Rasmus Højlund | Signed for United

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Laurencio said:
I mean, that is exactly what this is. Problem is that once Man Utd is interested the price jumps up €30M.
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Oh my goodness, yeah you're right. I just described exactly what our scouts have done. Weird how I didn't notice that.

The price increase has absolutely nothing to do with the scouts though. So no point ridiculing the scouts here is there. Which is what the post I replied to was doing.
 
Bubz27 said:
Oh my goodness, yeah you're right. I just described exactly what our scouts have done. Weird how I didn't notice that.

The price increase has absolutely nothing to do with the scouts though. So no point ridiculing the scouts here is there. Which is what the post I replied to was doing.
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I was being highly sarcastic in that post. I dont think our scouts are doing a bad job.
 
hobbers said:
Think £50m has to be the absolute ceiling for Hojlund. He's just not a good enough prospect or current player to justify any more.
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The way I see it is if he isn’t a good enough prospect to warrant a fee over £50 million then should we be interested in him in the first place?

Surely we purchase these young players because they should have world class potential, rather than just being a decent player?
 
L1nk said:
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This will get done like Onana. All three parties want it to happen which in the end usually will. Probably a week before the season starts. I don’t know if he’s worth it or not though, I would personally throw the remaining budget and the next on Kane if i could
 
Looks like if this one is going to get done it is going to be a last day/days job of the window, which is unfortunate as the players who really could do with a full preseason with the club are those less experienced players such as him.

I have not seen anything much of of him so I can't judge but there seems to be a lot of mixed feelings about him from those who have been following him , some saying he a raw but very exciting prospect heading to the top and others saying he not good enough for a premier league top 4 club and likely never will be.

I suppose it one where you have to trust that the management know what they doing.
 
SATA said:
This will get done like Onana. All three parties want it to happen which in the end usually will. Probably a week before the season starts. I don’t know if he’s worth it or not though, I would personally throw the remaining budget and the next on Kane if i could
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Unless we are getting Kane we can't wait till a week before the season starts for a striker.

Hojlund will need pre season time. Waiting till the end of the window is risking getting off to a needlessly poor start to the season.

We don't have any strikers on our books that can currently contribute at all to the team.
 
I don't mean to be a negative Nancy but I'm not sure about this one.

Hope I'm wrong. I almost always am.
 
GDaly95 said:
I don't mean to be a negative Nancy but I'm not sure about this one.

Hope I'm wrong. I almost always am.
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You’re free to be negative all you want and there are certainly reasons to be doubtful! I’m excited by the propect personally and feel like we need to trust ETH and the management because they are professionals who clearly don’t have the same opinion as a some posters on an internet forum. They obviously see something in him to make him a target, otherwise they wouldn’t bother.
 
I'd enjoy seeing this guy at United, but I'd be wary about him as our main striker. I saw him quite a lot last season, and while he was usually good, he looked a long way from the finished article. The guy has less than 20 league goals in his entire career, we're asking a lot to be the main man at United.

Still, better than using Martial again.
 
quadrant said:
I'd enjoy seeing this guy at United, but I'd be wary about him as our main striker. I saw him quite a lot last season, and while he was usually good, he looked a long way from the finished article. The guy has less than 20 league goals in his entire career, we're asking a lot to be the main man at United.

Still, better than using Martial again.
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Given you’ve actually seen a lot of him, while most say that he is presently real, what do you think of his potential? Can he be among the top 10 CFs around or is he just decent / useful but pretty basic talent wise?
 
6 goals in 6 games for Denmark is already hinting he could have very high potential. If a striker at 20 came in for England and plundered goals what would his valuation be?
 
Abraxas said:
6 goals in 6 games for Denmark is already hinting he could have very high potential. If a striker at 20 came in for England and plundered goals what would his valuation be?
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Tbf he doesn't need to be English but if he could do what he did in the Serie A here I don't mind if we pay 100m for him. And the thing is if a 19 yo English is selected for England and he could start regularly as a #9 it means he's probably already better than Kane. He doesn't even need to score and I still think 100m is kinda cheap.
 
Cee90 said:
The way I see it is if he isn’t a good enough prospect to warrant a fee over £50 million then should we be interested in him in the first place?

Surely we purchase these young players because they should have world class potential, rather than just being a decent player?
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Were you once adviser to Mr Woodward? that would certainly explain our transfer strategy during those years.
 
Don't see it with this guy at all. Looked average every time I've seen him play. Think he'll struggle to get 5 goals in the league.
 
Dinghy said:
Don't see it with this guy at all. Looked average every time I've seen him play. Think he'll struggle to get 5 goals in the league.
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This will be fun to look back on. 19 year old in the Serie A scoring a goal every other game, I don't think you've watched him
 
Dinghy said:
Don't see it with this guy at all. Looked average every time I've seen him play. Think he'll struggle to get 5 goals in the league.
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Might wanna tell ETH and the recruitment team before they try to sign him then
 
quadrant said:
I'd enjoy seeing this guy at United, but I'd be wary about him as our main striker. I saw him quite a lot last season, and while he was usually good, he looked a long way from the finished article. The guy has less than 20 league goals in his entire career, we're asking a lot to be the main man at United.

Still, better than using Martial again.
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That’s all valid but you buy young players based on a projection of what they can become and not what they’ve been.

He’s got all the traits of becoming a top center forward and if he reaches that he’ll be a bargain at the rumoured price.


Dinghy said:
Don't see it with this guy at all. Looked average every time I've seen him play. Think he'll struggle to get 5 goals in the league.
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This is just a horrible take.
 
Trigg said:
That’s all valid but you buy young players based on a projection of what they can become and not what they’ve been.

He’s got all the traits of becoming a top center forward and if he reaches that he’ll be a bargain at the rumoured price.
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He certainly could become one, no question, but he isn't one yet and that's what we need. If he comes, then we still need another option up front.
 
quadrant said:
He certainly could become one, no question, but he isn't one yet and that's what we need. If he comes, then we still need another option up front.
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That is what we need, but we're not in a position where we can get one. They cost too much.
 
quadrant said:
He certainly could become one, no question, but he isn't one yet and that's what we need. If he comes, then we still need another option up front.
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You can’t have everything I’m afraid. So I’d say a young striker with the potential to become a star is exactly what we need.

We have Martial, if he leaves then yeah another one would be needed.
 
Trigg said:
You can’t have everything I’m afraid. So I’d say a young striker with the potential to become a star is exactly what we need.

We have Martial, if he leaves then yeah another one would be needed.
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I'm mentally not even considering Martial an option

He's still technically here but there's absolutely zero hope he'll have any sort of impact on the season. He must know that himself. And I doubt he cares.
 
Rhyme Animal said:
To anyone with good knowledge of the Dutch league, what was ETH’s record of buying strikers at Ajax?

How many did he bring in, who were they and how did they fair?
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I know he brought in Haller who was pretty unfancied after his West Ham spell, and he was a huge success at Ajax. Two titles and sold at a profit
 
SER19 said:
I know he brought in Haller who was pretty unfancied after his West Ham spell, and he was a huge success at Ajax. Two titles and sold at a profit
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He reinvented Tadic too. Become one of the most prolific players in Europe.
 
Fabrizio on United Stand reiterating Striker is the next one and Hojlund is the absolute priority currently
 
Dinghy said:
Don't see it with this guy at all. Looked average every time I've seen him play. Think he'll struggle to get 5 goals in the league.
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Abdoulaye fecking Doucoure scored 5 goals last season :lol:
 
Judas said:
Says who?
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Not the takeover that's for sure - I don't believe it's been reported anywhere that it even has the slightest effect.

Kane situation has been reported as thus - infact Romano even said today in an interview on YT that situation been us and Kane currently is dead in the water

Cost - Kane is extremely expensive, Levy would not budge for under 100 million easily, factor into this payment structures, bonuses, wages whatever you want but for the initial amount we don't have the cash on hand currently and neither would we be within FFP limits

Levy - He does not want to sell Kane, period. It's easy to say just go for Kane, add money to the Hojlund price and go for Kane. It's already been reported at the beginning of the window we approached Tottenham and Levy for Kane, he was priority. We backed off when we were rebuffed multiple times

Rivals - On top of Levy not wanting to sell, he especially does not want to sell to another club in the Premier League, it's been reported he'd take a lower fee from a club abroad if it meant not selling to what he considers to be a rival.

So then what? People seem to think we should keep banging this drum all summer, that we should magic money out of thin air, or that we should be calling Levy everyday to get him to crack. This isn't as simple as just "Go and sign Kane" that people constantly keep repeating in this and Kane's actual thread. Could this change by the end of the window? Maybe, but right now all of the above apply so what do you want the club to do, we've tried and Levy told us to eff off, so we've moved on - I suggest others here do too.
 
We're working on a budget and can't afford to take risks with our spending so this transfer seems mental to me. Nine goals in Serie A doesn't scream elite talent, I think there's better options for the price bracket out there.
 
Blood Mage said:
We're working on a budget and can't afford to take risks with our spending so this transfer seems mental to me. Nine goals in Serie A doesn't scream elite talent, I think there's better options for the price bracket out there.
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To be fair Ferguson scored 6 goals in England and you were for signing him up?
Blood Mage said:
Why sign the current Kane when the next Kane is right here?
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Blood Mage said:
Second only to Haaland in terms of goal-scoring opportunities created in the PL. Top talent and a United fan too, sign him up.
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Not picking on you, you were just last post when I had this idea. They’re a few fans with contradictory posts here and in regards of Ferguson. Seems like premature buyers remorse
 
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