While Sancho right now is doing well at left wing, he is comfortable to play on right wing at a high level. If we can get a natural forward, we have more freedom to utilize a goal scoring attacker on left wing, which is Rashford, or Martial if the new manager want him to stay/we can't find a buyer for him in the summer. A play maker like Sancho does not necessarily utilize all the benefit of invert wide position: cutting inside to shoot.
Potential striker signings (who aren't named Højlund)
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I get the feeling Martial will be gone if we are getting a Striker. This would leave us with only Rashford and Sancho as our established wingers at top level since Pellistri and Amad are still raw. I'd be OK with this if Rashford wasn't so bad now and has been for a long time, meaning we would basically have Sancho as our only reliable winger.
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Lautaro 
1. Patrik Schick
2. Darwin Nunez
3. Jonathan David
This is it for me. Martinez is far from convincing in the CL this season and doesn't really blow my socks off in Serie A either. From what I have seen at least. Price is also pegged at 80M? No chance.
Broja and Isak should be removed from consideration.
2. Darwin Nunez
3. Jonathan David
This is it for me. Martinez is far from convincing in the CL this season and doesn't really blow my socks off in Serie A either. From what I have seen at least. Price is also pegged at 80M? No chance.
Broja and Isak should be removed from consideration.
We need to move away from big names and big money contracts, and find players before they make that big move like we used to. I'm sure there's strikers in other leagues scoring 20-30 goals a season that could be plucked for a sensible fee and contract. I'd rather take that risk on an unproven at this level than go for Haaland or Mbappe and the complete circus and division that would bring to the team.
I’ve seen a few people mention a few “false 9” options but I think that would be a disaster for us. With Sancho being a creative player, and Bruno playing as a very advanced attacking midfielder, we need an out and out goal scorer.
Schick has never scored more than 13 goals in a season until now?
Yep, really poor stats at Roma. Sometimes things just click.
While we're at it. they have a good winger there as well, who I was hoping we'd go for last summer - Moussa Diaby 10 goals, 6 assets in 20 games.
Isak, Nunez or maybe Martinez for me.
I don't understand the obsession with Schick he is having one good season he has never scored goals on a consistent basis.
The below are his Appearances & Goals & Assists per club
Darwin Núñez
The below are Nunez's stats and he is getting stronger as the seasons progress and has scored against Bayern & Barca this season
For me Nunez is the best option still only 22, young hungry clearly has an eye for a goal.
He has more assists than Schick for someone who's weakness is apparently his link up play
He is the sort of striker than any modern manager would pick, he also has high pressing stats which fits in with all modern styles
The fact he is 22 means he can still develop and willing to learn, isn't a ready made signing that has nothing left to prove and just came here for a payday
The below are his Appearances & Goals & Assists per club
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 59 | 32 | 5 |
| AS Roma | 58 | 8 | 3 |
| UC Sampdoria | 35 | 13 | 4 |
| Bohemians Prague 1905 | 29 | 8 | 1 |
| RB Leipzig | 28 | 10 | 3 |
| AC Sparta Prague | 10 | 1 |
Darwin Núñez
The below are Nunez's stats and he is getting stronger as the seasons progress and has scored against Bayern & Barca this season
| SL Benfica | 71 | 37 | 14 | |
| UD Almería | 32 | 16 | 3 | |
| CA Peñarol | 22 | 4 | 1 |
For me Nunez is the best option still only 22, young hungry clearly has an eye for a goal.
He has more assists than Schick for someone who's weakness is apparently his link up play
He is the sort of striker than any modern manager would pick, he also has high pressing stats which fits in with all modern styles
The fact he is 22 means he can still develop and willing to learn, isn't a ready made signing that has nothing left to prove and just came here for a payday
Flexible front 9 is only important when you have got all your forwards scoring and sharing the goals burden like in a Liverpool or Mancity system. Our forwards are not capable of that. We don’t need a rigid no. 9 or a target man but we do need a seasoned striker. Rafael leao is a winger who primarily operates on the left so not only we would have one more player who plays on the left but also we would be ignoring the right side and the striker position once more. Besides I would choose nkunku over leao if we are talking about flexible forwards. But ideally we should get raphina for right wing slot and a striker on top of that.
That's mainly due to Zlatan or Giroud right now though.
He played as a striker against us in the EL. I remember he was pretty dangerous at times.
Nkunku is nowhere near the same type of player.
Yes I do like Raphinha. He'd be a good Greenwood replacement.
I honestly don’t know. I think Lautaro is an excellent, excellent player but he doesn’t score enough. Schick is a level below him but still good, same problem though; just doesn’t score enough. We need an out and out goal scorer and I don’t think there is one right now besides Halaand.
So I guess out of all these I would take Martinez, but ideally just find a hidden gem and roll with him.
So I guess out of all these I would take Martinez, but ideally just find a hidden gem and roll with him.
Makes no sense to hire a striker when we have several players for that position.
We're likely losing Cavani, Martial and potentially Ronaldo in the summer so it makes plenty of sense.
We're already light as it is with the Greenwood situation so one bad injury would screw us up top.
Who?
Ronaldo is 37
Cavani gone in the summer
Rashford is terrible and arguably not a 9
Martial likely also gone in the summer
Greenwood likely gone for good
Unless you mean youth players who aren't ready yet, we absolutely need to sign a striker this summer
Really wanted Alvarez before he went to city but as it stands it's Nunez for me.
Less enthused about Schick and think we need to stop looking at the Bundesliga as an indicator, really poor league imo. Players coming from Portuguese league seem to transition well on the other hand.
Less enthused about Schick and think we need to stop looking at the Bundesliga as an indicator, really poor league imo. Players coming from Portuguese league seem to transition well on the other hand.
All of those players cost a fortune in wages, and we have to get rid of at least two of them before thinking about hiring any other player.
But if we are requesting, I think Angel Correa would be a great fit if we want to move to a more flexible and fluid forward line: aggressive, hardworker and composed.
Let’s be honest...from an attacking perspective... we are losing....
-Greenwood
-Martial
-Cavani
-Pogba
-Jesse
-Ronaldo will not be a 90 minute week in week out player next year.
Add to that the fuking curious case of Rashford no longer being fit for purpose...
we basically have Sancho and Elanga. We are Fuked!
-Greenwood
-Martial
-Cavani
-Pogba
-Jesse
-Ronaldo will not be a 90 minute week in week out player next year.
Add to that the fuking curious case of Rashford no longer being fit for purpose...
we basically have Sancho and Elanga. We are Fuked!
I really liked the look of Schick at the Euros. With Vlahovic gone Schick is the next one on my list.
Howson is all in for Jonathan David.
Smart man, he'd be cheaper than a lot of the more hyped options being mentioned and is just as, in some cases more, productive than most of the non-Haaland/Vlahovic names.
In a perfect world, I'd love to see us go for someone like Osimhen but Napoli's owner is quite the renowned hardass and they paid a fortune for him already. He won't be sold for less than 80m
That quote is from United Muppetiers on twitter.
I don't know how much they're credible(if they're not and forbidden here - I'm sorry) or BSing but just wanted to put it out here on the striker rumors post
I don't know how much they're credible(if they're not and forbidden here - I'm sorry) or BSing but just wanted to put it out here on the striker rumors post
Is he saying that there's interest or that it's his opinion we should be in for him?
He is saying we should be in for him.
How's Andre silva doing this season
Every time we need to buy a striker the options are shite.
Fully expecting Pochettino to come in and the club to lead a sadly predictable wild goose chase in pursuit of Harry Kane. Understandable, too, albeit desperate and financially stupid.
Fully expecting Pochettino to come in and the club to lead a sadly predictable wild goose chase in pursuit of Harry Kane. Understandable, too, albeit desperate and financially stupid.
We must avoid Haaland just so we don't have to deal with his parasite agent.
Pogba as most say will leave. Good riddance.
Pogba as most say will leave. Good riddance.
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That's a bit extreme. Most teams only play with a front 3.
David has a very high floor as a signing. No issues on or off the field. Worst case scenario outside of an injury is that he doesn't develop a ton and is a decent 15 goal striker who's not quite good enough to be our main man as the #9, but he drops deep well and works hard and presses so can be our more false 9 type option competing/rotating with a big fast #9 type.
Just turned 22, so if we sign him for 50M this summer we can probably sell him on in 3/4 years for the same amount at 25/26.
And he'd fit like a glove if we do hire a Rangnick recommended, Red Bull style manager and try to become a 4-2-2-2 team with Sancho and Bruno in behind David and another striker. He's formed a good partnership with Yilkmaz, who is as old as Cristiano, too.
Problem with Nunez is we don't know if he will be a Cavani or a Maxi Gomez.
cheers mate
Harry Kane?
100m will do.
He is only 28, and he was top scorer/top assist in PL last season.
100m will do.
He is only 28, and he was top scorer/top assist in PL last season.
not serious right?
Not serious, but just being realistic - England captain, PL proven, still at good age.
He is no.1 best striker in PL over past 5 years, lets be respectful.
Who is being disrespectful?
While that's true he isn't the best striker this season and likely won't be for the next five seasons. And that should be enough to not buy him, would be a waste of money.
And what, we spend most of our budget on 1 player and again leave other areas of need neglected? We need to get over this mindset, we need multiple players in multiple positions, meaning we cannot afford to spend like 100mill on one player, just cannot happen and shouldn't happen, even if he is world class, even though we'd be better spending 100m on Haaland
To add to your list of objections -- a "good age"? Really? It would be mad to spend that much on what will be a 29 year old next season. He is just going to get less mobile and less athletic.
Lets get real, Haaland signing wasn't realistic, there's absolutely 0 chance he would be interest in joining us. Even his dog knows that.
Kane poor form this season would means there would be lack of interest in summer, which would give us the best chance to get him.