They were never selling him this summer. Point is moot
Evan Ferguson
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Time will tell if we went with the right option. I think a little bit more than we paid for Hojlund we could’ve gotten him.
I think Brighton would've asked for something around 120-130 for him this year.
Poor Hojlund is going to get berated for not scoring hat tricks because of this lad.
I think if we’d have gone in early we could’ve gotten them down to 80ish.
He was not for sale period. He signed a new contract
He should sack himself and his father then.
Yeh im not sure about that. Think given the fees we've seen this window it's fair to assume Brighton would have wanted north of 100mil. Maybe even around what they got for Caicedo. And given we've seen our attempt at penny pinching, it's probably also fair to assume we wouldn't have been able to afford that.
Something tells me Sir Alex is probably absolutely boiling at us not moving for this lad.
He is a bit special.
He is a bit special.
I think the Brighton flop thing is a bit OTT, their recently sold key players:
White - Success
Burn - Success
Cucurella - Flop
Bissouma - Success
Trossard - Success
Caicedo -
Mac Allister -
It’s fair to say they’re all great players bar Cucurella, I think buying the right players from them currently should be encouraged.
Get the chequebook out. £30m loan next summer with an obligation to buy in 2030!
He’s special and it was always obvious. We should’ve gone all out for him over Rasmus.
We’ll get him. Despite this thread telling me he isn’t needed because we already have the grand total of one attacking player in rashford and potentially another in Rasmus who may be able to get over 10 goals in a season I suspect we will want to reinforce the attack at some point in the next 2 seasons.
Everyone is for sale. The new contract pushed the price up. He will be a United player this time next year.
Will all depend on the sale, not just regarding us having the money but if we have owners that push for big names they might find going for someone like Oshimen more glamorous. Impossible to say what will happen going forward.
Would take a British transfer record.
Even if it is to be Qatar they do seem to have learned. PSG have had a rather good window which has gone under the radar with all the Mbappe noise.
He will cost £150m next summer at this rate. The only way we’d buy him at that price, especially with all the other problem areas we’ve to address, is if Rasmus turns out to be proper shite.
If United get the fans desired takeover money will be no object.
If they don't he'll end up at a London club or Real.
We potentially need a CM for Casemiro and a CB for Varane. Our “problem area” is scoring goals.
You've not even seen him play yet
15 goals in 32 appearances at 18 years old, in the PL is elite. Whoever gets him will have a superstar.
That’s assuming the likes of Antony, AWB/Dalot, Mount can actually make the step up and be good enough for the team. Sancho is also basically a dud now so we will definitely need wide players realistically. If Rasmus shows enough promise to bang in somewhere between 10 and 20 PL goals (which would be great!) there’s no way we will use our entire transfer budget on another striker.
No, but I’ve seen Ferguson play, in the premier league, the league we play in.You've not even seen him play yet
We haven't even seen what Rasmus can do yet, but poor guy isn't going to stand a chance if he's going to be compared Haaland and Ferguson early on.
I doubt Brighton would have sold him this summer anyway unless it was a crazy offer, which we were never going to do whilst still been held back by the Glazers, and Ferguson might have rejected us at this point aswell, he seems happy where he is to me for now.
Done deal.
Well you can shove your "pretty much" right up your hole
Thanks for saying that. What a weird thing to say when he is, Irish. Some folks around here are right twats.
If you think we’re replacing Antony and Mount next year then I have a bridge to sell you. They are key players in the profile of the squad we’re building out of possession. Our issue is scoring goals. The idea we shouldn’t have two high potential young attackers in the same squad is bonkers and the complete antithesis of everything that made Sir Alex successful. Goals win games. Strikers are what you spend your budgets on - a point that seems to be missed in the era of the 120m DM.
Good. He is a United fan and bring us to a new level.
As if we could have afforded him while trying to address our other issues.
You should maybe study some history, or indeed some current affairs/geography.
Well, he's half-English by 'birth' (but, yeah, conflating Rep of Ireland with Britain is poor form)..
We paid £72m for Rasmus. If we’d gone for him early in the window he wouldn’t have been outrageously more than that.
Most of this chat should go in the thread in the football forum.
Shades of a young Rooney about him. We should break the bank for him next summer. Clearly got something and the character to make it at a big club.
Spurs enquired ans got quoted £100mil. So there was zero chance od us signing him this summer.
I think you’re misconstruing what I’m saying. I agree we should go for him regardless of whether Rasmus is a success or not. But strikers cost a fortune now and the days of clubs having multiple top strikers on the books (especially when most only play with one up top) are long gone. I just can’t see the club spending £150m or so on a striker if the one they paid £72m a year ago proves to be a success. I would love if we got Ferguson but I’d be shocked if it happens unless Rasmus flops big time.
He’s as British as Kylian Mbappe mate.
Think people need to chill on why we haven't already paid out for Ferguson. He's still young and as such still suffers from inconsistency. When he's on like he was today, he puts everything away but he also has games that he struggles to get into and is subbed off early. Think United fans would have no patience for those highs and lows after spending a big fee. It's likely to happen Hojlund too but I think he should just stay at Brighton until he and his game matures because he's clearly going to be sensational when he does get that consistency.
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