And it's fine to say that, but it's not a problem that can be solved overnight. You can just ignore our current financial realities and say "we should be signing X player" when we literally can't afford them/the clubs won't sell to us.
Rasmus Højlund | Signed for United
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Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
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I am certainly not against Caisedo.
If you look for the original thread of him when he was still in South America, I wanted him then. One of those obvious buys especially at the price quote ($4-5million) -- it was a no-brainer. He even claimed to be a United fan back then on the back of Antonio Valencia. Its a shame that Woodward/Judge just didn't have the balls or the knowledge to get the deal done.
1, he’s deceptively fast
2, Kane is slow as shit (but obviously currently a way way better striker)
3, we have a lot of pace in our team and no number 9.
it wasn’t that he preferred us, it was that the deal was so messy because there were so many intermediaries and partial owners that Brighton knew how to navigate because they had just signed someone else from the same system.
I have a lot of reservations about him but how can anyone say he looks slow? Pace is the least of his problems.
Inside England. In Italy it is 5m € (4m£).Add Ons are always 5m
I hope so, doesn't look quick at all on what is quite a slow league.
Yes Kane is not quick but he's incredible in pretty much every other aspect of being a striker. That compensates for his lack of pace. That is rare.
Think this will be done at 40+5M pound. That's around 53M euros. That's a good fee for both parties.
Pedulla and anyone not in England have been saying 60m euros all along.
If they were demanding £100m we wouldn't even bother entering negotiations
The more I see of him the more I think he will be a devastating player in 3-4 years. Big lad, plenty of pace and power, tenacious and works hard, shoots with both feet, seems to have surprising bit of creativity as well, keeps the ball well. Still very raw and inexperienced, but he is 20, so this is to be expected. If Ten Hag can make players out of Tadic and Haller, I'm very excited to see what he can do with Hojlund.
Please, just get this done.
Please, just get this done.
Cool. I would think that our negotiators have not explained that to Atalanta. Maybe we should try saying the same thing to Napoli, Spurs and PSG and see what results that yields.
I think you are seriously overestimating the impact of one who hasn't played or even trained with a team for almost 2 years.
Controversy aside, they'd be taking a risk with what he could contribute.
That might well be true, but I don't think there's too much in it. To be honest, if you could get Balogun from Arsenal for close to £30m then I'd sign both him and Højlund.
Just don't see it happening though.
If Atlanta really wanted €100m, we would not be talking to them. Believe those figures are crap.
Not really. We have two blitzers and they both play on the left. We have Rashford and Garnacho who are the only players who can make purposeful runs in behind and truly carry a football with speed. Sancho and Antony dribble like you do on FIFA when the sprint button is broken, Martial’s legs are jelly, and Amad is more of a creative floating infield kind of runner.
He was listening to a Shakira album.
Never seen him play, everything I've read about him says he's got good pace. Some in here seem to think he's slow.
Which is it really?
Which is it really?
Middle ground, faster tham Kane slower than Martial
Martial isn't exactly the quickest these days.
Apparently he does 100m in 11 seconds
There's no way he's not quicker than Martial. Martial cannot make that sprint vs. The Lazio players where they had a ten hard head start and Hojlund still beat them for pace.
Not a chance in hell.
Martial is slow
Interesting, I see this quite a lot about players pace. Genuinely quick players that many swear are actually slow.
I have a theory that some people judge a players pace on running style as opposed to how fast they actually are.
Faster than Kane way faster than Martial.
What is genuinely amazing is when people think one of our own players, who they've literally watched play for many years, is slow, when the exact opposite is true. Numerous people tried to claim Smalling was slow over the years despite there not being too many centre backs around with his pace.
Yeah it's always struck me as odd and Smalling is a good example. Probably at least in part because of his awkward running style.
I’m faster than martial and I’m 47 and 16 stone
Maybe Martial 4 or 5 years ago but definitely not the current version.
Hojlund is quick enough for a striker and doesn't lack mobility.
People get mixed up between acceleration/agility and top speed. Smalling had a very high top speed but he wasn't especially quick off the mark and was often caught flat footed. It made him look slow. Somebody like Antony is rapid over a few yards but not that fast over a distance.
Tall players like Haaland and Hojlund also look slow because their long legs don't look like they move as quickly. Haaland doesn't look all that fast until you see him leaving defenders for dust.
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Sounds like the assumption if Hojlund is definitely coming.
Wouldn't be surprised if #11 the other way was used to seal it
‘Trundling’ is the technical term, I believe.
The more I watch of this kid, the more I like him. He's not as good as Osimhen or Kane, but he's got potential and seems fearless. His finishing leaves a lot to be desired though, deary me.
That's somewhat fair. The one issue Smalling did have (and most players of his size have) is that if he had to suddenly turn and sprint in the opposite direction it took a few steps to get up to speed. Certainly not Maguire slow, but small nippy players or players in general who had a running start could get a few steps ahead. Of course Smalling was fast enough he normally closed that distance and got back anyway, but it did catch him out occasionally.
It can. fecking Glazers need to take the 6b and feck off.
Feck loaning him, offer a straight swap and be rid of him for good. Suits all parties as far as I can see.
They are not asking 100 million €. He‘s valued at about 50 mill £.
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