I'm sure Murtough would rather get his teeth pulled than negotiate with De Laurentiis.
Ronaldo Replacements
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Gnabry. Solves two issues at once. Martial and Rashford can rotate also as the focal point.
We can buy a proper forward next summer.
Chelsea and City survived without one. Liverpool just signed one this summer.
Maybe we should relax abit on wanting average players just to fill a gap.
We can buy a proper forward next summer.
Chelsea and City survived without one. Liverpool just signed one this summer.
Maybe we should relax abit on wanting average players just to fill a gap.
I have a bad feeling, that we will sign Antony, and then use Rashford as a Striker.
We needed at least 2 forwards with Ronaldo staying, if he leaves, then we are in a huge mess.
We needed at least 2 forwards with Ronaldo staying, if he leaves, then we are in a huge mess.
Ivan Toney
Probably an easy link but Haller was sort of talked about given his Ajax form. But then you counter in he never looked that great for West Ham over two seasons.
Greenwood released free of all charges feels like your best bet currently but that's pretty remote possiblity.
Even at his best Rashford always been better as a wide forward than number 9 and comical if you think Martial will suddenly come good given he barely did anything in his Sevilla loan spell.
Ings available if you fancy him for 25m.
Greenwood released free of all charges feels like your best bet currently but that's pretty remote possiblity.
Even at his best Rashford always been better as a wide forward than number 9 and comical if you think Martial will suddenly come good given he barely did anything in his Sevilla loan spell.
Ings available if you fancy him for 25m.
Icardi's still at PSG isn't he? You'll probably be offered him at some point this summer so that's the only penalty box striker proven at top level I can think of that you could pick up from european clubs.
Felix Jao or Laturo Martinez I my preferred choices who are probably attainable too at this moment in time. They would fit into a system which has a fluid front 3.
This is why I was gutted when City missed out on Kane last summer. Many fans were happy about it, but it really was bad news as it was inevitable City would go for Haaland the following year with the release clause. With the way our season transpired last season, I’m not sure Haaland would have come anyway after that shocking season.
Any plan to get Haaland was obviously over as soon as we signed Ronaldo, I said it at the time. If we'd have let him go to City it could have been us signing Haaland this summer instead.
I'd take Belotti or Dybala off the scrap heap
It's better he leaves .. let's plan on spreading the goals ..buy a striker that can provide 10 goals .. and spread the goals ..
Honestly we could do a lot lot worse.
He's currently dealing with Barca mate. I doubt anything is as bad as that.
Why would you think Felix and Laturo are attainable? Atturo has repeatedly mentioned how much he loves life at Inter. And I don't see a reason why Felix would leave Atleti to join us either.
I think Osimhen would be good. 100 mil though, so no chance.
Lewandowski would be great but I guess we could just ignore the spot and look for replacing it in the next window.
It's a bit hard to win games if you don't score any goals.
We can't rely on Rashford and Martial looks to be finished. There's nobody else.
I expect Ten Hag would like someone who will be a bit less individualistic than Ronaldo - somebody who will lead the press and perhaps be comfortable in a few different positions in a fluid front three.
Jonathan David, perhaps. Or maybe someone like Martin Terrier, who can play on the left, as well as being a threat through the middle.
There's been reports this week that Atletico are happy to let Felix leave if there is a suitable offer. Martinez, I dont know but I'd imagine he's more attainable now that lukaku is back at Inter.
Years left on his contract, don’t think we’ve got the budget to afford what he’d cost (unless we don’t get de Jong AND dont go for another MFer)
If we get Martin Terrier i would cry for sure, theses are not united level . David would make sense but Terrier…
Good shout
But fee will be 50m plus if Utd are flirting
Weren’t we linked to Gabigol?
Cavani would have fit into ten hags system like a silk glove.
Hard to say
I don't think he would be that much but we do seem to get ripped on fees though
Cavani is shite now
Striker market is a barren wasteland by this point. Anyone we buy will be either shit, or insanely overpriced, or both. Martial and Rashford filling in is nightmare fuel, but we might have to just suck it up until next summer. There's just nothing to be done right now.
Yeah very depressing indeed especially when you see Nunez & Haaland ripping it up for our rivals
Yeah we can see a RW and number 9 is needed, however Erik's hands are tied on getting both due to the yankee leeches
Yeah would be great to get either but won't
at last people are thinking what I've been saying for months... I have feeling it might by Dybala although he wouldn't be my choice. I rate Sterling very highly and he scores more goals from out wide that our forwards right now. It won't happen though...
Part of me wants Neymar, part of me wants nothing to do with him.Therefore, I'd love us to put in a huge bid forHarry Kane and see if Levy wants to recoup some of the money he's spent. I know it's dream land but worth a try. Failing that, try for Lewandoski. In fact, I'd take Teemu Pukki over Rashford or Martial right now...
Dybala won't be the out and out striker we need. More wide forwards won't help much.
Neymar would be huge cost. Our board wouldn't sanction the crazy investment required on fees, package, agent fees, etc.
Similarly we won't magically find £140m for Kane, which is probably the minimum it would take to acquire a player who turns 28 this month. That could be a very expensive deal if he doesn't last past/to 35, which is probably quite likely given he has already suffered some injuries in recent years.
I'm not convinced a deal like this makes sense. Best case scenario we are probably 3 or more years from challenging for a title. His best and most expensive years would be wasted on us.
Also no chance will he leave Champions League to join Europa.
Lewandowski is also likely to reject us for Champions League so either staying or Barca.
Considering our budget and need to bolster the rest of the squad it would have to be a short term fix again I reckon. ETH did wonders will Haller and with Tadic…limited enough players…Throw a few quid at Arnautavic. Knows the PL, has scored goals in the PL and is a real option up top.
I don't think we necessarily need a conventional number 9. Chelsea and Liverpool have been fine without one. Players like Rafael Leão and Serge Gnabry offer goal threats from wide positions and would allow us to delay getting a striker until next summer.
In short, we looked screwed. Ten Hag has his work cut out for him.
Evanilson.
Liverpool have No.9 - he's called Salah. And chelsea must realise that one of the reason they were so far behind City and Liverpool was the lack of goals: in fact, they took steps to deal with this by buying Lukaku - it just went horrible wrong for them (and him)
Nani
If we sign Antony then we will not sign a striker. I have a feeling that Antony and Sancho will play on wings with Martial and Rashford playing at no9.
We will not have money for striker and winger after we spend 100 mil on De Jong and Lisandro. Plus Eriksen and Malacia.
Unless we sell someone for big money
We will not have money for striker and winger after we spend 100 mil on De Jong and Lisandro. Plus Eriksen and Malacia.
Unless we sell someone for big money
Get Ibrahimovic back. The guy has at least another 5-7 years left in him.
As much as I would like to have Ibrahimovic back, his age makes it a very unlikely thing.
I would go for someone like Jamie Vardy. It looks like Patson Daka will be first choice at Leicester.
I would go for someone like Jamie Vardy. It looks like Patson Daka will be first choice at Leicester.