Oh okay then. Don’t bother trying to improve. Let’s stick with Martial, that’s worked so well so far.
Many People were mad we had to pay over 50m for Hojlund, but now buying Ferguson for 120m is ok?
He's Irish and has 7 goals in the Prem, to some people that's all that matters over some foreign kid scoring goals in the Italian league. No I am not joking, people actually think this wayMany People were mad we had to pay over 50m for Hojlund, but now buying Ferguson for 120m is ok?
Even speaking as an Irish guy who has been desperate for a potentially world class player to break through since Damien Duff...I agree completely.
£90m? More like British Transfer record. £120m minimum. This is Tony Bloom we're talking about here. Anybody even slightly rated will leave for British transfer records unless the player is near the end of his contract and even then he won't budge unless it's in the 80s or 90s. Levy has given all the clubs the template now for dealing with the big 6. Either you develop your own talent or get ready to pay up big time.
£120m?? Brighton would respond with a snort of haughty derision at a bid of £120m
Benzema was signed by Real for big money in Summer 2009 and he pretty much rotated with Higuain for four years. There are too many games on these days for players plus Utd are probably aiming to be playing 60+ games per season going forwards (On top of international fixtures), they would both play a relatively decent amount of games between them, could then sell the lesser player in the future.
He played for Bohs against Chelsea...at 14 years of age. I'm fairly sure that all the top clubs in England (and probably further afield) were after him, but his father had a professional connection with Brighton that meant that he was always going there.
it’s obviously a gamble and you’re paying for the potential he might reach but if you have a goal in every 3 games at 18 and you’re being called a natural born goal scorer by Gary Lineker then I think it’s probably more than just fan hype.
In fairness, he's very young, and felt that for the sake of his career he is better off staying at Brighton for now. When this contract finishes, he will still be young enough to spend his peak years at United.
Yes.
What he did last year is crazy for a 17/18 year old and it's not as if it was some crazy streak of overperformance. His underlyings are just as good and he's averaging 3.4 shots per game at that age which is higher than Rashford, Harry Kane, and Mo Salah. Shot volume isn't everything but it is highly correlated with goalscoring so this bodes very well that he can generate this amount of shots against top defenders.
Good luck getting that price for him, when the same quantity would get you a proven player such as Osimhen.
What does that have to do with anything? Caicedo is less proven than Rice, Lavia is less proven than other players like Mount, yet these players are commanding massive fees.
What's your point? He's scoring lots of goals proportionate to his playing time which is being somewhat restricted by his age (started last season at 17) and a couple of bad injuries picked up (got scythed down by Konaté last year.
If he signs his new contract, there is allegedly a 150m release clause to non Italian teams
