playing for a club like United will do that.
Angelo Henriquez
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But...he hasn't even played for us yet!
Meh, Robbie Brady has barely played for United and he's in the Ireland squad for their big game with Germany.
Yeah I find it really weird but at the same time he must have been close to being called up.Maybe thought that if United signed him then the kid has got something special and they wanna see it
He has more than a goal a game at underage level for Chile and had a great scoring record at Universidad de Chile so I doubt it's just because he moved to United. I mean Sterling was called up for England after a couple of good games for Liverpool.
probably due to the fact he is Jamaican and they wont to secure his services.
Despite the fact they didn't throw him on for a few minutes at the end to actually achieve that objective?
Any more news on this lad lately?
He's not been particualrly standout for the reserves so far. He wasn't involved at all last night so might be injured.
he was training with the first team today
Training? Looks as if he's dancing with Welbeck to me.
3 Starts, 2 goals, 1 assist. We have high standards these days don't we.
Pretty impressive record. Have you watched him play at all? What is his all-around game like?
That might explain why he's training with the first team then?
From what you've said, it sounds quite promising.
Ignore him, he's not looked as good as the likes of King, though he's still settling in. His goals were pretty straight forward too.
Think a reserve team version of Hernandez and thats basically it. Im not writing him off at all, but not talking him up just because hes scored some tap ins.
He's just 18 and he came from a South American league. Ofcourse he's gonna take some to settle in and play to his best. The fact that he's training with the first team players and the fact he's in the travelling squad to Braga(It wouldn't make sense not to play him yesterday in the U21 match as he's clearly fit) tells me Fergie has been really impressed with him.
FFS pocco, it's the reserves. Plus the lad just arrived. Need more time to assess this boy.
18 year old, new team, 3 games. Come on now.What he's shown so far is good pace and a low center of gravity. His touch seems pretty good and he's not bad in the air for a little fella. Promising stuff.
And I made that clear myself. But people talking about his goal ratio are trying to paint the wrong picture. It's not just about the goals; he's still settling in and hasn't really stood so far. Can't say fairer than that.
Jimy put his scoring record on there knowing people would read into that he's flourishing, when actually he's scored some straightforward goals and we can't judge too much from it so far. He's been on the periphary of some games, his touch has been hit and miss but there have been some examples of nice footwork and one particular run with the ball which showed what he is perhaps capable of.
Somebody asked how he's been doing so I gave my opinion. No need to sugar coat it, everybody knows he's new to the club.
What Pocco means to say is:
OMG! he's amazing. He plays like a mixture of Henry and VanNistleroy but better!!!!
OMG! he's amazing. He plays like a mixture of Henry and VanNistleroy but better!!!!
I strongly disagree with Pocco on this matter. The lad is a far better prospect than King. He is much more comfortable with the ball at his feet than Hernandez too.
His movement is excellent, great workrate, very decent control and he looks like a very good finisher. (for his age) I'm not surprised he's training with the first team.
I've only seen his first appearance - he came on for about 15 minutes and had 3 good attempts, scoring one of them.
He looks pacy and a decent finisher, with good movement. Not sure if he's going to be much use out wide or a bit deeper, but definitely knows where the goal is.
No idea how we're going to fit him in though. Not like Welbeck, Rooney, Hernandez and Macheda are old.
He looks pacy and a decent finisher, with good movement. Not sure if he's going to be much use out wide or a bit deeper, but definitely knows where the goal is.
No idea how we're going to fit him in though. Not like Welbeck, Rooney, Hernandez and Macheda are old.
That he may prove to be, but King has been one of our best players at reserve level over the last two months. He's certainly playing better than Henriquez has been, except he's not been that good in front of goal. I reckon most people would admit this. It doesnt mean anything as Henriquez is new here, but somebody asked how hes getting on so I told them.
Its like the Hernandez vs Welbeck argument all over again
His control and movement are incredible for a guy his age. I haven't seen him with the reserves but I followed almost all his involvement in U de Chile's season.
He's shit. We should sell him. He'll never be as good as Alexis Sanchez.
does he have the potential to be better than zamorano or salas?
Macheda may be out of the picture at this stage. But we've also got Will Keane. Breaking into the United forward line looks a near impossible task - world class or no vacancy.
It's more a matter of patience and hard work in waiting for an opportunity then taking it when it's presented to you.
If it means going out on loan for a season or two to gain experience and working hard on your game, then so be it. The problem with Macheda is that while he took advantage of his first opportunities, he never built on it even though he was given a chance. He always did well in preseason but as soon as it mattered he was average at best. A couple of unlucky loan moves haven't helped.
Football is unpredictable, players get injured, want to leave or lose form/focus and need to be moved on or have their role in the club adjusted- just got to be the one to take advantage when it happens.
What kind of player was he in Chile? Can anyone who watched him a decent amount in his Universidad days give a summary. Is this pacy, decent finisher picture I'm getting an accurate reflection of what he can do?
From my former Chilean student (I think I posted this earlier in this thread):
is one of the best strikers in chile, undoubtedly he will improve in England because it is young, he is fast and scorer, and the people compare with OWEN....is not from my team but for sure will be abut i like him.... i think maybe the next season he couls surprise you, but not this
That's tough to say so early in his career, but he did look impressive and too big for the Chilean league. That could be tricky though, because so did Franco di Santo when he was at Audax Italiano but so did Alexis Sanchez with Colo Colo.
Salas and Zamorano were very, very good. The thing is they were a step ahead of the whole country, they were too good for Chile, even though they had very good players like Fabián Estay, Luis Musrri, Nelson Acosta and José Luis Sierra. They were good, but not top notch like Salas and Zamorano.
Henriquez is young and promising, very good indeed, but then again Chile has been producing great players in the last few years such as Alexis Sánchez, Arturo Vidal, Gary Medel, Mauricio Isla, Matías Fernández, Eduardo Vargas, Júnior Fernándes, and most of them are young and developing in Europe. With U de Chile he also had the advantage that he was part of the best team of the continent of the last two years (although Corinthians would have something to say there).
So, can he be better? Too early to say, I don't know, but I'd say he is in the right club to develop if we have patience with him, I can see a star in him, certainly. Zamorano and Salas? It's tricky going there.
He played in a frontline of 3. U de Chile played the Bielsista system, almost always 3-1-3-3 or 3-3-1-3 with a false 9 (Lorenzetti when Henriquez was there), sometimes 4-3-3 or 3-4-3, depending on the players available and the number of strikers the opposition had.
He started on the right, but that was tricky because he was constantly moving to and fro the frontline, sweeping with Junior Fernándes and even with Lorenzetti when he had already moved from picking the ball deep. He is perfectly able to take on his man, but he'd rather look for the pass when he is outside the box, he's got great control and knows how to find space similar to Hernández and he is lethal inside the box. That shouldn't be confused with how Chicharito works, they're not the same kind of player. It is like comparing Ruud to Ole.
Yeah, he is pacey, but not Hernández-quick. He is clinical inside the box, yes, but he is more than that. He's got good control and intelligent link-up play. I can't exactly compare him to Ruud and wouldn't dare to say yet that he is a new breed of player.
Great post, mate. Good to have some proper insight into the lad.
Sounds like a very interesting player, indeed. I haven't seen any of him yet for our youth team, but from the sounds of it; we could have a very exciting young player on our hands.
Over the hill....
Mirror saying him we're considering loaning him to a championship club. Right IMO, he needs first team football.
Do we get extra points of the goal is a 30 yard screamer now?
I reckon he'd score plenty in the Championship.