Who cares about Osimhen?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
In a world where DMs like Rice and Caicedo cost £100-£110m, Napoli's demands for Osimhen actually seem pretty reasonable.
Yeah he is a star striker after all
Posted this in the wrong forum.
Would love to sign him IF we get new ownership by next summer,otherwise that's a big chunk out of a budget for one player
Off the back of one elite season. Wow. Football is a mad game. It’s basically whoever is flavour of the month
I don’t think the clause would be valid for this summer…
It's mad isn't it. It was only a couple of months ago that these +100 million figures were being floated for the likes of Osimhen and everyone thought it was crazy. Now with the prices we've seen for the likes of Rice, Caicedo and fecking Paqueta, Napoli seem well withing their rights to want 140 mil for one of the top strikers around.
Agree. The market is absolutely bonkers though. When the next Maradona/Messi type players shows up, I shudder at what price said player would command at the age of 22/23,
We made a huge mistake by not going for him this summer.
Couldn’t be dropping 150 on him
We could have but we decided to spend budget in different way. Imo, i think that we would be stronger with him than we will be with Hojlund and Mount.
He wouldn't change a thing if our midfield is as shambolic as it was today.
Those two costed 120-130 million combined. Osimhen would haves costed 150 million, and De Laurentis is basically the Italian Levy.
What with exactly you clown
Oh I see given up on Rasmus before he has even kicked a ball for us,oh how very supportive of this team you really are
Why? He needs to work on his game in many aspects, and has had one good season for Napoli. He isn't a top tier striker like Kane or Lewandowski if that's what you think.
He would be a risk too, especially for €150m.
Worth noting that Mikel said this whilst laughing and joking. It was not a serious comment at all. Romano stripped all the context.
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You don’t think he did it for social media interactions do you?
It would be unfair to assume, seeing as he has no previous with this. I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.
He'd be a monster for Chelsea.
Osimhen for Jackson would be a huge upgrade.
Osimhen for Jackson would be a huge upgrade.
Oshimen for anyone at Old Trfford would be a huge upgrade.
Yes, and tax free!!
Osimhen for Old Trafford would be a huge upgrade. He doesn't leak.
Osimhem for Arnold
We’d need to shift about 4 players to afford him
Don't Napoli want a huge fee for him? Plus with our FFP troubles, I can only see him ending up at chelsea unfortunately.
I'm surprised he is still at Napoli i was sure he went to Saudi in the summer as they were basically asking him to name his price.
Nice to see some players think more of their career.
Nice to see some players think more of their career.
Yeah. Luckily for us we have those high earning - little to no contribution players in abundance. Martial and Sancho, and I’d guess all his wages are covered, and then some.
It’s raising the transfer fee I’d worry about as our high wages generally means we’re unable to shift players on successfully.
If Ratcliffe were to lavish this £325m when he is confirmed, would we still have to get rid of those guys for FFP?
My understanding is very high level but I’d think we’d have to. FFP is based on revenue/earnings and a cash injection from owners/sale of shares doesn’t qualify as revenue - its a capital contribution, per se. Now it would make us more liquid and could assist us on spending on infrastructure but our revenue levels would remain, and so would our expenditure capabilities on players/wages etc.
My high level understanding anyway.
Right. Thanks.
Still not convinced he’s an elite player.
Osimhen wouldn't make a huge difference here, as he also relies on chances created for him. He is not very good at linking up with his team mates, and isn't one to create for himself, so it wouldn't make sense to sign him for like €150m.
I don’t think we’re getting anything worth shouting about for Sancho, Martial or Donny. Not even sure we can afford to lose Maguire or McTominay now, and those were the main potential sources of income last summer - until we needed to rely on their goals! I think it’ll all rest on the owners.
I’m sure I read that your FFP threshold can be extended if your owners decide to add a one off cash injection - which obviously the glazers never have. Not sure how much that is, or whether it’d be enough to land Osimhen. But we’re broke otherwise.
Osimhen would instantly make us better. Sure he would also need supply from the midfield or wingers, but compared to Hojlund who - with all respect - is not a clinical CF yet, he would win games by himself by just doing the simple goal scoring. Hojlund misses too many chances imo and would be much better as a joker. Too bad we spent so much on him that we will unlikely bench him though...
Huh? Højlund doesn't get nearly as much service as Osimhen does, and Osimhen misses a lot of big chances as well. He would improve us, sure, but not at all worth €150m.
I agree that 150m would be too much for any player at our current state, but you cant deny that Hojlund is not even half the player as Osimhen who is likely a top 3 CF currently after Haaland and Kane.
Lewandowski is quite comfortably better than Osimhen as well, and I think the biggest reason Osimhen is even talked about in the same league as these strikers is because of the extreme lack of great strikers these days. I also think he is overrated because of how he has done in Serie A, as he hasn't really shown he can do it at a much higher level, and I think it's important to remember that most of the opposition he faces are very poor sides. There is no guarantee he would do anywhere near as good in the Premier League. Belotti, Immobile and Lukaku are all strikers that have had exceptional seasons in Serie A.