Marcus Thuram | signed for Inter

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I can't seem to find the exact quote but I remember ETH saying that the player we get in Jan should be able to fulfill different roles. So I'm guessing a Striker who could also do a job on the wing. In that case Thuram does seem fit.

10-15m now is good value as he's young enough for us to recoup the fee should we want to get him to move on. His physical traits look like something we lack in our attack.
 
Mainoldo said:
What’s good about him? I don’t see it.

All honesty only watched him at the World Cup.
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There is plenty good about him:
Pace to burn
Excellent presser
Decent dribbler
Work horse
Has size and knows how to use it
Is good at hold up play
Aerial threat in both boxes
Can run the channels
Is versatile so can play all front 3 roles. (Meaning he can play instead of or alongside any in our front 3. )
Is a decent finisher
He has room for polishing.
Has 6 months left so will be super cheap.

IMHO if we intend to keep Martial long term he is the best option to pick up. He can rotate with him comfortably
 
kidbob said:
Anyone know what hes like in the box? Contrary to some I think Anthony has played some very good balls into the box this season but our players aren't the type to get on the end of them. If this guy is someone who can be trusted to be in those sort of positions then I'm all for it for that price. At the price quoted I won't expect him to displace Martial but instead be a good option from the bench. Something we absolutely lack at CF. Get Jadon back, hopefully, in good form and our options are good for the rest of the season.
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IMHO he is the type to be trusted to make real center forward runs in the 18. He is the type of player who follows his managerial instructions to the letter. If ETH had him he'd instruct him to constantly attack the near post areas when the ball is out wide.
 
Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber said:
IMHO he is the type to be trusted to make real center forward runs in the 18. He is the type of player who follows his managerial instructions to the letter. If ETH had him he'd instruct him to constantly attack the near post areas when the ball is out wide.
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Cheers, sounds good to me at that price and with those physical attributes.
 
Didn't realise he is out of contract in the summer, so that should reduce any bid. But I still question his quality. He'll be a squad player.
 
He is exactly a signing that we need. Cheap backup striker until we decide what to do with Martial. If he proves to be reliable as first choice no1 striker then great. If not; we sell him next summer and buy someone like Osimhen
 
Jeffthered said:
It's just an inevitable figure I added, because it will be something like that, right?

£100m for Grealish. £100m for Antony. £73 for Sancho. £90m for Dembele @ Barca. These are daft figures, so there's a trend.
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He's available for around £10m this January so yeah.
 
Andycoleno9 said:
What is your (objective) opinion about him? You watch Bundesliga more than most of us.
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To be honest I watch all Bayern games but very few Bundesliga games apart from that (it's enough to do already after all and then I want to watch some top games in PL too), so my opinion on other club's players isn't very well founded and really I have little clue.

But I have a good feeling about him, he looked massively promising a couple years ago, then an injury squashed his move to Inter and he had some sort of slump along with all of Gladbach. Now he's good again. I wouldn't mind Bayern signing him as could happen. No-nonsense player, powerful and straightforward, and I think also has a good work rate.

In the current situation and moment it would be basically a no-brainer signing for you. Almost no downside to the transfer and ticks many boxes of what your lacking.
 
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Jeffthered said:
Didn't realise he is out of contract in the summer, so that should reduce any bid. But I still question his quality. He'll be a squad player.
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Exactly, and that's what we should be looking at anyway. We don't have the funds to buy a star striker until the summer, so in the meantime we need to get in somebody who can provide rotation options for a couple of positions and also ideally offer a different type of threat when we need to change our attacking patterns.
 
I don’t think he’s much good from what I’ve seen of him but if the £10 million figure is accurate then worth getting him to rotate with Martial for the rest of the season, before going for our main centre forward in the summer.
 
I think it's by far the best solution this window.

And I'd have a sneaky feeling he'd do quite well. Looks a perfect squad option with potential to kick on.
 
This seems like a no brainer to me even if he’s only gonna be a squad option down the road. And from what I’ve seen he doesn’t seem to be too much worse than what we have right now.

Only takes another injury for Martial for us to be fecked up front.
 
Get him in.

Things are going well for us at the moment but we're not even half way through the league campaign yet.

Could end up being the difference between us finishing 5th and 4th.
 
jderbyshire said:
Get him in.

Things are going well for us at the moment but we're not even half way through the league campaign yet.

Could end up being the difference between us finishing 5th and 4th.
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But IF he is the one then we should do it quickly. Not "explore" options and wait last day.
 
Andycoleno9 said:
But IF he is the one then we should do it quickly. Not "explore" options and wait last day.
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Yeah it reeks of us dropping points to City & Arsenal back to back then buying him a la Bruno in 2020 rather than getting him in next 11 days
 
It's a no-brainer. Meets the financial criteria and brings something different that we don't have at the moment.
 
Wow he looks genuinely poor on YT that is an achievement on its own, save the 15m
 
If we can get Thuram and Moukoko on frees in the summer, should we go for both, and if we can try to convince one to join us early in Jan for £10m which should we go for? Long term I prefer Moukoko, but I think it is unfair to bring in a teenager and throw him in the deep end if Martial is injured, saying our whole season depends on him.
 
Erik the Red said:
If we can get Thuram and Moukoko on frees in the summer, should we go for both, and if we can try to convince one to join us early in Jan for £10m which should we go for? Long term I prefer Moukoko, but I think it is unfair to bring in a teenager and throw him in the deep end if Martial is injured, saying our whole season depends on him.
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That moukoko from Dortmund? Not really seen him play. I’ve signed him on fm though and if he turns out anything like that then he’s insane. Scores loads on there :lol:
 
SAF is the GOAT said:
Only thing that concerns me is what kind of contract do we give him ? considering we will also sign a striker in the summer

He won't come for a loan and he won't sign a short term contract, so what do we do ?
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€5-8m gross if my taxation assumptions are right (€4-6m net)is what reports suggest Inter / Bayern are offering him.
 
Jeffthered said:
Didn't realise he is out of contract in the summer, so that should reduce any bid. But I still question his quality. He'll be a squad player.
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This is fine. That is what we need for now until there are better players available and attainable on the market. We just need to get through the next six months with Thuram as starter or alternating with Martial. He's a fairly good goal-scorer and should get plenty of chances with Bruno and Eriksen supplying him. Don't think the plan should be for him to be our main striker for the next ten years.
 
Him or Felix works to consolidate the striker position until the summer market. I've seen only highlights and I think in the world cup he worked well positionally with Mbappe when they were interchanging. He's very athletic for his size but is ideally what Id imagine Gakpo would be, but has stronger evidence through his experiences actually playing as a centre forward (equally comfortable on the left).

The way ETH worked with Haller and rejuvenated him after his time at West ham I can see this profile of player succeeding. Considering that Rashford has put in some decent performances as a striker. I reckon the manager is comfortable utilising a forward who's not necessarily easy on the eye but effective, also equally being able to work with another a link up false 9 type who will drop into space as opposed to playing with his back to goal.

I actually think United this season have looked more dangerous in the attack with Sancho, Rashford and Anthony. Lots of mobility and movement which has created spaces for chances. If Thuram can offer this it's a good signing.
 
I saw a dozen games of his and he is extremely average. Joao Felix destroys him talent wise and future wise. United needs to SHY AWAY from players like him.
 
tom8888sa said:
I saw a dozen games of his and he is extremely average. Joao Felix destroys him talent wise and future wise. United needs to SHY AWAY from players like him.
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Can’t be that average to be 2nd top goalscorer in bundesliga, scored more then the Bayern players.
 
tom8888sa said:
I saw a dozen games of his and he is extremely average. Joao Felix destroys him talent wise and future wise. United needs to SHY AWAY from players like him.
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But Felix isn't what we need. We have no physical presence in the pen box. At least Thuran would offer something we don't have. And with ETH's system, big bodies generally do well regardless if they are WC level or not.
 
Even though he would be relatively cheap regarding transfer fee he would probably be looking at a decent contract deal and would probably be eyeing up the sort of money Martial is on and that could be a stumbling block.
Of course that depends if we are interested him in the first place.
 
DJ_21 said:
Can’t be that average to be 2nd top goalscorer in bundesliga, scored more then the Bayern players.
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None of the top clubs have a strong striker at the moment. Being tied for second after 15 games means nothing.
 
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