Yet he hits double figures in goals for the past 3 seasons. E.g hes a more proven scorer
Rasmus Højlund | Signed for United
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Probably we view Hojlund as the bigger talent I assume. Hopefully we are right
Why do you think it's arbitrary?
I'm on the same boat, I mean the price is high, but I think he brings some exciting features.
Apart from being a goal threat, which we've missed a lot with Martial and Weghourst, he also has the right features to enhance the rest of our attacking players.
- He's fast and physical, so he can pin CBs by playing behind their shoulder, and create more shooting chances for Bruno, Rashford, Antony and even Case.
- He's filling the area and can create link up play opportunities with our other players that like to move close inside the opposition area, especially Sancho and Garnacho.
- Also a benefit of filling the area, someone will be there to challenge for the crosses we make, especially from Shaw, Dalot (& and our other attacking midfielders and wingers)
- Makes moves into empty spaces, meaning our counter attacks will become even deadlier.
I have no doubts he will be a success. He does have a couple weaknesses, but let's not forget that Atalanda doesn't play a very attacking style, and that this may have restricted his opportunities to shine.
He needs to do something with that hair. I just can't get behind that.
Yes, he's pretty fast.
Yeah. Kolo Muani didn't appear last season and he didn't leave Nantes for free because he was bad but because Nantes owner is a bit special. The man has spent a fair amount of money on the club but his management has generally been poor.
Well We are rich but not that rich to be honest, We have spent over 400 m under Ten Hag without much in sales and spent plenty earlier as we can argue about overpaying and not getting best bang for our buck all day long but it hasn't done any damage to our ability to spend at least it seems that way to me offcourse I am talking about spending within reason .
It’s the future!
This was the original point. Overpaying for players like Antony and now means we hamper our own ability to do whats required in future. Read the post
People were complaining last Jan but we overspent on Antony and couldn't shift deadwood which meant we could not do required business in Jan.
People acting as if overpaying has no impact are deluded. Were still paying the price on Maguire
Managers have had the backing all along, it’s the players we’ve bought that’s been the issue.
Yet this forum tends to suck every last drop of joy from the game.Why is this thread so depressing? Heard the news late and came to celebrate in that innocent giddiness we all have before reality (for better or for worse) hits.
Even if he ends up tanking (I don't think he will as his physical attributes and style of play give us something we've been lacking for ages), we'd still have all had this time together
Incidentally, all we're getting is full blown warfare over the price!
Supporting a team is supposed to be fun. Like gambling if it starts being a constant source of misery, maybe it's not worth it
Let's say we save £15/20 million off both of Antony and Rasmus that will still only get you Amrabat in this market these are hardly groundbreaking sums that are gonna get you a Rice or Osimhen
I’m impressed by his very aggressive running off the ball. He really busts a gut to get into the space he wants to be in.
Post of the year.
Antony you need to halve the price mate. That would have got us a striker in Jan.
Mount + Hojlund fee is probably enough to sign Osimhen by the way and also cover his wages
True that. It’s all moan and groans here. Even the poster who started the thread about we signing 3 players 2 weeks before the season started mentioned in the initial post this one’s a positive thread and still people brought all the negativity in that thread
He's somewhere between a snake and a mongoose.
Their names are similar and they’re both from Scandinavia so the press is going to milk this to no end. And rival fans when he has a stinker e.g Haaland from Wish etcWhat is the point of this tweet?
I don't concentrate too much on the amount he's spent. We lost a bunch of players on free/minimal transfers before he joined so we needed bodies regardless of who the manager was. The fact we got into a situation where we needed to sign so many new first team players in one go is a testament to how badly the squad has been managed before EtH arrived. The age profile in some areas is still concerning so we're not out of that woods quite yet, but a majority of the signings are a good age, so starting to reverse that trend.
I'd argue Arsenal had a similar problem, which is why Arteta has spent close to £600m since he took over.
Debut against Lens at Old Trafford on the 5th August(?)
Can't wait to watch him
Can't wait to watch him
Cover his wages, yes. Although I reckon we'd have to add Onana's fee on top to sign Osimhen and even that probably wouldn't be enough. Lob in Amrabat's potential fee too.
Fcuking hell. Freudian slip mayhaps, but I did not mean to word it that way intentionally.
Very excited about this signing.
Onana and this guy will make a huge difference. Hopefully Amrabat will follow soon.
Onana and this guy will make a huge difference. Hopefully Amrabat will follow soon.
Too late now, you are #cancelled
Im not blaming the manager.
One of the biggest mistakes Arsenal made by the way was Pepe and they stopped overpaying after that to be more focused. Its only this summer they went in for what they feel are final touches.
Signings like Trossard, Tomiyasu, Jesus were all excellent business at great prices.
What matters long term is that you spend wisely, buying a 20 year old striker with impressive potential is smarter than buying a 30 year old who is 4x times more expensive.
I’m fully behind this transfer.
I feel like all 3 of these players aren't going to be good enough on the long run and will need to be replaced. They arguably already have replaced Tomiyasu.
They only signed Trossard because Chelsea gazumped them for Mudryk.
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By the same token Arteta needs the same, absolutely no excuses for either now.
Yep ETH needs to have a good season, no excuses.
By the same token Arteta needs the same, absolutely no excuses for either now.
I don’t really care much about the price. I just hope that he has what it takes to be successful at our club. A flop is still expensive no matter how cheap we bought him for.
Could buy the 24 year old who is 2x more expensive though… and far more proven
Post of the year contender
And the relevance of mentioning Rasmus costing €19 million a year ago was what?
If you consider the fee Rasmus went for a year ago as a contributing factor to prove we've overpaid, which was the point you were trying to make
Then in the very same post, championing a player in Kolo Muani, who went for free and had a very limited market a year ago, as someone you would spend this kind of money on, only contradicts your own flawed logic.
So i ask again, what has Rasmus costing €19 million a year ago got to do with anything? If you are happy enough to discount Kolo Muanis much worse market a year ago
They are all better than what we have
Kolo Muani isn’t a pure striker, and costs north of 100m.
Tomiyasu is better than what we have? How?
Also, Trossard was relatively cheap because he had a falling out with De Zerbi for leaving training without permission.
Osimhen not Kolo Muaini and 2x 85m euros is 170m euros
Tomiyasu had injury problems last season. Hes a better fullback than both Dalot and AWB imo
As for Trossard he was cheap because of his contract length actually. There have been players we could have signed in similar circumstances and imo we could have done with Trossard that Jan when we were short in attack.
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