You maybe don’t but the fact is he’s been our 9 for the past 2 seasons, only occasionally playing on the left as that’s where Rashford is better playing from. He’s hasn’t been backup, he’s been playing. So using your logic, we’d sell our 9, leaving us with an aging cavani (as much as I love him the facts are he’s getting old) and a young & inconsistent Greenwood. What if one or the other gets injured?
IF we sell martial we need to replace with a CF. It’s illogical to do what you suggest.
Fergie always had 4 strikers no matter what
Fergie typically played with a 2 striker system though.
Given we only play with one recognised CF
and Bruno I don’t think there’s as much pressure on that position depth wise as you suggest. Especially given Rashford’s ability to play up front would leave us, in the scenario of a Cavani and Greenwood injury, with this:
Rashford
Neto Bruno Sancho
Anyways, it’s an entirely hypothetical and unrealistic transfer so not really worth delving into further. I just love Neto as a player and think he’s destined for the top because of his combined skill level and attitude and appetite for the game. This is in clear contrast to someone like Martial.
In an ideal world we’d sign Haaland to be our starting no.9 because he’s just a different level to anyone else atm. This is an even more unrealistic than signing Neto though.
So as Walter mentioned earlier, and I definitely agree with this, Sancho should be the first choice option for our attack.
