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I find it hard to take this seriously. When Zlatan played in PSG they won the league for the first time in twenty years. They repeated that every year he played for them. The year after he’d left they didn’t win. He was the top scorer 3 times. The impact he had on the game was huge.
I don't think i'll bother reading your other 90 posts
It's the guys who say he was "rubbish" last season too, as if those 28 goals just pinged in off him
He's not getting his contract extended beyond this season and he only has half the season left to get back to his optimum levels. Its not really harsh to say he is finished overall but he could still go out with a bang. United were generous to offer him a new contract IMO.
Maybe you should wait a couple weeks before you make such a bold judgement. If, and God forbid, Lukaku gets injured I’m happy we have Zlatan as a back up.
The main problem at this is our forwards will struggle to change their way of play from accommodating Lukaku to accommodate Zlatan. Both operates very differently and it'll be hard for our forwards to change from this to that.
He's not good enough as a backup
I don't think they can adjust to Zlatan; Martial and Rashford are too limited in their skill set.
Not harsh, but extremely impulsive. A world class player with a tremendous physique comes back way ahead of schedule, making his way back slowly into the team after a serious knee injury, and all of a sudden he is "finished overall"? Haha, oh Lord. Crystal-clear judgement.
Yes, in the grand scheme of things. In five months his career at United and probably at the top level period will be over. If he doesn't go to the world cup I think he'll retire from football at the end of the season. He'll be a bit part player during this time so I don't expect him to get back to his best. I did say he could possibly go out with a bang.
I do believe we will have to wait and see how he plays when he is fully recovered before assuming that his career at United will be over in five months, or
We have looked pretty disjointed for a few seasons now. Not sure we can blame Zlatan alone.
Scored 28 goals for us as a 35 year old who didn't play the entire year. Find me a current player who has any chance of doing that.
Yes he’s been way off the pace.
He's never going to get that sharpness back, that's the thing. He's 36. Tore his ACL. This would've probably been his last season at this level without the ACL tear. With it, he's hopeless there.
Exactly, so that might remain a problem even if comes back to form.
Much sympathy for him, and I loved him last season, but it is time to say goodbye. Let him go in January and do all we can to get a proper #10 or a winger. I did not like the fact that we went in almost the same in attack this season.
I don't disagree. I was one of the ones arguing against re-signing him for this exact reason. But now that he's here, people have to be reasonable with the performances they can expect out of him.
Who is a much better player currently.
He's only played more games in one other season I think. So it was as full a year as any pro can expect with injuries etc. Him doing what he did whilst 35 doesn't get us additional points so ultimately who cares what age he was.
