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Rasmus Højlund | Signed for United
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Don't compare that. Haaland was already a goalscoring freak at that stage
I suppose they’ll stop when people accept the fee and decide to wait and see how the boy does.The funny thing is this thread has now become toxic by moaners moaning at anyone who says its overpayment.
They're so busy having a whinge down a rabbit hole they don't realise what they're doing anymore
The release clauses apparently were a reason.
Yeah I'm already there. My excitement for an actual striker is too rife
Its just the start. He is Uniteds new CF he is going to be scrutinised and compared to the best. That comes with playing for United.What is the point of this tweet?
Couldn't give a feck about the price. We've got a striker! Let's. Fecking. Go!
Good luck to the lad and all of our new signings. It's another step forward.
Good luck to the lad and all of our new signings. It's another step forward.
There was no release clause issue when he signed for Salzburg over United
Haaland is a freak. Nobody should be compared to him. It's just setting the lad up to fail.
The fanbase needs to be patient with him. We've invested in the potential. He's not gonna be the finished article straight away.
Well, I'd say we should have been the right club for Halaand!
If you are Uniteds no1 striker you will be compared with the best.
Anyway on a positive note I like his attributes. Been a long time since we had a CF who likes being in the 6 yard box. Hope he does well
Well I've answered half your whine but true to form you only see the unanswered bit. There's a whole bunch of you on the Caf that remind me of Daffy Duck, with one tiny raincloud just over each of you, pissing it down while the sun shines on everyone else.
Feck me you are right. Generational talent.
Since you said clauses and not clause I assumed you meant both occasions…. But yes Daffy Duck etc when you’re not being clear
why the hell are they comparing hm to Halaand? Sad to say, but pretty much no one comapares/will compare to Halaand. The closest you might get is if you mix a young Zlatan with Kane of RvN!
As has been stated before, people are happiest when they’re moaning like feck at things. How about trusting the manager instead of this cynical pish.
Not sure this guy is going to get us 20 league goals, we need Bruno to return to his goal-scoring form of his first six months and Rashford to keep close to where he was last season if we are going to score enough goals... unless "he who can't be named" is allowed back into the fold...
That said, it's nice to have someone who wants to be at OT so much, memories of Ruud, and he has to be an upgrade on Anthony Permanently Injured
That said, it's nice to have someone who wants to be at OT so much, memories of Ruud, and he has to be an upgrade on Anthony Permanently Injured
You're not wrong, but there needs to be context in the comparisons. Hojlund doesn't compare to Haaland. It's stupid to compare them. If we were signing Oshimen and people wanted to compare stats, that would be fair enough.
I’m not falling for your reverse psychology you scouser scum.
But yes, he scores his goals mostly from inside the box. And he is strong and freakishly fast.
Either we get another forward or he must be coming back. Even then, hes been out for 18 months, hes going to he rusty
As has been mentioned Dortmund allowed him to have a low buyout clause in his contract, no way we would allow that to happen. Also he got game time at both those clubs. We would likely not be able to guarantee that. The likes of Cavani is such a typical Woodward signing.
Stupid or not. This is what it means to be a United CF. This club is massive, hopefully this kid has a strong character, he certainly seems like he is mentality strong
In my opinion, people are too hell-bent on blaming Woodward and his staff for everything that has or hasn't happened over the last few years, and I can sort of understand that because I don't think they were completely incompetent and out of their depth. The point I'm trying to make is that even if we had the best scouting and recruitment team in the world, some signings still wouldn't happen because players and their advisors simply have different ideas about what is best for a player's development.
That's the thing. Haaland gets lots of goals for City, but other players scored for them as well. We need a goal return from other players.
Come on. He was regularly scoring in the UCL against big clubs and we had a massive whole at CF in the team
My post is not about Woodward. Its about where the club was and its struggle to convince players to come. We were going backwards at the time, with a manager who looked out of its depth. We missed out on more than just Haaland
When he signed for Salzburg he had been scouted by and gathered interest from United, Juventus, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Manchester City, Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Chelsea. It's almost like he joined a club where he was guaranteed a game. Or else all of the club's above lack your genius.
You'd be okay with signing a 17 year old striker who had scored 12 goals in the Norwegian league to lead the line for us? Most non-Norwegians hadn't heard of him before Salzburg.
He signed for Dortmund because it's a great club to develop and they allowed a reasonable release clause in case top clubs came calling for him, which they inevitably did. We haven't been a top club for years.
Again go back to the reported missed meeting after the agreement of a deal
Again see the list of clubs that he didn't sign for. Predictably all you can see is united's reported error and nothing else.
Lead the line? Who said that?
The report is we had agreed a 4m transfer and missed the meeting with the club
I’m opening this thread to hear about any rumors about his medical and signings and all I’m getting is negativity and some non-Hojlund chat. Common guys, let’s keep this about his transfer completion build up and we can start discussing about him once he’s here. We’ve over analyzed him from every angle.
I know that, but we do stupid things at this club at times. He might have played all the time, but we had to sign him in the first place and if we didn't guarantee him that then he wouldn't come. Sometimes you have to smooth talk players. Guarantee them the earth.
If he wasn't going to lead the line, then he'd not get the play time he needed and wanted. He and his dad have been very smart with his development in mind.
Surely you don't believe that. Mixed time zones? That is some typical awful journalism.
Its Bellingham all over again
I don’t believe a club like United are not smart enough to sign a 17 year old and loan them out. I also don’t know if the report is true but it seems a wild one to completely make up.
Probably missed it all in fairness, but has many really defended the fee? I think you’d need to be blind or oblivious not to think we’ve overpaid. I guess my angle is I’d rather overpay by a few million (5-10m on this deal?) and get our targets in early, then let this dither until season starts.
This is all under the assumption that we got the guy in we wanted (and needed!), assuming the Kane deal was nigh on impossible of course. There just didn’t seem to be that many relevant options available in the market who was going to be cheaper and/or a better fit. Exciting times. Hopefully he can kick on from here.
If it can be a negative against United people use the flimsiest of reports and the highest figures and lowest stats. In the good old days that nonsense was the job of tabloid journalists and oppo fans.
Like I said, I doubt he would have joined us even if we were in a stable position because the step up in the league was too high. Remember Dortmund didn't have a free run at him, there were a lot of top teams chasing him at the time and he chose to take a gradual step up to a team that had a reputation for giving young players playing time and not yet going to the highest level.
At the end of the day, we don't know what really happened and we can speculate all day about why it didn't happen, it's no use, he'll never be a United player and we're in the wrong thread discussing why we missed out on Haaland.
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