Liam Delap | £30m release clause?

What are his fundamentals like? As in technique, dribbling etc? I've not followed him at all this season - and the times we played him, he came across as a hardworker but one of those "battering ram" type of strikers, and I'd hope our striker would be more than that

edit - you know, what? time for a youtube scouting session
 
This place cracks me up. Up until yesterday Delap was a hot pick, now, somehow, 24 hours later literally no-one wants him. I haven’t checked the news yet but either something has happened or this place is proper bi-polar
 
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Of course an Osihmen or Gyokeres would be ideal, but with where we're at right now we really can't afford to be turning our nose up at a very promising young English striker who's proven he can at least do decently at PL level.

Assuming we sign three or four more players capable of improving our starting eleven, I'd be all for it personally.

If it doesn't work out he'll still be worth £30m next year I expect, and maybe new options will have opened up in that time. I'm no scout, but there are so few proper strikers these days to choose from, I think it's a sensible, if not ideal signing.
 
There is no way we're going to sign Delap without an established striker aswell.

It would almost be a keeping Ten Hag type error for this summers window if we do.
 
C'est Moi Cantona said:
There is no way we're going to sign Delap without an established striker aswell.

It would almost be a keeping Ten Hag type error for this summers window if we do.
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Or going into the season with only Hojlund as a CF new to the league…
 
careca07 said:
If we sign Delap and nobody else at striker then frankly we deserve what we’ll get, and that’s mid-table or lower
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Delap is capable of about 15 PL goals which isn't bad. Cunha is capable of the same or more. Both will be very good additions.
 
VP89 said:
Delap is capable of about 15 PL goals which isn't bad. Cunha is capable of the same or more. Both will be very good additions.
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2 of the top 11 goal scorers in the league this season. Nothing to be sniffed at at all.
 
What I like about Delap really is that his a shithouse. He likes to wind up opposition defenders.
 
rimaldo said:
He’s a proper United signing. Get her done.
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Agree with this, feel very much like United of old when we used to pick up young British talents like Daniel James for reasonable prices.
 
Gandalf said:
I get that but what is the realistic alternative? I think we knew Gyokeres wanted Arsenal and Osimhen is Saudi bound so if those 2 are off the table who should we sign if not Delap?
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Probably Mateta. More matured and has good ball striking technique.

But I know for sure the club will be more interested in Delap because he’s cheaper.

It’s difficult to see what the club expects in Delap. Either they expect Delap to be someone who can provide competition to Hojlund because they just realised that Zirkzee is not no 9 or they expect Delap to be our main no 9 to replace Hojlund.
 
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Gandalf said:
Who is that established striker though given Gyokeres and Osimhen seem to be off the table?
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I don't know really, just feels like we need to stop messing about in the striker position.

Watkins, Mbeumo, Mateta, if we don't get CL, or I don't understand why Gyokeres wouldn't be gettable if we do.

I mean adding Delap and Cunha would obviously be a big upgrade on where we are now, but it feels like we could end up with Delap and Hojlund interchanging up front next season and getting maybe 15-20 goals between them, whereas having a striker like we always used to have would just get that plus some on his own.

So much still depends on getting CL, as we'll have alot less money and alot less games to play next season if we don't.
 
TsuWave said:
What are his fundamentals like? As in technique, dribbling etc? I've not followed him at all this season - and the times we played him, he came across as a hardworker but one of those "battering ram" type of strikers, and I'd hope our striker would be more than that

edit - you know, what? time for a youtube scouting session
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His fundamentals are excellent, deft first touch, can pick a pass, shields the ball really well, has scored double figures for a bottom 3 team, and you just know that if we miss out on him we'll regret it in years to come when his value sky rockets.
 
Gandalf said:
Well now that Ornstein has confirmed Osimhen is not an option we had better hope Delap chooses us. We are not the only club interested and I have no idea where else we go if he turns us down as the other options are just as unproven and significantly more expensive.
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Really hope INEOS know what they are doing, staggered we haven't gone proven after the Hojlund experiment. No point in high crosses because won't be anyone to meet them. OK I will begrudgingly get on the train but very worried.
 
I'm conscious that some fans on here force themselves to be positive about our signings because they don't want to be seen as negative, or not giving a player a chance, or a basic appeal to authority of "I'm sure the club know better than the fans". You seen it when anyone who questioned the Casemiro signing due to his age was attacked, or those convincing themselves that Mount would be a good signing when anyone could see it was a disastrous waste of funds at the time.

Getting another young, relatively inexperienced, relatively unproven striker in to fix our goalscoring woes feels so so wrong. If he had two seasons in a row of hitting 15 in the premier league say - ok, that's a much safer bet. But last season, he was in the championship, and scored 8 goals. He's obviously done well to hit double figures and outperform expectations this season but a players progression is not linear and you can't say just because a player has had one decent season for a lower club his output will go through the roof when he moves to a better side and he will perform to the level expected of an elite striker at an elite club.

If there are genuinely no more proven strikers on the market, then fair enough, we have no choice. But I fear if we go into next season with striking options of Delap/Zirkzee or Delap/Hojlund we're probably in a bit of trouble, again.
 
Dominos said:
I'm conscious that some fans on here force themselves to be positive about our signings because they don't want to be seen as negative, or not giving a player a chance, or a basic appeal to authority of "I'm sure the club know better than the fans". You seen it when anyone who questioned the Casemiro signing due to his age was attacked, or those convincing themselves that Mount would be a good signing when anyone could see it was a disastrous waste of funds at the time.

Getting another young, relatively inexperienced, relatively unproven striker in to fix our goalscoring woes feels so so wrong. If he had two seasons in a row of hitting 15 in the premier league say - ok, that's a much safer bet. But last season, he was in the championship, and scored 8 goals. He's obviously done well to hit double figures and outperform expectations this season but a players progression is not linear and you can't say just because a player has had one decent season for a lower club his output will go through the roof when he moves to a better side and he will perform to the level expected of an elite striker at an elite club.

If there are genuinely no more proven strikers on the market, then fair enough, we have no choice. But I fear if we go into next season with striking options of Delap/Zirkzee or Delap/Hojlund we're probably in a bit of trouble, again.
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I'm fuming we haven't signed a proven striker and just cannot understand the thinking
 
Cassidy said:
12 goals this season
8 in the championship last season

Big risk to hang your season on him being your number 1 striker next season, especially when you took one 2 years ago opting for Hojlund over Kane
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I wish this myth would stop being peddled and be allowed to die peacefully. At no stage would the well publicized 'hard to deal with' Levy have entertained a United bid for Kane, having already turned down a 100m city bid for him a year earlier. He made it quite clear Kane wasn't going to be allowed to go to a premier league rival. Hence his eventual move to Bayern.
 
noelyman said:
I wish this myth would stop being peddled and be allowed to die peacefully. At no stage would the well publicized 'hard to deal with' Levy have entertained a United bid for Kane, having already turned down a 100m city bid for him a year earlier. He made it quite clear Kane wasn't going to be allowed to go to a premier league rival. Hence his eventual move to Bayern.
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Think people feel we should have at least tested the water and not just accepted defeat
 
From what's out there in the media it looks like Delap and Cunha are our priorities. It makes sense in the case of Delap as he more financially achievable and fits the INEOS "plan" of buying young.
I really hope we can offload Hojlund to be able to get Gyokeres. A lot will depend on the Champions League for sure. With Europe there will be enough matches to rotate both of them, without, not so much.
 
Beyond his goal tally, he looks to have average pace, technique, agility, and so on. From watching highlights he just looks a bit heavy and not particularly nimble. Don't think we should expect big things early on, if we end up signing him.
 
Red00012 said:
111 appearances -25 goals

We are officially no longer a big club.
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Delap is a young striker who had just turned 22 (February 08). This is his second season as a first teamer and the first season in the EPL. Previously he played as a cover at Preston and at Stoke. He's also playing with the third worst side in the EPL

In my opinion we should go for an experienced forward. If its not Osimhen then we can aim for someone like Retegui, Schick or David. However I do believe that a second striker is needed. Hojlund had lost the dressing room and Zirkzee is not a no 9. Hence I don't mind if we get Delap as a cover/competition.
 
Not every young English striker is Rooney. He looks painfully average in every aspect of the game, agility wise, striking the ball, passing, pace, probably positioning is his best attribute and he ia not a positioning genius. I would rather get Watkins at least we know what we get ( a good goalscorer).
 
Giggsyking said:
Not every young English striker is Rooney. He looks painfully average in every aspect of the game, agility wise, striking the ball, passing, pace, probably positioning is his best attribute and he ia not a positioning genius. I would rather get Watkins at least we know what we get ( a good goalscorer).
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Do you think Watkins would be this cheap in terms of transfer and wages?

We simply don’t have the budget.
 
Giggsyking said:
Not every young English striker is Rooney. He looks painfully average in every aspect of the game, agility wise, striking the ball, passing, pace, probably positioning is his best attribute and he ia not a positioning genius. I would rather get Watkins at least we know what we get ( a good goalscorer).
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It sounds like you've never watched him.
 
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