Sebastien Haller / signed for West Ham

[Hughie77]

Haven't seen him play, if he's a hold up striker it's what we could do with, lukaku can't do it! Greenwood haven't seen much of him iether, but seem oles going to start giving him more game time this season.

Remains to be seen if he goes with Greenwood if lukaku goes , I'd like us to bring in a striker as well?

 

[starman]

Good Arnautovic replacment for them, hopefully the reason we stayed out of it was to keep West Ham sweet so we can get Diop from them.

 

[BlueHaze]

Going to West Ham then. 35m.

I suspected he'd go to mid table club first, think that's a terrific signing for them.

You boys can sign him for 150m in a years time when he scores 15 next season.

Seriously? 35m? What the feck are we doing? If Rom leaves we need a replacement and this guy would be the perfect fit for that fee.

 

[Enigma_87]

Seriously? 35m? What the feck are we doing? If Rom leaves we need a replacement and this guy would be the perfect fit for that fee.

He's very limited from what I've seen. Werner is better if we are looking at the Bundesliga.

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

Would be a great signing for WHU. Can see him scoring a good 15-20 and being linked to a bigger club for £70m or more the following summer.

I'm hoping we've secured Ben Yedder and are just waiting for the Lukaku deal to be sorted.

 

[ctp]

He's very limited from what I've seen. Werner is better if we are looking at the Bundesliga.

Werner is also a completely different player and pretty much Rashford mk2. There's hardly a player United need less.

 

[Enigma_87]

Werner is also a completely different player and pretty much Rashford mk2. There's hardly a player United need less.

Depend on how we want to line up. Haller, Poulsen would expect service that we struggled to offer last year I'm not sure we will this year too.

 

[ctp]

Depend on how we want to line up. Haller, Poulsen would expect service that we struggled to offer last year I'm not sure we will this year too.

Haller's a targetman type though. Hit it long at him and have him provide the service for Rashford/Martial/Greenwood. I think that would improve United's play more than yet another pace merchant.

Not that I'd mind someone taking him off Eintracht tbh.

 

[ColoRed]

nothing in german media about Haller/WHU Where is that rumor from?

 

[Santos J]

nothing in german media about Haller/WHU Where is that rumor from?

Came from some journo on twitter who is a known bullshitter

 

[Enigma_87]

Haller's a targetman type though. Hit it long at him and have him provide the service for Rashford/Martial/Greenwood. I think that would improve United's play more than yet another pace merchant.

Not that I'd mind someone taking him off Eintracht tbh.

Yeah, understand where you are getting at, but feel in a lot of games Lukaku is isolated and really not contributing much. Another target man would probably bring the same issue.

Isn't Poulsen the better suited one out of the two? He presses the opposition into mistake and generally has a lot of work rate to boost?

 

[Gandalf]

Yeah, understand where you are getting at, but feel in a lot of games Lukaku is isolated and really not contributing much. Another target man would probably bring the same issue.

Isn't Poulsen the better suited one out of the two? He presses the opposition into mistake and generally has a lot of work rate to boost?

Haller has much better touch than Lukaku and is strong in the air and very comfortable with his back to goal, all things Lukaku struggles with. If we are looking to play on the counter he is the kind of guy who can receive and retain possession to play in his teammates. Lukaku is far more suited to attacking the goal and getting on the end of crosses which is a weak point for our team.

 

[Zoo]

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[Lash]

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Poor West Ham. Serves them right for that Diop tweet.

 

[George The Best]

Target man is old school football imo. That just encourages ‘lump it’ football. Today’s game is all about mobility, something that Lukaku does not possess.

Look at City, Pool, Barca - they don’t have big lumps up front but seem to do quite well. I’d much prefer someone like Yedder.

 

[VorZakone]

Target man is old school football imo. That just encourages ‘lump it’ football. Today’s game is all about mobility, something that Lukaku does not possess.

Look at City, Pool, Barca - they don’t have big lumps up front but seem to do quite well. I’d much prefer someone like Yedder.

I'm not sure it's that black and white. Bayern won a treble with Mandzukic up front. Nevertheless, the more dynamic, the better indeed.

 

[Gandalf]

It is a little old school but it can be effective in a counter attacking system which is something Ole seems to favor. I don't think target man covers everything Haller does, he is more capable than that, but how many times did we groan in frustration last year when the ball was played to Rom and his awful touch saw us lose possession.

 

[Infra-red]

It is a little old school but it can be effective in a counter attacking system which is something Ole seems to favor. I don't think target man covers everything Haller does, he is more capable than that, but how many times did we groan in frustration last year when the ball was played to Rom and his awful touch saw us lose possession.

His hold up play is great and, given that we're likely to play on the break a lot next season, he would be a decent fit.

Unfortunately, the latest reports suggest that he will only move to a Champions League level club.

 

[Oscar.Z.Acosta]

I read his name as Sebastian Hitler.

Perhaps that BBC Panorama programme got to me more than I thought!

 

[Adam-Utd]

I'm not sure it's that black and white. Bayern won a treble with Mandzukic up front. Nevertheless, the more dynamic, the better indeed.

That was with 2 world class wide men in Ribery and robben that all the play went through.

 

[bucky]

I think if anything he would be a Fellaini replacement and an improvement on top of that.

 

[Scriblerus]

Guardian reports West Ham in talks with Eintracht, is spite of earlier tweet saying that he rejected them.

 

[davidmichael]

https://www.skysports.com/share/11764091

Looks like we can cross Haller off the list as a potential replacement for Lukaku if he goes to Inter.

 

[bond19821982]

If we were in, we would have asked him to wait. Think it was just paper talk.

 

[Cee90]

Haller is a very interesting signing for West Ham, keen to see how he gets on there.

A part of me did think he would make a good Lukaku replacement, but oh well.

 

[Infestissumam]

could have had Tielemans and Haller for a combined 90m. Looking forward to next summer, when we are linked to both again ... at 90m each.

 

[Suvvernmanc]

A guy on talksport the other was saying that Haller was a very unselfish striker and made the Luka Jović numbers look so great. He passed the ball when he could have shot himself and often pulled defenders away for Jović to use the space to receive the ball.

He sounds very much like he would work best in a 2 rather than playing the highest man by himself. Has anyone else got that impression by watching him? Is he likely to play the lone striker at west ham as they are short in numbers now?

 

[Becks-7-]

Double frustration for me. To see him leaving Eintracht is hard. That he’s leaving for West Ham and United weren‘t in for him makes it even worse.

 

[Adam-Utd]

A guy on talksport the other was saying that Haller was a very unselfish striker and made the Luka Jović numbers look so great. He passed the ball when he could have shot himself and often pulled defenders away for Jović to use the space to receive the ball.

He sounds very much like he would work best in a 2 rather than playing the highest man by himself. Has anyone else got that impression by watching him? Is he likely to play the lone striker at west ham as they are short in numbers now?

He certainly had a high amount of assists last year I believe.

He could end up being a good foil to Anderson/Lanzini/Antonio/Fornals or Yarmolenko if he ever gets back to his best.

 

[Neil_Buchanan]

Have we had the standard 'we'll try to sign him next year for 100million' post about this transfer yet? If not then here you go.

 

[Dans]

I predict a big flop for this guy next season - an underwhelming player.

 

[arthurka]

He will do well in this league.

 

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[Pierluigi Casiraghi]

could have had Tielemans and Haller for a combined 90m. Looking forward to next summer, when we are linked to both again ... at 90m each.

They'll both need to have very, very good seasons to be priced that highly by the end of it!

 

[VorZakone]

Looking forward to watching him play in the PL. A welcome addition.