Spot on.
Victor Osimhen
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That's not true. he has a far more consistent first touch, and clean technique on the pass. He won't necessarily go on mazy runs but definitely has much better close control than Lukaku.Osimhen 100m.
Anyways, here is my scouting report on him after watching him in serie A regularly since he moved to Napoli.
Strengths
Aggressive
Pacey
Gritty
Physical
Hard worker
Team player
Very good aerially
Very good hold up play
Can play as a lone striker
Bring others into play
Weaknesses
Inconsistent
Finishing not top level
Technically not great
Can go spells without scoring
Aesthetically worse than lukaku
A bit injury prone (Not so muscles related)
Not capable of spectacular on his own
My assessment - Decent but that’s it. Not a prolific scorer but adds something to your team. Creates chaos. Can bully mid to lower table clubs. Would take you to top 4 but not good enough for a team challenging for titles. Whenever I watch him I see him as a poor man’s Drogba.
Price - £ 50m in today’s market I would go for. Not your 20-25 goals / season striker but more like around 15 goals.
He's also every bit the big game player, and has already scored against every premier league team he's faced in the Champions League, and singlehandedly ran Bayern ragged.
I can honestly say I've never seen Osimhen lose an arial 50 - 50.
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You think Joel Glazer is ringing up Di Marzio to plant stories in the Italian media that 99% of United fans will never even hear about.
The idea that the transfer window closes and "everybody moves on" is nonsense, fans get royally pissed off when we don't get the signings we need.
Mendes offered again Ronaldo to ac milan and napoli
For Napoli, Mendes offered this opportunity 100+Ronaldo with the 75% of the wage paid by United
For Napoli, Mendes offered this opportunity 100+Ronaldo with the 75% of the wage paid by United
No, Joel Glazer doesn't ring up Di Marzio, Joel Glazer also doesn't run on the pitch in his underwear on the game day. Joel Glazer employees people who do it. Do you want me to explain to you how it works? Journalists have "sources" inside clubs who help them break stories that club is fine them breaking, in return a lot of journalists also publish planted crap.
Sorry, one of Joel's henchman is under strict orders to plant obscure stories with random Italian journalists which 99% of fans will never hear about in a bid to win the fans approval when we inevitably don't sign him. Makes loads of sense.
I would go big for him next summer. Keep 100m of that budget for Osimhen.
Loan with obligation to buy please.
It's an Italian journalist known for his sources in Italian football reporting on a transfer involving a player playing for an Italian club.
If your immediate reaction is that the Glazers or their henchmen must have fed him that story, that's straight up paranoia. The world doesn't revolve around Joel Glazer.
Would happily pay the Anthony money for him with Ronnie going the other way.
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Yeah in our dreams, best hope is Dembele
Think he's worth the money then?
Not in our dreams at all. Napoli want Ronaldo.
Meant the loan part
Let's go. What an upgrade that would be!
Can we afford to spend that on a ST
Not sure what difference that ultimately makes to them. They’ll get a replacement for this year and a huge fee next year. If their President loves Ronaldo as much as they’re saying I reckon everyone could work a structure out.
If we can't, we need new owners with bigger pockets. Replacing Ronaldo and Cavani isn't a small task and we've missed out on signing Nunez, Nkunku, Sesko and Scamacca so beggars can't be choosers really.
Ohsimen is the only one left and possibly available out of the 5 strikers I wanted United to be in for at the start of the window. Would bite Napoli's hand off and figure out the funds for the other signings.
I think we need Ohsimen more than we need Antony even. But if we can't sign both, a right back and a backup goalkeeper then we have to point fingers at the owners who have offloaded alot of our high earners over the past 3 years.
We have only a handful of scrap players left to sell/release. We should be able to buy new players now.
He won't replace Martial when fit. Inferior player but has different attributes; great in the air mind.
His manager already said Ohsimen wants to stay at Napoli and play CL football. This is not gonna happen.
Always so much talk about technique. I think both Martial and Memphis are superior to Haaland/Nunez in terms of «on the ball»-ability. Pep and Klopp still got them.
Haaland today had what? Twenty touches on the ball? Approx 2 percent of Man Citys total. If we got a player like Oshimen we would get him first and foremost for his off ball-movement.
Haaland today had what? Twenty touches on the ball? Approx 2 percent of Man Citys total. If we got a player like Oshimen we would get him first and foremost for his off ball-movement.
Right…seen Napoli play a few times when supposedly this guy was on the pitch and didn’t notice him at all. Have watched his videos on YouTube and aside from an Ariel threat I don’t see much.
can anyone who actually watches this guy a lot explain the hype?
can anyone who actually watches this guy a lot explain the hype?
Some serious under rating of Haaland there, clubbing him with Nunez. He might not be as silky on the ball as Martial is, but he is not a chump either. He is far better on the ball than you are giving him credit for.
We would be mad if we could sign him but of some reason we don't, this lad is quick, agressive
Even if i like lot of things you wrote, i can't agree with you. This lad can't fulfill his potential in Seria A. You mentioned few things with a really good argument, but one thing you should know, you wont never ever buy a player with skills like him for 50€m, when you accept that you will change your opinion or at least have a different stand of judging. This is exactly a player we should take a risk, mental strong beast which can develop his skills with a "modern coach". If we head even 15% of brain (i mean our stuff which work on scouting and transfers) they should be all in for this. I really wish this comes out for us and you will remember my words for years. My brother is a Juventus freak so we always watch together games, first time I saw him playing...couldn't believe nobody spotted him, then my brother told me the price..so Napoli was gambling so should we. Cheers mate.Osimhen 100m.
Anyways, here is my scouting report on him after watching him in serie A regularly since he moved to Napoli.
Strengths
Aggressive
Pacey
Gritty
Physical
Hard worker
Team player
Very good aerially
Very good hold up play
Can play as a lone striker
Bring others into play
Weaknesses
Inconsistent
Finishing not top level
Technically not great
Can go spells without scoring
Aesthetically worse than lukaku
A bit injury prone (Not so muscles related)
Not capable of spectacular on his own
My assessment - Decent but that’s it. Not a prolific scorer but adds something to your team. Creates chaos. Can bully mid to lower table clubs. Would take you to top 4 but not good enough for a team challenging for titles. Whenever I watch him I see him as a poor man’s Drogba.
Price - £ 50m in today’s market I would go for. Not your 20-25 goals / season striker but more like around 15 goals.
Her dad (Triton) threatened her in that movie, and that never really worked out. We should steer clear imo.
nuff said…
Love us to sign this guy! Exchange for Ronaldo! They won’t need to sell anyone then.
Exactly. Since when has Nunez been banded in with Haaland? This is an English media creation since he came into the PL with a big price tag and they’re running the City vs Liverpool for the title narrative.
Wouldn’t you like him to be part of your world?
I’ll get my coat…
Worrying to see so many weaknesses on his whoscored page with that sort of price tag
I think Osimhen would be a big hit in the PL. But a deal doesn't look possible atm.
Yeah totally hinges on Ronaldo
Only ever reached 20 goals in a season (all comps) once. In the Belgian league. No thanks.
I’m half Neapolitan so I watch a lot of Napoli games. Osimhen is quality and is phenomenal on the counter attack. When he got injured Napoli fell apart.
For the record the guy we need to be getting a deal sorted for in the next 18 months is Kvaratskhelia. Can’t even begin to tell you guys how impressed I have been with him so far this season. Napoli just bought him for €10m but he will be a €50m player by the end of the season.
For the record the guy we need to be getting a deal sorted for in the next 18 months is Kvaratskhelia. Can’t even begin to tell you guys how impressed I have been with him so far this season. Napoli just bought him for €10m but he will be a €50m player by the end of the season.
Well we are still playing on counter so would fit Erik's system like a glove then
Our goal today wasn't from a counter attack, it was well worked.
It's similar to Sancho vs Liverpool, cut backs after overloading wide areas.
Yeah actually that is very true, so how would he fare in that kind of setup, maybe someone from Napoli can shed some light
Of the possible striker options I've seen enough of to have an opinion on, he's the one I'd like the most (price tag aside). Young, tall, strong, fast, presses well and is very dangerous in the box. As long as you don't expect your CF to get overly involved in general play I haven't seen anything to put me off.
Stats-wise last season he was 92nd percentile for non-penalty goals, 91st for non-penalty xG, 91st for tackles in the attacking third and 84th for pressures in the final third. To put that goalscoring rate into context, here's a comparison with two other players you'd know in terms of their non-penalty goals per 90 in the Serie A:
Osimhen: 0.57, 0.64
Lukaku: 0.51, 0.56
Ronaldo: 0.54, 0.59, 0.74.
And in terms of what I said about him being dangerous in the box, the below showing where he gets his goals/chances is telling:
