We should avoid paying anyone more than 250k a week which would disrupy our wage structure. If he is willing to settle for less than that, then we may have a good deal here.
Victor Osimhen
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Nik (@Rood), Jamie (@Vault Dweller) and Ed (@That'sHernandez) give their end of season awards out! They celebrate the best players, goals and moments of the season (there were some, honestly) and also give out awards for the worst and most disappointing players/moments of the season.
They then discuss all the latest transfer rumours and get into the potential ins and outs this summer at Old Trafford.
Agreed.
He looks far more suited to the Premier League too. A front three of Cuhna Osimhen and Mbuemo has the potential to be the best in the league.
Do you think Osimhen speaks Klingon or Asari or something? He comes from a commonwealth territory
Osimhen speaks English. Language is not a consideration
I feel Osimhen has a higher floor, which reduces the chances of him flopping. He would bring a combination of qualities (aggression, heading, and movement) that United's attack has lacked since Cavani. I don't think he will have any problem with the culture or the language.
This is my thinking as well, also to people who says he has a Lukaku esque first touch, this season I've seen Osimhen makes some flicks and first time touches that makes Lukakus touch look like sunday league drunken CF.. Osimhen is the closest we can get to a complete forward.
Three times if I'm not mistaken.
Also to the people who says he has issues/attitude problems, I'm pretty sure the only time he caused problems was when his own team, Napoli, put out something that was kind off racist towards Osimhen. If I remember correctly.
As much as I would like another Nigerian at the club, I can't see it. He wants top money and he's right to want it. He's one of the world's best strikers.
Why does it feel like two opposing camps and not many either/or?
No chance of him taking a wage cut that much
I promise you Osimhen will have zero problems settling in. He's Nigerian. The UK is basically like Nigeria's second home.
This - I can't see how either wouldn't be a massive improvement.
United also reportedly currently has - at least 4 - potentially 5 - players on more than £250K, so the idea that paying more than that would disrupt our wage structure is “???”
Personally I wouldn't be upset either CF we get, just prefer Osimhen.
He doesn't have a poor or inconsistent touch. He has an awkward running and dribbling style. But he has excellent first touch and close control under pressure. I'm open to evidence to the contrary.
Wish there was a negotiation point with him though
Presume lack of any movement on this tells me that Gyokeres is the preferred target. Well unless it's a case of recruitment team say Osimhen but Ruben is pushing for Gyokeres which is very possible.
Of the two I just think Osimhen is a better all round striker than Gyokeres and has a higher ceiling although I don’t know if his lowest ceiling is worse than Gyokeres’ lowest ceiling, it’s simply going to be a case of the coach choosing the players again though isn’t it ? Which basically means Osimhen is very much second choice to Gyokeres because Amorim has worked with Gyokeres.
Some people will chose to accept the earth is flat no matter the proof you show that it is round.
Most of those are old contracts that INEOS did not hand out. They are looking to keep wage costs down moving forward so they may not be willing to bring in anyone on that type of money in the future, before you say Mbuemo the story of us offering him 250k originates from a salty Newcastle source and not from anyone we can trust.
feck being last choice. Or did he reject everyone for us? You decide.
Hes always wanted United. He is the best striker on the market. Do the right thing and sign him.
Can't we include Hojlund instead? (I know the source is unreliable)
That has no bearing on our wage structure as is. As in, what the reality of said wage structure currently is. So to formulate an argument about not disrupting it by positing wages that would fall within in, makes no sense. The argumentation should be that INEOS doesn’t want XYZ, not that it would disrupt ABC.
Sure, you can sit and argue intentions and potential future - but that’s a different conversation. I’d hazard a guess that in an ideal world most clubs would want to rein wages in.
Conversely, our wage list looks inflated relative to on-field performance and sporting success. With United/INEOS having intentions of supposedly being competitive again - if we ever get there - you will have to pay top dollar to either get or retain top talent - ie Bruno Fernandes (under INEOS)
He won’t be coming to United at that price and based on his wage demands, which will be well above what the club is prepared to offer. Sorry to burst the bubble of the Osimhen fan club.
If they want Zirkzee then tell them Zirkzee plus £30 million which is a fair deal and if we’re getting Mbeumo then he along with Bruno, Amad, Cunha and Mount is already five players for the two 10 roles.
Moving Rashford and Garnacho on for let’s just say a combined £70 million also puts us in a good place PSR wise when you add Heaton, Evans, Lindelof, Malacia, Eriksen, Sancho and Antony also being moved on and off the wage bill too.
Got to love the tried and true caf classic rhetorical tactic of responding to being challenged on erroneous notions by simply calling everybody else a fanboy 
Give them Hojlund instead of Zirkzee. He's the best 9 on the market and one of the best 9s on the planet period.
Well that does not work unless they want Hojlund. In reality any kind of swap deal is very unlikely and this is a flat out terrible source so it is almost certainly bs. The only journalists with anything close to credibility on transfers have consistently stated we have no interest in Osimhen and it has nothing to do with his wage demands, we just don't rate him it seems.
If we do run with the idea of signing him, or someone else, and letting a striker go then we may need to settle for the best deal financially. Zirkzee has always been the easier sale in this window as he was a much cheaper buy and has a stronger market so can be sold for a good price. Hojlund is probably most peoples preferred departure but neither of them was close to good enough last season so it is not worth getting bent out of shape over who goes and who stays, we won't sell both as one will need to be kept for rotation at the very least.
I guess that much but was hoping a basic wage plus bonuses might be acceptable.
We can’t afford both the release clause and his 350k+ wages per week. Something will have to give and I’m not sure it will.
Youngest ever player to score 6 PL goals on the bounce, sign him up Gala!
I doubt Napoli will insist on the release clause, its obvious no-ones paying anything close to that. And the list of clubs offering the player 350 or more a week is extremely short. So both the club and the player might find they have to be more reasonable than they would like.
Have you read about their CEO? If you thought dealing with Levy was bad, De Laurentis is on another level.
The gossip columns have pinned the expected fee at around 70M euros, and while of course those reports aren't reliable, they do hint at the fact that he won't insist on the release clause. But if he insists on that, then he'll have the player on his books at the start of next season I suspect. Since all relationships between Napoli and Osimhen have broken down, I don't think the club want that either.
He might do well here, but you would be forgiving of the scouts if he doesn’t , because compilation videos make him seem a colossus. Then again, I am afraid to watch a Lukaku in Serie A compilation because he also might look like a monster.
Interesting that our public valuation of Garnacho matches Napoli's of Osimhen...
A mercenary who rejects the most money he will ever be offered in his footballing career to play in a more competitive league for wages that will be several times lower. That must be some mercenary. The exact same stuff that they were creaming themselves over for Bruno Fernandes last week btw.
Oismhen is 70m euro. Garnacho is 70m pounds.
Even better