this is a no brainer, If hojlund can play upfront on the left side as a lcf, with rashford and garnacho we can have an awesome attack for years!
Evan Ferguson - Top Irish Prospect
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He had some injuries last season as well right? Or am I misremembering. If i'm correct it might be a little worry that he's starting to pick up injuries so early on in his career
He's still 1 competitive fixture shy of being locked into Ireland for the rest of his career.
You know what to do Gareth...
You know what to do Gareth...
It's quite common when you're as young as him. He's technically still growing, provided they're not serious, he should just naturally become more robust.
He had an ankle injury last season which kept him out for a good few weeks but that was from a bad tackle rather than something muscle related.
He's not. He officially can't switch apparently. Everyone's been quoting a slightly outdated rule.
Having this guy + Højlund, will sort striker for us for at least 10 years.
Needs a takeover to happen (and owner willing to spend over 100m on EF in addition to strengthening the CM slots). Shame no-one discovered some hitherto unsuspected collusion between Glazers and the Russian government, so we could have been sold for certain and at a 'normal' price to a proper owner.
That’s what we all desire, a sale to happen and the new owners to overhaul the squad, build a new stadium and update the training grounds.
I can't see him coming here as long as we've Højlund unfortunately, unless RH completely flops and we've to offload him.
They're too similar really except Højlund looks quicker. I know Fergie had 4 strikers but Ole and Teddy were happy to be subs.
I find it difficult to judge EF's level/ceiling either. Is he just a low to mid PL level striker, which as an Irish person, I'd still be delighted with or is he good enough for the top teams?
Time will tell I guess.
Could we start these two together? The Twin Towers of Old Trafford.
Don't get your hopes up guys, he's actually being linked with City. Pep will play with him and Haaland up front and his acolytes will all be marvelling at this miraculous new 442 formation that he's invented.
Just like we had Sancho and Antony sorting the RW for at least 10 years. Both of them have proved feck all and same goes for the players you have mentioned.
Also, Haaland will leave at some point in the next 3 years, so it would represent typically smooth squad planning for them.
Who knows, but the Irish medical team have assessed him apparently and it is a problem with his knee. I'd be surprised if he was saving himself for the club as helping Ireland qualify would be a big deal for him.
Unless of course he is making sure he doesn't play four competitive games for Ireland so he can switch to England (fingers crossed!) though I would be amazed if that was the case as he seems Irish through and through.
As far as I know the club haven't seen or commented on the injury yet, so no idea if he'll be back for the United game or not.
Thank you.
About time an Irish born bloke played for England.
Err…..Nope.
Why? Have they proven anything of the sort? Hojlund has played 5 mins in the EPL
Southgate probably wouldn’t pick him anyway.
The thing about the wondering nomad that is Haaland -- where can he go next? RM? Can he play with Mbappe?
I don't think he suits Barca's footballing philosophy. Bayern after Kane retires or comes back to England? But it would be a step down for him to go to Bayern after the EPL in terms of global exposure.
Not sure he has that many options. Other than that, nobody else will pay him what he expects.
It’s related to an ongoing issue with his knee, and not something picked up in the Newcastle game.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/so...e-injury-was-not-sustained-in-newcastle-game/
Hope it's not too serious. Wouldn't want underlying injury issues to ruin a promising career.
Not like we are seriously linked to him now, but if we are looking at him sometime in the future we should wait until he's shown he's clear of these issues.
Same things were said about Kane tbf.
I wasn't watching football back then. If he can become Kane then fair enough
0 chance of this happening, he’ll just follow the money like every other big talent.
Interesting. Patellar tendon issue could be Osgood Schlatters. Growing pain, basically. Will need to be manager carefully for the next year or so but not long term problem.
Yeah that would make sense, he’s still just 18 after all.
Others will know better than me but didn’t Haaland have similar niggling injuries at that age?
I had that when I was a kid!
As for Ferguson, he's clearly got early onset Giggsitits, which only ever flares up around international breaks. He'll be fine for club games.
Suspect he’ll end up at Citeh. They’ll get him for 20M, integrate him with Haaland for a season and then send Haaland on his way to real madrid for 300M.
Me too! Hurts like a cnut.
yeah? You reckon?
20mill
He’s Irish, City doesn’t have a good reputation over here. Rice didn’t move there because of what his Irish dad thought of City and what they represent
If haaland moves on to Real Madrid at some point, he could be the perfect replacement.