Arnautovic however is not quite as past it as Cavani. He also wouldn't go AWOL half the season. Not that I'm in favour of signing him but the reactions on here are a bit over the top from posters that have probably never seen him play
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran discuss a horrific month of December and a depressing FOUR defeats in a row - the latest coming against Wolves and Newcastle.
They discuss how much blame is on Ruben Amorim and rank our squad against other Premier League teams.
Do we have any chance of avoiding defeat at Anfield?
Arnautovic however is not quite as past it as Cavani. He also wouldn't go AWOL half the season. Not that I'm in favour of signing him but the reactions on here are a bit over the top from posters that have probably never seen him play
Do you really believe that Rabiot and thos guy were ETH's first choice signings?
I came around to the idea why in a footballing sense, it might not be the most insane thing the club has ever done.
If there wasn't the fact he's a fecking racist.
If there wasn't the fact he's a fecking racist.
Its a problem they are even on his list at all... especially Arnaotovic that's disgusting... nevermind after pissing about for 12 weeks
What's even the logic? Because he played with him 14 years ago? He wasn't even good enough 3 years ago...
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Tbf we would have taken him when he was at West Ham. The difference is he’s 33
He spent 6 years playing in England... I assume most here will have seen him play.
By some of the comments I doubt it. But I’m sure if you brought up his old thread the comments would look a lot different.
I think the main problem here is we don’t know what we want. But we know what we don’t want.
So Bologna are happy to let him come but don’t think he’ll go for it? 
I may need new boots
They shouldn't even be near the potential list of signings.
I long for the days of us being linked with Brian Brobbey.
From a sporting perspective, I guess it's the equivalent of Spurs having Fernando Llorente few years back.
An experienced plan B type to come in when required.
Llorente was really handy and influential for Spurs in crunch games.
But the thing is Arnautovic is not as good a target man as a Llorente or a Fellaini. Arnautovic is a big guy but he's pretty technical and well rounded forward but is hardly a monster in the air like those guys.
If you want to go for route 1 hoofball I doubt he's as effective as your Fellainis or Llorentes. This means Arnautovic can start some games too because of how well rounded and technical he is.
If United want their own Llorente for that purpose, might as well get Kaladjzic who can fit that particular mould more.
An experienced plan B type to come in when required.
Llorente was really handy and influential for Spurs in crunch games.
But the thing is Arnautovic is not as good a target man as a Llorente or a Fellaini. Arnautovic is a big guy but he's pretty technical and well rounded forward but is hardly a monster in the air like those guys.
If you want to go for route 1 hoofball I doubt he's as effective as your Fellainis or Llorentes. This means Arnautovic can start some games too because of how well rounded and technical he is.
If United want their own Llorente for that purpose, might as well get Kaladjzic who can fit that particular mould more.
He was very good especially once Moyes converted him to a striker, I would rate him above Antonio.
Honestly the more I think about it the less I understand this transfer. If we sign him this will leave us with Ronaldo (38), Arnautotovic (33) and Martial as our striker options.
The first two are too old to be anything more than a stop gap for a season while Martial we know is inconsistent and there are question marks over his mentality.
What is the long term thinking here? Do we have a primary target lined up for next season and we are just waiting for them to become available? If there is no long term planning then the club is a bigger mess than we originally thought.
If we were targeting a 20-25 year old up and coming striker who is maybe under the radar I can understand but this transfer makes no sense from a long term planning perspective
The first two are too old to be anything more than a stop gap for a season while Martial we know is inconsistent and there are question marks over his mentality.
What is the long term thinking here? Do we have a primary target lined up for next season and we are just waiting for them to become available? If there is no long term planning then the club is a bigger mess than we originally thought.
If we were targeting a 20-25 year old up and coming striker who is maybe under the radar I can understand but this transfer makes no sense from a long term planning perspective
I’m sure you would but he’d cost a fortune
We need options across the front 3 that fit ETHs system. When Rashford/Martial/Sancho play there is chemistry and movement and they press well together. ETH has noted this. As soon as Martial got injured, the back up plans did not work.
we need players that can fill the roles of that front three. Martial has been playing as somewhat of a target man, good hold up and getting turned quickly. Ronaldo doesn’t do this as he can’t hold the ball up but he is better than a false 9. Like it or not, Arnautavic knows this role very well, is PL proven and will still bully centre halves. He will slot in to ETHs way of playing better than what we have when Martial is out.
still doesn’t solve the issue of what happens if Sancho gets injured and who can replace Rashford who is still not up to it.
we need players that can fill the roles of that front three. Martial has been playing as somewhat of a target man, good hold up and getting turned quickly. Ronaldo doesn’t do this as he can’t hold the ball up but he is better than a false 9. Like it or not, Arnautavic knows this role very well, is PL proven and will still bully centre halves. He will slot in to ETHs way of playing better than what we have when Martial is out.
still doesn’t solve the issue of what happens if Sancho gets injured and who can replace Rashford who is still not up to it.
No quality player is cheap in the transfer market these days. I would prefer United to pay good money for a top young striker than signing thirty something year olds almost every season.
I'd rather see Utd try to sign Pukki than this asshat.
He is a scumbag, I thought we were a better club than this.
Is not aubameyang available? I am pretty sure barca won't ask a huge fee.
Gonna spin a positive here. He holds the ball up better than any of our other forwards. With him and Rabiot a lot more grit in the team, wont crap themselves. We need characters just ask keano!
" Ex-England boss McClaren managed Arnautovic at FC Twente and tells colleagues the 24-year-old is completely mad. "
Some strange quotes on there.
Pretty much everyone on here wanted him before he went to Brighton! In general I think the fanbase is quite understanding of our situation and realises we need to sign younger players and aren't in a position to bring in those at a top level.
But we can sign a £15m relatively low-profile left-back from Feyenoord?
"literally thinking"
What does that mean?
To be fair, he was really good during his time with West Ham.
I tell you how I think its working at United. The new manager comes with a list confident that he'll get his players. Then our so called football people would spend ages 'trying to sign up' the players he want only to fail in every target. When the time start ticking they would ask for his second choice and then his third choice up until we reach a point were he either agrees to buy this crap player they found on Wish or nothing.
I mean do you really believe that SAF was really happy with the squad when he said so? Was he happy having Ronaldo being replaced with Valencia or having to rely with Scholes and Giggs despite them being at the wrong end of their 30s?
If I was ETH I would say no to these signings and then I would handle my resignation once the transfer window closes while stating that he was lied to by the club.
Almost as bad as selling Lukaku, not replacing him, then desperately bringing in Ighalo on loan.
So our business so far has been two players fron the 7th ranked league in Europe, one player on a free and we are linked to a 33yo striker from Bologna and a prima donna French midfielder that is even slow for Serie A......what a fecking joke!
Just watched a highlight video of his from Bologna. Serie A defending is terrible
Not a fan of this move even as a backup as we could use one of the youngsters instead and surely dead in the water now if they are trying to fleece us with the fee.
If he wants him, then get him. You were all pretty fecking adamant that Mauricio Pochettino wasn't good enough for Manchester United, so suck it up and give your man a chance.
Tbh you shouldn't trust the fans really. Most of the redcafe wanted LvG, Jose, Ralf and see how that went.
Maybe we're signing him to prepare the fans for the return of Greenwood and Overmars coming in as Sporting Director.
Lot of cry babies in this and the Rabiot thread.
Won’t happen, Bologna don’t sell the player at any price.
Our very own Jovanović. Christ, we really are doing our best 2000s Liverpool impression, aren't we? The fact that some people are okay with this is appalling. Is this the standard of player we are going after now?
How is this related to a striker transfer.
We already brought back Ronaldo. Maybe Giggsy needs some dosh after his court case? Mason, Giggsy and CR7.
Or they are posturing for a higher fee
Why? Which youngsters?
I hate this argument "just throw in the youngsters". From a footballing perspective, at least Arnautovic brings in PL predigree. Even at his age he could make 33 league appearances last season. I think he's a player that can bury a couple of Rashford chances v Brighton.
I think we need to take a step back and ask 1) is there any top talented young striker who is available for us, and 2) Does Arnautovic bring dependable performances as a striker for a reasonable fee.
It needs to be that simple at this stage. There is so much complexity surrounding us - Ronaldo, FdJ, the left back conundrum, etc. I think a very simple solution for this season at least would be beneficial for us. Ten Hag if I'm not mistaken got a fair bit of stick for buying Haller, he didn't give a toss and Haller hit 20+ goals didn't he?