I understand. It's up to you if you want to take their word as the truth or not. I just wanted to highlight that Loïc Tanzi has never covered any Italian football news at any point in his career, and the furthest he's strayed has been transfer news involving other French teams + Sheikh Jassim's takeover process. In both cases, he basically hasn't strayed too far away from PSG's ownership or France.
Rasmus Højlund | Signed for United
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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I PM'd him too and got this reply
I've come to the conclusion that he's either trying to cryptically tell me that he's ready to take the next step and flourish at United, or I PM'd the wrong person.
If Hojlund is off the table then I think we are left with the following choices:
1. Kolo Muani or Vlahovic but i'm sure their clubs will try to take advantage of our desperation and demand high fees for both.
2. We put off the CF chase for another window, divert the funds to get a high quality DM like Caicedo or someone else, and go again next year when Kane could potentially be available and some of the younger lesser known CFs develop further and make themselves known. Liverpool and Manchester City have dominated without out and out CFs before. It can be done with a strong team spine and base and an attacking mindset from all our players.
1. Kolo Muani or Vlahovic but i'm sure their clubs will try to take advantage of our desperation and demand high fees for both.
2. We put off the CF chase for another window, divert the funds to get a high quality DM like Caicedo or someone else, and go again next year when Kane could potentially be available and some of the younger lesser known CFs develop further and make themselves known. Liverpool and Manchester City have dominated without out and out CFs before. It can be done with a strong team spine and base and an attacking mindset from all our players.
Where did I in my original post claim there are other forwards out there?
I'm no scout but let's assume there are no other viable options out there and I still we rather sit out this summer in our pursuit of a forward than be saddled with an onerous price that he's seemingly being touted about.
Some Slight improvements I could recall but yeah not any "major" improvements.
Maybe those who follow youth football with more vigor than I could provide a more satisfying answer.
Can’t see him wanting to go to PSG, he’ll either come to us or stay in Italy for another year. There’s lots of time, he’s only 20
Which tier 1 sources? Fab or Orinsten?
Still seems quite obvious we'll be signing him.
I didn't mean by the age of 20, I meant he had shown more at the time he signed for Liverpool
Apparently it’s a Tier 1 for PSG he’s the club’s mouthpiece and pretty much the main source for PSG news
Sounds more like a propaganda source, not someone who actually knows what the player might be thinking.
Well he’s labelled tier 1 but I’m not so familiar with the guy so feck knows
I’d make sure all your windows and doors are locked before you go to bed if i were you!
PSG an easy name for Atalanta to throw out to the press in order to get United to bid higher. Mbappe seemingly another step closer to Madrid and Atalanta is just trying to get United to pay up and wrap the deal up quick.
He never indicated that the player's preference is to join PSG. All he's said is that United may not be willing to meet Atalanta's fee demands, but that's part and parcel of the negotiation process regardless.
Scamacca who was a highly touted Italian youth international and has had a 16 league goal season in Serie A at a similar age and Daka who scored over 50 league goals across two seasons at RB Salzburg before he turned 22 scoring at a higher rate than even Haaland. Talent just doesn't disappear. If we miss out on Hojlund, there are no legitimate targets that I would be spending similar money on and those guys would come in a lot cheaper and be adequate as placeholders until a more long-term target comes on the scene.
We just play the season without a proper striker again?
It felt like from the way the tweet was written he was trying to allude to the idea that Højlund was keen on the move, or at least his agents are. Although to be fair it's a translation and I've no idea how accurately it reflects what he actually wrote in his piece.
And for sure, this pretty much reflects the negotiation process we saw unfold with Mount.
No, that’s clearly a jealous newbie stalker, I’d watch my back.
You can blame the aggregators for headlining the news like that. The facts are that Campos & PSG have gotten in touch with the player's agent, and they've likely been told that United may not be willing to pay what Atalanta want for Højlund, basically pushing PSG towards paying that €60m + add-ons that Atalanta want.
This is what happens when it takes you months to get deals done.
Wasn't Hojlund huge Man United fan? If he goes to PSG, I guess that was all bollocks then.
What exactly do you want him to do if his club accepts PSG’s offer and declines us? Stay a diehard United-fan in Atalanta and risking potentially what might be a once in a lifetime contract because we want to spend 5 weeks haggling over €10 million.
I mean, from what I have seen this isn't case of PSG offering a lot more money, they offered exact amount Atalanta wanted, 60 million? And from all the sources we offered that plus add on bonuses, so yeah, it is basically up to him if those reports are true.
Yeah, Ander Herrera presented himself as a huge Man Utd fan too, but that didn't stop from diving into the gigantic pile of oil money that PSG offered.
Psg coming in is the best thing for the player and agent, an agent having a club with the pockets of PSG is best case scenario, especially with United on the other side
You probably said same with other players we ended up signing in the past
Erik wants a striker now so option 2 off the table
I feel like every part of Drogba's technique improved a ton over the years, including his touch.
It’s better to get the right deals done rather than just splashing cash immediately and then being held to ransom in future deals. We’re trying to learn from previous mistakes.
You probably hadn’t heard of them till they did. It’s an aspect of the game, any player can realistically improve on any aspect, of course pace there’s only so much one can do but they could still honestly improve on that to a small extent.
yeah players never improve aspects of their game once they hit 20
Erik, and anyone who wants United to be a proper team
With Mbappe leaving imminent, and Kane preferring a move to Bayern, its quite clear PSG would be in needed for new forwards.
I wouldn't be surprise if they are really interested in Hojlund since there is lack of quality/attainable striker in the market right now.
I wouldn't be surprise if they are really interested in Hojlund since there is lack of quality/attainable striker in the market right now.
Or we could just start with Rashford in the middle; Sancho as a false 9 or the ol' Faithful, Antony Martial and in parallel get Greenwood up to speed as soon as possible.
Any plan with Sancho and Martial in it, is a bad one.
Sancho as a false 9 is a walking disaster waiting happen. He will offer less than nothing with his friendly match intensity. No thanks.
Don't even want to consider Martial as an option. If busted flush was a player it would be him. He gave up on football a while ago. If he were to stay fit for a season however, He would offer next to no goal threat but at least his hold up and build up play would be good.
Rashford is probably the best option but it takes so much away from his game and makes him a lot less threatening compared to wide left. We'd have to hope Garnacho can replicate that wide left threat.
Club still haven't made a decision on Greenwood but if he's near what he was when he left then that would be a huge re-addition in terms of goal threat and just general quality and may end our need for a striker if he were to kick on from where he left off even with abuse and vitriol going to be coming from all angles.
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