Its tough to make that commitment. It'd be a no-brainer if he could play across the front 3 as we could rotate between the 5 players and ensure that he was getting plenty of games. However if he is an out and out centre forward then its really down to him getting goals and cementing his place in the team.
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this makes no sense
I think he'll comfortably force Martial out of the team. He'll be injured again any day now.
There is a difference between "playing" and "starting" every week. There is no doubt he would play every week at United.
Leipzig cant afford his wages
Of course! Sign the damn contract boy!
So despite the Sun's £76m claim clearly being bullshit - If we sign him, that figure is now going to be banded around as if it's gospel isn't it. fecking ridiculous that these idiots can just spout shit and people lap it up
Kinda disagree, it doesn’t say any specific source - so for me it just seems they are just aggregating all the other chatter
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Buy him in Jan and sell Martial in the summer. Then buy a no.10 and a CM
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I don't get it? Isn't it obvious he would play either as a sub or a starter every week?
What formation does Salzburg play? Has he played 4-2-3-1 much? Or used to a second strike partner?
But it doesn't make sense considering most of the chatter have consisted of the German plus OGS's visit offensive this past week. But you could be right, just found it rather odd when most of the noise is about the German clubs public courting. After all, Dagbladet was the first paper in Norway with a concrete claim that we're actively trying to sign him.
James and Rashford are machines. They just keep on going. Martial has injury issues so we need a second nr 9.
I have seen most of Haaland's matches and he's old school. No bullshit, no special shot or technical, just an old fashion goal scorer.
With James crosses he will always be in front of the goal. This is something Ole and Martial have worked with but still Martial is not near the goal when there is a cross.
Haaland will be there and will score many simple goals. His also much faster than what people think, his top speed is same as James.
I have seen most of Haaland's matches and he's old school. No bullshit, no special shot or technical, just an old fashion goal scorer.
With James crosses he will always be in front of the goal. This is something Ole and Martial have worked with but still Martial is not near the goal when there is a cross.
Haaland will be there and will score many simple goals. His also much faster than what people think, his top speed is same as James.
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They are in the box seat if you consider the locality and the connection with Red Bull plus the constant influence.
Ok but the context is that surely he expects to be a starter, not 20 minute cameos.
They play 4-2-3-1 mainly. He's the lead striker.
Can sometimes play with another striker Hwang next to him like they did against Liverpool.
What makes him a Lukaku type striker?
He seems more hungry and looks to have a better touch? We need a striker now not wait for 3/4 years and wait for him.
Ole has already managed him once, so he knows what kind of personality he has and Ole got rid of Lukaku.
I am pretty sure Ole would not sign him if he thought he will be like Lukaku.
Ok. He will start but given the amount of fixtures and the physical demands of the PL he surely understands that he’ll need to be rested now and again.
Blimey he doesn’t always start for Salzburg
That's what tabloids do to make a story.
Not according to Norwegian media. Maybe it's wishful thinking from them (United being the biggest club and OGS's being the most well-known footballer after all) but none of the Norwegian media are saying their sources told them that he will choose Germany. That could also be because their source is probably Jim Solbakken, of course.
I'd agree as long as they signed a right winger too and Haaland proved to be a success. Buy Haaland, Sancho & Madison and another centre mid and get rid of Pogba, Martial & Lingard.
It genuinely makes no difference. IF he has a release clause like everybody expects, then how do they remain in power? They have no choice but to accept whoever pays the money.
Thanks. I do wonder if Ole would actually love to play a front 2. He is of course very used to playing himself as a front two, and might still see that as the United Way. We also desperately need to score more goals. I'm a little surprised that he hasn't since he joined, other than when chasing a game, most notably against Everton.
I'm not too sure if he played 2 up front at Molde much, but seem to recall reading him using a 4-2-2-2 system at times.
Donald Trump as DoF! He'd build a wall around Carrington to keep the foreign players out and try (and fail) to make Liverpool pay for it. It's a strategy I guess and fits with Ole's young British signings!
Why not? He'd be a shoe in up top for us. Martial hasn't exactly been pulling up trees and we like to tinker with 2 up top anyway.
Leipzig has Werner. I don't see him starting over Werner right now.
Maybe Salzburg would forgo a transfer fee to help cover the wages?
Reasons to pick United:
1. He will play, maybe not every game but he will play a lot
2. Playing in England against better opposition
3. Better training standards
4. Huge club with worldwide status only rivaled by Madrid
5. Better wages
6. His dad played in England, in the same city in fact
7. Solskjaer is Norwegian
1. He will play, maybe not every game but he will play a lot
2. Playing in England against better opposition
3. Better training standards
4. Huge club with worldwide status only rivaled by Madrid
5. Better wages
6. His dad played in England, in the same city in fact
7. Solskjaer is Norwegian
Would be massively illegal to do so. They may be owned by the same massive energy drink maker but they have to operate as separate entities otherwise they can be kicked out of Europe and hit with big fines.
Rumour has it that he's Bayern bound though, no?
Definitely not, especially if we see Sancho doing the J Lingz sign on Instagram or Maddison getting 'Ole 99' tattooed on his neck
Yes but being the same company, they could easily find a way round this
I bet the number is hardly an obstacle, more like they have a wage structure to handle and a squad to keep happy. Imagine a 19 year old kid coming in and earn way more than anyone else in the squad, including their best player.
There’s many reasons to believe that he’s joining us. I do think that he will and we’ll get concrete news in the next week or so.
Don't get the idea by some on here about buying this lad and then selling Martial. Surely we want the best strength in depth possible, as well as competition for positions? There's nothing that drives a player on, in my opinion, than the idea that they're going to lose their shirt to someone else.
And they'd get absolutely fecked by UEFA. Due to the nature of the ownership every deal they make between clubs is highly scrutinised. In fact, UEFA rules state that no one entity can own two or more clubs participating in a UEFA club competition, directly or indirectly. That rule was basically brought in the stop Red Bull buying up a load of shitty clubs across Europe and getting them all into the Champions League.
Playing time is key to his requirement, I don't get how this rules us out.
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