I completely understand those concerns I’m very much of the opinion Gakpo isn’t a risk at £25m whether you play him as a LW/False 9.
All good points well made I believe he could be a huge success at United especially in a functional ETH side he’s got all the attributes ETH likes in a wide forward or false 9.
Yeah CF top of the list,would still like a Ederson type GK but it's behind that position for me
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Don't need him apparently..
Antony fills a bigger need than Gakpo did as we could see today, and Ajax have more financial ability to stop a transfer than PSV do. While it seems he would be a great purchase, he seems to be best in the same role that Rashford already fills. Need to prioritize improving the starting 11 before making a signing like this.
You got no clue what you’re talking about tbh. Antony is a great player and shows it in the big matches as well. Gakpo mostly goes missing in big matches. Theyre not even close when we compare technique, speed and dribbling. Gakpo is highly overrated, I watch him every week. You would be better of going for Simons.
I dont think anyone said his performance was likely to drop massively.
No way PSV wil let him go for less then 45 mln euro……
We could just develop Garnacho instead? Signing Gakpo doesn't resolve Elanga not starting, we have no backup RW and Sancho is in poor form.
Garnacho should be developed agree
We agree not to agree once again Thoms. Antony has better dribbling skills then Gakpo and a better technique, but that’s about the only thing Antony is better at then Gakpo. Antony does not even come close to Gakpo’s assisting skills and goal scoring.
You obviously have trouble reading a post tbh.
What big matches has Antony shown it in? Ajax did feck all with Antony in big matches. I dont know who has the higher ceiling, but comparing them in the Eredivisie Gakpo is by far the better player.
He tore Dortmund apart in both games in the CL last year.
What are you talking about? We literally had 6/6 in the CL run last year with him playing an important role in all of those. Also good stats vs PSV and Feyenoord including his last minute winner vs you lot.
Yes Id say at least as a backup
Agreed mostly.
Antony is also a very good player but he’s very different to Gakpo.
Antony is a good player Gakpo was/is a better player in terms of decisive game winning moments. Take Gakpo out of the PSV side and it’s toothless, take Antony out of Ajax and it’s a far smaller loss.
Gakpo's numbers are fantastic against both Feyenoord and Ajax. He's not done much in the CL since PSV hardly feature there. Antony was good in a relatively easy CL group last year, but was nowhere to be found at the first real hurdle were you went out against Benfica. I'm strictly comparing them to the level they both played, which is the Eredivisie and there Gakpo is better at nearly every aspect of the game. More goals, more assists, stronger on the ball, he just has less flair than Antony and I think Antony is tougher mentally as he does absolutely everything to win whereas Gakpo seems a bit timid at times.
I imagine it would be next to impossible to sign him considering that PSV just got him back in June 2022 and is on a 5yrs contract.
I’m pretty sure PSG have first dibs on him too
Well not exactly. Simons explained it in an interview recently. Simons went on a free to PSV and negotiated an optioin to go back to PSG for like 10 milion if he wants to and if PSG are willing to pay. But there is no clause between PSG and PSV or PSG and Simons, so its al up to Simons to decide.
