Rasmus Højlund | Signed for United

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croadyman said:
Looks more and more like he is returning which understandably is gonna divide opinion. The one thing I will say is we haven't heard much from the likes of Ducker/Whitwell/Luckhurst on that
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Tbf we haven't heard much at all for quite a while, but the story this morning about Adidas not objecting his return, and the lack of links elsewhere, makes you think he could be staying.
 
C'est Moi Cantona said:
Tbf we haven't heard much at all for quite a while, but the story this morning about Adidas not objecting his return, and the lack of links elsewhere, makes you think he could be staying.
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Apparently Paul Sims wrote the article,would have given it more substance if it was Custis
 
Witchking said:
PSG also are in the running for the player but no big clubs without buy him?

We also cannot think that United are on the same level as Bayern, Barcelona and Madrid and have the same pull as them.

Liverpool in recent seasons have a better chance of going into that group than United.

United are doing the right thing going for Rasmus. If he works out, the next 5-6 seasons are sorted.
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This is silly. If we can afford Kane or Osimhen, we will pull them.
 
C'est Moi Cantona said:
Tbf we haven't heard much at all for quite a while, but the story this morning about Adidas not objecting his return, and the lack of links elsewhere, makes you think he could be staying.
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I personally don't mind him returning, but if he was gonna be coming back then surely he'd have featured in the pre-season tour. On the other hand I can understand club not wanting to take him to the US with this cloud over his/our head, but then there's no way he comes back into the first team after 18 months out unless he gets some on pitch minutes under his belt.
 
bosnian_red said:
Madrid bought both Rodrigo and Vini for 40m each long before they had any impact in the first team. Also spent 60m for Endrick.

The problem is us being in the situation where we have nobody, not spending big on a high potential player.
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Yeah, what I meant was, if they had no striker they would be going for a big name striker. Nothing wrong with buying unproven players when you are already covered in those positions obviously.
 
The more important question that needs answering right now:
Does Hojlund get driven or does he fly from Bournemouth to Manchester?
 
UnofficialDevil said:
Yeah, what I meant was, if they had no striker they would be going for a big name striker. Nothing wrong with buying unproven players when you are already covered in those positions obviously.
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Well their starting Striker left and they haven't replaced him with any big name so far .
 
UnofficialDevil said:
Yeah, what I meant was, if they had no striker they would be going for a big name striker. Nothing wrong with buying unproven players when you are already covered in those positions obviously.
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Eh, Madrid don't have a striker right now and don't seem to be going for one, but waiting for Mbappe on a free. Bayern only tried with Mane last year after losing Lewandowski but basically went the year without a striker. City tried for Kane, went a year without a CF and then got Haaland later. That's just the world with CF's these days. You either take the punt on a younger guy or wait it out without any CF's until one becomes available.
 
UnofficialDevil said:
Seems like the type of striker a smaller club would sign, not the type of striker Bayern Real Barcelona etc would buy, I thought we were up there with those clubs, but maybe we aren't any more. Hope I'm wrong on both thoughts.
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Young player with good potential is exactly the type of players United should be signing - as do the clubs you’ve mentioned.

I remain of the opinion that a club like United should be capable of developing and taking players like these to the next level - like Real did with Vinicius and is looking to do with Tchouameni and Camavinga, etc. Hopefully he becomes a monster for us
 
Marcelinho87 said:
Bet you'd be the first to complain if he did indeed end up go to a lower club and we had to fork out over 100m later for him...

This forum has nothing but people who whine, moan and complain about everything United do, they simply can't win.
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Yeah :lol:

It’s all over the forum. Some just refuse to be happy I guess.
 
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TsuWave said:
Young player with good potential is exactly the type of players United should be signing - as do the clubs you’ve mentioned.

I remain of the opinion that a club like United should be capable of developing and taking players like these to the next level - like Real did with Vinicius and is looking to do with Tchouameni and Camavinga, etc. Hopefully he becomes a monster for us
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Not when it comes to strikers. Fergie never messed about and only went for proven, Wazza being the exception of course.
 
Adnan said:
If you can't play out from the back against high pressing teams then it will be difficult to play the game in the opponent's half. If you allow the opposition to disrupt your build up play from the back with a well coordinated press, then progression will have to be achieved by going direct and relying on winning second balls. And to quote Roberto de Zerbi (not vertbatim), it's better to play out the from the back beccause it works, rather than gambling by kicking it long and losing control.

Against teams who were adept at pressing us high, we resorted to playing in transition and our away record was awful. And ten Hag himself was asked as to why the away record was so poor and his response was because our build up from the back was poor.

And statistically we struggled against a well coordinated press, especially away from home, where we struggled to get out of our own half against some of the better high pressing teams who absolutely battered us.





And the graph below again demonstrates our lack of progression from the back and lack of disruption to the opponent's build up. The teams who are nearer to the top scored a lot of goals. Brentford place high up the chart for progression from goal-kicks due to their team being geared up to win the second ball in a more direct style of play with a more physical style of player upfront. . Our team wasn't geared up to win the second ball hence ten Hag would place Weghorst in the central area to try and attempt to win the second ball. And unfortunately he wasn't the best at winning the second ball. And all that was due to the GK not providing the +1 in possession to the requisite standard imo.



The thoughts below are from a data scientist from Holland who also happens to be a United and Feyenoord fan.





Of course we also need a striker and unfortunately Ronaldo caused us a issue last season where we had to rely on bringing in a loan signing. But I think as far as team balance is concerned the correct signings have been targeted to create a well rounded team that has the ability to potentially exert control from the back, press high collectively, transition quickly and also control/contain the opponent's transitions on the counter. Hopefully we can add a deeper lying midfielder along with Hojlund before the window shuts.
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Agree with everything. The only thing missing is the CM to progress the ball. Which is why I was surprised with the choice of Mount as the no.8. I guess the idea is using the others (LB, Licha) to progress the ball from the back. Hopefully it works.
 
mu4c_20le said:
Not when it comes to strikers. Fergie never messed about and only went for proven, Wazza being the exception of course.
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What? Fergie bought plenty of young strikers with potential. Some of them turned out great, others not so much. Solskjær turned out great, so did Wazza and Ruud. Bellion and Manucho not so much. Of course, he liked signing proven strikers as well, RvP and Cole-type signings, but we can't buy one of those this window.
 
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