Based on what?
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For a start Haaland had a release clause in his contract at Dortmund
& 2 do you hate the club that much that you WANT us to get fleeced?
Jesus christ
If the asking price is around £50m then go for it. I’d say it’s a fair price for a player like that. A young, high potential player who hasn’t put up the greatest numbers in his first season in one of the top leagues and I’d rather not trust Martial as a starter or put Rashford in the centre where he’s not as effective.
There’s just no obtainable, standout centre forwards at the moment. The two best candidates would cost north of £100m and the club who own the contract of one of those candidates probably wouldn’t even pick the phone up to us, due to previous history with buying their star striker.
I’m fairly confident Hojlund would be better than Weghorst at least
There’s just no obtainable, standout centre forwards at the moment. The two best candidates would cost north of £100m and the club who own the contract of one of those candidates probably wouldn’t even pick the phone up to us, due to previous history with buying their star striker.
I’m fairly confident Hojlund would be better than Weghorst at least
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...ng-talks-Atalanta-striker-Rasmus-Hojlund.html
In talks with them apparently
In talks with them apparently
Some people on here sure do love a bit of self flagellation.
i think 60m is a bit high but based on potential it is probably a legit fee to pay
If you ignore the buyout clause in Haaland's contract and the much higher than normal fee reportedly paid to his agent and people then yeah.
50+10 it is.
£60mn seems another big overpay for a guy still developing and there's no real certainty will justify a sixty million payment at his peak. Think I would rather throw the money at Vitor Roque who's a couple of years younger but has a big ceiling. Would probably need to supplement with another cheap/free option as he's more one for the future.
It’s Euro’s so not quite 60mill pounds. I’m quite confused though you say you don’t want to throw that money at someone still developing with no real certainty but are willing to throw the same money at a younger developing striker from a much worse league and who necessarily doesn’t have a bigger ceiling than Hojlund? Bizarre, besides he seems Barca bound
He's going to Barca and there's nothing we can do about it. Unfortunately, Madrid and Barcelona are rather quick to spot such talent while we're mucking about chasing unattainable targets.
Come on guys, it’s clearly the principle of the fee I find amusing, not the context. You killjoys. Though It’d also be more than we’re paying for our marquee signing of CL winner, Euros Finalist and double Chelsea player of the year Mason Mount… so… he’s just some guy, you know?
I think the price would be cheaper for an 18 year old from the Brazilian League. Tbh I agree with the poster, Rasmus is good but there's nothing special about him to justify 60m.
Logic would suggest we'll end up paying 50m. Which is probably fair. Having said that, it's United, so we'll probably compromise at 65m.
I don't mean that we throw €60mn at Vitor Roque. I think we would get him for a cheaper fee and that was the intent behind what I was trying to say. He's definitely a bigger prospect than Hojlund was at his age and his goals/xg per 90 are superior, although at a lower level.
I do love us signing Potential. Doesn't always work out but I love it .
I feel like Aston Villa would get quoted a different price.
I dont see us getting a striker that could plausibly start for us for less than 50 million so its probably not a bad price sadly. Casting a wider net to south america sounds a good plan in theory but it'd be hard to adapt to being more or less the only striker for us for a season.
I dont see us getting a striker that could plausibly start for us for less than 50 million so its probably not a bad price sadly. Casting a wider net to south america sounds a good plan in theory but it'd be hard to adapt to being more or less the only striker for us for a season.
Increasingly convinced Rashford starts next season as our first choice CF. I can't believe our plan is to sign this kid and just pray he miraculously hits the ground running.
You don’t think if the 92 Foundation buy the club, they won’t want to make a statement signing like Kane or Osimhen?
I don't know. I wouldn't care what they did, to be honest.
I agree with the latter part of what you're saying. I'm usually all for signing promising going players, but we desperately need guaranteed goals. This guy is a major roll of the dice if he's our only CF signing. The idea of Rashford leading the line though is equally terrifying. He has zero presence in that position apart from trying to play on the shoulder.
I'll be surprised and dubious if Atalanta are happy to sell for €60m though. They wanted a decent chunk of money for Amad who had never kicked a ball at first team level, do they not rate this guy?
Spurs won't sell to us, they'll sell him for less to Bayern. And Napoli are notoriously difficult to negotiate with, if they're saying Osimhen isn't for sale then that will be the case.
Being linked to two players in Italy is so annoying, their media are more full of shite than ours! So much gossip and nonsense.
So he's going to cost between 35 and 100 million euros 
. Oh dear @ the transfer window and all the numerous twitter posts...
. Oh dear @ the transfer window and all the numerous twitter posts...Its quoted as Euro so its around £52m. i think thats a fair price for Hojlund, and he is clearly talented and is still very young, which means he has all the time to developed and improved further. Plus our other targets would all cost 80m+, comparatively speaking he is our cheapest option.
Of course there is always risk there with young talent who is rather unproven on the bigger stage. But as long as we didn't hand out big contract there, even if he ended up as failed project we might still be able to recoup at least 30-40m+ for him.
Like the Amad deal structure, we offer £30mill with significant add-ons like 20 million.
Nicklas Bendtner springs to mind when I watch his highlights. I feel a striker in the Italian league with only 9 goals in 32 is a bit of a risk. He’s only scored 27 goals in all competitions, and that’s after playing in Denmark, Austria, and Italy - not the sternest of tests. I honestly don’t see this player as good enough to lead United.
They’re loose stats. He actually got 19 in 2,177 minutes. Which is a goal every 114 minutes, which is extremely healthy for a forward, let alone a young forward breaking through.
Minutes played is what you should look at, not how many matches he has appeared in.
Why do people think we can't afford a keeper if we buy the striker? The Mount money allegedly came from last year's budget, meaning the £100-150m (without sales), should still be available this season?
Also, Onana might be quoted around £45m, but the minute we get him I imagine you will see Henderson confirmed to Forest for about £20-25m.
The business, if the Mount article was correct could look like this -
Hoiland £50-60m
Onana £45-50m
Henderson -£20-25m
Total Outlay £70-90m
So even with the Mount money on top we'd still be within the £100-150m , leaving us some money for another player (understudy CD, CM) without any further sales. Sales means we can address both them positions. If the Mount money is from last year's budget then we can definitely afford both them positions, with possibly a bit more money available for either.
The doom and gloom around the window is getting daft now. Just be patient, we have targets and for us we are moving relatively quickly.
Also, Onana might be quoted around £45m, but the minute we get him I imagine you will see Henderson confirmed to Forest for about £20-25m.
The business, if the Mount article was correct could look like this -
Hoiland £50-60m
Onana £45-50m
Henderson -£20-25m
Total Outlay £70-90m
So even with the Mount money on top we'd still be within the £100-150m , leaving us some money for another player (understudy CD, CM) without any further sales. Sales means we can address both them positions. If the Mount money is from last year's budget then we can definitely afford both them positions, with possibly a bit more money available for either.
The doom and gloom around the window is getting daft now. Just be patient, we have targets and for us we are moving relatively quickly.
The Glazers refusing to leave has put a dampen on the mood for this summer's window.
I understand that part, but the bedwetting over every little thing is making things much worse.
That is how it is on here.
Any negative rumour and its treated as gospel and any positive rumour is discarded as nonsense.
Its a odd way of looking at things.
If we dont buy him and he bangs in 20 goals in Serie A this season. Then its £100m next year. Even if he gets 10/15 hes going to cost £70m plus. Atalanta cant lose - feckers!!
I could imagine we are working hard towards the following budget:
100-120m (without sales)
In:
Mount £55m+add-ons
Hojlund £50m+add-ons
Onana £45m+add-ons
Out:
Henderson £20m
Iqbal £1m
We will need to sell some more to raise another 10-30m
money talks. Money really really talks.
There is an article stating Mount came from last season's budget, not this year's. If this is correct then it removes Mount from the calculation of the £100-120m.
Yes but everyone has to work within a budget. It may talk but maybe irrelevant considering our other needs.
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