Looks like an interesting prospect, but he can never be our only striker signing in the summer. We can't put our hopes on an 18 year old with a total of three league goals to his name. Either he needs to grow behind a more senior striker, or stay with Brighton for another season or two.
Evan Ferguson - Top Irish Prospect
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Benzema is playing some of his best ever football at ages 34 and 35, and Lewandowski is also still going strong at 34. Kane arguably relies less on pace than those two. I think it's more likely than not that Kane will have 3-4 seasons at a very high level. I would still go for Osimhen over him for other reasons though.
he might and might not - thats what the suits looking at a 100million plus transfer fee must consider. Personally I would opt for a younger player.
Kanes fee will be too high for his age
Kane has had some serious and recurrent ankle injuries over his career. That’s usually a bad prognosis in terms of durability.
If Kane cost 70 mil would that be too much for you?
Well, that's obvious. Everyone might and might not play at a high level next season. I'm just saying that, I would assess it as being more likely than not, that Kane has another 3-4 years at a very high level, based on his previous record and his general degree of professionalism. In my view it's not a "massive might" as you put it.
But I agree that we should look elsewhere, because we would massively overpay for Kane.
Great post. As a United fan I'd selfishly love us to sign him but as an Ireland fan I believe that him staying at Brighton for at least another year is best for him. He's at the perfect club to develop him. A good manager, in a team that plays good football and one where he won't lack in game time and has a bit less pressure on him than if he were to move to one of the 'bigger' clubs so young.
His injury problems are vastly overstated, in my opinion. Since his first full season as a starter for Tottenham, he has averaged 45 games a season (not including this one). Add around 10 international games a year to that. That's not bad.
How old are Benzema, Lewa and Ibra currently?
let's get him
He is best staying with Brighton for at least another full season. He won't be cheap at all whenever anyone moves for him, but a full season (or longer) as a starting striker would be good for the player.
So, Ferguson is signed up with Brighton until 2026, by which time he will be 21? Feels like the ideal time to aim to sign him will be 2025, when you would think Brighton will have to look to sell if he is doing well. As it is, I think he would be eye-wateringly expensive to sign now anyway.
Looks very useful.
why is that relevant?
That would be the max I think. For me anyway.
Because they are extremely similar players and level to Kane. It’s just bizarre to assume that a player of his style is going to fade much earlier than his peers. It’s obviously a risk, as everyone ages differently, but a minor one.
Anyway, I’ve now realised this is the Ferguson thread so I’ll leave it there!
'Struggling for goals' seems a bit strong given the season they're having, although I take your point in that they're 4th in the league for possession percentage per game but only 7th for goals scored per game. They have however been much more prolific in the league with Ferguson on the pitch than without him, albeit we're dealing with a very small sample size here.
| OPPONENTS | MINUTES PLAYED BY FERGUSON | GOALS SCORED BY BRIGHTON WHEN HE WAS ON THE PITCH |
| Southampton | 7 | 0 |
| Arsenal | 29 | 2 |
| Everton | 71 | 4 |
| Liverpool | 66 | 2 |
| Leicester | 24 | 1 |
| Crystal Palace | 33 | 1 |
| Fulham | 73 | 0 |
| West Ham | 83 | 3 |
| Leeds | 68 | 2 |
| Crystal Palace | 11 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 465 | 15 |
So if I haven't completely botched some element of this, which is distinctly possible in fairness, that's 15 in 465 minutes = 2.9 goals per 90 minutes with Ferguson, compared with 1.8 goals per match overall, and 1.56 goals per 90 minutes without him on the pitch.
I was hoping that they'd at least scored at the same rate with him on the pitch, but that actually seems quite impressive. The likelihood of me looking all that up if he wasn't Irish is minimal, so you may be onto something as regards his nationality contributing to the hype on here
There are also plenty of strikers who drop a level or two after 30. In fact most do.
Well if he’s that good then..
Honestly I hate these types of Twitter accounts.
"Dominate for decades to come".
They do know a decade is 10 years right? Decades is plural, meaning a minimum of 2. So are they expecting him to dominate football from now (18) until minimum 38 years old?
It'll be the ideal time for everybody to sign him though.
Right now probably only ourselves and Chelsea need a No.9. I don't see him choosing the latter over us.
To be fair the other Ferguson did dominate football for decades.
Can someone post any good clips of great individual games he’s had? As I’m not seeing a Rooney esque talent in the ones I’ve seen. Or has the twatterer above forgotten how good Rooney was?
I don't know if his comment was sarky. It definitely was factual. He wasn't playing regularly at the time.
Yours was unnecessarily insulting though.
Seemed sarky? I mean, I posted something that I saw online. The minutes were slightly off, so there was no need for the sarky bullshit.
Was this thread written by someone with a massive crush on him? Holy hell the excessive use of superlatives.
Cracking young player all the same, eh Tom?
Well of course, he is undeniably a huge talent.
Agreed. This is ridicilous
I can certainly see some comparisons with Haaland. The Rooney comparisons seem eh off.
I mean the lad has definitely got something, but this twitter thread is way over the top.
As time has gone on, you would be led to believe that Rooney was some fat clogger who just ran around a-lot. Mental.
Yes but he’s probably not ready to lead the line for a top club. It would be a massive gamble to pay the type of money needed to bring him in as an expected starter when he’s only played a handful of games. Rooney had two full seasons when we brought him in and even then he wasn’t expected to be the main man in that squad.
It's insane that people forget just how good he was at 16!
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That Twitter thread is a train wreck, obviously.
This is interesting though:
Checked fbref and he’s 98th centile for pass completion % and for assists. Interesting combination. Tiny sample size though.
This is interesting though:
Checked fbref and he’s 98th centile for pass completion % and for assists. Interesting combination. Tiny sample size though.
Jheez tough crowd!
I thought there were some interesting parts of that thread
I thought there were some interesting parts of that thread