That’s Serie A goals only…. including everything he did hit 20.
50k is definitely good enough for him and for us. We will then review his salary on yearly basis as according to his performance. Even if we promise yearly 20% rise it’s peanuts.
His numbers do look decent looking at the overall minutes he played all competitions. Still not the gun numbers I thought though.
Don’t forget he is only 20 yrs of age. He has scored 21 goals for clubs and country in total 2731 minutes of game time this season, which is equivalent to 30.34 games. I think I that’s quite impressive already consider his age where he is on upward trajectory.
And people tend to overestimate the amount of players that reach 20 league goals in the top 5-6 leagues. Currently the number is at 12 in Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga and Premier League.
He's only 20. Harry Kane wasn't even playing in the PL at that age.
That is quite interesting. I guess 20 goals seems low when you see someone like Haaland's numbers, and even Kane for a struggling Spurs team, but the fact so few reached it says quite a lot.
20 goals has never been easy, a handful of players in the past decade have skewed people perception but as an example prime Falcao registered 24 and 28 goals for Atletico. Aguero max was 26 goals. So when I see people suggest that anything under 25 isn't acceptable or that a 20 years old striker that is close to 20 goals per 38 full games isn't good enough, I am a bit baffled.
My worry is that's a lot of pressure on him
So who is this good striker and don't say Kane now Madrid are involved because when they want a player they will get them
Kane is the player for me. Guaranteed goals. If we're in for him and he chooses Madrid then that's fair enough. The club needs to have alternatives lined up, obviously.
Not if he wants the PL goal scoring record - which it's pretty likely he does given he's got maybe three good years left in him.
Except if that player is Mbappe
Regardless of Madrid though we know what Levy is like and it might be the case he just refuses to sell to us regardlessExcept if that player is Mbappe
For what its worth I do think Madrid are favourites, but I'm clinging onto the hope that he'd rather keep his family in England, and go for Shearer's record.
I'm sure that's the intention, but he has a weaker hand this time round with Kane having a year left on his contract. If Kane simply refuses to go abroad all the while turning down a new deal, its not beyond the realms of possibility that even Levy could succumb. Those are pretty big ifs though. We'd still get absolutely fleeced though, he'll make sure of that.
I’m not sure i’d be comfortable with it being a dragged out process through the summer though, which it could turn out to be. We’re already in a state of flux as is and i don’t trust our team to get transfers done in a timely manner either, sucks man.
Yeah I agree, I'd rather we sound out the feasibility early on, and if it looks like Levy's going to take us for a ride I'd rather we pull out quickly and move on to other targets. But again this is United, and we do love a long protracted saga.
Because we like to piss around for weeks on end hmm'ing and ahh'ing instead of actually doing the business
It's clearly not a relentless march towards higher quality for every side in the league. You'll still have Spurs doing spursy things, Forrest doing forrest things, Pool signing Nunez etc.
Osimhen? Lautaro? Even Neymar
isn't that the fuking truth of it
I personally don't think he'll let him run his contract down and leave for nothing.
Arsenal will improve if they get the player(s) they're being linked too. Chelsea are shedding deadwood and now have a top manager in charge and will spend heavily. City will likely be dominant again. Liverpool look like they're starting to address their issues. Newcastle will likely bring in 4 or 5 players. Villa are being linked to quality players and could be next years Brighton.
Osimhen will cost more than Kane (reportedly around 130m) and Napoli's president is even worse to deal with than Levy.
Now there’s two words you don’t see together often in a sentence. Martial and fighting. We all just need to give up on him and hope we can get rid.
That's part of my point really. If we are spending 40m on Hojlund and not 80m on the likes of Lautaro that's more proven, then we better get A top keeper that will displace De Gea.
Other than Mount I would be happy with all of that.
That would be terrible
My main thing is even if he’s raw as feck he offers an incredible running threat off the ball to back lines. Similar to how Rashford plays when in the middle. That’s very useful on its own disregarding if he’s lethal in front of goal. Essentially you figure he can be what Nunez was for Liverpool for a bit last year except younger and half the price.
Apart from he’s lightening quick compared with Berba
