Rasmus Højlund | Signed for United

[Adisa]

If the asking price is serious, might as well just fork out for Osimhen.

Given Hojlund is a huge Utd fan I'm sure we can convince him to kick up a fuss if needed.

If they are serious, it means they don’t want to sell. Simple as that really.

 

[DJ_21]

I thought they only wanted 40m for this guy last week..

 

[mav_9me]

I thought they only wanted 40m for this guy last week..

Who really knows?

 

[croadyman]

£100m will be enough for either, let’s be serious not chairman is turning down £100m for Kane with 1 year or Osimhen if he’s pushing to leave. It’s probably a bad deal for us but there aren’t that many top strikers these days and we are desperate for one.

Kane interest has ended for this summer and we have baulked at the price for Osimhen. Maybe if Erik wasn't so obsessed with Mount we could have got GK and top striker.

 

[ForeverRed1]

If the asking price is serious, might as well just fork out for Osimhen.

Given Hojlund is a huge Utd fan I'm sure we can convince him to kick up a fuss if needed.

Or wind his contract right down and we’ll come back for him when he’s free.

 

[Remember the geese]

Or wind his contract right down and we’ll come back for him when he’s free.

In 4 years time.

 

[ForeverRed1]

In 4 years time.

Then so be it. I’m sure they’ll sell sooner once the contract goes down and he makes it clear he won’t be signing a new one. We can’t keep letting clubs mug us off. 70mil for mount and 86mil for hoj, they’re probably both worth about half with current situations.

 

[L1nk]

Then so be it. I’m sure they’ll sell sooner once the contract goes down and he makes it clear he won’t be signing a new one. We can’t keep letting clubs mug us off. 70mil for mount and 86mil for hoj, they’re probably both worth about half with current situations.

We’ve created our own situation by practically mugging ourselves off with past signings unfortunately

 

[ForeverRed1]

We’ve created our own situation by practically mugging ourselves off with past signings unfortunately

this is true but at some point we got to do better and stop letting it happen.

 

[groovyalbert]

If they are serious, it means they don’t want to sell. Simple as that really.

Nah, it means they've seen us being priced out of our first targets and realize we've likely not got many other options to turn to. Striker market is tumescent right now.

 

[tomaldinho1]

Kane interest has ended for this summer and we have baulked at the price for Osimhen. Maybe if Erik wasn't so obsessed with Mount we could have got GK and top striker.

We don’t know what ETH is saying or doing, it’s clear there’s some interest in Mount but I do think everyone’s just waiting for ownership clarity which is taking too long. Glazers final act of sabotage will be to ruin this transfer window.

 

[ForeverRed1]

Nah, it means they've seen us being priced out of our first targets and realize we've likely not got many other options to turn to. Striker market is tumescent right now.

Only way we get main targets is too over spend though so it’s a catch 22

 

[groovyalbert]

Only way we get main targets is too over spend though so it’s a catch 22

I agree to an extent. I'd rather see us overspend on guaranteed goals than raw, unproven talent though. Makes us passing on Haaland under Ole look even more sensible right now.

 

[croadyman]

I agree to an extent. I'd rather see us overspend on guaranteed goals than raw, unproven talent though. Makes us passing on Haaland under Ole look even more sensible right now.

Presume the last sentence was sarcasm

 

[croadyman]

We don’t know what ETH is saying or doing, it’s clear there’s some interest in Mount but I do think everyone’s just waiting for ownership clarity which is taking too long. Glazers final act of sabotage will be to ruin this transfer window.

They have definitely succeeded in sabotaging it

 

[groovyalbert]

Presume the last sentence was sarcasm

Possibly

 

[2Injurytimegoal]

I would rather we allin for a better striker rather than a potential.

9 goals in 32 games (not sure if it includes any penalty) is obvious not good enough for a club that want to challenge the top in Europe and EPL.

Qatar in or not, we should rather pay whatever Napoli ask for.

 

[zaafi]

I've got to be honest and say this Højlund lad doesn't excite me in any of the clips I've seen. He's young and scored a handful of goals, but I don't see anything about his touch, movement, hold up or finishing that shouts out huge potential. £35m is a sizeable gamble (given we don't seem to have a lot of cash to splash right now) on someone that might not find his feet in the PL. But I could be wrong and he might soon be banging in 20+ goals in the league.

That's interesting because it is precisely his movement and hold up that shouts huge potential. His finishing is fine for a 20 year old striker and so is his touch. He's no Haaland, but he's certainly got more to his game than most of the strikers we've been linked to, although still raw.

He probably won't score more than 10-15 goals in his debut season, but he's a massive improvement on Weghorst.

 

[Suv666]

Not worth it at all

 

[RatPack]

People keep mentioning finished product and guaranteed goals.

Except for maybe Kane please inform who you are thinking of as I do not even believe that even Osimhen will be guaranteed goals.

I think we need to realise that we will only get one striker and I do not see it being Kane or Osimhen.

So do anyone have actual suggestions for a striker we would possible be able to get this transfer window.

 

[L1nk]

Still believe this gets done at a reasonable price if we are serious about him and we see his potential. We might only value him at a certain amount and move on quickly thougu if we won’t go higher, which is a shame

 

[bosskeano]

It is mental how the price just inflates massively the second we are interested.

funny to considering Liverpool seem to not have that issue nor does Arsenal typically....does seem to be exclusively a United problem. City doesn't count b/c we know they cheat.

 

[zaafi]

I would rather we allin for a better striker rather than a potential.

9 goals in 32 games (not sure if it includes any penalty) is obvious not good enough for a club that want to challenge the top in Europe and EPL.

Qatar in or not, we should rather pay whatever Napoli ask for.

Again, it's not 32 full games. It's 1834 minutes which is around 20 full games. That makes it almost one goal every other game.

 

[Judas]

I can't get over the prices for players this summer, it's such a beyond broken system.

 

[Bebestation]

overpriced at 60m - needs more data and therefore another season.

Would rather spend 80-90mil on Him when he is a sure product than do so when he is a gamble.

 

[Delano]

United tax. Spend stupid money, pay stupid prices.

 

[Valencia Shin Crosses]

I generally would yeah

We have around 120m budget plus sales right? selling Maguire (25m), Henderson (30m), Elanga (15m), McTominay (30m) will bring in around 100m or so.

220m budget id spend 130m on Osimhen, 60m on Costa, Rabiot (Free) leaving us 30m or so towards a defender maybe

Much better window than Rasmus and Mount we’ve filled 2 of our most needed positions with 2 of the best prospects in Europe.

Think that’s a bit optimistic on the budget and our ability to sell quickly and efficiently, but fair enough you aren’t far off. Personally think not getting a midfielder in outside of Rabiot would be serious neglect of the position but I can understand you preferring a striker. Again I also don’t think it’s as simple as just sending the fee Napolis way. They just won the league and have an owner worse than Levy when it comes to negotiating.

 

[croadyman]

I would rather we allin for a better striker rather than a potential.

9 goals in 32 games (not sure if it includes any penalty) is obvious not good enough for a club that want to challenge the top in Europe and EPL.

Qatar in or not, we should rather pay whatever Napoli ask for.

Yeah or Spurs but too late on that one

 

[Solius]

United tax. Spend stupid money, pay stupid prices.

We should email them pretending to be Brighton, get a quoted price and then reveal our hand.

 

[croadyman]

Not worth it at all

So what do you suggest then eh

 

[2Injurytimegoal]

Again, it's not 32 full games. It's 1834 minutes which is around 20 full games. That makes it almost one goal every other game.

Thanks for correcting me, but he is still not worth the money Atlanta asking for.

We need a VPS signing, who can scoring 20+ goals in leauge and 10+goals in UCL/Cups.

I don't want we again stuck with expensive/overated players for years, like Lukaku.

 

[croadyman]

Thanks for correcting me, but he is still not worth the money Atlanta asking for.

We need a VPS signing, who can scoring 20+ goals in leauge and 10+goals in UCL/Cups.

I don't want we again stuck with expensive/overated players for years, like Lukaku.

We wouldn't pay for the best option

 

[zaafi]

Thanks for correcting me, but he is still not worth the money Atlanta asking for.

We need a VPS signing, who can scoring 20+ goals in leauge and 10+goals in UCL/Cups.

I don't want we again stuck with expensive/overated players for years, like Lukaku.

I agree. I just don't think that player is available, other than Kane. Benzema, had he wanted to play in Premier League with his former team mates over one final paycheck, would have been perfect.

 

[lex talionis]

We really need to do what City did - sign a Haaland and an Alvarez in the same window.

Hojlund should be our Alvarez though, not our Haaland.

Completely agree.

 

[croadyman]

I agree. I just don't think that player is available, other than Kane. Benzema, had he wanted to play in Premier League with his former team mates over one final paycheck, would have been perfect.

That's why I don't get ending interest

 

[croadyman]

Completely agree.

Problem is we can't find either type

 

[Belisarius]

So what do you suggest then eh

I think maybe we should sign the guy from the German league on a free transfer (Thuram?). Then, these teams won't think us desperate and we can perhaps get Hojlund in on a reasonable fee. If not, maybe Jonathan David. If nobody is willing to sell reasonably I think we go into next season with (Thuram?), Martial and Rashford and spend our available money on other positions. Hopefully sign Kane on a free next year.

 

[RedRonaldo]

He would be good buy for 50-60m. But anything above that would present a bigger risk, as there is still slight chance he could still turn out shite in PL and its possible that we might have to re-sell him for only 30m.

 

[Real Name]

Kane interest has ended for this summer and we have baulked at the price for Osimhen. Maybe if Erik wasn't so obsessed with Mount we could have got GK and top striker.

Seems so you know more than the media and ETH himself.

 

[croadyman]

Seems so you know more than the media and ETH himself.

When top Utd journos like Whitwell have reported interest ended I tend to believe it