Are you saying that no one should have been fans of Barcelona when he was playing there? Thats a pretty massive blanket statement.
Poetic considering Agbonlahor himself was over the hill by 25.
This is the real question !
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See. So why people are against United signing Arntvc then? When you still didn't have problem liking Barcelona, and some didn't have problem admiring Suarez as footballer (which is what Arnautovic would be here).
It’s not hard to be better than this season’s version of Ronalod
I think it was clear to see when we were linked that he was hitting some late consistency.
Yeah and hadn't put his foot in it at last years euros,maybe then our board would have been much more open to signing him.
Yes he would have given us someone who could hold up the ball but as I just said he blew it for himself by his recent misdemeanours
Yes. This fan base needs to adjust to the idea that EtH knows what he is doing. And by extension Manchester United now have a clue on personnel.
If we used his name as a mockery for players e.g. Rashbonlahor. Then I dont see why we should listen to him at all.
Some quality racism and misogyny, yeah
I think that was the issue and why people didn’t want him. If it was purely based on football though he would have been a good option for us and it’s obvious why the manager and coaches fancied him. I think he’d have been far better in that 9 role than Ronaldo.
Exactly. We could argue all day wether it makes sense to sign an old and average Arnautovic, but his behaviour made this a nonstarter
Top scorer in Serie A this season, scored at a similar rate to the likes of Osimhen and Abraham last season.
Yeah. We have hamstrung ourselves a bit by not getting another 9 option in and it’s making our forward play look a bit clunky. Somethings are bigger than that though. Surprised there was no one else we could get in of that profile.
Yeah I think you’re wide of the mark here.
I think we were looking at a cut price option as Ronaldo was staying hence not going for Isak or another.
For a short loan period, perhaps. This is exactly what Solskjaer would do - sign him and pretend there's no younger strikers on the market.
Yeah let's bring another striker we'll be looking to shift in few months. So much for pro active football.
I’m more taking issue with your slight on his quality. He would have been good enough to play the role Ten Hag wanted and offered more than Ronaldo currently is.
Could be, could be not... Without both Ronaldo & Arnautović we were able to shock Liverpool and Arsenal.
Yes he’d of been brought in as an option. Martial and Rashford for games like you mentioned but having someone like him gives you a different way of playing in different kinds of games. Or even off the bench in moments.
I just can't wait when we'll reach point past Ronaldo or any other fading star and discover totally new landscapes and dimensions for attacking formation.
Well we’ve reached that point now? Ten Hag has got to manage this season with Ronaldo. He also needs January and the summer windows to really stamp his hallmark on this squad.
Probability of finding high end striking force in January is difficult, though happened in the past to some clubs.
How are standards hitting the floor if he's one of the best or at least most in form strikers in Italy? If the standards being on the floor are that then I'm willing to sign up to more players of such low standards.
So you see the issue with Arnautović and you probably see the issue with Ronaldo. Now let's do the math and add them both to the dressing room and see if the team would do so great, because from experience chances are Martial and Rashford would detach themselves from the team once again.
Even if we characterise whatever has gone on with Rashford and Martial over the years as a "detachment" which I'm convinced by, who is responsible for that and do we know the full reasons why their form and effort dropped? I think it's bit simplistic to say that throwing in Arnautovic is going to be a problem.
I admit, making these type of signings is healthy from time to time. Fergie's idea of getting Larsson and Blanc did paid off in some parts of the season. Jose's love for Ibrahimović made us actually win some trophies, but this time it's got to stop. We're getting cluttered when on top of clutter, we'll have to clear out more clutter.
