Because it's a full team of Championship players - we're talking about buying a standout player from one team (e.g buying Delap last year).
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Because it's a full team of Championship players - we're talking about buying a standout player from one team (e.g buying Delap last year).
What are your thoughts on this deal?
If Delap can become really good striker, then perhaps buying Mateta and him would make sense. Mateta turning 28 this summer, ideally would give us 3-4 prime years while Delap who is 22 reaches his prime in that period. Real football is not FIFA but that would be nice. Combined with few quality players behind (like hopefully Cunha turns to be) we would actually be scoring goals for a change.
Its not fulfillment, even Haaland will have anonymous games for a relegated side averaging 40% possession.
Yeah I like Mateta because he has that aerial ability which Delap doesn't have so it's a great mix of striker profile
More then happy with it so long as we're also buying another striker (I think we need two) - unfortunately I'm not sure we will.
Yeah I feel exactly the same, might be different if we could add Mbeumo on the right side as he creates goals and scores them for fun. Unfortunately even with sales and possible Europa League money it looks highly unlikely.
It probably depends on sales. If we sell Hojlund, manage to sell Rashford, Sancho, Antony - then there's chance to perhaps get another striker. Big summer ahead of the club.
Considering he’s had a fair few of them for City this season I would have to agree.
Yep.
I know Delap isn't the finished article and is rough round the edges, but that's an accurate description for him. Unlike when it's used on Hojlund, where it's clearly just copium because in truth he's just a bad footballer.
Ruben Amorim and Jason Wilcox clash over Liam Delap transfer
https://sports.yahoo.com/article/ruben-amorim-jason-wilcox-clash-110000108.html
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Sounds like Wilcox is attempting to impose Delap on Amorim, who wants a more experienced striker (likely Gyokeres).
He wasn’t last season though. He has literally crumbled under the pressure this season. Which is what many worry will happen to Delap if he’s our only CF signing this season. And rightly so.
That’s it? That’s all you’ve got?
Our very own Kevin Davies.
No I think Hojlund chronically struggled in general play last season too, it just wasn't as terrible as this season. His movement wasnt good, he lost most of his arial duels, he still got caught up in wrestling players and he had very few actual take ons.
In a team that is now in the Championship.
If Gyokeresh (or however you spell his name) is available for as low as 65 million, it's pure madness to give up chasing him and go for Delap.
I dont think anyone is advocating for this.
Because they still overvalued him by double.
Eze cost 17m, M.Rogers 8m, Bergvall 8.5m. That's different to paying 30m.
If we sign Delap and he has a shit season, then we are not selling him because we will be in the Championship and will actually need him.
I am.
Delap means another guaranteed poor season. We need a finished article striker, we need goals.
We need an experienced striker. Its absolutely ridiculous to go into another season without one. A lot of big clubs are after a striker, Id say potentially United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Psg, Barcelona - but there are also alot of strikers potentially on the move: Gyokeres, Isak, Osimhen, Mateta, Jonathan David, Sesko, Delap, Etikike.
They cant sign for more than one club. From all those potentially available you have to hope United dont enter next season with a young guy expected to lead the line and score 20+. It has to be Gyokeres, Osimhen or Mateta for me. I like Delap and all, but its an enormous leap.
They cant sign for more than one club. From all those potentially available you have to hope United dont enter next season with a young guy expected to lead the line and score 20+. It has to be Gyokeres, Osimhen or Mateta for me. I like Delap and all, but its an enormous leap.
My biggest concern is Bruno TBH. We're relying on him heavily for goals and assists and at his age its only a matter of time that he'll suffer a dip in form. All we can do is add quality players that we would make us less reliant on him. To do so we need to get rid of players who aren't stepping up. Hence I believe that Hojlund should be sold and we add 2 strikers in
Højlund has no market value and so selling him at cut rate prices will hurt our PSR. Would anyone even pay McTominay prices for him? We need two strikers, totally agree, but if we are going with Amorim’s one up top thing, then that striker has to be a whole feckton better than Delap.
I think we also have different expectations on here for next season. If we are hoping to finish near (but just under) midtable then Delap can get us there with a slice of luck. If we are hoping to finish above 10th, I don’t see how Delap is part of that equation unless we make 3-4 other reinforcements.
okay fair enough!Shteve McLaren might recruit him for Jamaica at this rate.
I’m obviously not going to put the effort in but I would be intrigued to see a venn diagram of people who think Amorim is shite because he only did it in the Portuguese league versus the people happy to go for Viktor Gyros who has only done it in the Portuguese league.
I see where you're coming from. I want both personally. One of them should be a fecking hit
Amorim hasn’t exactly convinced anyone that he deserves to dictate the transfer policy. We should aim for signings that will do well under any system or manager.
That hasn’t been a question much asked actually and it does beg the question: where do people expect we should finish with Delap as our lead striker?
If the expectation is even top 6, it’s massively unfair on Delap.
Gyokeres is far more likely to succeed under any manager than Delap.
Source looks legit.
He should be dictating it in terms of the level of quality and intensity he requires of specific players. Delap is far closer to Hojlund in terms of quality than he is to Gyokeres, so Ruben should rightly be putting his foot down and not allow someone like Wilcox to cram an inappropriate player down his throat because Wilcox, who isn't the manager of head coach, once knew him at City.
Surely if he is our only CF signing midtable is the reasonable expectation. Would to well to finish top half.
All sources in the transfer forum are speculation. That includes everyone on the so called "Tier" list.
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