What an odd bump
Eberechi Eze
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It’s transfer muppet season.
summer 2025 he will have 1 year left in his contract. He will be easy to get.
Edit, his contract run out in 2027 not 2026.
Should of bought him instead of Mount
Quite nitpicky given he'll still only be 27 next summer, but ideally I'd prefer any attacker we spend massive money on to be in their early 20's rather than late 20's.
I'm cognisant that our owners have said it will likely be multiple seasons before we're challenging for major titles again, and that's if all goes well. If it doesn't go well, it could take longer.
So the more potential longevity we get out of players we commit massive money to at this point, the better. And the difference between a 27 and 23 year old (like the Zirkzee and Ugarte signings this summer, say) is an entire extra contract cycle.
That said, he's a very talented player a lot of top clubs will rightly be interested in.
I'm cognisant that our owners have said it will likely be multiple seasons before we're challenging for major titles again, and that's if all goes well. If it doesn't go well, it could take longer.
So the more potential longevity we get out of players we commit massive money to at this point, the better. And the difference between a 27 and 23 year old (like the Zirkzee and Ugarte signings this summer, say) is an entire extra contract cycle.
That said, he's a very talented player a lot of top clubs will rightly be interested in.
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A quick Look at his stats and he is a 7-10 goals a season guy, at 27 I can’t see those numbers jumping up considerably, especially not at United.
He brings a lot more to the table than just goals.
His dribbling, passing, link up play, decision making and overall football intelligence are of high quality. I can see him being great foil for a player like Amad, similar to the partnership he struck with Michael Olise.
He's a real baller who takes games by the scruff of the neck while seemingly gliding around with the ball with minimal effort. He'd make a potential great signing, but I'd like to see that under a different manager
It's early days, but he's taking considerably more shots this season than he ever has before. Since the easiest way to score more is to shoot more, it would be a bit of a surprise if he isn't on track for an improvement on his goal output during this campaign.
He definitely looks like a more confident player now, coming up to his peak. I'm not sure he's the right player for us to target for the left wing though. He doesn't really play there, doesn't have a load of pace, and you want him closer to goal where he's more effective.
Been a fan of his for a good while, he'd be a guy that will get bums off seats and increase our entertainment factor.
I don't understand this notion that we are 2 years away from competing. Our team on paper stacks up as good as anyone in the league, we just unfortunately are playing a style that doesn't get the most out of our players or our players haven't adjusted to the system.
Unless it’s Mount + cash going the other way I don’t see it. Need more 6/8 or defensive and box to box midfield incomings than we do attacking midfielders.
Yeah odd link to be honest. I’d say that we need a playmaking 8 / DLP but either way if we’re talking about midfield, we require players who help in deeper areas as opposed to an AM. And out wide you’d think we need reliable end product and genuine pace as our two promising wingers are not super quick and the third has fallen off a cliff.
How many no 10s does this club need
Honestly need multiple incomings of different profiles to rebuild the midfield. We’re drastically short of proper options at the moment and starting next year with genuine replacements for Eriksen and Casemiro is a must.
Oh wow, had no idea he was that old. That's a pass, doesn't fit our timeline at all. He'll be declining just as we have a chance to get good. Don't need to spend £60M for him to start declining two years in.
Yes.
Thought he was only 23 ish.
Olise was the one to get
Don't think he's worth it at his age now. There are better players out there who are also younger and with higher ceilings.
I'd be very surprised if these links are true to be honest. Unless it's a real cut price deal or goes against the transfer strategy of signing players who are predominantly 25 and under.
Pretty sure this is his agent trying to drum up interest. He probably thought there would be a lot more in him during the window that just closed.
I'd be very surprised if these links are true to be honest. Unless it's a real cut price deal or goes against the transfer strategy of signing players who are predominantly 25 and under.
Pretty sure this is his agent trying to drum up interest. He probably thought there would be a lot more in him during the window that just closed.
This link makes little sense to me, really good player but for it to make sense we would need to move on players who don't seem likely to move on at all.
I think we could sign peak Messi, with Makalele at the base of midfield, and we'd still be rubbish with this system.
Is this based on that Daily Mail or similar quality source article from a few months ago? Because I've not seen anything reliable to suggest we won't go for players older than 25.
Wrong age and not a winger.
26 is too old.
Never change Redcafe, never change.
Never change Redcafe, never change.
Needing an #8 and signing a #10 instead is very on brand for United, so wouldnt be surprised if this goes through.
27 by the summer window and costing £70m maybe? Not sure if signing him would be the wisest decision.
26 is definitely not too old, but I don't see a place for Eze in the current team tbh.
27 before anyone signs him.
And it's not that 27 is too old either. It's that if we sign a 27 year old for massive money next summer, we have to be aware that he will likely be 29+ before we're seriously competing for titles.
Which isn't ideal. Because ideally you'd want to team-build as Arsenal have, and reach the point of being title challengers when all your key players are still in their mid/early 20's. Because the odds are you will need to compete in multiple seasons to win even once.
We're far enough away from that point that if we're dropping 70m on someone now, I'd prefer them have a long time to potentially justify that fee.
He's not 27 until the end of June 2025.
People can sign him in the January window if they want.
Only recently turned 26 in the summer, bit of a late bloomer, had a promising first season in the PL at 22 followed by very injury disrupted second season, since then he's got 31 g+a in 64 games in the last two seasons where he seems to get better and better with more responsibility. And considering he doesn't rely on pace I don't think the age is really an issue either yet, but it would make more sense if we were thinking of moving Bruno on and he hadn't just signed a bumper new deal.
Agreed in the sense I doubt we are competing at all for another 2 years, if we were already at an Arsenal/City level then sure.
I think most people are assuming that Palace aren't going to sell him in January when they have absolutely no need to, and the report posted above that we're all responding to is talking about him as a signing for next summer.
Thats true but why not moving Mount on and Eze as an replacement.
Aditionally he can play several positions like left wing, 10 or an attacking 8 or maybe even false 9
He is not dependent on Speed and would be my Dream signing, big Fan of him!
But I think only when mount will go
The sort of player I’d put into my ‘looks pretty, numbers are underwhelming’ box - see also Dani Olmo. He’s 27 too so pretty much at his peak with those numbers, not to mention all the injuries. Would cost a bomb. Not sure this is a good idea for anyone.
Didn't realise he was that old already.
I think we really need to focus on the wide areas before we sign a player like Eze. We need a Yamal/Williams type winger.
I think we really need to focus on the wide areas before we sign a player like Eze. We need a Yamal/Williams type winger.
Should have bought him when he was at QPR, he was kind of a better player while he was there.
To little to late.
To little to late.
I havent seen a lot of him, but the small amount i have seen hasn't been impressive. We already have a left winger who just runs into his marker, we don't need another.
Millwall reject, do not want. nibble