Rasmus Højlund | Signed for United

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I'm all for this signing on the condition that it allows us to still sign a good striker or top keeper or both.

If we sign this guy and a cheap striker like Thuram and a cheap keeper like Sommer or Verbruggen, that will be a very underwhelming window
 
Just saw he scored only 9 goals last season. Was thinking he hit 20 or so for some reason.
 
Mcking said:
Just saw he scored only 9 goals last season. Was thinking he hit 20 or so for some reason.
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That’s Serie A goals only…. including everything he did hit 20.

If you add the goals he scored for Sturm Graz before joining Atalanta and the goals for Denmark, then he has scored 21 during the season 2022/23 (16 for clubs and 5 for country)..
 
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Pintu said:
Their highest earners are making €2M/year after taxes… And Højlund is actually among the lowest. He is earning a net salary of €500k/year. If we offer him £50k/week it would still be a huge increase for him.
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50k is definitely good enough for him and for us. We will then review his salary on yearly basis as according to his performance. Even if we promise yearly 20% rise it’s peanuts.
 
Pintu said:
That’s Serie A goals only…. including everything he did hit 20.

If you add the goals he scored for Sturm Graz before joining Atalanta and the gols for Denmark, then he has scored 21 during the season 2022/23 (16 for clubs and 5 for country)..
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His numbers do look decent looking at the overall minutes he played all competitions. Still not the gun numbers I thought though.
 
With Gasperini staying at atalanta, I figure the odds of him coming here are very very high now. He has issues with the manager
 
Mcking said:
His numbers do look decent looking at the overall minutes he played all competitions. Still not the gun numbers I thought though.
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Don’t forget he is only 20 yrs of age. He has scored 21 goals for clubs and country in total 2731 minutes of game time this season, which is equivalent to 30.34 games. I think I that’s quite impressive already consider his age where he is on upward trajectory.
 
RedRonaldo said:
Don’t forget he is only 20 yrs of age. He has scored 21 goals for clubs and country in total 2731 minutes of game time this season, which is equivalent to 30.34 games. I think I that’s quite impressive already consider his age where he is on upward trajectory.
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And people tend to overestimate the amount of players that reach 20 league goals in the top 5-6 leagues. Currently the number is at 12 in Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga and Premier League.
 
I do not know or profess to know much about footballers who do not play for Utd especially those who are in different leagues, so I watch a lot of YT vids around transfer rumour season, you get used to the same old highlights and TBH nearly every player out there is made to look like fat Ronaldo, but occasionally you see a YT vid and there is something more about a player that comes across, I had literally only heard of this guy a couple of days ago, and I will now be genuinely disappointed if we do not make this signing happen, he looks the real deal
 
Mcking said:
His numbers do look decent looking at the overall minutes he played all competitions. Still not the gun numbers I thought though.
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He's only 20. Harry Kane wasn't even playing in the PL at that age.
 
JPRouve said:
And people tend to overestimate the amount of players that reach 20 league goals in the top 5-6 leagues. Currently the number is at 12 in Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga and Premier League.
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That is quite interesting. I guess 20 goals seems low when you see someone like Haaland's numbers, and even Kane for a struggling Spurs team, but the fact so few reached it says quite a lot.

Whether that's because it's a actually quite a difficult thing to achieve, or because there's a lack of established goal scorers at the moment, I'm not sure. Either way, it shows the difficulty we face in trying to sign a striker this summer, and why this guy actually seems to be so high up the list.

People on here are throwing tantrums because we need an established goalscorer, but that probably is just Kane at the moment, in terms of who will actually be moving. If you can't get him, which is looking unlikely now, we're going to have to go down this route and get the guy we think will become one of the next top CF.

Obviously there's always going to be a risk, but it might be that or nobody.
 
Crimson King said:
That is quite interesting. I guess 20 goals seems low when you see someone like Haaland's numbers, and even Kane for a struggling Spurs team, but the fact so few reached it says quite a lot.

Whether that's because it's a actually quite a difficult thing to achieve, or because there's a lack of established goal scorers at the moment, I'm not sure. Either way, it shows the difficulty we face in trying to sign a striker this summer, and why this guy actually seems to be so high up the list.

People on here are throwing tantrums because we need an established goalscorer, but that probably is just Kane at the moment, in terms of who will actually be moving. If you can't get him, which is looking unlikely now, we're going to have to go down this route and get the guy we think will become one of the next top CF.

Obviously there's always going to be a risk, but it might be that or nobody.
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20 goals has never been easy, a handful of players in the past decade have skewed people perception but as an example prime Falcao registered 24 and 28 goals for Atletico. Aguero max was 26 goals. So when I see people suggest that anything under 25 isn't acceptable or that a 20 years old striker that is close to 20 goals per 38 full games isn't good enough, I am a bit baffled.
 
I don't see the problem with him being the first choice (I think there's a fair chance of that). The entire team needs to play better and create more.
 
Adisa said:
I don't see the problem with him being the first choice (I think there's a fair chance of that). The entire team needs to play better and create more.
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My worry is that's a lot of pressure on him
 
jamesjimmybyrondean said:
I'm all for this signing on the condition that it allows us to still sign a good striker or top keeper or both.

If we sign this guy and a cheap striker like Thuram and a cheap keeper like Sommer or Verbruggen, that will be a very underwhelming window
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So who is this good striker and don't say Kane now Madrid are involved because when they want a player they will get them
 
Playing upfront for Utd with likes of Antony and Sancho playing regularly and likes of Wan Bissaka at right back is a grave yard shift. Even Luke Shaw isn't consistent enough in the final third.

We need better footballers all over the team in reality.
 
L1nk said:
The problem is who is that more established striker?

Kane - Levy being a problem, 100mill, potential to join Real Madrid
Osimhen - Napoli president being a problem, quoted 130-150mill price tag
Goncalo Ramos - 100mill or so
Lautaro Martinez - 60-80 mill but wants to stay at Inter

Kolo Muani and co are as inexperienced as Hojlund yet more expensive still, so whilst I do believe we need a top tier experienced striker, we've entered the market at a very bad time to get one. Takeover is dragging, FFP dictates we can't spent a metric tonne, we might be forced to buy someone like Hojlund
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Kane is the player for me. Guaranteed goals. If we're in for him and he chooses Madrid then that's fair enough. The club needs to have alternatives lined up, obviously.

If I were ten Hag I'd demand a top player. United go backwards if he doesn't get one. It's that simple. He's a better manager than having to make do with a young forward with an average return in an inferior league, whatever potential he may have.

The rest of the PL's top sides will improve this year and address areas of weakness. Top 4 will be harder than ever, never mind a title push. Without a top striker we're a Rashford injury away from mid-table.
 
croadyman said:
So who is this good striker and don't say Kane now Madrid are involved because when they want a player they will get them
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Not if he wants the PL goal scoring record - which it's pretty likely he does given he's got maybe three good years left in him.
 
croadyman said:
So who is this good striker and don't say Kane now Madrid are involved because when they want a player they will get them
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Except if that player is Mbappe :p

For what its worth I do think Madrid are favourites, but I'm clinging onto the hope that he'd rather keep his family in England, and go for Shearer's record.
 
RedRover said:
Not if he wants the PL goal scoring record - which it's pretty likely he does given he's got maybe three good years left in him.
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Kaos said:
Except if that player is Mbappe :p

For what its worth I do think Madrid are favourites, but I'm clinging onto the hope that he'd rather keep his family in England, and go for Shearer's record.
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Regardless of Madrid though we know what Levy is like and it might be the case he just refuses to sell to us regardless
 
L1nk said:
Regardless of Madrid though we know what Levy is like and it might be the case he just refuses to sell to us regardless
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I'm sure that's the intention, but he has a weaker hand this time round with Kane having a year left on his contract. If Kane simply refuses to go abroad all the while turning down a new deal, its not beyond the realms of possibility that even Levy could succumb. Those are pretty big ifs though. We'd still get absolutely fleeced though, he'll make sure of that.
 
Kaos said:
I'm sure that's the intention, but he has a weaker hand this time round with Kane having a year left on his contract. If Kane simply refuses to go abroad all the while turning down a new deal, its not beyond the realms of possibility that even Levy could succumb. Those are pretty big ifs though. We'd still get absolutely fleeced though, he'll make sure of that.
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I’m not sure i’d be comfortable with it being a dragged out process through the summer though, which it could turn out to be. We’re already in a state of flux as is and i don’t trust our team to get transfers done in a timely manner either, sucks man.
 
L1nk said:
I’m not sure i’d be comfortable with it being a dragged out process through the summer though, which it could turn out to be. We’re already in a state of flux as is and i don’t trust our team to get transfers done in a timely manner either, sucks man.
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Yeah I agree, I'd rather we sound out the feasibility early on, and if it looks like Levy's going to take us for a ride I'd rather we pull out quickly and move on to other targets. But again this is United, and we do love a long protracted saga.
 
why, for a price not much more than what we spent on amad or pellestri, would you NOT look to bring in this kid?

he plays a spot of need whether starting or coming off the bench, his age is right but more importantly he's shown more potential than either of those two when we bought them at the time
 
I'd prefer Kane, but if he's out of the picture then I wouldn't mind Højlund and Martial fighting for the striker position next year.
 
bosskeano said:
why, for a price not much more than what we spent on amad or pellestri, would you NOT look to bring in this kid?

he plays a spot of need whether starting or coming off the bench, his age is right but more importantly he's shown more potential than either of those two when we bought them at the time
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Because we like to piss around for weeks on end hmm'ing and ahh'ing instead of actually doing the business
 
RedRover said:
The rest of the PL's top sides will improve this year and address areas of weakness. Top 4 will be harder than ever, never mind a title push. Without a top striker we're a Rashford injury away from mid-table.
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It's clearly not a relentless march towards higher quality for every side in the league. You'll still have Spurs doing spursy things, Forrest doing forrest things, Pool signing Nunez etc.

We need ~70ish points for top four and we'll probably get that regardless of what we do in the market this summer. We need ~90-95 for the title and we're not getting there regardless of what we do.

We're also not really a Rashford injury away from mid table (maybe a Bruno injury away from mid table though).
 
L1nk said:
Regardless of Madrid though we know what Levy is like and it might be the case he just refuses to sell to us regardless
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I personally don't think he'll let him run his contract down and leave for nothing.
 
Teja said:
It's clearly not a relentless march towards higher quality for every side in the league. You'll still have Spurs doing spursy things, Forrest doing forrest things, Pool signing Nunez etc.

We need ~70ish points for top four and we'll probably get that regardless of what we do in the market this summer. We need ~90-95 for the title and we're not getting there regardless of what we do.

We're also not really a Rashford injury away from mid table (maybe a Bruno injury away from mid table though).
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Arsenal will improve if they get the player(s) they're being linked too. Chelsea are shedding deadwood and now have a top manager in charge and will spend heavily. City will likely be dominant again. Liverpool look like they're starting to address their issues. Newcastle will likely bring in 4 or 5 players. Villa are being linked to quality players and could be next years Brighton.

Without Rashford United have hardly any goals in them based on this season's showing. And frankly, if I were ten Hag and I wasn't backed to bring in a top quality forward, I'd consider I was being set up to fail and I'd probably walk. This season represents progress but has highlighted the gaping issues in the squad which he needs opportunity, and resources to address.
 
jamesjimmybyrondean said:
Osimhen? Lautaro? Even Neymar
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Osimhen will cost more than Kane (reportedly around 130m) and Napoli's president is even worse to deal with than Levy.

Lautaro apparently wants to stay at Inter and Inter reportedly want at least 80 odd mill for him

Kolo Muani is about as inexperienced as Hojlund really, 24 but only one good season in his career which is the one just gone, and again, reportedly gonna take around 80million or so to get him, which I think is insane considering.

Not to say we couldn't get any of these but I just don't see them happening if we have other areas of the club we need to invest in
 
GreatDane said:
I'd prefer Kane, but if he's out of the picture then I wouldn't mind Højlund and Martial fighting for the striker position next year.
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Now there’s two words you don’t see together often in a sentence. Martial and fighting. We all just need to give up on him and hope we can get rid.
 
L1nk said:
Osimhen will cost more than Kane (reportedly around 130m) and Napoli's president is even worse to deal with than Levy.

Lautaro apparently wants to stay at Inter and Inter reportedly want at least 80 odd mill for him

Kolo Muani is about as inexperienced as Hojlund really, 24 but only one good season in his career which is the one just gone, and again, reportedly gonna take around 80million or so to get him, which I think is insane considering.

Not to say we couldn't get any of these but I just don't see them happening if we have other areas of the club we need to invest in
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That's part of my point really. If we are spending 40m on Hojlund and not 80m on the likes of Lautaro that's more proven, then we better get A top keeper that will displace De Gea.

A window o something like Hojlund, Thuram, Kim, Mount and Vertbruggen would be underwhelming for me
 
jamesjimmybyrondean said:
That's part of my point really. If we are spending 40m on Hojlund and not 80m on the likes of Lautaro that's more proven, then we better get A top keeper that will displace De Gea.

A window o something like Hojlund, Thuram, Kim, Mount and Vertbruggen would be underwhelming for me
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Other than Mount I would be happy with all of that.
 
I'd be happy with it if there was another midfield signing too
 
Zed 101 said:
I do not know or profess to know much about footballers who do not play for Utd especially those who are in different leagues, so I watch a lot of YT vids around transfer rumour season, you get used to the same old highlights and TBH nearly every player out there is made to look like fat Ronaldo, but occasionally you see a YT vid and there is something more about a player that comes across, I had literally only heard of this guy a couple of days ago, and I will now be genuinely disappointed if we do not make this signing happen, he looks the real deal
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My main thing is even if he’s raw as feck he offers an incredible running threat off the ball to back lines. Similar to how Rashford plays when in the middle. That’s very useful on its own disregarding if he’s lethal in front of goal. Essentially you figure he can be what Nunez was for Liverpool for a bit last year except younger and half the price.
 
groovyalbert said:
Really like him, and for the quoted price it's a no brainer.

Comparisons with Haaland are daft though - I've only watched his highlights/a game for the national team, but he gives me Berbatov vibes with his hold up play, running style and finishing. One of my favourite Utd players, would love the regen!
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Apart from he’s lightening quick compared with Berba
 
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