He wants a multi year contract and big wages. This absolutely isn’t something we should (or are) considering
Rasmus Hojlund | Napoli
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I like your thinking but unless financial constraints no longer exist I can’t see that happening unless somehow Ugarte, Mount and Mainoo become monsters in midfield in the second half of the season and we have no further need to go after Anderson, who at this point I believe is a must buy, and another solid move fielder such as Llorente.
A striker like Osimhen would be ideal, but the price tag is probably too high. Unless, of course, the Glazers have had enough of mediocrity and see the wisdom of investing in players who can challenge for PL and CL trophies, but I can't envision the Glazers ever giving a shit about us lifting trophies. Their only concern is financial, not rewarding the fans for their patience under their brutish rule.
They are very religious down there, so I believe it’s not just a regular clause, but a Santa Clause
6 goals in 17 league games
9 in 25 overall.
Not bad numbers but hardly tearing it up.
As always the question with Hojlund is his all round game, which doesn't look to have improved much at all.
According to Whoscored he is the worst in the league for unsuccessful touches per game and 5th worst for dispossession's per game, with Scottie 4th there.
FBREF has him on 1.63 shots per 90 compared to 1.43 for Utd last season, still a very low number for a striker which speaks to his sub par movement. Sesko is sitting at 3.28 per 90.
Still offers next to nothing defensively, won 1 tackle in the league all season, only attempted 4, which is at least an improvement on effort from last season when he won 1 out 3 attempts.
Still woeful in the air, winning less than 28% of his challenges, slight improvement on his 25% for Utd.
Good finisher but wouldn't be looking to bring him back.
9 in 25 overall.
Not bad numbers but hardly tearing it up.
As always the question with Hojlund is his all round game, which doesn't look to have improved much at all.
According to Whoscored he is the worst in the league for unsuccessful touches per game and 5th worst for dispossession's per game, with Scottie 4th there.
FBREF has him on 1.63 shots per 90 compared to 1.43 for Utd last season, still a very low number for a striker which speaks to his sub par movement. Sesko is sitting at 3.28 per 90.
Still offers next to nothing defensively, won 1 tackle in the league all season, only attempted 4, which is at least an improvement on effort from last season when he won 1 out 3 attempts.
Still woeful in the air, winning less than 28% of his challenges, slight improvement on his 25% for Utd.
Good finisher but wouldn't be looking to bring him back.
I'd add he's only scored in 4 out of 17 league games.
1 tackle all season is crazy. Doesn't seem possible
But I thought it was our fault he didn't get enough shots?
He's still the same player, doesn't get himself enough chances and has poor all round play with a very patchy goal record
He had Bruno behind him, one of the most creative players in the world over the last decade, even Bruno couldn't find him.
A lot of that was pushing the blame for his deficiencies on to Rashford and Garnacho, when the reality was that he doesn't make it easy to find him, or to do any interplay with him given how erratic his touch and technique is.
I've been saying this all thread. He's the same player, same issues and is clearly still a patchy striker.
Napoli have problems of course due to the amount of injuries, but he still has a clumsy touch and still wrestles defenders like he's on WWE.
A fit and firing Lukaku even last season's version is better than Hojlund.
Napoli have problems of course due to the amount of injuries, but he still has a clumsy touch and still wrestles defenders like he's on WWE.
A fit and firing Lukaku even last season's version is better than Hojlund.
Yup. I'm genuinely confused everytime people over here talk about how good he is/has been for Napoli
He's been average to poor, and if they had an acrually good striker up top they'd be top of the table right now
He's been average to poor, and if they had an acrually good striker up top they'd be top of the table right now
There's people who just can't accept, he's not, never was and chances are, never will be, good enough for us.
Next month he will have one game where he gets a couple of tap ins and people will flood this thread again saying there's a player in there, we didn't play to his strengths and should never have let him go. They will then go quiet again for his next goal drought
I don't think it's that.
They used Hojlund like they have a few others who've moved on, to put the boot into their own club.
Claiming Conte has turned him into a different player after few goals isn't to praise Hojlund. It's to criticise United.
Agreed. Even if Sesko is not scoring goals, his overall play/impact is better than Hojlund. There's a large technical gap between the two, not that Sesko is some brilliant technician but he's much better at link up than Hojlund.
I can see him plateauing out into a very good player in his prime just based on his size speed strength and finishing. He's not going to get there if he's not a starter though so there's no real point in his coming back here as there's a very real chance of him stagnating if he does. I don't think it's right to have developing players stockpiled. Someone like DCL would have been more than enough for the backup striker role
Also Sesko is an all round better footballer so I think in this particular case we are making the right choice. I can see Rasmus improving a lot over the next few years if he's matched with a manager who understands he's a work in progress and gives him that leeway.
Also Sesko is an all round better footballer so I think in this particular case we are making the right choice. I can see Rasmus improving a lot over the next few years if he's matched with a manager who understands he's a work in progress and gives him that leeway.
Sesko having a bad game, with the ball bouncing off him, is still involved in the game. Hojlund had match after match with single digit touches of the ball, made it so easy for defenders.
Those stats are horrible, especially in the context that he plays in a less physical league now.
Exactly
I think we have upgraded from Rasmus... his ariel ability was quite poor but his ability to make forward runs was worse...
Whenever we crossed the ball from the byline... he was always too late in his run, stretching..
If you look at the goal against Burnley, that sort of run from Sesko you would not see from Hojlund.
Whenever we crossed the ball from the byline... he was always too late in his run, stretching..
If you look at the goal against Burnley, that sort of run from Sesko you would not see from Hojlund.
Sorry, by "over here" I meant Italy, not the caf
Yeah and/or it's to defend the club as to why the player failed at the club.
It's always different standards, Hojlund scores for Napoli and he's 'tearing up the league'. Sesko scores and there's still a debate whether he's good enough. There's two goals between them in the league this season.
My question is: Does Hojlund still spend much of his time falling over onto the ground? I'd watch games with my son and we'd count how many times he'd fall down. It wasn't necessarily trying to get a foul called. He just seemed to slip and fall more than any other player that I have ever seen.
Another blank and there’s a real danger of him coming back if Napoli don’t pick up some form.
I don't think they'll trigger the €44m clause.
Damn, I thought it was a done deal already. Some people here will be delighted to see him come back I suppose.
7 games without a goal or assist right now. Seems just as poor as for us if you consider the weaker league...
It's automatic if they qualify for the champions league.
They don’t have a choice if they qualify for CL
Absolutely no guarantee they will qualify though.
They are fourth and Como/Juve are right on their heels.
We'll be stuck with him and Rashford again.
Thus the 'real danger' to be fair... most out of form in the top 7, and certainly of the top 5 who are essentially the big teams of Italy... Como, Atalanta? Sure, they may/may not keep up this. But I'd happily back Napoli more or less being 5th or lower right now.
Napoli in danger of blowing a CL spot and then having to take Rasmus back! Hopefully McTom the talisman can get them up the table!
Concerning that Napoli are getting closer to 5th. Hopefully he shows that he can be useful in Serie A either way, so that another club might want him even if the Napoli clause fall through.
This automatic clause is at risk.
Definitely dangerous situation for us with new manager coming in tryna give chance to everyone. Hopefully weve seen enough and are ruthless, otherwise slow development ahead.
Hilarious sequence for Napoli's first goal
Nothing to do with a new manager. There’s no space for Rasmus in particular.
These are and contribute to be club decisions.
There both could come back in the summer and the club will be trying to find new buyers. Of course that’s not easy, hence they both being on loan with options/obligations rather than being sold last summer.
I watched the Napoli v Chelsea game midweek and obviously had an eye on Hojlund. He did fall over a lot less, however, despite getting a decent poacher’s goal, there was absolutely nothing else in his performance that made me miss him. To be fair, the creative play around him wasn’t great, they’ve got a lot of injuries, but he just looked like what I think he is; a mid table striker.
Will add, Saint Scot did absolutely nothing either.
Will add, Saint Scot did absolutely nothing either.
Hes a mid table striker at very best. We have some strange fans who pine for young players who clearly aren't good enough. Garnacho being another prime example. If it was up to these, we would have a team full of rubbish they would defend week after week.