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2025-26 Performances


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4.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
26
Goals
2
Assists
1
Yellow cards
2
Sell ASAP, Mateta/Watkins, Toney would all be upgrades at reasonable prices. He can take his lethargic and lazy ass to Italy.
 
There was a moment he took it inside and it looked perfect to smash it with his left for, but then he just fecked about with it and lost the ball.

Seemed about right.
 
Sell him and to be honest,he doesnt even need replacing. Obi offers more and hes a unproven young fella,but at least he can cover some ground. Terrible signing. Never suitable for utd or the premiership.
 
He never seemed a united type of player. He scored on his debut (like van de beek) but was just ... Underwhelming? Any money for him would be a bonus, but he screams 'loan with a sale the season after' to an Italian team.
 
what kind of forward has ball bounce off his feet in the box so many times! And then he can't run! It's like watching a broom planted upside down on the pitch.
 
There’s still a player in there.
There's signs of a player in there, however his decision making is still suspect after two seasons with the team and I don't know how much longer we can wait for the penny to drop. He's almost 25 so i'm not even sure if a loan move away for a year to get his confidence back and a full season of play time under his belt will be benefical.

The flip side of all this is he does offer something a bit different up top, but he isn't a 9 or a 10, he's a hybrid and that doesn't work in this system.
 
I would rather play LVG-Mou era Fellaini as a center forward instead of him.
Ah the days of fellaini up top with rvp and Rooney in midfield.

I'm just thinking I've never seen zirkzee strike the ball with any power
 
He’s def got some qualities. And he’s quite technical

But man alive I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a languid player. He seems to jog to the ball whenever an opportunity is there to create something/shoot. He was noticeably laid back in his signing interviews…but he needs someone to shake him

He won’t make it here, that much is obvious, but to maintain at a high level he desperately needs to find some urgency from somewhere…which I doubt will happen, given it seems to be part of his natural persona
 
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It seems to me his mind is slow in reading the game and his body just tries to match the speed of his mind.
 
Hopefully Zirkzee back at pre-season training is just to put in shop window. Isn't good enough for top level football and is taking a place in squad that could be used for a second striker.