Well, the biggest potential is where some of the doubt is coming from. But I guess the price seems to be an obstacle right now so let's see whether we manage to sign him at all
It's a bit off topic but imo it'd be the Glazers or the new owners who would have the final say in this.
Pretty simple really. He will be the only striker we have. Martial is barely worth a mention due to his unavailability. Rashford is an option as a 9, with Garnacho/Sancho on the left, but I only see that as being something we do now and then and not consistently throughout the season.
Considering Martial will be injured for 2/3 of the season, he will get plenty of minutes. Heck, he is already and/or still away with an injury to start the season...
Haven’t even signed the lad yet! What are you gonna be like when he hasn’t scored within 10 mins of his debut?Yes because James Wilson had 6 international goals in 6 matches by the time he was 20 like Højlund has - jeez
Concern isn't the same as negativity. I don't see posters bashing him or the club, just rightfully questioning if he has enough to contribute to the level we'll need next season.God there’s so much negativity
How is it rightfully so when no Cnut here has seen him play bar a few Danish fans?
Let's even say that's true, the Danish fans have pretty much said he's raw and this move might be coming too soon.
There isn't any need for concern. People just can't seem to accept that outside of Kane and Osimhen there isn't anyone who can come in and be that "big time goal scorer", as you put it. Therefore, the alternative is to sign someone who could potentially be that man - further down the line.
I am a danish fan and I disagree with several of the other danes on Højlund. I think he is highly underrated by danes in general. And this is coming from someone who always thought danes overrated Dolberg.
As others said, Martial is not reliable and not fit enough to be counted on. Rashford will most likely play upfront and share the position with Hojlund, especially as Garnacho on the left will have an even bigger impact this season. So in a way, we solve the issue to have a young, talented, upcoming striker in that position. For anyone else (Kane, Osimhen), we're priced out.
What we want is a big time goalscorer.
It's more like most agree the lad has good potential but still very young, a bit raw so nobody can be even half sure how he'd do here.
I definitely get that because of his raw potential and age views on him will be polarising but just think it's strange to write him off as to me he looks to have the tools to be top quality striker,even him starting some games and coming off the bench against tired legs with pace would be exciting imo and I'd rather see him than a weghorst or martial.
We’ve all watched United games and there’s still weirdos questioning Rashford and Bruno. Fans not seeing what’s there is more common than you think and it’s a much smaller sample size on top of that.
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I do, therefor I pointed out in the other post that it's not just them. But the level of incompetence has been so high that surely some scouts have been bellow the required level. The Italy scout who recommended Amad is maybe the same scout here. Would you be comfortable with his evaluation of talent for instance?
Maybe he is not linked to us, but "he isn't good enough" is an absolute nonsense, he is much more proven talent compared to Hojlund for instance. If Atalanta are really stinking to 70m evaluation, then exploring Vlahovic for cheaper is probably a safer bet.
Seems like a common headline this summer. Think we’re starting to get our shit together by saying to clubs were not gonna be mugged off. At least we’re managing to knock prices down a bit using this tactic anyways!
But this almost proves my point. Højlund could come good and reach the desired level we want for our No.9 but in the short term there could still be a void and that's where the concern comes from. Can he hit the ground running soon enough to fulfill our striker needs this coming season?
This is good to hear but as you mention there are several posters that have this view. Hopefully you're the one that ends up being right.
No we need a goal scorer, its not a want. Watching us last season it was the most glaring limitation of the team.
Yes and of course there are never guarantees in football. But his strength are exactly what I felt we where missing last season.
Yeah writing him off atm is pretty the same with saying he'd score 30 goals next season imo, just too extreme. Nobody knows.
But who/what is the alternative? Any striker who isn't Kane or Osimhen will leave a void. No point worrying about something that isn't available to you in the first place. The club clearly feel that outside of Kane and Osimhen, Højlund is the best candidate in terms of price, but importantly also, current ability. This in addition to the potential upside obviously.
So if its good stuff being said we should take it as gospel but if its something not positive it should be dismissed?
That would be a horrendous return for a 60m striker. Even Nunez managed to score more and he was labelled as a donkey
I agree with the latter, but Martial scored 18 goals in his first season for us, I think 10 goals for such an expensive striker in a good squad with a good manager in an attacking system is a real disappointment. If we're paying 60-70m I expect AT LEAST 15.
Nunez was 23-24 yo and cost 85m. Hojlund is 20 yo and reportedly would cost us about 50m + add ons. Anyway yeah Nunez is a donkey.
Imo Martial performed well above what was expected of him back then. Using that as a minimal bar for any young striker is a bit unfair and unrealistic imo. And it's the hope that kills.
There are no doubts that he will score at least 15 - if we are talking about all competitions
I'm not taking top 4 (or rather Top 5 as 5th will likely get a CL place this season) for granted at all.
A good example of that is Vinicius. He wasn't ready when he joined Real Madrid but they gave him game time from the start and kept giving him game time when he was struggling. And if people are being rational, in the short term we are trying to replace Weghorst's contribution, whoever join us improve the attack by simply being better than Weghorst or a cooked Ronaldo. We are not replacing prime Rooney.
