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Erling Haaland / signs for Dortmund
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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We haven’t improved as a team though. So what Was the point. Johnny Evans could have made us look more calm whilst us continuing to be crap and we would have still have 65£m spare.
We, no. We bought them because they were really good.
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I just realized that this Haaland is the son of Alf-Igne who played for Leeds and Man City and whose career was ended by Roy Keane...
I guess it's not been mentioned on this page.
Roy must have been amazing then as Haaland played on for a couple of years, and retired due to his other knee...
I guess it's not been mentioned on this page.
YES! someone like Raul Jiminez or Andrea Belotti.
Our biggest issue is that our first 11 isn't all that. That means that's what we need to look to address first. This kid will be very expensive and not address our problem areas as they are.
I'm more worried about is having Fred and McT starting rather than Matic as back up. More worried that we still believe in Shaw as our first choice left back. More worried about Lindelof starting. Let's sort that out before blowing loads of money in a position where arguably our best player starts.
Wow
I don't blame you - for some reason, that point is never mentioned on this thread
That is brand new information!!
Haaland is a unique one for me. His price seems a little too steep for a prospect and we have to address gaping holes in the first team for RW and CM
Unless we have decided that the major chunk of the budget goes to haaland and James would be our long term RW. Also, any midfield reinforcement in would only come from the sale of pogba.
That's probably where he'll end up unless we 100% go for him. Although I noticed his agent is Raiola so he probanly has some mega deal in sight in which he'll make his best to rinse us or any other top club.
Haaland
Martial - Rashford - Greenwood
Fair few goals there.Martial - Rashford - Greenwood
I remember when Mbappe was a sensation in Monaco there were people here that didn't want him here : "farmers league", "We can't be sure", "will be too expensive for a kid" etc etc and then once PSG signed him and He's just as good as He was at Monaco (or even better, which was like a fecking common sense), They began to moan and were dumbfounded at his exploits (which was a common knowledge that the kid was fecking good).
We can't afford to do the same with Haaland. I can understand not signing him if We had a peak Rooney or Van Persie or Ibra. But We're relying on Martial and He has never even played a full season being our number 9. I like Martial but let's not repeat the same mistake over and over. Get him Ole.
We can't afford to do the same with Haaland. I can understand not signing him if We had a peak Rooney or Van Persie or Ibra. But We're relying on Martial and He has never even played a full season being our number 9. I like Martial but let's not repeat the same mistake over and over. Get him Ole.
His agent is Tore Pedersen. Raiola was asked to ‘consult’ on his move to RBS.
Batman. Crime and puzzle solver. Always on the ball
Well he is the World's Greatest Detective...
Sherlock Holmes?
Not to jump in further but Keane didn't end his career either.
The problem is what the player wants. Alf Inge Haaland has reportedly been to visit RB Leipzig. They chose development when he moved to RB Salzburg over Juventus, and they might be so inclined to do it again with Leipzig who can both offer regular first team football in the Bundesliga, and champions league football.
Keita chose the same development path before joining Liverpool. The clubs are very interlinked.
I dont know if it was the bundesliga or UEFA, but someone cracked down on the transfer policies and now they are indeed forced to either loan or pay a transfer fee for the player. Since Salzburg owns the player, and the player wants, they are free to move him to Leipzig for any reasonable term they see fit involving a loan spell or a transfer fee that is market value, or in this case, buyout clause. It's the only way Leipzig can contest with the big European clubs for players of this caliber.
I personally think that there is a certain degree of plausibility that Haaland will choose Leipzig as his next destination. It really comes down to playtime. Can we offer him regular first team minutes? I don't believe he is ready, or willing to go into an environment yet where he needs to challenge for excisting spots. We have a recent nightmare scenario from Norway in Alexander Sørloth who joined Crystal Palace and bombed hard, complete waste of everyones time.
OGS being the manager at MUFC is make or break for this deal to happen. He knows the manager well and know how he will be treated if he comes here. That personal link is the only way Haaland will join Manchester United. It might not be enough, or even the right time. But without Champions League football on a rebuilding team, that is the only factor that will tip us in favor or basically any other similar team. The notion that we can't have both him and Martial in the club is.. well, what? Do we want to buy a lesser, older and slower player in case Martial gets injured, so we have to play a worse player for x time? I'm fairly certain that the two can co-exist on the same team.
As sure as anyone on the outside can be, I can't see Liverpool not attempting to buy him in January, or the summer window. Not with Klopp going out of his way to walk over to him and compliment him after their game v Genk, and then repeat that praise publicly afterwards.
That being said, if we were in for Sander Berge I'd be Hell Yes over that, crazy exciting midfielder.
I stand corrected
Think it'll depend on whether Haaland feels ready for the premier league or whether he wants a season or 2 in the Bundesliga to develop more.
Yeah. Klopp did that? Wasn't aware but it makes sense for Liverpool to be interested. We should be in for him.
It's going to take him at least 6 months to adapt to the PL so we shouldn't expect much if we do sign him, not right away anyway.
I also had no idea until just now
From his Wikipedia page: "Håland was born in Leeds and supports Leeds United. In February 2017, in an interview with Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, Håland stated that "The dream is to win the Premier League with Leeds."
Do not want.
It's not true, an urban myth as they say.I also had no idea until just now
From his Wikipedia page: "Håland was born in Leeds and supports Leeds United. In February 2017, in an interview with Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, Håland stated that "The dream is to win the Premier League with Leeds."
Do not want.
Yup. The question is, can United afford 2 years of another mild attacking display.
Perhaps having no experienced goal poacher in mood of Ruud or RvP can also hurt the balance. We already pressuring younger players to hurry up a bit with their development.
Who else is there though? there's a bunch of average strikers, and a few old good players that aren't guaranteed to be any better.
I'd always choose the youth option instead of the over the hill type.
Ole supported Liverpool and Keane, Spurs. We signed alan Smith who bled Leeds.I also had no idea until just now
From his Wikipedia page: "Håland was born in Leeds and supports Leeds United. In February 2017, in an interview with Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, Håland stated that "The dream is to win the Premier League with Leeds."
Do not want.
Proves feck all
Some Supporters can’t seem to differentiate between themselves and someone who has a career. I suspect you are on the wind up, but many are not.I also had no idea until just now
From his Wikipedia page: "Håland was born in Leeds and supports Leeds United. In February 2017, in an interview with Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, Håland stated that "The dream is to win the Premier League with Leeds."
Do not want.
Alan Smith, a proven ardent Leeds fan played for us. Once you become a player, you are not a supporter, you are a professional. Carragher was an Everton supporter. Matt Busby played for Man City and Liverpool yet became a legendary Manager for some rival club...
Starfish too.
King Kenny famously had a soft spot for United in his younger days.
The list is endless, really. And - yeah - it means feck all, of course.
If Haaland will take the pressure and keep scoring despite Premier League level, then we'll definitely know we have big arena striker. You're probably right, we'll just gonna have to sign him despite the risk because even Greenwood can't be our only option for sake of any squad depth.
Ironically Solskjaer is our most experienced striker on the training grounds so perhaps he'll fill the gap after RvP and Zlatan perfectly. The players seem to respect him even more than LvG and Mou.
To be more precise about the actual events:
Genk midfielder Sander Berge has received a lot of compliments for his performances in this year's Champions League. After the Tuesday game which saw Liverpool defeat the Belgian side 2-1, Jurgen Klopp approached the midfielder and told him: "You are an interesting player, a very interesting player."
The German's praise left 21-year-old overjoyed:
"It was a great moment," he told VG (h/t B/R). "You have a big smile when you receive those sorts of compliments. It is wonderful when such a renowned manager as Jurgen Klopp comes over and says something like that."
Of course. That stuff does not matter one bit. I have reservations about signing Håland for a huge amount at this point, but his childhood club is not part of that.
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