Striker Poll - Who should we buy ?

Which striker should United sign this summer ? | Poll Reset

  • Viktor Gyökeres

  • Hugo Ekitike

  • Jean-Philippe Mateta

  • Benjamin Šeško

  • Jonathan David

  • Patrik Schick

  • Samu Aghehowa

  • Ollie Watkins

  • Yoane Wissa

  • Krzysztof Piątek

  • Serhou Guirassy

  • Kolo Muani

  • Alexander Sørloth

  • Gonçalo Ramos

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FrankDrebin said:
He's always been a good option.
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He did tbf, but it is even more appealing if we get Mbeumo as with Cunha and Mbeumo ideally you want a striker who can bring others into play. And Mateta could potentially do it better than even someone like Gyökeres
 
ShinjiNinja26 said:
Wow. That’s a lot cheaper than I expected, I thought he’d be around £40-45m. We should be all over this then if we can’t sign Gyokeres.
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I would expect jr would be at least 40m, why would palace let him go for such low fee
 
Unpopular decision, but i'd go for Jonathan David now.

Realistically we need to spend money elsewhere so picking him up on a free allows us to improve other areas of the pitch. On top of that, he's actually got a really excellent record against the big teams. His CL record is really impressive. 10 goals in 18, but look at the opponents he's scored against: Sevilla, Salzburg, Wolfsburg, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Liverpool, Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund.



I can see him linking up really well with Cunha and Mbuemo. He's also an excellent penalty taker too which might be needed if Bruno is sold. Honestly, a no brainer for me.
 
Not from reliable sources but there are some tenuous links with United and Mitrovic. Not a long term option but I'm sure he'd do better than Hojlund.
 
RedSky said:
Unpopular decision, but i'd go for Jonathan David now.

Realistically we need to spend money elsewhere so picking him up on a free allows us to improve other areas of the pitch. On top of that, he's actually got a really excellent record against the big teams. His CL record is really impressive. 10 goals in 18, but look at the opponents he's scored against: Sevilla, Salzburg, Wolfsburg, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Liverpool, Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund.



I can see him linking up really well with Cunha and Mbuemo. He's also an excellent penalty taker too which might be needed if Bruno is sold. Honestly, a no brainer for me.
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The problem is that the player does not want to play in the PL unless he has no other options, he has been open about not really enjoying the style of play, and as things stand he is in negotiations with a number of Serie A clubs.
 
RedSky said:
Unpopular decision, but i'd go for Jonathan David now.

Realistically we need to spend money elsewhere so picking him up on a free allows us to improve other areas of the pitch. On top of that, he's actually got a really excellent record against the big teams. His CL record is really impressive. 10 goals in 18, but look at the opponents he's scored against: Sevilla, Salzburg, Wolfsburg, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Liverpool, Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund.



I can see him linking up really well with Cunha and Mbuemo. He's also an excellent penalty taker too which might be needed if Bruno is sold. Honestly, a no brainer for me.
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Another seemingly unpopular opinion, but I don’t think David is a better footballer than what we already have in Zirkzee (albeit very different profiles). I think Zirkzee will show what he can do next season.

He’d also cost a lot more in wages, and as @Gandalf and others have pointed out, seems to favor a move to Serie A.

Depends on what the manager wants from his #9.
 
RedSky said:
Unpopular decision, but i'd go for Jonathan David now.

Realistically we need to spend money elsewhere so picking him up on a free allows us to improve other areas of the pitch. On top of that, he's actually got a really excellent record against the big teams. His CL record is really impressive. 10 goals in 18, but look at the opponents he's scored against: Sevilla, Salzburg, Wolfsburg, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Liverpool, Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund.



I can see him linking up really well with Cunha and Mbuemo. He's also an excellent penalty taker too which might be needed if Bruno is sold. Honestly, a no brainer for me.
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He wouldn't exactly be free as advertised. There are reports he is demanding a £12.5m signing bonus and there would be another agent commission fee amounting to £8.3m. If you factor in his wage demands, a buying club would be paying close to 30m for him.
 
honirelandboy said:
No thanks. We have enough of fringe players at the club. We need an established striker who can lead the line for the next 6 or 7 years. Just has another Ugarte written all over it.
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He’s a back up striker and a huge upgrade Rasmus but not as our first striker that’s simply must be Gykores, Osimhen or Mateta.
 
Raoul said:
He wouldn't exactly be free as advertised. There are reports he is demanding a £12.5m signing bonus and there would be another agent commission fee amounting to £8.3m. If you factor in his wage demands, a buying club would be paying close to 30m for him.
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Rumoured to be off to Napoli as well, Thurman went on a free to Italy last year, highly beneficial tax rates appeal to some of these players!
 
We bought Cunha and planning to buy Mbuemo which are premier league players, who would be your choice if we plan to find a striker from the premier league? Mateta? or even Watkins?
 
I'd take Watkins here. Got benched for Rashford, maybe Villa is open to selling him at lower price.
 
Woziak said:
We should be looking at PL proven unless it Gykores or Osimhen?
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In my opinion, not really. You can find a lot of great players outside of EPL, the same way we plugged Bruno and he was firing from the start. But having Cunha and hopefully Mbeumo does seem to ease the pressure from the main striker a bit. We just need a competent one which Mateta certainly is. I wouldn't mind Ekitike/Sesko as well, but they would cost a fortune.

So, Gyökeres or Mateta for me. As I really want another, box to box and highly technical CM I think Mateta is more sensible option at the moment.
 
Definitely someone.

Isak is the only obvious one. But surely out of our reach. Rest are all punts with varying degree of risk.
 
If we sign Mbuemo
I would prefer Gyokeres over Osimhen simply because we cannot afford to lose too many key players during AFCON (We have Maz, Amad and Mbuemo already)
 


Might be my pick if we can’t get Gyokeres and Mateta is too expensive.

Can’t say I’ve watched enough of him so would appreciate if someone who has can give more info on if he could work here. There’s the worry that strikers from Italy and Gaspierini system often don’t do well outside that environment. And his stats at Genoa aren’t all that impressive
 
What do people see in Mateta? He is decent, but we need to take a chance on getting someone better.
 
jamesjimmybyrondean said:


Might be my pick if we can’t get Gyokeres and Mateta is too expensive.

Can’t say I’ve watched enough of him so would appreciate if someone who has can give more info on if he could work here. There’s the worry that strikers from Italy and Gaspierini system often don’t do well outside that environment. And his stats at Genoa aren’t all that impressive
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Serie A is such an unserious league. Awful intensity. Just a little sprint in that league, and you'd look like the fastest player in the world.
 
Perhaps we may give Schick a try if he is not expensive? He is a boyhood united fan
 
Mcking said:
What do people see in Mateta? He is decent, but we need to take a chance on getting someone better.
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He’s good at what he does, and what he does is a handful for any CB really. He can hold the ball up well as he can match any CB for power, he’s quick and can carry the ball well, and obviously he can finish. For this type of player his footwork isn’t too shabby either. He’d be a solid option but I doubt he’s first choice on many lists. If it came to it though he’d be a good option and we’d not be seeing him getting bullied by CBs as a target man like we do Hojlund.
 
steeeb said:
We can. Money from Rashford, Anthony, Sancho plus fell on fee plus we're 100% selling garnacho if we are getting Cunha and Mbeumo.
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We’d have to wait and see how many of these are sales and how many will be loans. I don’t have confidence we can sell all of them
 
ScholesBrain said:
Perhaps we may give Schick a try if he is not expensive? He is a boyhood united fan
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He'd be a good squad player, but not a dependable player to lead the line. he's made from glass, he'd get injured two weeks into season. Due to injuries he also doesn't press that much.
 
I think in worst case, Zirkzee as a false 9 will become much better alongside two goalscoring attackers in Mbeumo and Cunha.
 
Poborsky's hair said:
He'd be a good squad player, but not a dependable player to lead the line. he's made from glass, he'd get injured two weeks into season. Due to injuries he also doesn't press that much.
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Schick missed a single game last season. He played 45 games, 56 minutes on the pitch on average - not due to injuries, but simply because he wasn't always a starter but was just subbed on in several games.

That is not a player made from glass. He had an injury-ridden season before, that's true, but that doesn't mean that he is done.
 
Jim Beam said:
In my opinion, not really. You can find a lot of great players outside of EPL, the same way we plugged Bruno and he was firing from the start. But having Cunha and hopefully Mbeumo does seem to ease the pressure from the main striker a bit. We just need a competent one which Mateta certainly is. I wouldn't mind Ekitike/Sesko as well, but they would cost a fortune.

So, Gyökeres or Mateta for me. As I really want another, box to box and highly technical CM I think Mateta is more sensible option at the moment.
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Mateta is PL proven, thanks for enforcing my point
 
steeeb said:
We can. Money from Rashford, Anthony, Sancho plus fell on fee plus we're 100% selling garnacho if we are getting Cunha and Mbeumo.
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Rashford and Sancho are impossible to sell. It will only be a loan again.
 
Raoul said:
He wouldn't exactly be free as advertised. There are reports he is demanding a £12.5m signing bonus and there would be another agent commission fee amounting to £8.3m. If you factor in his wage demands, a buying club would be paying close to 30m for him.
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Genuine question, would that not true for any player?

Seeing as he has no transfer fee attached I suppose it means he can perhaps ask for a bit more than he otherwise could, but he’d still be a decent pick up and cheaper than for example Zirkzee was last summer no?
 
If we could sign David on a free, and then use the Hojlund and Rashford money to sign Osimhen that would be the ideal outcome.

I just don't see them signing Gyokeres as he's a former player of Amorim.... they will try to avoid that as much as possible.
 
Given the current realistic options I would not be surprised to see us with either Mbuemo or Cunha up top, either will be an improvement on Hojlund, Zirkzee has shown his best work as a 10, we also have 10 options within the youth players, either that or we cannot shift Rashford and he plays as a 9, would not be the worst option if he can sort his sh!t out!
 
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