen is good but too high a fee and I'm not sure if he's what we need.
Can anyone who's seen him play tell me what his movement is like? This is the type of signing Cristiano wants to see to stay so I'm wondering if he drifts to the left even though he's left-footed.
Can anyone who's seen him play tell me what his movement is like? This is the type of signing Cristiano wants to see to stay so I'm wondering if he drifts to the left even though he's left-footed.
It'll be some cheapo signing like Moussa Dembele from Lyon or Icardi on loan
Schick and Nkunku have just signed new deals right?
So they're out of the picture
Schick and Nkunku have just signed new deals right?
So they're out of the picture
I wouldn't say a new deal makes Schick impossible, I heard they've already signed a striker. We could get it done for €90-€100M, I think we should go for it.
I think even RB would sell if PSG came with the right offer but we're not going to throw up that type of money.
Icardi would be interesting one
I always thought this could be the case, as he was great under LvG but treated appallingly by Mourinho and then seemed to come back to life under Ole, but I would worry that he failed quite badly in Seville, maybe it was coming to a club mid season, but I would have bet that Lopetegui would have got a tune out him, but it just did not happen. Maybe the motivation of a world cup place might help this season.
Now if this was FM I'd sell half the team, invest in a few cheap rising stars and promote some of the best from the reserves. From there I'd train relentlessly and focus on getting the team to play as a cohesive, confident bunch. I'd settle for an EL finish this year and invest heavily next summer. Pity real life is so complicated.
Do you really see us spending over 80m trying to convince Nunez to come here over Liverpool? Because I don’t really see this being possible in any stretch.
Nkunku, there are other top clubs (ie Bayern) reportedly interest in him but he prefers to stay for another year, not a chance too.
Should be a target even if Ronaldo does jot leave
Icardi on loan is definitely a good idea.
Icardi is like an unexploded bomb you can never tell with him. He could be a great asset yet he could be a failure. He's just too hot-headed
But if Ronaldo leaves we don't have much options. It could be the classic example of the expression beggars can't be choosers
But if Ronaldo leaves we don't have much options. It could be the classic example of the expression beggars can't be choosers
While we're at it maybe we can swap Maguire for Marquinhos and Rashford for Mbappe.
How is this De Ketaelear guy?
Seems more like a false 9 so maybe we see if Bruno can play as one first because tbh - he still hasn’t well enough for United even on paper he should have no problem doing so.
Seems more like a false 9 so maybe we see if Bruno can play as one first because tbh - he still hasn’t well enough for United even on paper he should have no problem doing so.