Edinson Cavani - SIGNED for United

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How will that work in a team that doesnt have players/wingers who can cross a ball?
It's the other way around, we cross a lot but there's often no one in the box ready for them. If we get Telles as well then there's an interesting linkup.
 
he’s here to replace Ighalo who we just signed up for another 4 million quid until January. It goes against the “new direction” we are supposedly heading in. They mess up haaland and pay ighalo this lad and Sanchez god knows how much? But there’s not enough money to bid for Sancho in a timely manner? It’s just stupid reactionary management. As always. I don’t know how someone can watch us make the same mistakes over and over and say hey it’s ok. We keep messing up the most simple things
Agreed.
But it's because we don't have much money in the bank. Same reason we can't offer Dortmund the cash for sancho, only instalments.

The leeches have fecked up this club. We are a retirement home for ageing mercenaries now.
 
People realise you can still be pissed at a shit window yet think a signing fills a hole and improves on his replacement?
Cavani is a smart fun signing for me, strengthens the squad.
If VDB and Cavani is our entire window it’s fecking horrific mind.
 
Panic signing written all over this. Still need a LB, CB & RW.

He’s better than Ighalo, so? Jonjo Shelvey is better than McTominay, should we get him in too?
 
So despite having greenwood and rashford that can play as strikers, we now instead have two panic buy back up strikers totalling together at about 400k per week for 1 position, but we snubbed bale who can actually play on the right wing and has a much higher ceiling of performance levels...

Where the feck did you go to school?
 
Don't really understand most of the negativity. This is man with body, a boatload of (international) experience and also very strong in the air. This Will give us a lot of other options in a game, also in giving rest to players without taking a huge drop in quality. For example, we can rest Rashford and play Martial on the left with Cavani in the center. Lots better than bringing James in on the left.

Let's wait and see how it turns out before we write him off. It could be good business for shirt sales.
I just hope that Ole has a plan for how he is going to use him.
 
So despite having greenwood and rashford that can play as strikers, we now instead have two panic buy back up strikers totalling together at about 400k per week for 1 position, but we snubbed bale who can actually play on the right wing and has a much higher ceiling of performance levels...

Absolute state
 
What does that matter? Its more the fan meltdown that would be worthy of laughter.

It is a sensible short term signing - sounds like he's on similar wages to Rashford and Martial- can hopefully fill in, do a good job, score some goals & mentor our young attackers while we wait for them to mature / wait for Haaland's clause to be in play.
Maybe I’ll be proven wrong and he’ll nick a few goals but I don’t really see it not at 33 coming to the premier league.
 
scoring 30 goals in 55 games for PSG isn’t poor. It might not be as good as Zlatan or whoever but poor is a bit over the top.
I say it is, as a number 9 it's not good enough for Paris.
 
scoring 30 goals in 55 games for PSG isn’t poor. It might not be as good as Zlatan or whoever but poor is a bit over the top.
In between his injuries too, I might add. That's a very good return. The guy scores for fun and is the perfect backup/rotation option.
 
Panic signing written all over this.

Panic would be a guy who’s coming as a starter.
This is a replacement for a guy who leaves in a few months, and it’s clearly an upgrade.
Sounds like the guy from Real may have been our top target with Cavani as a fall back rather than going into the season like last year with only one real striker.
 
Yikes! What a mess!

I hope he has the same impact as Larsson (resting key players and boosting morale) and Ibra (Being Ibra obvs) but it does make me worry.

I have a strong feeling that we are struggling financially to an extent and will only spend once we don't make the big money of champions league again.
Is that our future? Only buying when we are losing money for the owners?

It's a scary future
 
People realise you can still be pissed at a shit window yet think a signing fills a hole and improves on his replacement?
Cavani is a smart fun signing for me, strengthens the squad.
If VDB and Cavani is our entire window it’s fecking horrific mind.

it will be Cavani, Pellistri, Telles, VDB weak enough given the links to sancho, Dembele, Jovic, Upamecano etc.
 
200k, 1 yr deal with option of a 2nd. If that's accurate, I think its worth the punt.
 
Why gamble with massive wages for 2 years? We have enough players payed over the top.
 
I don't understand the argument about age. The club tried to sign Haaland who fit the profile and Ole did everything short of offering him a reach around to convince him but that didn't happen. Now Cavani on a 1+1 to back up Martial is a much better signing than not having a back up striker when Ighalo leaves in a couple of months or even play Ighalo while he is here.
 
Don't really understand most of the negativity. This is man with body, a boatload of (international) experience and also very strong in the air. This Will give us a lot of other options in a game, also in giving rest to players without taking a huge drop in quality. For example, we can rest Rashford and play Martial on the left with Cavani in the center. Lots better than bringing James in on the left.

For me there's negativity because this all just seems very familiar... taking previously elite players from clubs who don't want them, and paying them ridiculous wages to do so. I get that it's been a difficult summer for lots of teams, but what's also clear is a lack of planning and execution at every stage of our summer business.

Smacks of a desperation signing no matter how well he does and however you want to paint it, and just underlines how horrendously run we actually are.
 
People realise you can still be pissed at a shit window yet think a signing fills a hole and improves on his replacement?
Cavani is a smart fun signing for me, strengthens the squad.
If VDB and Cavani is our entire window it’s fecking horrific mind.
I agree. While our window is shite I think he’s a smart signing, we badly need some options from the bench and Cavani provides just that.
 
What absolutely rancid signing. Big money and 2 year contract at 33.

We don't need a striker. We need a RW.

Just an attempt by Woodward to save face. Reading that bbc article now it's literally a write up of points United have sent them, 'United feel this' and 'United feel that'.
 
it will be Cavani, Pellistri, Telles, VDB weak enough given the links to sancho, Dembele, Jovic, Upamecano etc.

I’d be happy enough with that, still pissed that we won’t have a potential superstar like Sancho but at least improving on the squad strength unlike last Summer which was as unforgivable as Mourinho’s final summer window.
 
Panic would be a guy who’s coming as a starter.
This is a replacement for a guy who leaves in a few months, and it’s clearly an upgrade.
Sounds like the guy from Real may have been our top target with Cavani as a fall back rather than going into the season like last year with only one real striker.
Of course he’s a panic signing. He wasn’t someone Ole wanted. If he was we’d have got him in in August, he’s been available all summer.
 
Don't really like this, but with Ighalo leaving in a couple of months time I guess it kind of makes sense.
 
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