They don't have FFP room and bought Nicholas Jackson from Villareal this summer. Doubt they address it further til next summer.
Rasmus Højlund | Signed for United
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Aargh thought the English would report his salary pre tax and not usually net. So assumed it was gross.
I like idea of him but making him our no.9 so young worries me as he may still be working out the flaws in his game.
In an ideal world he'd be an understudy to a more experienced striker but we have Martial as our first choice who is never fit and then Rashford who can do a job but isn't ideal for the role and thus weakens us on the left.
If Garnacho was a couple seasons more experienced he could be on Rashford's level on the left and this would allow him to play up front while Højlund develops but it's not so.
So while this move could improve us, it's a risk to place a lot of responsibility on such a young striker
In an ideal world he'd be an understudy to a more experienced striker but we have Martial as our first choice who is never fit and then Rashford who can do a job but isn't ideal for the role and thus weakens us on the left.
If Garnacho was a couple seasons more experienced he could be on Rashford's level on the left and this would allow him to play up front while Højlund develops but it's not so.
So while this move could improve us, it's a risk to place a lot of responsibility on such a young striker
Salah got 15 goals and 11 assists for Roma the season before he joined Liverpool. While he'd go on to massively improve on this, that's not exactly a bad record for a winger in Serie A. He had undoubtedly shown more than Hojlund to this point. The big problem with Hojlund is he's coming in as the solution to literally our biggest weakness in the team. Because of this there's way more pressure on him than Ronaldo or even Rooney at the times we signed them. Pressure is going to be massive on him from the start. The reality is we should be signing 2 strikers this season and he should be the 2nd but that doesn't look likely.
His manager obviously rates him. Says he’s one of the best young strikers around and wants his club to value him between 80-100m
This will get done, we'll threaten to sign someone else like Muani, and then the price will come down very slightly and deal will get done. Same playbook for Mount and Onana
Thanks for the info mate. Forgot they have troubles with FFP. First time I heard of that striker though. Guess they'll have another shit season. Boehly is doing wonders there haha.
His agent is not allowing him to sign for £80k per week when PSG are also in the equation, yep the boy loves the club but he still needs to be paid, the more I see him the more I like as long as we the fanbase don’t put him under unrealistic pressure he’ll grow into the role within 2 years.
4 goals and 2 assists is a poor return for a first team Man United winger. Even the manager said that he expects more output from him. I don't know how saying there are questions on this signing amounts to hating him? I still maintain that he has the talent to make it here, but till now he hasn't.
There you go. Probably explains the high fee Atlanta were demanding for him. Still think we can get him if Manutd means a lot to him. You never know with money being involved though.
he's off to PSG
Didn’t even want him but it’d be humiliating if they snuck in and signed him while we’re haggling about price.
PSG better not beat us to signing him
He isn't going to PSG relax.
Let's see how much love he has for United
Anyway if he and his entourage have an ounce of brain he shouldn't go there at this age. The dressing room at PSG is a mess and reportedly very toxic. A young player should try his best to stay away from that imo.
Pretty much a done deal by the sounds of it.
Ughhh
Well of course we do. We had our doubts about meeting Chelsea’s too and we didn’t.
I sense a negotiating tactic from Atalanta by putting PSG out there.
We would probably match that as the fees quoted have been far higher.
What are our other options lads if he chooses psg over us? Kolo Muani, Evan ferguson, Vlahovic. Anyone else?
If PSG are really in, then we are out. If.
If PSG is truly involved it likely means this deal will be more expensive on the player side, at least if their strategy with Ugarte continues. "Agreed terms" is never a binding deal, agents are always playing clubs off against each other.
Chelsea targeted Ugarte in part because they thought (reasonably) that they could get him on reasonable wages as young players coming from Portugal usually don't demand very much, then PSG offered him something like 180-200k per week. I would think they offer Hojlund at least as much as Ugarte given that he is a striker.
Chelsea targeted Ugarte in part because they thought (reasonably) that they could get him on reasonable wages as young players coming from Portugal usually don't demand very much, then PSG offered him something like 180-200k per week. I would think they offer Hojlund at least as much as Ugarte given that he is a striker.
Based on what?
We're surely way ahead of them. I reckon once Elanga and Henderson are done we will seal this.
Incorrect
I don’t think we would match the wages PSG would be willing to offer to persuade him.
At least this should make us act fast or faster
Based on the money they can offer Atalanta and Hojlund. Or do you think we can match them?
We'll be linked with Kolo Muani and Ramos first then it will come to a conclusion probably in a week
Lots of counterclaims about these wages and confusion with them beyond reported net rather than gross, but its crystal clear that he was headed to Chelsea (who were very keen) and then PSG pushed Ugarte's wages to a level Chelsea weren't comfortable with.
Again incorrect. It wasn't a wages issue, but it was easy for Chelsea to make it seems like it was when they got beat to the player.
This was clarified multiple times after the deal.
What are you talking about? Why?
The player supports United. Wages aren't a problem. If we are willing to compromise on the fee side of the deal and accept that if PSG really are interested it may create a more competitive situation for Atalanta then there's absolutely no reason to have an inferiority complex.
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