Striker Poll - Who should we buy ?

Which striker should United sign this summer ? | Poll Reset

  • Viktor Gyökeres

  • Hugo Ekitike

  • Jean-Philippe Mateta

  • Benjamin Šeško

  • Jonathan David

  • Patrik Schick

  • Samu Aghehowa

  • Ollie Watkins

  • Yoane Wissa

  • Krzysztof Piątek

  • Serhou Guirassy

  • Kolo Muani

  • Alexander Sørloth

  • Gonçalo Ramos

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I would buy none of them. The standards of strikers has dropped substantially and the collection on the list are not good enough. The team needs to focus on creating goals and spreading it across the side.

The biggest problem United have is the central midfield. They can't hold on to the ball and thus cannot create chances under pressure. You can place Vieri up there and you will not improve the output of this side. Buy more quality creative, technical and intelligent players. Begin from the central midfield.
 
Bondi77 said:
I thought Daka would be a big success in England but it just hasn't worked out for him.
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I think there's a player there still. I would say we want 3 CFs minimum in the team and I suspect we'll loan/sell Hojlund. Even if we don't I'm not sure Zirkzee really is a 9 anyway.

So we want one big CF signing - a top player, ideally someone who is mid twenties and not a project to develop. So I think of Openda (or someone similar though I think he's quite unique) as 1st choice, think his buyout is about what Cunha's is, then someone really cheap but with electric pace i.e. Daka to add something different to what Zirkzee brings.
 
Revival2024 said:
I would buy none of them. The standards of strikers has dropped substantially and the collection on the list are not good enough. The team needs to focus on creating goals and spreading it across the side.

The biggest problem United have is the central midfield. They can't hold on to the ball and thus cannot create chances under pressure. You can place Vieri up there and you will not improve the output of this side. Buy more quality creative, technical and intelligent players. Begin from the central midfield.
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We need a striker either way. We should create more, but Hojlund is a massive problem, and Zirkzee alone is not enough.
 
Sørloth looks like the best attainable option by far at this point. Failing that you start looking at punts like Vlahović or one of the lads currently sunbathing in the Saudi league.
 
tomaldinho1 said:
I think there's a player there still. I would say we want 3 CFs minimum in the team and I suspect we'll loan/sell Hojlund. Even if we don't I'm not sure Zirkzee really is a 9 anyway.

So we want one big CF signing - a top player, ideally someone who is mid twenties and not a project to develop. So I think of Openda (or someone similar though I think he's quite unique) as 1st choice, think his buyout is about what Cunha's is, then someone really cheap but with electric pace i.e. Daka to add something different to what Zirkzee brings.
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I think if by some chance which I think is a long shot we get Mbeumo then we may not go for a striker at all.
With bringing in Cunha as well we should be bringing goals into the team and the chances created should increase as well and if we agree that Rasmus is a good finisher but is not getting good service then that could be remedied.
 
Bondi77 said:
I think if by some chance which I think is a long shot we get Mbeumo then we may not go for a striker at all.
With bringing in Cunha as well we should be bringing goals into the team and the chances created should increase as well and if we agree that Rasmus is a good finisher but is not getting good service then that could be remedied.
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I think Hojlund is much better than what we see, and adding attacking quality will help any CF, but I just don't think he works in this system. It seems like the CF basically has to be able to do everything to a high level (which, along with other things, makes me wonder if it's a good system). I'm all for keeping Hojlund but from a player perspective I would not be surprised if he doesn't want out if big Serie A clubs do want him.
 
I wouldn't sell Hojlund, I think he has potential. If only we had proper attacking mids he'd be much better. A EPL loan could do him a world of good. Zirkzee on the other hand has to go. We can almost get most of our money back as he's wanted back in Italy.
 
I dont get why Osihmen wages are too much. Napooli can afford them. Its 195 net 250 gross and thats euros. Plus he has a year left and no one is in for him. This idea that they want 80 mill or whatever is bull. Offer 50 mill and Osihmen 300k. Rashfords wages should cover it. Done. As long as Saudi dont come in but they never intervened when he went to Galatasary. Or we do what Real does. Tell him to wait out his contract.
We just have to suck it up if we want a top striker. Buying these budget strikers that dont work out just ends up costing more
 
sdb4884 said:
I wouldn't sell Hojlund, I think he has potential. If only we had proper attacking mids he'd be much better. A EPL loan could do him a world of good. Zirkzee on the other hand has to go. We can almost get most of our money back as he's wanted back in Italy.
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Feel the complete opposite, we've had Hojlund for 3 seasons now and he's gotten glaringly worse over time without showing anything to believe he can turn that around.

Don't think that moving elsewhere in a league where he's gotten to rock bottom in would do him any good.

Zirkzee on the other hand has shown to be quite the decent footballer, just not a striker, with attributes that can potentially help the side. Offers us more as a squad option than Hojlund has as a starter or off the bench.

Hojlund reportedly would also have suitors in Italy
 
That list is a bit sad to look at. How is there such a dearth of quality no.9s?
 
sdb4884 said:
I wouldn't sell Hojlund, I think he has potential. If only we had proper attacking mids he'd be much better. A EPL loan could do him a world of good. Zirkzee on the other hand has to go. We can almost get most of our money back as he's wanted back in Italy.
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Zirkzee was better than Hojlund last season. Hojlund won't perform better in any Premier League team, and any team he moves to would perform worse instead.

Every single team that played in the Premier League last season had a better striker. Southampton is the only one debatable. So which Premier League loan would then be a positive one for him?
 
Big Ron’s Coat said:
Sørloth looks like the best attainable option by far at this point. Failing that you start looking at punts like Vlahović or one of the lads currently sunbathing in the Saudi league.
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I didn't know Sorloth scored 23 La Liga goals for Villarreal in the 23/24 season. 20 goals last season, and ended the season in magnificent form.
 
Reiver said:
I'm not making this suggestion for our main striker but how about Callum Wilson as a backup? He's going on a free shortly
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His fitness issues are a red flag, same with DCL
Dan_F said:
It’s looking likely it will have to be a bridge player like Mateta, who could potentially get us enough goals to get back into the Europa league, then go for a better striker once we can compete with the bigger teams. Maybe Sesko stays at Leipzig for one more year. I really hate the idea of spending £50 million on a player like Mateta though. I’d much rather have Watkins, who maybe wants a guaranteed first team spot ahead of the World Cup.
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Our best option now is to turn to a bridge player like Mateta or Watkins who is probably not even on list because Wilcox probably thought he had Delap in the bag
 
Mcking said:
I didn't know Sorloth scored 23 La Liga goals for Villarreal in the 23/24 season. 20 goals last season, and ended the season in magnificent form.
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And not even a regular starter. His per 90 stats are insane. Atleti looking for €50m as he and Alvarez don’t work in tandem. I wonder if we could work a swap being that they have interest in Antony.
 
jamesjimmybyrondean said:
This seems right up our alley. Vlahovic has 1 year left though so a loan wouldn’t work
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Drizzle said:
Vlahovic would be a disaster in this league. Genuinely think keeping Hojlund is preferable.
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I'm not saying we should go out and sign Vlahovic — just that this is the type of deal we might realistically be looking at now, especially with our top targets either heading elsewhere or becoming unattainable due to the lack of Champions League football.

That said, I genuinely think Vlahovic would prove to be a better fit for us than Hojlund. Both Hojlund and the club might benefit from him moving to another league this season, whether that's on loan or permanently.

Of course, Vlahovics salary and current contract situation could make any deal a non-starter. But I imagine a one-year extension with the goal of selling him to the Premier League next summer could be the most sensible outcome for both him and Juventus — assuming he wants to stay in Europe rather than make a move to Saudi.

That being said, I’d still prefer Kolo Muani over Vlahovic.
 
userman said:
I'm not saying we should go out and sign Vlahovic — just that this is the type of deal we might realistically be looking at now, especially with our top targets either heading elsewhere or becoming unattainable due to the lack of Champions League football.

That said, I genuinely think Vlahovic would prove to be a better fit for us than Hojlund. Both Hojlund and the club might benefit from him moving to another league this season, whether that's on loan or permanently.

Of course, Vlahovics salary and current contract situation could make any deal a non-starter. But I imagine a one-year extension with the goal of selling him to the Premier League next summer could be the most sensible outcome for both him and Juventus — assuming he wants to stay in Europe rather than make a move to Saudi.

That being said, I’d still prefer Kolo Muani over Vlahovic.
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We need something that's for certain, why would Kolo-Muani want to leave Juventus anyway
 
Mbeumo scored 4 in 5 playing as a striker for Brentford this season, maybe our interest in him is as a CF?
 
So with no Delap, I'd say the order (ignoring money or if they want to come to us) should be:
  1. Gyokeres
  2. Osimhen
  3. Ekitike
  4. Mateta
  5. Sesko
Desperately need one of them though, would be a disastrous summer if we don't sign any.
 
bosnian_red said:
So with no Delap, I'd say the order (ignoring money or if they want to come to us) should be:
  1. Gyokeres
  2. Osimhen
  3. Ekitike
  4. Mateta
  5. Sesko
Desperately need one of them though, would be a disastrous summer if we don't sign any.
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Where are getting the money from to sign these guys?
 
Sounds like we were able to get Cunha relatively easily because he grew up a United fans, maybe we shoot Osimhen's people an offer and hope it's a similar case where the player gets enamored with the idea of wearing the shirt they grew up idolizing?
 
TheGame said:
People saying David off to Napoli, is that confirmed?
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Juventus people seem to think so, they were the main ones reportedly following him the closest and talking with his reps before before the season ended.

Napoli came in and probably offered similar conditions while coming off a championship
 
Going to suggest Moise Kean again. I know he was poor at Everton but that was as an untried teenager. He has 25 goals for Fiorentina this year and would certainly add physicality and pace up top. Scores with both feet, decent in the air and also has a reasonable release clause. For those put off by his earlier struggles it is worth remembering that lots of players take time to find their way. He is 25 years old now and coming into his prime and has been good enough to get back into the Italian national side where he has been on the scoresheet lately. Not on a big wage either so won’t break the bank for personal terms.
 


Is this Samu fella any good? I see 12 votes for him. I can barely remember that 3-3 game.

Numbers aren't as prolific as Gyökeres, Osimhen.. but maybe cheaper?
 
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