This feels like the sort of thing I’ve said in the last few summer windows. Something along the lines of ‘I hope the club/manager sees something I don’t, because on the face of it this is a baffling decision’, only for that thing to happen like we all thought it would.
Things like signing mason mount, paying 85m for Antony, signing old players like Casemiro, not signing a striker for like 3 years, extending the contracts of players who only show up when it’s time to sign them…
Not saying I know better than the club, but there’s some things that you can just tell aren’t going to work before we do them.
To be fair, Arsenal and Liverpool were sniffing around Mason Mount and now they're glad they dodged that bullet.At the end of the day Wilcox and McKenna will know this player inside out and where they think he can get too. Also speaks volumes the other teams that are being linked to him, Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle to name a few
We're not asking him to come in and rescue that situation. We're asking him to be part of a new look front 3 that comes in and rescues this situation. There's a difference.To be fair, Arsenal and Liverpool were sniffing around Mason Mount and now they're glad they dodged that bullet.
Delap is a great signing for a top team who has an attack that already scores a lot of goals and is looking for another option in their squad, for £30m it's an absolute bargain. For a team who has an established experienced quality striker already and they want a younger less experienced player to rotate with him and develop further over years, it makes perfect sense.
United are in a dire situation where we have no attackers who can score a goal and we're asking Liam Delap and come in and rescue that situation for us, starting every game week in week out because we have no other credible striker.
As our centre forward he's got the biggest responsibility to score.We're not asking him to come in and rescue that situation. We're asking him to be part of a new look front 3 that comes in and rescues this situation. There's a difference.
Yeah Delap is a low risk signing, and I’m behind it 100%. I just wish he wasn’t the only striker coming in, as relying on an unproven 21 year old to score all your goals is something we’re already doing now. Those same concerns were expressed when Hojlund was signed as well, so it feels a bit deja vu.Though in Delap's case if it does turn out to be a mistake then at least it's a mistake on the Depay/Schneiderlin end of the price scale rather than the Antony/Casemiro end.
A lot of factors go into transfers, but there's a lot to be said for players being (relatively) cheap.
Cunha is the buy that needs to work. Because aside from the £61m fee, he's already on quite big wages at Wolves so will be one of our best paid players.
Yeah that's exactly why I have serious concerns about seemingly no intention to sign experienced striker for him to learn fromAs our centre forward he's got the biggest responsibility to score.
We're also unlikely to be signing 3, 4 new attackers. It's going to end up Cunha + Delap, and I like the Cunha signing, but it's still a lot to ask of Delap particularly when you consider there is no other striker anyone wants to see on the team sheet.
Yeah needs someone to help take pressure offYeah Delap is a low risk signing, and I’m behind it 100%. I just wish he wasn’t the only striker coming in, as relying on an unproven 21 year old to score all your goals is something we’re already doing now. Those same concerns were expressed when Hojlund was signed as well, so it feels a bit deja vu.
And so while it’s true that he’s cheap, and if he doesn’t work then we’ll recoup what we paid for him, we’ll have probably endured another shit season with very few goals just to find that out. Hence I think we need someone to help lighten the load, even a free transfer like Jonathan David.
Was just watching McKola saying that he'd take this lad over Gyokeres. For me, if there's any chance of getting the latter at all, we should pay the extra money.
Gyokeres is basically the best possible version of Delap's future if he absolutely nails it and becomes the finished product. Might as well cut the corner and get that version rather than take a gamble again.
Yeah wasn't there an article a while back about him likely to go elsewhere in the summerIt doesn’t seem like he’s a realistic target. Otherwise we would have definitely gone for him given the Amorim links.
