Who’s the 20 goal a season striker we can buy?
This is not correct. When we were getting Sancho, we paid a bit over the real value but he totally failed to transform his Dortmund form for United performances. Not really something you could predict.
Well, if there are really no guaranteed goal scorers then we should not gamble exorbitant amount of money. Strengthen other areas where viable option is present. If at all we want to gamble, and we should, then do with reasonable amount.
I’ve not read anywhere that our business will end after Hoijlund
That is my take as well. Last season we talked about that there is "nobody else available" than Antony and then splashed 90m on him. Maybe if we didn't we would be in better situation to sign a proper striker this summer. I feel the same way about Hojlund (it's a bit different because I don't know his potential, i just think he's not ready right here right now so not sure if that is such a smart move and a huge gamble that again will hurt our winter budget for example).
PSG have enquired about him, hence us speeding things up.
It was the Arsenal goal, I don't think it registered with many at the time, everybody knows it now because it has been repeated so often and in the US it's in an advert for Barclay's
I haven’t seen anyone else being linked except that Moroccan fella (benchwarmer anyway) and it would take our transfer spent to a very tidy amount. I don’t think we’ll sign more.
As the video on the previous page explained (which i presume everyone whos complaining didnt watch), his expected goals for next season would be 16 which is based on stats for atalanta. Those have to be taken with a caveat that atalanta tactics required him to work the channels alot which limited his time and cjances in the box. That wont be required of him at Utd as he will be the focal point of the attack, therefore in the box more. Plus playing with more creative players will mean more chances to be put away.
Of your examples only the Ronaldo and DDG one are valid imo. Keane and Rooney were established regular in the PL for a couple years before we bought them. And the £28m we paid for him imo is the equivalence of a £100m now. Back then a top player cost about 30-35m. Ronaldo was signed for £12m which would be around 35-40m in current market.
Real Madrid bought Endrick last summer to be their striker in the future, and they have a big striker talent coming through their youth ranks. They're not going to buy another young striker.
His love isn’t bullshit, nobody doubts that. It’s common for Scandinavians especially. But it won’t drastically influence a decision. If Paris tables 70M, a Paris penthouse and 200k per week, then of course the 20yo lad will take it.
You really can’t say that for certain
Chelsea have a good reliable #9?
My post was misleading, sorry. I was just refereeing to the fees we paid im comparison to the contribution they made, which isn’t even wirth half of what they cost. (Especially Sancho with his mental struggles etc.). Of course not their fault the fees were to high but it’s their fault they couldn’t bring mire contribution (so far)
I believe they have one Romelu Lukaku coming back from a loan, heard he tore it up in the Belgian league and is a massive Chelsea fan. Maybe he can come good?
Probably not
Spot on, it's a team effort when it envolves spending multi millions and I bet City Dof or Pep wouldn't be able to spend millions on players if they didn't have the okay of the owners (explicit or tacit), in our case it might have slowed things down due to logistics during Woodward's time but now it's a different setup and if Murtough and Ten Hag are backed by the owners then they can manage to easily convince the powers to be fairly quickly and get transfers done in time (case in point Mount and Onana done before pre-season tour)
Fair points, but I was just trying to make the point that potential is never guaranteed. There's every chance Rooney and Keane could have gone the same way as Veron or Pogba, when he re-signed. We didn't make many really expensive mistakes back then, that one became depressingly normal with Woodward, but we still tried to sign players and make them into superstars, rather than sign them older and ready made.
I wouldn't call Antony a question. Part of the problem with him specifically is he is a possession based player that presses. We have been spoiled with direct wingers that take players on for so long that something different looks "off" and there is a poor perception about the player.
Agree we should get him now.
I knew Onana likes to go forward, but I didn't realise he is a striker!!! Rasmus Hojlund and Mason Greenwood will score lots of goals, but don't forget about Marcus Rashford.
He was on it right from the start. Let’s hope he’s right on this one too
Well, that is not completely true. Our success was based with perfect mix of talent and experience. The fact that Fergie always managed to add right and proven players to already talented squad. Cantona, Rvp, VDS, Rio, Keane...were all final pieces of jigsaw. Rooney and Cristiano reached peak when we added Tevez to them for example.
I mean its an entirely different setup at United now with a new manager and different coaches. Ten Hag might be better or worse than Fergie, LVG, Mourinho and Ole in that respect, we won't know until he's had a few years here attempting to nurture such signings.
We need to pump the brakes on a lot of the hate, not just on Antony either, you're dead right on the winger bit, Antony does need to improve on his attacking output but he is the perfect player in the system that we're apparently trying to get to, IMO the improvement in AWB is in part due to Antony's presence and no 0je can fault his effort and determination
Might be true, but what did Salah show before going to Liverpool and becoming an EPL all time great? Even Rooney did not reach the heights Salah reached in breaking EPL goal record yet when comparing Rooney and Salah talent at 20 years, we would have only one winner.
I didn't say Hojlund could not make it here mate.
He's not referring to greenwood in that post....
I am talking strikers and it was obvious in June that Kane was out of our reach unless we think Levy will soften in August. So why not sign Höjlund before preseason?
I don't have an issue with Antony not "taking on" players much. I have an issue that he's a volume shooter with shite creativity along with not taking players on. It's not a great combo.
who cares, Eric the red is right
I assume it's a combination of the Kane obsession on here coupled with many not bothering to actually understand the players qualities/potential and just looking at him scoring 8 goals last year in Serie A
Madrid already locked in like 60m to get endrick. And are probably getting Mbappe.
Except he's not though is he? If greenwood was going to be coming back and playing again this season he'd be with the squad doing pre season, but he isn't (thankfully).
