sanchez... please somebody just make us an offer
Cheap Backup Strikers
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Bring Danny Welbeck back.
Read a story some days ago, Inter will offer 20 mill. for Sanchez. But be a great deal for United.
Vardy next year for a couple of years?.
Least our concerns right now but will be a problem in the future. Woodward needs more than 6 month to make a bid, so it is the perfect time to start negotiation.
Thread was made before Ighalo loan was extended and when there were reports that he would go back to China. We obviously don't need a back up striker now
Even after Ighalo's loan in January, I'd love us to keep him for another year or so, just to give us that extra option and a "just in case" if 2 of our front 3 is injured or needs resting.
Since he's a United fan, he understands the club and actually wants to be here and plays for the badge. I reckon he'd be okay with the Ole role, while possibly winning a trophy or two before the end of his career at the top.
Since he's a United fan, he understands the club and actually wants to be here and plays for the badge. I reckon he'd be okay with the Ole role, while possibly winning a trophy or two before the end of his career at the top.
Ive always liked Ben Yedder he seems as a true number 9 from the old days.
On the Athletic podcast they talk about Ole being quite open to signing a RW and ST this week even saying he sees that as a priority over other positions.
Can't see it myself.
Not when we have to spend in other areas. Even if Martial breaks his leg in August, we'd likely be OK with Igahlo, Greenwood and Rashford so long as we bring Sancho in.
Ighalo loan gives us another 6 months to develop Greenwood, who's already looking better than most of the £20-£30m deals we could do.
If Ings go to United then it will be some career. Liverpool - Soton - United
Yeah starting to think this is far from a priority provided we sign a first team RW. A RW signing automatically gives extra room for Martial/Rashford/Greenwood to compete for 2 out of 3 positions. On top of that we still have Ighalo until January 2021 and James as depth.
Josh King .
- Ole was talking about King pre and post match like a pimp
- he’ll go cheap when relegated
- close friend is his agent
- tried getting him in Jan.
- rumoured to have promised him the transfer
- actually similar to Ighalo
Dunno what I think about it, but seems very obvious
- Ole was talking about King pre and post match like a pimp
- he’ll go cheap when relegated
- close friend is his agent
- tried getting him in Jan.
- rumoured to have promised him the transfer
- actually similar to Ighalo
Dunno what I think about it, but seems very obvious
Really?
What did he say? I actually think Josh King is who we will get after IghaloKing or even Wilson if Bournemouth go down would be good options - particularly King as he'd presumably fall into the 'club grown' category. Likewise, depending on who else goes down, Pukki (good eye for goal in an attacking Norwich team) and Haller would both respectively be decent options, though Haller wouldn't be 'cheap' I don't think.
Failing that, Mandzukic is available for free and Cavani is out of contract this summer but we'll obviously just stick with Ighalo for now and find a more long-term solution in the meantime.
Failing that, Mandzukic is available for free and Cavani is out of contract this summer but we'll obviously just stick with Ighalo for now and find a more long-term solution in the meantime.
My gut feeling is that we are looking for stop gaps until Haaland's clause becomes active and then expect him to be our priority.
Right now, Greenwood is developing to be a winger like Rashford does. He might be a great striker in the future, but his 18 yo body is not ready yet.
They are all young though, Ighalo is the only one who can take the pressure from them. Centre Forward is the toughest position on the pitch, you'll get isolated for 90+ minutes by 2 grown men centre halves, not the boys from academy or reserves games.
Even if he managed to be a great striker in 6 months, Greenwood would be another Michael Owen who had short career because of the pressures he will has while playing as centre forward.
Giroud.
Jeez do people say the same for Mbappe? Or Messi when he was coming up?
They start as winger when they were teenager, so did Henry, Van Persie, tons of great names.
Obviously he'll be third choice striker though. Nobody is expecting him to be regularly starting games and spending 90 mins being kicked by center backs, if at all. If we can't get Ighalo to extended in Jan, then we bring in another stop gap (or bring in a starter if Martial returns to inconsistency).
Currently, this is the very least of our worries. Literally, LW is the only position when we have more quality cover than at striker.
Oops sorry. Thought you were talking about Greenwood starting in general.
Not very much , just praising his abilities just a tad to much than normal. Both before and afterReally?
Ole did coach him in the youth academy so there's thatNot very much , just praising his abilities just a tad to much than normal. Both before and after
Duvan Zapata next summer.
What's Henrik Larsson up to?
True that.
Yeah that is very true and presume they are talking about backup strikers
If we are just looking for a cheap back-up strikter, I think Anthony Modeste would be a great choice.
Would be expensive - his contract has 3 more years to run. He's 32 - so we'd not give him more than a 2 year contract. His stats are very modest. I don't see it.
Would not be cheap. His contract has 3 more years to run. At 29, he's at the peak of his career. His club: Atalanta, are 3rd place in Serie A with the best recent record of 6 straight wins. He's a starter for club. Would he come to United to become an impact reserve? He's cost £50m+.
Still would be cheaper than Raul. I don’t want to buy another club’s back-up. I want quality off the bench. We’re Man Utd.
This will be assessed in January window I’d imagine when Ighalo leaves. Greenwood may be ready to play centrally by then, especially if Sancho has come in too.
I saw what you did there
I don't mind him.
He played well against us, his presence is always there. Good constant threat.
Would be a good back-up and offer what we don't have post-Ighalo -- good CF post-play.
Ighalo is only until Jan, so half a season? (not sure how next season will happen).
Doesn't matter.
We should modestly get him on loan, similar to Ighalo if his club at chinese league don't want to loan no more.
Mario Mandzukic is a free agent. He should be fresh after barely playing all year.
Extending Ighalo would be my first choice but King on a cheap deal would be sweet also. Needs to be someone happy to come off bench or cover injury, yet still good enough to cause mischief.
How are they similar? I seen them as completely different strikers. Ighalo being a physical box striker, while King is a support striker.
Agreed. And you could see this immediately from his first game. Clearly a very motivated player.