I wonder how much he'd cost though given it seems like he's had a great season.
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I wonder how much he'd cost though given it seems like he's had a great season.
Not worth the prices quoted? That's the going rate now unfortunately. What makes you think after the stop-gap that the next bunch of available players will be worth it? Anyone coming along in a few years better than Morata or Lukaku will cost way more than the prices we're mentioning now.
So we better use the money on who is genuine quality. We can also afford mbappe
Welbeck hasnt got the goals in him. Might be a little unfair to sign hernandez as first choice and then replace him with griezmann when chica left for games.unless he wanted to come back of course. Ideally though as another poster said, we get the position sorted long term this window for however much because the transfer fees arent going down any time soon, they only go up.
That's certainly an eye-watering figure for old Alvaro but I guess it's what happens when we target players the elite clubs. It's not surprising that the big, already cash-rich, clubs are going to rinse us considering our recent transfer history, not to mention the De Gea factor involved in this one.
It just strikes me as odd that there doesn't appear to be all-that-many decent strikers at mid-level clubs in Europe. The obvious one that springs to mind is Chicharito but looking at the scoring charts across Europe nobody else really stands out. Timo Werner? German and probably won't want to leave Leipzig. Bas Dost? Nobody trusts scoring records in Portugal and Holland. Belotti? Certainly a talent but has a huge release clause. Dzeko? A great choice but he's 31 so I wonder how long he has left at the top level.
I guess at the end of the day we'd all love a Van Nistelrooy but a Louis Saha would do pretty nicely right now.
Then again, if we get really desperate Matt Derbyshire just scored 24 goals in the Cypriot First Division
There are so many that are under the radar it's truly unbelievable. Granted some are already at big clubs. But consider Jean-Kevin Augustin for example. Young, high quality and would be available for less than 20m to the right club. He's potentially as good a Mbappe. Simeone at Geneo is likely to be the next Dybala-style breakout star. 21 and fecking brilliant. Outside bets include Gnabry at Werder Bremen. 21 and very good with a high ceiling. In terms of the 23-29 year old range, I think the biggest "hidden" talent might be our very own Josh King, who's rocking it at Bournemouth right now. 17 goals in a weak side last season. And he's just 25.
I recently thought king might make a good back up striker if rashfords settling in on the left. He'd be easy to convince and isnt he from the same class as pogba, lingard and keane, who we may also sign?
We will try to buy Mbappe aswell, but he won't be sold until next year.
There is a real shortage of top quality strikers right now, I think Morata is our best option. Lukaku is going to Chelsea.
Aubamenyang would give us more goals than Morata and more pace upfront.
But less hold up play, less pressing of the opposition CB's and less aerial threat from crosses and set pieces.
Sadly, a cheeky bid for Jamie Vardy might also be a decent option. Not that I'd want that.
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Considering we wouldn't have won the league without him, yes, we *do* need him
And the reason you hate us is because Cristiano Ronaldo forced you to sell to us, and De Gea did the same two years ago
Yeah this is all obviously correct, although Real fans on here seem to have a different view of things when it comes to them signing players, or more specifically DDG.
I don't know if you are in that group though, so don't take this personally
We're all fairly neutral about De Gea. We don't really care either way, he's not needed and is not a priority(for us madridistas on the caf and madridistas in general. Flo is another story). If we sign him, good, if not, still good
erm the last few months of the season you could atcually see Mourinho on the side line shouting get back when too many players attacked at once, even on the counter.
Im in no way saying Rashford saying is the finished product, and like i said in my last post i don't think he is currently better then Morata, but the guy has the potentiol to be if managed correctly, and this season he has been managed badly!
sorry but thats nonsese, loads of fans and pundits where, and calling out for us to make a big name replacement or to replace beckham properly, or even to play Darren Fletcher as a winger instead!
and even if Rasford isn't at Ronaldos he has the potentiol to be at the level of the as one of the top number 9's around, which granted isnt saying much conisdering the number of great number 9's at the monet can probably be counted on one hand.
i agree he is among the top 5 strikers available this summer but that isnt saying a great deal, and that doesn't mean we should just through £70 million at him and then go ow wait we need to spend another £70 million next summer becuase he isn't any where near good enough to be the first choice striker for a team wanting to compete for the champions league.... to be honest the fact he has never been much more then a good squad player has to raise questions whether he is good enough to be the first choice striker for a team wanting to win the league.
question is do we want to spend £70 million on a player who we know will never be at the level we want, or put a bit of faith in a player who has the potential to be better then anything we can buy this summer, if we develop him correctly and not just let him rot on the bench. for my money it certinly worth the risk considering the lack of decent options out thier this summer
as what my ambitions for the club are, i don't care whether the Glazers are broke or rolling in cash, what i care about is us trying to build a good team, for the long term that is trying play some good football.
He is so horrible that he as started for Bayern, Atletico and Juve in recent years and he his versatile and disciplined enough to play as a 6ft 3in winger. In fact, he failed to score one of the worst goals in the CL finals. He is a really a horrible player.
I don't want any Real Madrid players bar Ronaldo and maybe Modric. And yes I do understand that they are the best football club in Europe right now. Morata is absolutely the last striker I want us splurging for. I'd be more satisfied if we took absolutely any other striker from the Premier League. If we aren't getting Lukaku, Belotti, Lacazette, Mbappe then I'd even prefer Shane Long, Gabbiadini, Vardy over Morata.
Why what?Wtf
Why?
Vardy over Morata and Shane Long 
We would be a mid table stoke if some of you were in charge
We would be a mid table stoke if some of you were in charge
I don't think Welbeck or Hernandez returning is the way to go at all. I wouldn't take Griezmann next year. I wouldn't take him at all. I didn't want him in the first place, but even if I did, he's had his chance.
instead of spending another huge amount on morata or even the thought of £90m on belotti i would rather get Edin Džeko in for a season or two until mbappe, griez, neymar are looking to move,
Okay
Sorry! I just always thought we had other priorities in the squad, I don't see his best position as a 9 I see it as a ten or second striker. But after what happened with deciding to stay at Atletico to support a team who basically cheated, after flirting with us, no thanks!Play Berbatov... dude also scored goals, and I loved his touch and game. Then splurge for another striker or two that is average as well.
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You think Moratas only average?
Not sure but he should be relatively cheap. He does earn about 8.5 million Euros a year.
I really like Morata. His minutes/goal record is pretty damn good, and he's got a ton of goals considering his playing time has been limited. Good age too. Unfortunately, he'll cost us a lot, but so will every other striker we're linked with.
Why the list of bang average to shit players that you'd take over Morata?
Cheap bang average shit players are better than expensive bang average shit players.
It probably hurts him too much that Real is miles ahead of us and their benchwarmer would be one of our best players for us... Well, I guess it hurts all of us
There's having an opinion and then there's this.
It probably hurts him too much that Real is miles ahead of us and their benchwarmer would be one of our best players for us... Well, I guess it hurts all of us
Best players? hardly. He's also an expensive but decent stop gap.
So just give it to me straight ... are we signing him or not ?
Well, hurting is understandable, the course of action is just wrong to put it mildly.It probably hurts him too much that Real is miles ahead of us and their benchwarmer would be one of our best players for us... Well, I guess it hurts all of us
I think Morata would do well with us. My concern would be that he probably doesn't want to join us.
Yeah why would you take Shane Long at all?
Because I have faith in our manager bringing the best out of any striker who plays for us next season. Morata is as average as they come and we'll be looking for an upgrade sooner or later. Makes no sense spending a big sum of money for a stop gap player.
I'd take Vardy as a solid squad option as long as we bought Morata too.
I'd not like to see Vardy go to one of our rivals, especially Liverpool where I think he'd be annoyingly good.
I'd not like to see Vardy go to one of our rivals, especially Liverpool where I think he'd be annoyingly good.
He is anything but average seriously some of you are clueless.
Now Vardy who next ? Andy Carroll ?
Yes Moratta for 80m is expensive but much better than what we could get from the market. If you can pay 60m , add another 15 and just buy him. Thats one headache of our way. Looks like player is also keen !
Yes Moratta for 80m is expensive but much better than what we could get from the market. If you can pay 60m , add another 15 and just buy him. Thats one headache of our way. Looks like player is also keen !
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