I agree with this. The way Zlatan is playing this season, we do not need a straight replacement yet. We just need to surround him with better players like Griezman. If we do get a striker, I would want Kane, Lukaku or Mbappe.
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Ibrahimovic's replacement for whenever he leaves? Could also be strikers we usually don't talk about
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I hope we sign him just so we can chant his name like the Goldberg theme song.
Dailymail reporting that he won't even be back till 2018...
Have to really consider signing a proper center forward now that he's pretty much done.
Have to really consider signing a proper center forward now that he's pretty much done.
Rob Earnshaw
I may be alone in this but i have a lot of faith in rashford, obviously we need someone else aswell, but when push comes to shove and he is needed the boy rashford steps up.
Absolutely, I want him playing up front and not the wing. Buying an elite striker now with Rashford as said striker's understudy might be a great piece of business.
Aubameyang.
Greizzman and Belotti please.
We'll definitely sign a new #9 now. Belotti fits the bill, I can already hear Mourinho purring about his "agressivity".
I'm voting for Belotti.
Why not Auba? Because of age? Or do you think Belotti is better? Just asking, i haven't seen Torino games this season.
Isn't he off to Real?
I guess he prefers Real but i think it's not done deal at all. Maybe he's not their first choice. Or choice at all, i don't know. I have not heard any strong rumours for a while.
Give Rashford the number 9, get Sanchez on the left/behind him and let Martial battle the two of them for a place.
Or just break the bank for Kane.
Or just break the bank for Kane.
I agree with this. Personally I prefer to have faith in Rashford. But he's still young and need a good support next to him and also someone who can back him up.
I'll go with Griezmann to support him and go with another striker who is good enough to back him up like Hernandez, Lacazette (if available cheap), may be Defoe. Basically anyone who is good to score goals for us as a backup of Rashford but doesn't cost too much.
I want Sanchez more than anyone. He can play as a striker, or on the wing. He scores a bucket load of goals, his mentality and work rate are top notch. He can play a counter attacking game or a game where we dominate possession and sit deep, he's old enough to lead the line for long enough to a good degree but not so long as to prevent Rashford from becoming our main striker in 3 or 4 years time, he's premier league proven...
Just throw money at him. I don't think he would come here because Chelsea seem to have a better pull but I really really think he should be the number 1 priority.
Just throw money at him. I don't think he would come here because Chelsea seem to have a better pull but I really really think he should be the number 1 priority.
Hernandez.
No, I don't believe he's better, but I don't think there's much in. Maybe Belotti can shift quickly to the flanks and launch the attacks which allows Rashford space in the centre. I think Belotti is versatile like this. But he's also a good header and loves to score goals, just like Aubameyang.
Mandzukic - fits the Mourinho Archetype. He is a bit old (31 in May) but would likely come cheap compared to others.
Morata would be nice but he doesnt fit the Mourinho mold as he is more of a skill player.
Belotti seems to have potential but is being tagged with ridiculous prices
Icardi is clinical in the box but needs to improve his game outside he box
Morata would be nice but he doesnt fit the Mourinho mold as he is more of a skill player.
Belotti seems to have potential but is being tagged with ridiculous prices
Icardi is clinical in the box but needs to improve his game outside he box
I could absolutely see us trying to save some money and putting off the decision a year or two by signing Mandzukic to split time and compete with Rashford up top. Seems like someone Mourinho would rate and maybe he'd then get the cash needed to get guys like Griezmann or a very expensive CM or DM or maybe a CB as well as an LB if he doesn't trust Shaw.
If we pay both of their release clause, that would be a cool 200m euros.
Not my money, make it rain Woody
Correct me if I'm wrong as I don't watch a lot of Serie A but Mandzukic looked like he has been made into a Dirk Kuyt type player when watching their game against Barca. Fair enough if he was only made to do this because of the team they were playing against but he did a fantastic job of it, which made me think that he had been playing that role for a while.
Just checked his season stats and 4 goals in 18 games as a striker is hardly the kind of record we need to replace Zlatan.
I know they'd be expensive but we're hardly strapped for cash, so let's just go for either Belotti or Lacazette. Belotti seems to be a very Mourinho-esque player but would be the bigger risk after only one prolific season, whilst the more I watch Lacazette the more impressed I am by him. Used to be concerned he might not have the quality to step up to a better league, but I just get the feeling when watching him now that it wouldn't be a problem for him.
Just checked his season stats and 4 goals in 18 games as a striker is hardly the kind of record we need to replace Zlatan.
I know they'd be expensive but we're hardly strapped for cash, so let's just go for either Belotti or Lacazette. Belotti seems to be a very Mourinho-esque player but would be the bigger risk after only one prolific season, whilst the more I watch Lacazette the more impressed I am by him. Used to be concerned he might not have the quality to step up to a better league, but I just get the feeling when watching him now that it wouldn't be a problem for him.
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If SAF is still our manager, I have no doubt that he will do whatever it takes to get Kane. I think we should get Lacazette, nothing better than beating Liverpool again.
That's 200 Million for 2 players. We need a CDM, a new CB, maybe a LB/RB or both, maybe a new GK if DDG leaves. Thank god you aren't in charge of signing players for us, you would have spent 600 Million to sign 6 players.
Not your money but if the club you support starts throwing away money on all sides, how long you think the club will stay at the top level?
Why do you think each player will cost £100m? Griezmann has a release clause of like £85m. I doubt belotti will cost £115m
What are you guys even talking about? Our problem is scoring goals. Mandzukic does not score goals. He doesn't even play as a striker at the moment he plays as a defensive winger for Juventus. He has like 7 goals in 40 games, which is worse stats per 90' than any of Mata, Martial, Mkhi. How will he help to replace Ibra's 25 goals?
If we want a stop gap, Dries Mertens is the man. He is marginally younger (30 in a few weeks), he's entering the last year of his contract (which means very cheap) and he's been playing much better both as a winger and as a striker for Napoli. He's been double figures every season as a winger and when he was switched centrally he started banging 'em in (27 and counting...). Oh and he also works extremely hard for the team.
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I believe this means DDG will go - the extra 50m or so is now needed.
I dont believe we would have gone above 150m net so this would give us another 60 (plus the 40m from Shneider/Depay).
I dont believe we would have gone above 150m net so this would give us another 60 (plus the 40m from Shneider/Depay).
Has anyone else mentioned how this thread title in the worse I've seen for a while?
United will not sell DDG because they need money.
DDG will be sold if DDG demands a transfer and for no other reason.
United will not sell DDG because they need money.
DDG will be sold if DDG demands a transfer and for no other reason.
You think Ed didnt put the brakes on last year at 150m? when there are strong rumours that Jose wanted Fonte etc etc? You think Jose thought we "only" needed 4 players with the squad we had?
Even big clubs have limits?
The smiley just makes you look incable of debate, not belittling me in any way shape or form.
People are crazy these days when discussing transfer fees, every player who is a bit good is now a mandatory £100m minimum signing. Whilst £89m for Pogba is the world record, it is ridiculous.
Griezmann will go for his release clause which is £85m
A striker like Belotti would cost around £60m whilst Lukaku would cost around £70m.
That is about £150m which is what we spend last summer aswell.
Now we have also sold Schneiderlin and Depay for £40m which should be more than enough to buy a decent DM like Fabinho
I'am pretty sure we will let go off Rooney and we are forced to let Zlatan go, we have also already let Schweinsteiger go and we might let Young/Carrick go aswell. So we ill have a huge wage cost cleared off our bill that will also allow us to invest more in new signings.
Add to that we will likley also sell a couple of players for which we might get a transfer fee, Januzaj, Smalling/Jones, maybay Darmian.
And I'am pretty sure there will be enough financial room for 1 or 2 more signings like a fullback and a centreback who also won't cost us the earth. Should find good players for £25m-£30m (so £50m-£60m for both).
That would be a transfer window of around £250m:
- £150m-£175M as a net investment
- £40m we still have in the bank for selling schneiderlin and Depay
- The rest will be covered from savings in wages and selling some more players
Lukaku
Fabinho
Aurier
Manolas
Good summer
Belotti. No chance we convince Auba to come here.
Don't think Torino will insist on RC for Belotti.
It is not meant in a belittling way, sorry if you take you harm from that.
I just don't think United will sell one of the best goalkeepers in the world to free up resources. If we sell him it will be because he wants to go and if he wants to stay we will not sell him.
Obviously United has financial limits but I don't think we reached them because we spend £150m last year. Our tv money and sponsorship deals allow us to spend that much alone, and than you need to take into account savings on big wages we can and will make this season (Rooney his wage cost is almost a transfer on its own) and the fact we also have incoming money from selling other players we don't want to keep (DDG I think we want to keep). And it is also not so easy to say we will have made 50m from selling DDG because you also need to replace him and that cost money aswell.
Andre Silva?
Rashford
They can, but no one is going to be willing to pay even half of the release clause. They'd do very well to sell him for £40m.
I think your math is off. The transfer market has been inflated for quite some time but 600 million for 6 players? Each player is going to cost us a 100 million now huh