Ah okay so you just make stuff up and pass it off as facts? Same as the tabloid newspapers then. No one really knows what PSG were prepared to pay. We do know that Højlund wanted to play for us thereby making their bid whatever it was, almost meaningless.
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We managed 3rd place with no striker (Weghorst doesn't count) and a midfielder who can barely move and doesn't press at all. We've upgraded both these positions.
They're not world class players, but they are players who fit what Ten Hag is trying to build, so ultimately the team as a whole will perform better. I'm sure we will be a much better team this season, but time will tell.
Absolutely, incorrect, untrue.
Ronaldo was 'loved' here, for his second coming but it proved to be a very costly mistake. Maguire the same. Sancho the same.
Licha was very 'divisive' but look at him now.
Let's judge players in their own merit as long as it's not those over 100m signings, which generally fail. The of rest transfers especially below 70m tend to work out most of the time.
No. Nor his numbers…
We’ve come full circle and it’s all about… PASHUN & VIBEZ again!
You’re drinking Special Brew aren’t you?
I don’t have any change mate.
I'm really happy with this one. Not sure why would anyone bother about the price tag. Another season with Atlanta would likely see his value skyrocketing. I wouldn't sell if I were them.
We probably need to add another one, but as far as Højlund is concerned, he's exactly the kind of player we should be going for.
We probably need to add another one, but as far as Højlund is concerned, he's exactly the kind of player we should be going for.
Has the BBC really mixed up Euros an Pounds again?
72m pounds? Really?
72m pounds? Really?
I heard it’s £90m plus £2m for every goal he scores over the course of his career.
And we’re paying him £500k per week.
It is 70 million plus 5 million easy bonus euros which is 60+4 million £. Then there may be an additional package of bonuses that are harder to achieve.
Time to log off and take a break from the Caf for a day or so to avoid all this negativity about signing an exciting young CF.
To go to Bayern? To renew with Spurs? He's on £200k. If the alternative is staying there on £200k or signing a contract for £300-350k per week, I doubt he'd refuse to move
Nice reference.
Think the same. Negativity is appalling.
But you know if cafe is torn apart over this signing something must be of. Or something.
Doubt all you want. He will stay for a year and leave for free and get a £30m signing bonus and £500k per week.
Imagine Elanga outscores him?
Get your shooting boots on, blondie.
Get your shooting boots on, blondie.
I suppose you wouldn't want us to sign him in that scenario either
Jokes aside it's a proper downer isnt it.
Awesome, can't wait for him to start.
Whole league got dominated by Kim so hardly a surprise a kid struggled a bit physically against him.....he was still their best attacker, made some good runs that didnt get noticed at times and created the best chance for Atalanta.
The people moaning on here who have never even watched a single domestic Atalanta game hang your heads in shame. It’s fine to speculate on how he’ll do but don’t make out you know anything in depth about this guy other than YouTube scouting.
I know f all about him, he looks like a massive pimple faced kid. I’m going to wait and, you know, watch him play for us then form an opinion.
I know f all about him, he looks like a massive pimple faced kid. I’m going to wait and, you know, watch him play for us then form an opinion.
Truly wild fee but who cares, it's not my money. There weren't any ideal striker targets realistically available to us this season. There were others that would all in their own ways have been a gamble and probably if we'd be in for them we'd have paid through the nose for those too. That's what happens when you get yourself into the position of not having a single fit #9 in your squad. You get rinsed.
He's exciting, however, and most importantly an actual god-honest #9 who will run channels, hold up the ball, get in the box, and take shots. If we trust Ten Hag, giving him a square peg for a square hole is a good thing.
He's exciting, however, and most importantly an actual god-honest #9 who will run channels, hold up the ball, get in the box, and take shots. If we trust Ten Hag, giving him a square peg for a square hole is a good thing.
Really happy. Probably overpaid by 10 mil but so what. And the city trolls saying haaland was cheaper, that's only officially. That ignores 60 mil extra city paid for his dad and agents.
Your reply suggests that I said that indivisive signings are always a success - I didn’t.
Ronaldo was actually a decent signing - good price, did what he was supposed to as a late 30s striker.
Falcao is a better example. Every Utd fan was buzzing about that and every oppo was worried, and Falcao turned out to be less tiger and more… erm, kitten, bless him.
Sancho, also, buzzing fanbase - complete flop.
So no, that’s not what I was trying to imply.
My point was that this really seemed like a transfer window where our needs were REALLY fecking blatant and 1+1 type straightforward, and for BOTH the outfield players brought in to be immediately divisive and highly questionable takes some doing imo.
And of course Mount and Højlund might both be absolute bangers, but for what the squad currently needs, I think it’s a daft way to spunk upwards of £120m - that’s just my layman opinion and it’ll only be changed by what these players hopefully do on the pitch.
So agree to disagree and I hope this lad hits the ground running and has the technical abilities to be an elite CF, because ultimately that is what’s needed to succeed as a Utd CF.
Men er han i stand til at fylde det hul endnu? Han har klart potentiale, men vi mangler desperat en målscorer nu, ikke i fremtiden. Jeg håber da at han slår igennem i den kommende sæson, men det er en meget stor satsning. Jeg ville være mere tryg hvis vi havde købt ham og en seniorangriber. I mine øjne er der ingen sikkerhed overhovedet for at han kan udfylde de krav vi har. Jeg kan se at han måske ville kunne det om 2-3 år, men allerede nu? Jeg tvivler.
Love his strength and how he almost doesn't lose any speed when running with a defender on his back. This, together with the running through contact while keeping composure is what I would consider the mythical "PL proven" quality.
A young striker, who wants to be here, on his 2nd contract just about to burst onto the scene is exactly what we should be going for.
Is he overpriced - hell yea, but this is the market. Pay up or some petrodollar club is gonna buy him just to sit on the bench.
The only issue I see is that our senior striker to take away the attention from him is Martial, who is more unreliable than a diesel French car.
Excited about this kid, lets go!!! Cheers
A young striker, who wants to be here, on his 2nd contract just about to burst onto the scene is exactly what we should be going for.
Is he overpriced - hell yea, but this is the market. Pay up or some petrodollar club is gonna buy him just to sit on the bench.
The only issue I see is that our senior striker to take away the attention from him is Martial, who is more unreliable than a diesel French car.
Excited about this kid, lets go!!! Cheers
All players are immediately divisive on the Caf, because the Caf always has that vocal element that are ready to have a moan about literally anything. There isn’t a single transfer in the last decade that didn’t come with a fair share of doomsayers. The list of what people get wound up about and the red flags they find is as interminable as it is often contradictory. And of course when someone complains about everything, they are going to sometimes be right; which just reinforces the self aggrandising rhetoric and deepens the nihilistic malaise.
The amount of premature ejaculation that will occur on here this season after a missed Hojlund chance or a poor Mount performance, is going to be almost as revolting as the inevitable “I told you so”s. Never mind the deafening silence after a good performance, because the resident quim burgers always have another target to move on to.
Let us never forget that this is the place that gave us the now infamous “Rashford, new contract or sell” thread, in which an unhealthy amount of posters insisted we should release him on a free due to his overwhelming and incurable shiteness. Those of us who pointed out the utter madness of this suggestion were mocked and vilified for extolling values such as patience and reason, because as Mark Twain said; “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level, and then beat you with experience.”
So no, the divisiveness of a signing is not indicative of anything to do with the quality of a signing. It’s just a by product of the enormous amounts of mouth frothing, knee jerking, miserable stupidity regularly on display here. I genuinely believe that there is a sizeable portion of this forum that actually want to see Hojlund fail so they think they can look good by predicting we overpaid. Of course they won’t look good, ever. Not now in moaning about the fee, or later doing their tribalistic “I knew better” song and dance. In both instances they will look like the embittered, toxic, hate-fans that they really are.
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Erik knows what he's doing.
Might take a season for this kid to settle in and develop / adapt for the Prem and the club though.
Might take a season for this kid to settle in and develop / adapt for the Prem and the club though.
Yep, and they all must be so fun at cocktail parties. Rough way to go about enjoying sports.
Delighted with the deal and hopefully our striker is now sorted for the next 12 years. After Lukaku left we had no proper striker and finally the issue is resolved instead of getting in stop gap strikers which will never work for a club like Manchester United. Hopefully the fans will be patient with him and give him every chance. He has all the qualities necessary and reminds me of a young Harry Kane. People seem to forget that when Kane was 20 he on loan at Leicester in the Championship and only scored two goals in 13 appearances. Hojlund is going to be world class and hoping we can wrap up a deal Amrabat as well and will be a fantastic transfer window where we will finally get to see Ten Hag ball in full swing. Ten Hag is building something special at United and long may it continue. Just got tickets for the friendly with Lens and flying over from Ireland and hopefully get to see him in action!
Fair play for being able to post so succinctly at this time on a saturday night - well put.
I don't believe everything I read but wasn't it reported that Haaland is earning nearly 865k a week at city with bonuses etc.
I can imagine what the unofficial fee was for him.
Whereas you, on the other hand seem a happy, well adjusted individual.
Coming from you, I'm not really bothered.
He's nailed you.
What's a 1+1 type straightforward?
I'm glad that we have finally signed a striker. It's the risker option, but it seems Kane is genuinely unattainable / not financially feasible.
What is satisfying to me is that we had 3 primary target areas this summer, they were clear as to why we needed the upgrades, and we've got our desired player for the most part.
Think we'll sign Amrabat once we ship off a couple of midfielders (two of McTominay, Fred and DvB). Good summer all around.
What is satisfying to me is that we had 3 primary target areas this summer, they were clear as to why we needed the upgrades, and we've got our desired player for the most part.
Think we'll sign Amrabat once we ship off a couple of midfielders (two of McTominay, Fred and DvB). Good summer all around.
How has this thread got worse, more miserable and depressing after SIGNING the player in question?
We've signed three quality players in key positions that strengthen the spine of the first team. But still some people just love to moan incessantly because in their heads they could've negotiated the prices down by £10m, despite having literally no experience in negotiating football transfers
Same Media that said united could only spend £100-120m budget like I said we have £220-250m FFP BS as usual until they. Uefa actually Ban City or take a title away clubs will disregard their Pompous philosophy, FSP now that’s a completely different subject which is much easier to police annually!
He really hasn’t.
He’s ranting zealously about hypothetical situations and accusing people of frothing at the mouth for something that hasn’t even happened.
The only thing that’s nailed is you - being hammered on Spar shop alcopops.
Go to bed, heap.
He’s got six goals in 6 games for Denmark, I do know that much about him. But what do you think of his 6 games for Denmark?
I know ETH enough to certainly trust EtH to know the type player he needs to work with in that specific position(s).
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