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Victor Osimhen
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Couldn't agree more.
When we had him at the club, he was universally loved by fans, effective, but was just a crock and past him prime. I find it mad why would we not want to replicate the small success we had with him, with his attributes, just younger.
Maybe Erik is talking up Kane as top target over him because he lacks faith new owners will be in place by sometime during the summer window
Is Erik talking up Kane? Don't think he is. It's all paper speculation at the moment.
Feck this. Kane kicking Vic's butt again in thread hype. You guys'll be sorry when an up and coming star puts old man Kane to shame in a couple of years
Maybe just a smokescreen…..
Would have scored a bucket load against Villa today. Rashford is just not it through the middle.
I think any decent striker that is a natural centre forward would do today as their natural instinct would be to be in the box and around the six yard box, so many times today we’ve had the ball in that area but no one has been there.
Marcus cannot lead a line, it is much more than scoring.
Osimhen was rather invisible today and got destroyed 1 v 1 for the opposition goal today.
He's been a but quiet lately
He's just back from injury. Wouldn't worry about it.
Yes he has because he is entirely dependent in service. United aren't really built to provide full service to a traditional CF, which makes it rather predictable.
I think he's a great goal scorer, but his game lacks a lot. People say they want United to have a better all round goalkeeper, which I agree...so then where is the better all round CF?
I'm not sure Emery would have played that high a line against him and with Rashford at LW, though obviously forcing a good tactician into plan B is also a positive thing.
True, good point.
Agreed, but I thought Rashford made some great runs, just his first touch let him down. So someone who's game is that is, with his sort of pace/intelligence, would be my ideal.
They all were, just nerves though, they could have won the league today. I was more using Osimhen's strengths as a point for what we're missing.
Who should we sign as CF then because think only Kane/Osimhen are in that top tier
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I don't think United have to go for broke on either of these players, especially considering the transfer budget and need for other quality players in the starting XI and squad.
I don't claim to know who these alternatives are. Just from my observations of Napoli and Osimhen this season, a more well rounded player like Kane, Rooney, Alvarez, Watkins, would suit the squad....unless EtH switches the team's overall attacking approach next season to accommodate one primary CF...which I have a hard time seeing based on Marcus and type of players on the wide areas United have.
The more I read this forum it sounds like Osimhen/Kolo-Muani don't fit Erik's system whereas Kane/Abraham/Toney do
I think Muani is a better fit than Osimhen, but also an Ollie Watkins type player can be considered.
If Osimhen comes into the team, there will be a lot more learning and deviation from this season to accommodate Osimhen, which includes Marcus being more aware of a center forward who needs consistent service to score.
The team is still incomplete and nobody is entirely sure what the vision is from EtH, but recruiting a RB like Fringpong, making noise about FdJ, noise about a better overall GK, then a CF.
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given our needs in CM, RB and a bit more depth to the squad....going over 100/110m would be kind of foolish
Doubt RM interest is true. They never "truly" have a forward in his profile as in all his profile since I start watching football. Adebayor loan was Mourinho request and it didn't last more than the loan emergency period.
edit. I made an entire post about Kane, I had no idea I was in the Osimhen thread
How can they claim such a thing when they don't even know who's going to be writing the checks?
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Its Napoli so i doubt they will budge on their asking price. Have they ever sold one of their star players when they didnt want to sell? Higuan was only able to leave because of the clause in his contract.
Because United will have a transfer plan and budget irrespective of the ownership issue, still I doubt we will pay that much for Osimhen, don't see this one happeningHow can they claim such a thing when they don't even know who's going to be writing the checks?
This should be obvious to anyone with even a cursory familiarity of Bayern's way of operating - good as he is, there's no way they're paying €130m or however much Os goes for: I'd be surprised if they spent that much for prime-era Messi...
They’ll probably go for Kolo Muani and get him on the cheap.
Yeah until that price comes down then don't expect any concrete interest from Utd/Bayern
But if the new owner comes in swinging his dick wanting a statement signing and decides that statement signing is Osimhen, can Get Italian Football be certain that €110m is going to be the limit?
I think you missed the point. The source doesn’t change with club ownership, the sources here are usually player agents and the club would have been speaking with agents etc irrespective of the sale of the club.
Ah, fair enough, but I still think that the sources' info can't be trusted since it's not Arnold and Murtough (or some other big players likely to remain initially despite ownership change) deciding on the upper limit. Surely it's the owner that decides the upper limit for the transfer fee?
The source shouldn’t be trusted agree.
Owner deciding on the limit for an individual player, well no they hire DOF for that.
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He will be at Napoli next season.
Would they take some players as part of a deal?
Martial, Fred, Dalot could all do well in Serie A.
Martial, Fred, Dalot could all do well in Serie A.
Reports say Frankfurt is asking between 80 and 100 millions for Kolo Muani aswell.
The striker market is really something special...
Certainly so unless Utd offer up £130m
Nah. Napoli are pretty savvy in the transfer market. Only one of those 3 they’d probably be interested in is Dalot for left back but they already have two decent players there
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