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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Tosicsleftpeg said:
That Burkhart from Mainz looks really really good but I think Bayern will pick him up at some point. 24 years old scores some fantastic goals I think he's got 18/19 in the Bundesliga this yearnand looks a good player.

He would be 60/70m though easily and German players aren't always successful here.
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Burkhardt does seem to be a level below what Bayern usually look for, so that doesn't seem to be the problem and he doesn't appear to be as highly rated in regard to a potential transfer fee.

Nick Woltemade (Stuttgart) looks much more exciting as a young German striker.
 
DJ_21 said:
They’ll both choose Arsenal so then it’s up to Arsenal which one they want. Aren’t Liverpool still after a ST aswell? There’s a lot of teams after ST this summer. Just so happens we miss out on CL football so can’t offer what the others can
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That's not likely but you never know. In either case, United shouldn't have any issues signing a quality striker.
 
SER19 said:
Theres no escaping the reality that proven strikers will score goals. If you look at the golden shoe for goals across europe, you have older players we might turn up our nose at in terms of age but kane, lewandowski, salah all scoring bucket loads. Proven scorers like haaland, mbappe, isak, will keep scoring. I really think that this season we need to sign somebody with a track record of scoring - and I'm not devastated over Delap who may turn out very good, but would have been a good signing if signing two.

One name overlooked is Patrick Schick. Hes 29, a strong, powerful player who Alonso rates highly - so much so he's been linked with Madrid. He's just had a 27 goal season and has averaged a goal every 2 games with Leverkusen over the past 5 years. He has a slightly better record with his national team. His transfer fee would be manageable, and okay, lets say we need to upgrade in 2-3 years - so be it, hopefully we will be doing it from a much stronger position.

I think we could do a lot worse and it would be fantastic to have a confident, classic target man again. With Zirkzee and even Hojlund as a sparing sub, it would be a decent set of options with number 10 options cunha, diallo, bruno, mount and who knows, maybe mbuemo.
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Schick is not overlooked, he just has an injury record to rival Luke Shaw. He scored plenty this season but it is only the second 20 goal season of his career and he is about to turn 30. If he cannot stay fit on the continent I really don’t fancy his chances of surviving a PL season.
 
Gandalf said:
Schick is not overlooked, he just has an injury record to rival Luke Shaw. He scored plenty this season but it is only the second 20 goal season of his career and he is about to turn 30. If he cannot stay fit on the continent I really don’t fancy his chances of surviving a PL season.
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To be fair he only missed 1 game through injury this season. He had a bad injury in 22/23 season and still managed 23 games. That season aside his last 4 seasons have been 45, 33, 31 and 36 games. Come on now, that is not Luke Shaw. We have no european football and that should help every single player's injury record.
 
Rolaholic said:


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Gyokeres back in contention if Arsenal Sesko, Chelsea Delap? What other options on table for him assuming Real, Barca, Inter, Bayern arernt viable? PSG maybe? Interestingly the bookies have us as second favourites for Gyokeres.
 
Isn't Amorim's main focal point in his "system" a #9? We should expect him to splash the cash on one then.
 
Drizzle said:
They may be the best options, but there are numerous other strikers that would measurably improve on the worst United striker in modern history.
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He's statistically also probably the worst striker in the Premier league based off both his xG and his defensive contributions.

Hell, even Harry Maguire is literally a better option for the striker position than Hojlund. I'm not even being ironic.
 
Dosse said:
To me, it seems very logical to bring in a goalscorer who is tailor-made for this system. Even in this dreadful season, we’ve seen that if we had had a proper striker, we most likely wouldn’t have ended up in the relegation battle, nor lost the Europa League final. Of course, this is just speculation, but my opinion is that if the finances, sales, and so on allow it, then we go out and get “goals” up front as well.
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Yes sure but he won't come to us so putting all our eggs in that basket would be foolish
 
Dosse said:
I think we're going all in on Viktor Gyökeres as our striker signing this summer.
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Raoul said:
Wouldn't be surprising if we are.
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We're basically relying on Arsenal choosing Sesko, and no other big CL side wanting him either. Are there any other clubs in Europe outside Arsenal who have been seriously linked, Liverpool maybe?

Though in this hypothetical you would have to question why the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea have turned their nose up at him. Seems odd he wouldn't get his big move to a genuinely elite side after the season he's just had.

It feels very unlikely to me we'll go from getting rejected by Delap as our first choice, to then moving on to signing the much more expensive, much higher profile striker - completely uncontested by any of the big CL sides. It's pipe dream stuff.
 
SER19 said:
Theres no escaping the reality that proven strikers will score goals. If you look at the golden shoe for goals across europe, you have older players we might turn up our nose at in terms of age but kane, lewandowski, salah all scoring bucket loads. Proven scorers like haaland, mbappe, isak, will keep scoring. I really think that this season we need to sign somebody with a track record of scoring - and I'm not devastated over Delap who may turn out very good, but would have been a good signing if signing two.

One name overlooked is Patrick Schick. Hes 29, a strong, powerful player who Alonso rates highly - so much so he's been linked with Madrid. He's just had a 27 goal season and has averaged a goal every 2 games with Leverkusen over the past 5 years. He has a slightly better record with his national team. His transfer fee would be manageable, and okay, lets say we need to upgrade in 2-3 years - so be it, hopefully we will be doing it from a much stronger position.

I think we could do a lot worse and it would be fantastic to have a confident, classic target man again. With Zirkzee and even Hojlund as a sparing sub, it would be a decent set of options with number 10 options cunha, diallo, bruno, mount and who knows, maybe mbuemo.
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Hasn’t he got a bad injury record?
 
Dominos said:
We're basically relying on Arsenal choosing Sesko, and no other big CL side wanting him either. Are there any other clubs in Europe outside Arsenal who have been seriously linked, Liverpool maybe?

Though in this hypothetical you would have to question why the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea have turned their nose up at him. Seems odd he wouldn't get his big move to a genuinely elite side after the season he's just had.

It feels very unlikely to me we'll go from getting rejected by Delap as our first choice, to then moving on to signing the much more expensive, much higher profile striker - completely uncontested by any of the big CL sides. It's pipe dream stuff.
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He's been linked to Chelsea, Arsenal, United, Barca, and Juventus.
 
Raoul said:
He's been linked to Chelsea, Arsenal, United, Barca, and Juventus.
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Barca have no money presumably?

Chelsea are out if Delap signed. Arsenal are out if they choose Sesko instead.

It is possible we outcompete Italian sides even if they're better than us at the time. Premier League attraction + former manager could swing it if it's just Juventus we're competing with.

I just find it hard to believe we'd get so lucky that we'd genuinely be the best offer he receives this summer.

It wouldn't surprise me if Liverpool came from nowhere and snapped him up.
 
golden_blunder said:
Hasn’t he got a bad injury record?
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somebody mentioned that above, but not really. 1 game missed this season, and one bad injury in 22/23. take that season out and he's played 156 games in his last 4 seasons. Not exactly ever present but not that bad either, especially for a club without european football
 
Raoul said:
He's been linked to Chelsea, Arsenal, United, Barca, and Juventus.
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Feel like I saw Atletico Madrid linked in the past.

Bayern won't, Barca and Madrid won't, PSG won't. If Arsenal go with Sesko, Chelsea Delap, then you have Atletico Madrid, top Italian clubs, United and Liverpool I'd say. I don't think Liverpool would go for him, they were interested in Ekitike so that's another down... From Italy I'd guess the main threats would be Napoli and Inter.
 
Dominos said:
Barca have no money presumably?

Chelsea are out if Delap signed. Arsenal are out if they choose Sesko instead.

It is possible we outcompete Italian sides even if they're better than us at the time. Premier League attraction + former manager could swing it if it's just Juventus we're competing with.

I just find it hard to believe we'd get so lucky that we'd genuinely be the best offer he receives this summer.

It wouldn't surprise me if Liverpool came from nowhere and snapped him up.
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Sometimes the easiest explanation also happens to be the correct one. He knows Amorim and wants to play for him again, and as such, has prioritized a move to United. Not saying that's going to happen, but it shouldn't come as surprise if it does.
 
In recent years, the following players have looked very good in the Championship, then made the step up to the PL or bigger clubs.

Ivan Toney
Viktor Gyokeres
Ollie Watkins
We also now have Liam Delap very much in demand and Chelsea bound.

Im not at all saying we should, but out of curiosity for championship watchers, is there any player there at the minute that could be the next one of the above? I know Piroe at leeds has steadily scored with both leeds and swansea. But doesnt look like there are any hidden gems up top at the moment from the little I watch?
 
Raoul said:
Sometimes the easiest explanation also happens to be the correct one. He knows Amorim and wants to play for him again, and as such, has prioritized a move to United. Not saying that's going to happen, but it shouldn't come as surprise if it does.
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Why would we be trying to sign Delap if we knew Gyokeres was ready and waiting to join us?

I think we'd have likely have heard by now if Gyokeres had committed to joining us because he wants to follow Amorim so much. All the tidbits in the media have been that we need CL football to even be in the running.
 
Would it not seem super strange that United were clearly prioritizing Delap and that having missed out they would then pivot to the superior player in Gyokeres? Doesn’t seem to make much sense. Why not go for Gyokeres in the first place if you knew there was a chance he’d come to you?
 
SER19 said:
In recent years, the following players have looked very good in the Championship, then made the step up to the PL or bigger clubs.

Ivan Toney
Viktor Gyokeres
Ollie Watkins
We also now have Liam Delap very much in demand and Chelsea bound.

Im not at all saying we should, but out of curiosity for championship watchers, is there any player there at the minute that could be the next one of the above? I know Piroe at leeds has steadily scored with both leeds and swansea. But doesnt look like there are any hidden gems up top at the moment from the little I watch?
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Shouldn't be scoffed at. Olise Eze and Wharton also came from the championship.
 
Dominos said:
Why would we be trying to sign Delap if we knew Gyokeres was ready and waiting to join us?

I think we'd have likely have heard by now if Gyokeres had committed to joining us because he wants to follow Amorim so much. All the tidbits in the media have been that we need CL football to even be in the running.
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All clubs would be prepared to pursue multiple options to mitigate risk. Arsenal seem to have done it with Sekso/Gyokeres, Chelsea with Ekitke/Gyokeres/Delap, United with Delap and at least one or more other options. You never want to be left stranded because you only had one target, who subsequently chose to go elsewhere.
 
VP89 said:
Shouldn't be scoffed at. Olise Eze and Wharton also came from the championship.
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Yeah for sure, when you expand the net to other positions theres some real talent to be found. Seems to be lacking in strikers at the moment though
 
How come there’s no real rumours linking Watkins to anyone? Seems set to leave Villa.
 
santeria13 said:
He's statistically also probably the worst striker in the Premier league based off both his xG and his defensive contributions.

Hell, even Harry Maguire is literally a better option for the striker position than Hojlund. I'm not even being ironic.
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This is a backhanded Mitrovic argument.
 
Orc said:
Would it not seem super strange that United were clearly prioritizing Delap and that having missed out they would then pivot to the superior player in Gyokeres? Doesn’t seem to make much sense. Why not go for Gyokeres in the first place if you knew there was a chance he’d come to you?
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Yeah that's weird. Could be we thought he wanted Arsenal so we went harder for Delap, but if Arsenal want Sesko instead then maybe he's back on our priority.

I would say that Gyokeres fits us more than Arsenal just based on play style (obviously as Amorim, but also Arsenal don't play in a way that would use his strengths so much)
 
Dan_F said:
How come there’s no real rumours linking Watkins to anyone? Seems set to leave Villa.
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There could yet be interest among clubs given Villa's failure to qualify for the CL. Alternatively, they are in the EL, so he may opt to stay as well.
 
Orc said:
Would it not seem super strange that United were clearly prioritizing Delap and that having missed out they would then pivot to the superior player in Gyokeres? Doesn’t seem to make much sense. Why not go for Gyokeres in the first place if you knew there was a chance he’d come to you?
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How do you know we were prioritizing Delap?
 
NoPace said:
This is a backhanded Mitrovic argument.
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I mean if you want to use the eye test argument then it's even worse, he's probably an average championship level striker, let alone easily the worst Premier League striker. There's literally nothing about him you watch and think 'ah he's quite decent at that'.
 
I think João Pedro would be excellent signing, is proving in prem good age excellent link up play and I think ready to take the next step as a consistent goalscorer. Would be delighted if we signed him.
 
FortunaUtd said:
How do you know we were prioritizing Delap?
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Feels like every reputable journalist said he was your key striker target. Your sporting director had been working on it for weeks apparently.
 
SER19 said:
In recent years, the following players have looked very good in the Championship, then made the step up to the PL or bigger clubs.

Ivan Toney
Viktor Gyokeres
Ollie Watkins
We also now have Liam Delap very much in demand and Chelsea bound.

Im not at all saying we should, but out of curiosity for championship watchers, is there any player there at the minute that could be the next one of the above? I know Piroe at leeds has steadily scored with both leeds and swansea. But doesnt look like there are any hidden gems up top at the moment from the little I watch?
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Mentioned before about Josh Sargent. Tall, strong, good finisher and header, entering his prime age, and has been consistent with his output. In EFL Team of the Season.

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Paul McMinn said:
I think João Pedro would be excellent signing, is proving in prem good age excellent link up play and I think ready to take the next step as a consistent goalscorer. Would be delighted if we signed him.
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He's pretty good but better as a 10.
 
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