Contract terms?What deal? It's a release clause for player everyone knows about
Contract terms?What deal? It's a release clause for player everyone knows about
As long as we get adequate players in qualitative and quantitative consideration for the roles I won't be worried. One thing I seem to be noticing is that momentum on all our deals seems to have stalled with the coming in of Ashworth and the Recruitment guy, hopefully it's because there are new suggestions being debated on internally because I am finding it hard to be convinced that De Ligt is the guy for us. Try as I might I just can't look past his lack of pace and tremble with dread at how brutally that can be exposed in the PL."United are discussing internally whether they want to proceed".
I imagine it's rather chaotic at the moment - rather than the well run machine that hopefully our good appointments will turn it into in the long term.
But in the short term, with people coming and going, people being on gardening leave, people filling in in roles they won't be in in the long term, etc, then I imagine this transfer window is going to be far less organised and more chaotic behind the scenes than future ones will be.
We wouldn't.How we'd love a player in the mold of Chicarito right about now!
My thought would be to get a striker with similar strenghts as Højlund, allowing us to play the same style regardless of which of them is starting. If not, every time we rotate the squad to rest/manage Højlund, we´ll have to ajust our tactics/style. I don´t think that is a partucularly good idea based on how clueless we looked for much of last season.
I havent followed him closely since he left Bayern, but i dont think he is the player you need.
He is best as a second striker, false 9 or #10.
He is a bit like Firmino, or a taller Gabriel Jesus or a Havertz without the good runs.
And at least at Bayern he was known to not be determined enough. Apparently at all fitness tests Salihamidzic taunted him with the results of Lewandowski and told him that this is the level he needs to get to.
This scene captures his mentality when he was at Bayern, dont know if it got better:
IMO Arsenal, Liverpool and City are in quite a different position to us with regards to established style though. Any two players will not be exactly the same, thought i agree the players you mentioned have differing strengths to similar degree, or maybe even more than Højlund and Zirkzee would have.Most sides have two different types of strikers though. Havertz and Jesus are not the same. Neither are Jota and Nunez. Or Haaland and Alvarez. Whatever disadvantage we have due to adjusting our tactics will be offset by the tactical flexibility that a different type of forward offers.
This guy in particular seems like a bit of a hybrid 9/10. A Zlatan / Berbatov type player. Not exactly a versatile forward like Trossard / Jota who can do a job across the forward line and not really an out and out CF. I'm a bit wary of these specialist signings because you have to adjust your game to fit them in. If you just throw them in without adjusting any tactics and expect them to adapt you'll have a bad time.
I havent followed him closely since he left Bayern, but i dont think he is the player you need.
He is best as a second striker, false 9 or #10.
He is a bit like Firmino, or a taller Gabriel Jesus or a Havertz without the good runs.
And at least at Bayern he was known to not be determined enough. Apparently at all fitness tests Salihamidzic taunted him with the results of Lewandowski and told him that this is the level he needs to get to.
This scene captures his mentality when he was at Bayern, dont know if it got better:
I havent followed him closely since he left Bayern, but i dont think he is the player you need.
He is best as a second striker, false 9 or #10.
He is a bit like Firmino, or a taller Gabriel Jesus or a Havertz without the good runs.
And at least at Bayern he was known to not be determined enough. Apparently at all fitness tests Salihamidzic taunted him with the results of Lewandowski and told him that this is the level he needs to get to.
This scene captures his mentality when he was at Bayern, dont know if it got better:
Zirkzee, Everything about him is so ZirkzeeIs the commentator pronouncing his name right there?
Headless chicken
Man of the match easily.
I thought we weren't letting Ten Hag buy players anymore.
I havent followed him closely since he left Bayern, but i dont think he is the player you need.
He is best as a second striker, false 9 or #10.
He is a bit like Firmino, or a taller Gabriel Jesus or a Havertz without the good runs.
And at least at Bayern he was known to not be determined enough. Apparently at all fitness tests Salihamidzic taunted him with the results of Lewandowski and told him that this is the level he needs to get to.
This scene captures his mentality when he was at Bayern, dont know if it got better:
I havent followed him closely since he left Bayern, but i dont think he is the player you need.
He is best as a second striker, false 9 or #10.
He is a bit like Firmino, or a taller Gabriel Jesus or a Havertz without the good runs.
And at least at Bayern he was known to not be determined enough. Apparently at all fitness tests Salihamidzic taunted him with the results of Lewandowski and told him that this is the level he needs to get to.
This scene captures his mentality when he was at Bayern, dont know if it got better:
If we are doing a swap for Martial I would have thought that David would have been a better fit.Eh the signing is to be a competition/squad player attack to rotate with Hojlund. He's not a signing to bench Hojlund. We have no attacking depth at CF so he is one who would probably get more out of Rashford. Basically a martial replace but someone younger, lower wages and who can stay fit.
I was waiting for someone to come in and trash him after his cameo yesterday.Onlly a brief cameo last night, but it reminded me why I’m massively underwhelmed by this as a potenrial signing from when I’ve watched him for Bologna.
His stats are poor outside of dribbles per game, he drops deep and looks slow. I can only think he’s seen as some sort of link up player as a golasckrer he is not.
hope he proves me wrong.
Onlly a brief cameo last night, but it reminded me why I’m massively underwhelmed by this as a potenrial signing from when I’ve watched him for Bologna.
His stats are poor outside of dribbles per game, he drops deep and looks slow. I can only think he’s seen as some sort of link up player as a golasckrer he is not.
hope he proves me wrong.
As I said, I hope he proves me wrong.I was waiting for someone to come in and trash him after his cameo yesterday.
He didn't really do anything wrong, it was all turkey trying to get a goal, but I was working out which posters will come out to beat him with a stick for no reason.
But you quite clearly pointed at his cameo yesterday where he did nothing wrong and it was essentially all Turkey, to support your views. I find that odd, having watched his cameo myself.As I said, I hope he proves me wrong.
I did say I have watched him plenty for Bologna and don’t see the appeal..
Doesnt seem anything special as such.
Surely we can do better.
It’s not anything that he did wrong in those few minutes per se, it just reminded me he doesn’t seem that mobile which reinforces the opinion i’ve had when I’ve previously watched him.But you quite clearly pointed at his cameo yesterday where he did nothing wrong and it was essentially all Turkey, to support your views. I find that odd, having watched his cameo myself.
For sub €50m and under the age of 25? The only other player we've been linked to in that category is David, and he's not good enough either.
Why do people keep saying this. Are we just going to act like Everton and buy Maupay because we can't afford any better. We are Man Utd. Either find the fkn money or sacrifice another position or wait if we have to. I'm not saying Zirksee is good or not. I'm saying we better not be buying him because he's cheap and we can't afford anyone else.For sub €50m and under the age of 25? The only other player we've been linked to in that category is David, and he's not good enough either.