It could go either way but I feel like he’s going to get thrown in the deep end and will be starting games asap. We have no reliable alternative, if he doesn’t play and Martial is undoubtedly injured we’re having to play with a false 9 which I’m sure ETH doesn’t want to do
Definitely. Just hope that the side can manage to create chances for him, because he is pretty good at getting on the end of them. I don't think he will necessarily create a lot of goals for himself.
If he can mop up the ones that Haaland was bagging for city, the ones in the 6 yard box, then that would give him 5-10 goals a season straight away.
If he's fit now, that means he will be injured for our first game knowing his boom/bust cycle
I agree. Initial aim will be to get him up to speed and into the team. He might get “rested” a bit more in his first season but it’s not like we have good options at 9.
I think Peter Møller, who's the current head of DBU (Danish FA).
If those 10 to 15 goals are wins by 1 goal margin then that are more than enough.
Depends how much he plays really. He didn't play much minutes at Atalanta.
I'm of the opinion that I just want all of our new signings to be playing and involved straight away. Don't really see a better alternative in Hojlund's case. Onana starting is a given, imo. Question marks over what the midfield/first 11 looks like with Mount in it, but I'd be expecting him to be playing in the first game, too.
And a double signing announcement of Wout and Hojlund…
I expect that he gets 30 games and scores 10 goals. That should be a good first season.
I agree, that would be a good first season and a realistic expectation for Rasmus. But would that goal count be enought for United's successful season? I guess the biggest contribution Rasmus can make right now is not so much in terms of goals but in contributing to general play and better team performance. I still have a glimmer of hope that we make a late Kane swoop on deadline day .. a man can dream right?
You are seriously the worst poster I've ever seen in any kind of forum.
I’m assuming that it’s visa related. It would be incredibly stupid to prevent him getting valuable time training with the squad just to make a big song and dance about his signing announcement.
He is a main striker of Man Utd. Man Utd striker shall score goals with the amount of chances this team is creating, so obviously the expectations are here.
He arrived too late for the medical apparently.
Strong and quick and he was always good in duels. I wouldn’t have any concerns that a 19 yo found him a tough opponent.
No I get what you're saying but that is exactly my concern, the expectations and needs of the club are high, but what if he doesnt reach that (which is not unlikely based on his stats so far ) ? Where are the goals gonna come from? Thats why I am not super excited with this deal - the high transfer fee means there will be no other striker signed and its now sink or swim for Rasmus and United. Which is unfair to the kid and also to the team, which I feel was ready to make a title push based on last season but we really needed a sure thing up top.
But how is it possible, injuries apart? Even poor Weghorst missed a dozen of sitters in half a season - and with a good player up top there will be significantly more chances (simply because good player positions himself better).
Martial will be the main striker. He cannot manage 2 games a week so he will play 60 minutes with Rasmus covering the rest of his minutes. Between them they should have 20 goals or more.
You offered two examples of Chelsea not selling early and having to let a player go for free to prove your point. I gave you two examples of us selling players early and well. We sold Lukaku for £73m only slightly less than the £80 we paid and we sold Dan James to Leeds for £25, more than the £14m we paid. There are exceptions to every rule like Lukaku and James for us but generally Chelsea make decisions on players quickly and sell them if they think they aren't good enough and we tend to hold on to our players and give the additional chances if they have a bad season like Sancho, Antony, DVB, AWB, Fred, Pogba, Lingard,, Bailly, Maguire etc and by the time we make a descion they have lost significant value and so we have a reputation for selling badly.
He won’t be even if fit (which in itself is unlikely) - just because he doesn’t score enough. Hojlund will have better per 90 min output - so ETH will be using him more
Absolutely no chance.
Didn't Martial have a brilliant goals to minutes output last season?
Rasmus is going to be the main striker. That’s pretty obvious.
That's just not happening
If he is fit and plays at least 75 mins in 35-40 games, he is going to get enough opportunities to score 15-20 goals. Bruno is a chance creating machine. Shaw is also superb with creating chances. I expect Mount and Rashford and Eriksen to join in on the chance creating too. He will have lots of opportunities to score goals. He is also rapid so he will be able to get away from a lot of CBs in the league and be through on goal.
I wouldn't include Antony in that list tbh. We're a much better balanced side when he plays and while his output wasn't out of this world, he did chip in with important goals, and it was his first season in the league so I'm expecting more now that he's settled more.
120 minutes per G/A, exactly the same as Garnacho. But they both only played around 1400 minutes.
He may have done, but the 'minutes' part is the real issue and will only continue to be an issue. 51 league appearances over the last 3 seasons out of a possible 114. That means he's more often than not available. You just can't rely on that within the squad.
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