Do people actually think this? Genuinely? You might do or it's a cheeky tongue in cheek transfer forum post, but just curious if people actually think him and him alone would transform us into title winners. I know I don't.
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Do people actually think this? Genuinely? You might do or it's a cheeky tongue in cheek transfer forum post, but just curious if people actually think him and him alone would transform us into title winners. I know I don't.
Me neither, I don’t think we’ll be slogging it out for top 4 with the likes of Leicester and Spurs anymore though. Would be an excellent start of our next title winning team.
If he were to transfer his Bundesliga form, then I dunno. We're beating Sheffield United, West Brom, probably winning at Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea. The majority of the gap between us and City is basically just poor finishing. Having a focal point bullying their CBs gives our side more direction as an attacking unit. Rashford looks up and sees a player who guarantees goals in the middle, he's probably passing more. Greenwood has a great cross he just doesn't send in too often, he'd probably have more goals as currently players are closing him really quickly and they'd be leaving Haaland free. Luke Shaw would have way more assists. Obviously we could do with more control in midfield, a stronger right wing, and another CB.
Would you not agree to that? Puts him on parity with highest earners and wages will be one of keys for us to get this over the line.£350,000k a week
I wouldn’t blink at £350k a week.
The lads 20 years old
I wouldn’t say it guarantees league titles but using a simple example of all the chances we miss game after game, add them up and we all agree Haaland would score a lot more than our forwards have this season.
This season as an example, if we bury a load more of those wasted chances we are right at the top in the mix with City.
Keep Pogba and get him and Bruno behind this lad and that improves us tremendously.
You don’t pay him based on his age, you pay based on his ability.
He is ripping apart the champions league right now.
If anything I’d pay more for a young player and your likely to either secure their best years at the club or recoup your money if he moves on.
Usually I would probably agree with you to an extent but you have to factor in the player in question and what he’s done in the game already.
Different player but would you pay £350k a week to have a 20 year old Rooney in the team right now? I know I would.
£350,000k a week
Holy crap.
it's between us and city I'd say, and if city get him the league will be theirs for years. if we get him, we get a lot closer to them.
Weirdly if faced the choice of kane or Haaland its kane for me.
I'm just really worried about the baggage Haaland will bring by way of prioritising personal goals. He will want to win something with United and undoubtedly move on to dominate other leagues. Raiola even in limited capacity can cause a circus with a single quote.
With Kane on the other hand, you have to deal with Levy, but once he's in you know you're sorted for his career. Just a matter of fitness which to be fair he seems fine on this season.
I'm just really worried about the baggage Haaland will bring by way of prioritising personal goals. He will want to win something with United and undoubtedly move on to dominate other leagues. Raiola even in limited capacity can cause a circus with a single quote.
With Kane on the other hand, you have to deal with Levy, but once he's in you know you're sorted for his career. Just a matter of fitness which to be fair he seems fine on this season.
Ronaldo had a similar obsession at Real Madrid and it worked out well for them.
Imagine his renewal at 23, would be wanting £500k plus!
Exactly. It’s as much about stopping a rival as it is about improving our own team imo.
There is no way SAF would let this one go without really trying to get him for those reasons.
If he was asking for £500k plus then that would mean he’s still absolutely smashing them in for fun like he is now, in which case we should be happy to pay it.
Ronaldo gave us 7? years of which a good 2-3 was him growing as a player to a world class one. Haaland won't give us the same time, he's already world class. He's going to dominate this league when he comes an undoubtedly move on to La Liga to do the same. Or hel do it the other way round, but it's going to happen either way.
Add Raiola to the mix too by the way, he's going to stir wherever Haaland is.
no, if fergie was around he'd move heaven and earth to get him. it would be huge for us.
Haa he said he wants to go to Spain?
Now you're talking about Mbappe. Haaland is trying to get what Mbappe's getting paid, which is about 360K a week as it is. I wouldn't blink either in offering him that, worth it IMO and not the kind of guy I can see sitting pretty with his money and not focusing on delivering the goods. United can afford it, he's worth the money, and it'll make him a bit more out of reach for other clubs if he really wants to move on and conquer other leagues.
No of course I'm going by how he strikes me by way of personal ambition. I think he's the type of player that wants to win it in multiple leagues rather than spending the majority of his career with one single club.
And even if he was indifferent between the two career paths, Raiola will try and instigate some turnover every 3-5 years to maximize his $$ fees. I'm not saying that I know Haaland and that's what he'll do, but with him I think there's a big risk of that scenario playing out compared to Kane who is 27 and will probably make his next big move as the one he wins all his cups at.
If City get this guy Im kind of done with football. We need competition in this league and now that Chelsea arent that good i dont think I can stomach City winning it consistently.
Im not usually a fan of overpaying for players wages but this is the only player I would give an obscene amount given our desperation. He also has to come with sancho by the way.
Im not usually a fan of overpaying for players wages but this is the only player I would give an obscene amount given our desperation. He also has to come with sancho by the way.
It ain’t my money (so the saying goes) but the real price you pay is the bullshit piled so high you need wings to stay above it i.e Raiola£350,000k a week
Yeah. It's just one of those signings you know will help shape the landscape of the league for the next 5 or so years.
We have to do whatever it takes in my opinion, it won't be popular with some fans but that likely includes paying more than our rivals might be offering. Some find that hard to accept but it's one of many issues caused as a result of that 8 years of obscurity we've had.
Get him for whatever he costs. You don't miss out on generational talent like Mbappe (and probably Haaland) because your salary structure doesn't allow it.
Sounds like you’re the desperate one bro
I've never seen a player before who seems to be so career focused, in terms of the steps he takes. But perhaps that has just been about playing him at the highest level possible in his first few seasons as a pro, in a place where he's guaranteed games, which to be fair he has achieved amazingly well. It may well be that if he stays at Dortmund for another year then at aged 22 he'll decide on the best club to spend the rest of his twenties. Which i suspect will be Real Madrid but may end up being Utd or City.
Ronaldo was far more ‘career focused’ IMO. Went from success to success
150M transfer + 350k p/w (~18M p/yr?) => All in, we pay 240M over 5 years.
We'll definitely have to cutback a little if we pull this one off but I think we can make it happen financially.
We'll definitely have to cutback a little if we pull this one off but I think we can make it happen financially.
Who knows, but I can imagine some of the tight matches we drew this season - where we wasted big chances - would have turned into victories instead, and at least we would have been a few points closer to City. If we can keep Pogba, then maybe.
If City get him I can see them getting close to records again. KDB, Foden, Bernado Silva, Mahrez etc all playing in and around Haaland would be seriously unstoppable.
Haaland our #9 this season and we'd be right up there with City, absolutely. There are too many variables in football but all things remaining equal, what we have + Haaland would go neck and neck with City for the title.
exactly
Where are we all of a sudden finding the money for Haaland, Riaola and wages in this covid financial world that United have mentioned on several occasions?
No chance we sign him unless the club is taking a huge loan out.
We were told by many to stop moaning when we wouldn't pay for Sancho but now with a full season of an empty stadium and after spending approx 60m last summer we are expected to believe this.
No chance we sign him unless the club is taking a huge loan out.
We were told by many to stop moaning when we wouldn't pay for Sancho but now with a full season of an empty stadium and after spending approx 60m last summer we are expected to believe this.
Good call, he's probably the only comparable one. Although once he had established himself he spent 9 years at Madrid. It's difficult to know with Ronaldo because I don't think many people could have predicted at age 20, which Haaland is, what kind of player he would go on to become.
Yeah I would accept that sort of thing if it meant we could have him for 3/4 years but knowing we are a club who seem to be very much about long term I find it highly unlikely we would agree to that
This.
Last summer we didn't have much cash. Even less this summer and we won't be alone.
I think the transfer window will be a huge letdown for nearly everyone not just us.
Yeah I would wonder that too and definitely nothing more than a pipe dream which it kills me to say
Our main problem is creating chances, getting Haaland alone won't make us win the league.
I'd love Haaland, but we need to spend our money wisely, personally I'd prioritise midfield, winger and CB over a striker.
I'd love Haaland, but we need to spend our money wisely, personally I'd prioritise midfield, winger and CB over a striker.
Why is that undoubtedly? Redcafe seem to paint a picture of Haaland as some greedy kid, shopping clubs for the money. Yet he turned down the big money from Juve , and went for the Austrian league. And then he turned down the big money from Man Utd for Dortmund.
If we can match his ambitions on the pitch, I see no reason why he would hurry away to some other club. After all we are one of the giant clubs of the world.
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