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Rasmus Højlund | Signed for United
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For a club who nutures kids apparently, we are backwards in getting kids in ready for the first team, I mean from outside our own academy. Bellingham was flirting with Liverpool at one point, then once again knew Dortmund will not flinch at bringing a youngster in and playing them. Down the line once Real Madrid get involved you are on a hiding to nothing. Look at SAF with Benzema. That is a signing I regret us not making.
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I simply said, we have a right to ask questions of the club. Hes not the only player. In any case wrong thead so moving on
So much this. I now rarely interact online or engage in any sort of football discourse because fans have honestly sucked the fun out of everything. I check in here during the transfer windows and have a couple of YouTube channels I'll watch post game etc but other than that I just tend to block out all of the noise from football fans because it's become pretty intolerable.
20 league goals would be a remarkable season. Almost zero chance he gets anything like that. 10-12 league goals is the most we could hope for imo and even that would be a pretty decent return considering his record to this point and his age. Bruno's never scored over 10 non-penalty goals, even in that 18-goal season because 9 of them were penalties. Not realistic to expect much more than the 8 goals he got last season. Bruno creates our chances, the other attackers are the ones who should be scoring.
Yeah that thing about time zones is very much an urban myth.
I know you never talk about players until they have officially signed but please talk about this player you haven't officially signed yet.
Wasn't he available for like £4m at that stage? Signing talented young players for peanuts makes sense because the risk is way lower. We wouldn't have been buying a 17 year old Haaland to be 1st choice immediately
How has he 'got it wrong' with Antony?
The kid had pretty much the first season I expected him to have. Given his age, playing style etc I always earmarked his third or fourth season as his real break out.
I suspect ETH is pretty happy with his first year.
Can not wait to see this kid develop under Ten Hag we may have snapped up a real baller here and strikers are so hard to come by .
Love it , inject it! I hope he plays most games and is given the breathing space by the fan base to have a few dodgy games, just imagine in 2 years he’ll only be 22 absolutely crazy.
Some will have to now pipe down about Goldbridge having “no sources” cos this kid adores the United stand and they are in contact…. gonna cry?
Love it , inject it! I hope he plays most games and is given the breathing space by the fan base to have a few dodgy games, just imagine in 2 years he’ll only be 22 absolutely crazy.
Some will have to now pipe down about Goldbridge having “no sources” cos this kid adores the United stand and they are in contact…. gonna cry?
There’s a whole bunch of posts on here trying to persuade us that £70m is the new going rate for an unproven talent. In fact, one post earlier even went as far as suggesting that it’s the appropriate cost for a back up striker.
We’ve overpaid by about £25m. We can still be pleased that we’ve got a centre forward through the door but that level of insanity in our transfer dealings shouldn’t just be brushed under the carpet.
Anyway, that’s the last I’m saying on the cost. Will be exciting to see how he develops and I hope our fanbase has patience.
Not sure ETH knows Reddy's backstory (and how she supposedly got inside info at Liverpool). ''First, we have to finish something... then after you can talk and set the question.''
Reddy's probably thinking,: ''You baldy dirty dog you!! Room number?''
How could we have overpaid by 25 mil when PSG made an offer of 50 mil, which is more than that?
What nonsense is thisNot sure ETH knows Reddy's backstory (and how she supposedly got inside info at Liverpool). ''First, we have to finish something... then after you can talk and set the question.''
Reddy's probably thinking,: ''You baldy dirty dog you!! Room number?''
Great, I see a few have come to complain that we didn’t buy Haaland when we all should’ve known about him in Norway.
I bet you also praise Real Madrid for spending €70m on a 16 year old Endrick.
We overpaid, it is what it is. They knew we were desperate, and now we're paying the consequences for Woodward's incompetence. How we can go 5 years without signing a striker under 30, or 8 years without a right winger is nothing short of incredibly pathetic planning.
So PSG are the standard now on what the appropriate price for a player should be?
“wrong again”…after one season FFS.
How did you come to that conclusion?
Dudes, get on board! The train is leaving the station.
£64M is not a mega fee in 2023
Completely agree, he’s had a better season than Sancho’s ever had and it’s his first one!
No, but it establishes some sort of market value. The value of something is determined by what people are willing to pay for it. If PSG were willing to pay 50m, then we have to consider that number when discussing the market value.
And we were willing to pay more….so surely at the very least the fair market value is an average, if not the value what we (the market) ended up paying?
Sure, but people forget he is only 20 years old kid and is on upward trajectory. Like many elite sriker before him, any moment from now on he could suddenly explode and become a top class goalscorer. Thing is, I believe he has all the complete package and raw qualities to become a top class striker - pace, height, strength, movement, technique and finishing sense, he got it all.
United fans are negative because the Glazers have pissed away £1 billion on poor transfers since 2013.
Haaland is a silly comparison because
a) his dad and agent likely got at least £60M
b) City have 115 charges, many of which relate to paying players or staff "off the books"
Hopefully he has that massive breakout year like a Kane or Lewandowski where he suddenly explodes out of nowhere
If he gets us 20+ in the season but also creates for others and unbalance the opponent, I'll be fine. 15 in all comps will be criticised. At the end of the day, he will be judged by his numbers.
This and we targeted him with that expected growth/improvement in mind. He is someone we clearly expect to bring all his attributes together soon and explode. Atalanta knew this and that's why they priced him as such. For what it's worth I don't mind overpaying for the right player who can come in and contribute.
Can’t say I know anything about the guy but if he’s one of Ten Hag’s preferred options that’s good enough for me. Hoping he’s a combination of Wout’s work rate and Martial’s technique. Not expecting miracles in his first season but let’s be honest, even if he just attacks the far post he’ll get a few easy goals. Feels like it’s been years since we’ve had a striker that isn’t constantly on the back foot hoping the ball comes straight to them. Rashford is good at stretching defenders but feels like we get very stagnant when close to the box. We need someone darting about causing confusion. I’m pretty excited.
We actively tried to get both of these players, Bellingham and family got the full red carpet rolled out for them he didn't want to come here you cannot do anything about that and then Benzema has been done a death but as soon as Real moved for him it was over for us but if that deal wasn't done I would have thought he would have been signed by SAF
He will be criticised because people share your mindset. You ever thought about giving him time instead of attending the inevitable whinefest because everyone else does it?
Levy definitely wouldn't sell us Kane for 100m, what are you smoking?
Maybe in the last week of the window, if Bayern get tired of Levy's "genius negotiator" act and Lewis really is pressuring him to sell, but right now? Not a chance.
Not sure about creating for others, but he will certainly score 20 goals (in all competitions) this season. It’s more like some other players will be creating for him, and his job is easy - just position himself in the right place to finish moves off
The over reaction is crazy
Got one of Europes hottest young strikers that another mayor player in Europe was after
50mil 60mil 70mil, who cares, you always over pay for a player unless there is a buy out clause or a the club wants rid
Kane was above budget and wages were too much
this leaves rooms to strengthen midfield as well
Got one of Europes hottest young strikers that another mayor player in Europe was after
50mil 60mil 70mil, who cares, you always over pay for a player unless there is a buy out clause or a the club wants rid
Kane was above budget and wages were too much
this leaves rooms to strengthen midfield as well
Not sure ETH knows Reddy's backstory (and how she supposedly got inside info at Liverpool). ''First, we have to finish something... then after you can talk and set the question.''
Reddy's probably thinking,: ''You baldy dirty dog you!! Room number?''
how did she supposedly get info
Think it is all about playing time. To me you lie, then worry about it later. If you bring these kids in and they perform, play them.
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