Yes,some different newspapers agree that there is a deal although probably it's simply his agent or some plan B agreement if they can't get the major signing.
Kasper Dolberg
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Bollocks.
Not even sure we need another young striker with Rashford and Martial already at the club.
I thought you guys would be buying Aubameyang to be honest but maybe Zidane doesn't think his style fits with Ronaldo and Bale as the #9 needs to be a pivot for them.
I honestly don't see either being our #9, I think Martial will continue as a LWF, and Rashford hasn't got the skillset for Jose but will be a strong impact sub and wide option.
Which would be a shame IMO.
As I said I think that it's simply a rumor,the agent or some "let me know before selling him".
We will see if Cristiano will play as a #9 and what will happen with Benzema.
I think that the club would accept to sell him but probably Zidane disagrees
Which part? I personally have thought from the start that Martial is better from wide, like Reus or Neymar. With Rashford I don't think he has the hold up play for a lone striker system, and if we buy Griezmann that type of #9 is even more important. Rashford will still be a big part of the squad though.
Who would you personally like to see Madrid buy in the summer?
As someone who's actually watched Martial for Monaco, I still think his best position is as a #9.
Strictly speaking about attackers I like the option of Dybala, that has appeared in the press lately.
Not so convinced about Aubameyang,I feel sympathy for him,since he is madridista but Dybala is younger and with more technique.
I don't think that Aubameyang is much better than Benzema to justify a 70/80m€transfer.
I watched him at Monaco as well and even at #9 he tended to drift out to the left a lot, I think in a 2 striker system he'd be fine but the lone striker role requires different strengths IMO.
I can see why you'd want Dybala, he's brilliant, but toi me he's got to be the star of the team where it's built around him, he'd be the guy to buy when Ronaldo leaves as opposed to while he's still there IMO.
If Jose sees Martial as wide forward then we do need one for sure.
I really hope we get in on Dybala...we have financial means, it's just a question of him preferring life in Spain instead of England...
Most attackers look better centrally. Sanchez might be best centrally, but as one of the world's best left wingers he helps his team more there.
We're rumoured to be in for Griezmann, who is a similar proposition. I can't really think of a winger we could realistically get who would improve us right now (seems likely we fecked up not signing Dembele) but a player like James Rodriguez or a level down, Oscar, can't get a game. De Bruyne and Silva are often wide but clearly better centrally. Neymar and Messi play wide but often are central for their country. Ronaldinho too, since they could rarely find a RW and had excess 9s (the other kind of central attackers).
If you're 90% effective as a winger as you are as a 9, you're probably gonna play wide. Look at all the great players shoved out wide in those all time drafts in the football forum.
We'll replace Ibra with a 9 when he leaves, and that guy will start if he's better than Rashford or back him up if not. If Rashford hasn't beaten Ibra out by then, my guess is we spend big on an Icardi or Lukaku or whoever is expensive but gettable and a guaranteed 20+ goal type, and if Rashford is a clear and productive star by then maybe we shop cheaper like Chelsea did with Batshauyi or Barcelona did with Alcacer.
how about that Andrea Belotti?
Agreed.
What a surprise that BILD spread rumors after Dortmund confirmed that our back-up striker will move to China (via Granada) and simply ignore what the club said about a potential replacement.
Can you elaborate about the bolded partWhat a surprise that BILD spread rumors after Dortmund confirmed that our back-up striker will move to China (via Granada) and simply ignore what the club said about a potential replacement.
That there's no intention to replace Adrian Ramos like-for-like, that we have three attacking midfielders who can play as a striker until Aubameyang returns from the Africa Cup and that Auba's spot in the starting XI is nailed.
20M won't be nearly enough to sign him, so no worries.
Contract until 2021. If he leaves it will be one heck of a payday for Ajax.
Contract until 2021. If he leaves it will be one heck of a payday for Ajax.
With regards to Rashford, the club will intervene if Rashford continues to develop properly. Despite our wealth, we're not gonna invest heavily into a new striker just because Rashford's skill set might not fit. The club will tell Mourinho to make it work. Aside of it being financially irresponsible, it'd also not be a smart PR move if we were to keep bringing Rashford off the bench, provided he is productive of course.
The club will never tell the manager to change his whole system of play just to accomodate one player, either the player develops as the maanger wants or he'll feature less.
You're exaggerating. Mourinho would absolutely not have to adjust his entire system. He's just have to tweak it a bit. That's something the club an ask for.
The club hires the manager to manage, not to tell him how to do so based around accomodating a single player. Rashford is not a striker that can hold the ball up and bring others into play, something fundamental to how Jose likes his #9 to play, it's not a minor shift to use a #9 who you can't play the ball into and who has to be fed in behind, it's why Rashford is mainly being used on the wings and always listed as a winger by Jose.
Scored for the first time in two months last game. Told you he wasn't ready or as good as Depay when he left for United yet. Still a great talent though. Hope he makes the right moves, which for now is staying right where he is.
He shouldn't nor does he want to leave at the moment or anytime soon but why do you use the actual time (2 months) that passed when half of it was covered by the winter break?
He played about 500 minutes during that period, had a small injury and btw he actually looked quite good and was one of the better players most of the time despite not scoring.
He's been taking Rooney's "Silent Domination 101" course
You act as if he was on some crazy goalscoring form before. He wasn't. He's rated for his talent and for his overall play.He's been taking Rooney's "Silent Domination 101" course
Apart from that we usually look for more than just a good goalscoring return from our strikers which is why we usually don't even have any high scoring strikers. Look up our top goalscorers and you'll see that they score around 10-15 goals and that's despite us being the top team in the league where supposedly everyone can score high numbers.
Agreed, I thought he was playing very well and matured despite not scoring, that almost impressed me more than the period he was scoring for fun, it shows he is a well rounded and clever footballer even without the goals. He can be a very complete striker when he has peaked in about 10 years.
He was excellent yesterday. Took his goal well played a couple of really good passes and hit the crossbar with a brilliant bicycle kick. Seems a bit strange to try to use a 19 year old in his first proper season of first team football not scoring for a few games to try to prove a point especially when he's contributing well in most games even when he isn't scoring
I watched Ajax game from the weekend tonight, his all round play and movement is class, he's also pretty strong.
Sound like Mourinho's type of central forward.
I can't find way to watch Dutch league lately so can't judge, but if he is just as how people say I definitely see us being seriously interested if he keeps up his development. There is a certain lack of quality central forward who can hold up play with impressive all round play. Too many second forward, wing forwards
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His highlights from the weekend
He's a proper #9, he's either looking to get it to feet and bring others into play or he's making runs towards goal to give CM's and wingers an option, he doesn't get drawn out wide too often or into coming too deep, he's really young but his skillset, athleticism, size and technical quality are all there for him to become a top striker.
He also said in another interview that he believes dolberg has the same potential as Zlatan.
Something else that might be interesting is that Zlatan has called John Steen olsen his second father and zlatans link with Ajax and not least John Steen olsen might be a factor in dolberg becoming zlatans replacement in United
Impressive!
Well sounds like getting John Steen may be even better than signing Dolberg himself.
It's not like we just signed these 3. If you sign all the scandinavian talents you'll end up with the legit ones as well I guess.
I actually can't think of a single kid John Steen has scouted who didn't break through ajax's team. All of them had the potential to play in the best leagues. Those who didn't were usually hindered because of injuries etc.
Maybe that is why Ajax gave john Steen a lifelong contract
Sensible kid.