Victor Osimhen

Rozay said:
A left-footed winger and right wing back to provide for the best offensive header of the ball in world football would be exactly Manchester United level of stupidity.

Not to mention that midfield pairing takes us nowhere.
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Mbeumo would be the right 10 and he's a really good crosser of the ball to be fair.
 
bosnian_red said:
Mbeumo would be the right 10 and he's a really good crosser of the ball to be fair.
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I can’t say I’ve paid huge attention to his crossing, but my inclination would be that he’d be more concerned with scoring himself. With a striker like Osimhen, you would certainly want a crossing full back (or wing back) who can maintain a consistent supply of quality delivery. He eats everything up in the air. Dalot’s crossing is inconsistent, but of current options he’d make the most sense at that role as his instinct would be to cross, not to come in, play one-two’s and shoot.
 
Rozay said:
I can’t say I’ve paid huge attention to his crossing, but my inclination would be that he’d be more concerned with scoring himself. With a striker like Osimhen, you would certainly want a crossing full back (or wing back) who can maintain a consistent supply of quality delivery. He eats everything up in the air. Dalot’s crossing is inconsistent, but of current options he’d make the most sense at that role as his instinct would be to cross, not to come in, play one-two’s and shoot.
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Saudi have this one in bag, maybe if he wasn't in rush to join them for CWC it could have given us time to sell a few attackers. We could also have freed up some wages at the same time. Unfortunately fully expect this to pick up pace once window opens to enable him to play in their first game against Real on 18 June.
 
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Rozay said:
I can’t say I’ve paid huge attention to his crossing, but my inclination would be that he’d be more concerned with scoring himself. With a striker like Osimhen, you would certainly want a crossing full back (or wing back) who can maintain a consistent supply of quality delivery. He eats everything up in the air. Dalot’s crossing is inconsistent, but of current options he’d make the most sense at that role as his instinct would be to cross, not to come in, play one-two’s and shoot.
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From what I've seen he loves hanging around the corner of the box on that right side, cutting in on his left and crossing it in. Generally also he's only at the 41st percentile for taking shots while he's 86th for the amount of crosses he puts in.

Loads of them here as examples from his game against us. 50 seconds mark, 1 minute mark, 1:20 and 1:23. Basically just spammed crosses against us (which worked really well).


Saying that, I do agree that at RWB you'd generally want a right footer like Valencie to hold the width and overlap as Mbeumo cuts in. But he would put lots of crosses in regardless.
I think just in general balance it works better having 1 player who can cut in naturally and one player who holds width naturally combining on one side. If they both like cutting in then it's tougher to get that balance. Not impossible just more awkward and requires a good understanding. Anyway if I were to guess, Mbeumo is going to go to Newcastle anyway.
 
Osimhen has always been my number one. Elite finisher- strong hold up play. Would be sensational if we can get him
 
croadyman said:
Saudi have this one in bag, maybe if he wasn't in rush to join them for CWC it could have given us time to sell a few attackers. We could also have freed up some wages at the same time. Unfortunately fully expect this to pick up pace once window opens to enable him to play in their first game against Real on 18 June.
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We have no idea what his intentions are or what will happen.
 
Rasmus_9 said:
Osimhen has always been my number one. Elite finisher- strong hold up play. Would be sensational if we can get him
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Exactly how I feel. Hopefully we can convince him to come(and not by just throwing money at him).
 
gaffs said:
Im not sure about this guy. Is he really focused on being the best player he can be? Or does he just want to get paid?

Hope he goes to Saudi.
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I'd imagine like most players it's probably a pretty even split.

I doubt any player in the country isn't largely motivated by earning a lot of money. The only problem would be if he demanded a salary that either we outright can't afford or isn't representative of what he would bring. Both of those I have no idea about.
 
Id prefer him to Delap but him agreeing terms seems the hardest thing
 
OverratedOpinion said:
I'd imagine like most players it's probably a pretty even split.

I doubt any player in the country isn't largely motivated by earning a lot of money. The only problem would be if he demanded a salary that either we outright can't afford or isn't representative of what he would bring. Both of those I have no idea about.
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Like I said above it's whether he is prepared to give us time to get some high earners off the wage bill. Personally I have my doubts he would be willing to wait for that.
 
croadyman said:
Like I said above it's whether he is prepared to give us time to get some high earners off the wage bill. Personally I have my doubts he would be willing to wait for that.
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He will more than likely still be available late into the transfer window. I personally just doubt we can afford him regardless of who we sell considering the other players we need.

I think a player like him or Gyokeres were totally CL dependent and if we had the money we would probably try for Gyokeres first.
 
OverratedOpinion said:
He will more than likely still be available late into the transfer window. I personally just doubt we can afford him regardless of who we sell considering the other players we need.

I think a player like him or Gyokeres were totally CL dependent and if we had the money we would probably try for Gyokeres first.
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I don't think he is so CL dependent, however affording the wages does seem near impossible. If we have to sacrifice another position we need for it to happen then do that.
 
croadyman said:
I don't think he is so CL dependent, however affording the wages does seem near impossible. If we have to sacrifice another position we need for it to happen then do that.
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I agree that my absolute first priority would be finding a way to sign the best striker that will sign for us. You never know what we will do in the transfer window though. I wouldn't be shocked to suddenly see us spend 60m on a centre back and stick with Hojlund for a year.
 
Rasmus_9 said:
Osimhen has always been my number one. Elite finisher- strong hold up play. Would be sensational if we can get him
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I don’t think he’s an elite finisher tbh, and has clear weaknesses as well as strengths - but considering the available options I’d say he’s definitely a signing worth making.
 
Rozay said:
I don’t think he’s an elite finisher tbh, and has clear weaknesses as well as strengths - but considering the available options I’d say he’s definitely a signing worth making.
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Without a doubt but looks impossible
 
croadyman said:
Without a doubt but looks impossible
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It doesn’t look impossible at all, this is just you doing what you do and crying into your beer. If we choose to pursue it, let’s see what happens. We’re seemingly up against Al-Hilal, not Real Madrid!
 
Rozay said:
It doesn’t look impossible at all, this is just you doing what you do and crying into your beer. If we choose to pursue it, let’s see what happens. We’re seemingly up against Al-Hilal, not Real Madrid!
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No, hes a money grabbing twat remember…
 
Wish this thread was better maintained. Some guy bumps it with a nothing tweet to make himself feel better and we're back to entertaining nonsense.
 
Rozay said:
I don’t think he’s an elite finisher tbh, and has clear weaknesses as well as strengths - but considering the available options I’d say he’s definitely a signing worth making.
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Tbf there are very few elite finishers in the world of football atm.
- Lewa(pretty old now)
- Haaland(playing for our rivals)
- CR(too old)
- Messi(same)
- Kane(even harder to get than Osimhen and also not young).

That's about it, that I can think off at this moment. Maybe add Mbappe to that list as well, but we can only dream to get him.
Also Osimhens finishing ability isn't far off Haaland and Mbappe imo(CR and Messi are in a league off their own).
 
Rozay said:
I don’t think he’s an elite finisher tbh, and has clear weaknesses as well as strengths - but considering the available options I’d say he’s definitely a signing worth making.
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What he said.

With bells on!
 
JBG said:
Tbf there are very few elite finishers in the world of football atm.
- Lewa(pretty old now)
- Haaland(playing for our rivals)
- CR(too old)
- Messi(same)
- Kane(even harder to get than Osimhen and also not young).

That's about it, that I can think off at this moment. Maybe add Mbappe to that list as well, but we can only dream to get him.
Also Osimhens finishing ability isn't far off Haaland and Mbappe imo(CR and Messi are in a league off their own).
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There are more than that, a lot of players are excellent finishers but still might not be right for us. Diogo Jota, for example, is also an elite finisher, Jhon Duran is an excellent finisher, Guirassy is a top finisher as are players like Ramos. With Osimhen, I can’t even say I’ve ever see him finish a chance with a side-foot. His finishing is generally hitting the ball as hard as he can in the general direction of the goal, and I don’t think he has too much finesse or precision about it.

These ingredients are a recipe for frustration in missing chances that appear presentable due to a lack of composure and finesse and fans should be aware of that is all I’m saying. He doesn’t have great shooting ability, and I can’t say I’ve ever see him score a goal or even strike a meaningful shot from outside the area either, because the shooting technique is far from elite.

That said, he has some other extreme strengths, and will find a way to score goals, they just won’t be through various great finishes I don’t think. He’s a nuisance for any defender to play against, he’ll completely bully them and score goals from inside the box, and anything in the air belongs to him. So it’s not all negative, but I don’t see him as a world class talent. But he can be a highly effective one.
 
pocco said:
They’ve not but £33m and Hojlund for arguably the most coveted CF seems bad. What’s Hojlunds value in that deal? I think £50m is a better deal without Hojlund and I would have thought they could get it. Saudi would probably pay 50% more than that still.
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Is he? He struggled to find somewhere in january.
 
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