Probably because he's only ever been involved in cycling, and the sport, including his team, have been taking doping to whole new levels.
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There aren't any strikers at a similar level to Kane. Also, what is the point in targeting a number 8? We have a young player in Mainoo who is crying out for a DM next to him. We need a huge overhaul and should be targeting players in every single position.
Osimhen?
Mbappe
Good player and arguably the best available. Not close to Kane though in my view.
I think we need a midfielder who can control a game more than anything else, in fact, we’ve needed that for over a decade.
The only striker close to Kane is Haaland.
All out for Isak.
In terms of goalscoring yes. They are vastly different types of strikers though.
Might be available in the 2026 January transfer window if justice prevails against city
Mbappe would cost us a bomb, Osimhen and Martinez are not worth the money
I'd like to see us free Mainoo up slightly and allow him to be more influential. De Jong style. Get a DM beside him and you have a proper base. Even better still if we can field a third midfielder, as opposed to whatever we are currently doing.
I was desperate for Thuram. Everyone laughed at me for that and yet I thought it was a no brainer. He could play in 2 positions and he was free. Look at him now. He scored 8 goals and made 7 assists in 20 Serie A games.
A striker in the mould of Kane?
Nonsense, who is out there other than...Kane?
Osimhen? no where near as good as Kane
Nonsense, who is out there other than...Kane?
Osimhen? no where near as good as Kane
NaturallyMbappe
We should have been in for him before the Geordies got him, he’s class but I don’t see it happening now.
Seire A is always a lottery. Remember when piatek and belotti were amazing there.
Isak and Toney would dramatically improve our frontline. Cole and Yorke vibes also.
We have a manager who does not know how to coach an attacking game. Whoever we buy for our attack won’t improve anything.
So pretty much the same as this summer then?
That's true, imagine how dependant on Kane's solo goals we'd be if we had got him in the summer?
DM instead of Casimiro ?
Another CB insted of Varane+ or LCB as a sub for Licha ?
RW instead of Sancho and Antony ?
Potential DOF and HOR would have to be a miracle workers
Are we sure that is the case? Or do we have empowered players like Rashford who for one reason or another think they are above the manager.
Remember we have been first and foremost a commercial entity for the past decade, which leads me to believe that the Glazers put the commercially beneficial players ahead of the rest regardless of form or footballing matters - What first piqued my interest on this was when we heard that the Glazers (Joel iirc) stopped the sale of Martial, since then I don't believe we have had a manager since SAF that has been allowed to manage as they wish.
Fabulous stuff. He’s really engaging in a way the Glazers never have. Hearts and minds!
It's refreshing and odd to see our owner so visible, I hope he keeps this up. Are the Glazers even real?
Fair play, making all the right noises.
More A.I than the A.I sheikh.
Edit - Actually no, that’s too high tech for the Glazers. They are more MS Paint on windows 3.1.
Three potential strikers tbh. Mbappe (not happening), Osimhen and Lautaro Martinez. Lautaro is arguably the most versatile one. He also has the best stats of the two in terms of both creating and shots to goal ratios (in the same league) - which matches Harry Kane's output. His passing is significantly better and he is a signficantly better dribbler than Osimhen, and his numbers this season match Kane.
I badly wanted Piatek.... His career went nowhere after he left Milan though. A damn shame.
Incredibly overrated.
We need an experienced older striker for Hojlund to watch and learn from. Lewandowski would have been perfect for a season or two. Osiman and Mbappe will negate having Hojlund, so another £70 mill down the drain.
Mbappé would play on the left, so in theory I don't see how he negates Hojlund or any center forward.
Only striker who's near Kane's level currently plays for Man City. I'd settle for Toney or Solanke to be honest.
Great to see.
Hope he pushes the leeches out eventually.
Lautaro's a very good player, but he's at his best when partnered with another striker.
So we'd have to partner him and Hojlund together. Personally not a fan of systems that utilize 2 strikers together nowadays.
Why aren't you a fan of 2 strikers then?
Any info about what exactly was discussed?
Personally think it limits how great a team can be in today's game. Most of the best teams over the past decade employed 1 striker and 2 forwards from the flanks.
The only team you can argue employed 2 strikers were Real Madrid during their 3-peat with Ronaldo becoming more of a penalty box player, but that team had 10-11 world class players all over the field. Not exactly a blueprint you can follow.
I just prefer an extra player in midfield versus 2 central strikers playing off each other. I'd rather have my team focus on controlling the midfield, pinning teams back via controlled sustained possession. Most of the systems employing 2 strikers nowadays cede midfield control or aren't optimized to gain midfield control vs the top teams.
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