It's not similar at all as they're completely different players and profiles. Making the comparison besides "both are strikers" is beyond daft. And who would you prefer that you think is "ready"?
The younger talent will barely score 15 goals. Kane will damn near guarantee it. We don't need potential up front. We need a hard proven goalscorer.
There are few strikers available that would improve us a lot more than Højlund. I'm not saying they wouldn't do better than him, but for it to be worth paying £30m now for a more experienced striker and then £60-70m for a young striker in 1-2 years, he has to be a lot better than Højlund.
I believe English contingent at this forum may agree, but being not English, I think Osimhen would be a much better purchase
You're forgetting a crucial thing here, and that is Kane is not available to us this summer.
Not with United. With our sales record, he'll end up playing out his contract and leave on a free regardless.
I'm aware of that. I hope I'm wrong about this lad or any other striker that's not Osimhen or Kane. I just hope he performs well.
So are you gonna be assassinating Levy tonight? If not, there is no way he will sell Kane to us.
Thanks for the insight i'm glad you are a Manchester United scout
Then what, we sit and spin all summer whilst waiting for a non existant transfer to happen because we don't have the money and Levy won't sell to us? Maybe we should sign Osimhen? Oh wait he's even more expensive than Kane.
Ye I should of said reasonable first choice targets
We do - but not a 30 year old who will cost us about £200 million over the next 5 years, and have zero value afterwards
That sounds like a grand plan. Right up until half hour into our first game of the season.
Kane would be a terrific signing. Nobody cares about his value when he's 36. We aren't Plymouth.
Agree this lad got some pace but imo he is still not fast enough for the PL. Same with his strength. To play as a #9 in the PL you gotta be extremely fast or strong enough to keep the balls under pressure. Preferably both. This lad got both pace and strength but atm it's still not enough for the PL imo. He might though, in a couple years. But that's still an big if. Morata is not a bad striker, but both his pace and strength are only average that's whe he failed in the PL. Poor guy got bullied all the time that I actually felt bad for him.
100m and he's ours I reckon. Unless Bayern decide to offer +80m. Money talks after all. He's available to whoever has the cash. We apparently don't have it though.
Less of a plan and more an acceptance of the reality that Martial on 250K a week is not going anywhere with 1 year left on his contract, nobody else is going to give him even half of that.
Yeah, we live in hope. To think of Martial as a 'senior' anything just boggles the mind. A senior waste of space maybe.
Looks a better footballer than Haaland to me.
Can't disagree with any of this, but the main point was he doesn't look like an elite striker right now. Understandable why the club is in for him.
What are the examples of an “elite striker” in your book, apart from Kane, Mbappe, Benzema, Lewandowski and Osimhen?
Yeah, Norway is paradise in comparison
Evan Ferguson is the only one that springs to mind, but of course it's impossible to tell if either of them will develop to be great strikers.
I'd take Hojlund over Ferguson
The hallmarks of a United striker beloved by all fans has deteriorated down to -
Yeah, me too. I just have a feeling Højlund will absolutely explode in the coming seasons.
That's mad.
Mad. Ferguson has already shown he can do it in the PL. There's no comparison for me.
Oh yeah Ferguson all day long. I'd love him here.
Why?
Yeah two years younger as well. Hojlund has the attributes but still a gamble.
Why is that?
I'm not sure I agree with this. Kane isn't fast at all, and he's one of the most successful strikers in the Premier League. He is strong, of course, and has excellent hold-up play, but for a 20 year old striker, so does Højlund. He is absolutely fast enough for PL.
