The case for Zirkzee as #9

[NLunited]

Another player who, to me, comes across well in the media, and I hope he has a good career.
But he isn't good enough to be United's permanent number 9 if we want to get back into the top 4.

Not yet anyway. He wasn’t bought to be our starting striker. Højlund was, and he has been poor. Sigh….

 

[sunama]

Someone posted a few days ago that he only scored in 2 league games last season and one of those was the opening game. If correct, that's scary for a player being touted as a centre forward. His best position is on the bench.

I think our standards are now so low, that an attacking player scoring a total of 2 goals in half a season, is quite acceptable.

 

[Pintu]

He is not a natural goalscorer… He scored 2 serie A goals in his first season with Bologna. And went up to 11 the following season. Could be just a one season thing.

But his hold-up play is better than anything we have at our disposal currently.

 

[Will Singh]

I’m sorry I can’t see your vision, I like him but he can’t run or score which are the 2 main things you expect from a #9.