I wouldn't be surprised if we signed Calvert-Lewin.
Ronaldo Replacements
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I think Ten Hag building at a big team wants 3 technically gifted, versatile forwards.
I imagine his ideal front 3 if fully backed would be something like Sancho, Antony and Nkunku
I imagine his ideal front 3 if fully backed would be something like Sancho, Antony and Nkunku
I disagree with this, when he first broke through under Van Gaal and even first few months under Mourinho he looked so much better as a striker than a winger. Problem is that was years ago now, and he has spent most of the time in between being a winger (sometimes even a wing-back under Mourinho). Whenever he has played the number 9 role in recent years he has looked like he has forgotten everything about playing the position.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.
Could Ten Hag retrain him to play the position? Personally, I think it's unlikely, but not impossible and with so few players on the market, it has to be in consideration for our best option as sad as that is.
I might get slagged for this but what about Ivan Toney from Brentford.
Would it work in Ten Hag system??
Would it work in Ten Hag system??
Does Cavani have a club yet? We got a #7 shirt with your name on it dude. It's a couple years old, but still, your name. Number 7. Come on.
Love the guy not after last year's antics.
Bellotti is out of contract isnt he?
Not the youngest I know, but desperate times....
Not the youngest I know, but desperate times....
So basically anyone who scores goals is a number 9? So you'd agree we don't need a traditional striker then.
This guy who played striker for Benfica last year wasnt all that bad..
not what I said - in fact, pretty much the opposite of what I said. We most certainly need and out-and-out striker and are best years in the past two decades have seen us have at least one of these
Monaco is trying to wrap him up already, but nothing has been officially announced yet.
I missed the fact that he was a free agent. There are much worse strikers to pursue. Good honest pro who shows passion and effort - something we didn't see much of last season
You were responding to a post about having a number 9 where you called Salah a number 9. Salah never has and never will be a number 9.
well, I think he is exactly that. Just like Liverpool's centre forwards over the past 20 years
Theee are no good options in the market really. I like to get Welbeck back. He might have issues scoring enough, but he will do greatly to the team play. In the meantime, we have left the upcoming channel open for the promising youngsters.
How? He played 51 games for them last season, every single one off the right. 51 games the previous season, 47 off the right. In what world is he a number 9?
Weghorst would add something different.
try looking where he is when the ball comes into the box... not where Sky put his name at the start of a game. Part of Liverpool's success is how fluid the front three have been (and same will go with Nunez replacing Mane)
tell you what, if we'd had Zlatan last season in the form he was before being injured. we'd have finished in the top four. Absolute bloody class and a proper professional
What has happened to the striker position? If you gave me an unlimited budget and free reign to sign anyone I wanted I think I would struggle to come up with a name, assuming Haaland and Nunez are still off the list. I legitimately can't think of another out and out striker in the world of football that I would be excited about us signing, maybe Vlahovic, maybe. Aside from Haaland and Nunez every other top striker is nearing the end of their career, Lewandowski, Benzema, Ronaldo.
Who are feasible options though?
- Osimhen?
- Schik?
- Isak?
- Lautaro Martinez?
- DCL?
- Osimhen?
- Schik?
- Isak?
- Lautaro Martinez?
- DCL?
Where's Emile Heskey these days? On a worse case scenario I think its gonna be LW Sancho CF Rashford RW Anthony with Martial, Elanga as backup. You have Eriksen and Bruno who can also play in the positions as well.
Midfield is gonna be Van De Beek, Bruno, Eriksen, Tielemans, Garner, Fred, Hannibal and I expect Ten Hag to go with a high pressing 4-3-3 formation where he can utilize 3 of these midfielders in a line instead of 4-2-3-1.
Defence is gonna be relatively the same. I really do think Ten Hag can make this team click. Current players could be outstanding under him.
Midfield is gonna be Van De Beek, Bruno, Eriksen, Tielemans, Garner, Fred, Hannibal and I expect Ten Hag to go with a high pressing 4-3-3 formation where he can utilize 3 of these midfielders in a line instead of 4-2-3-1.
Defence is gonna be relatively the same. I really do think Ten Hag can make this team click. Current players could be outstanding under him.
I do think ETH can make us play as a unit again with the players we have, Ronaldo excluded. But the reality is the depth is lacking because some will inevitably get injuries here or there. At least for me, it’s not about replacement of Ronaldo but adding number to forwards.
Dybala on a free for a year to give utd some time to look at proper long term no9. Also dybala can play as a false 9 ala tadic did for ETH during 18/19 season.
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I think we are more likely to see us shift to a fluid front three with no designated number 9. More of a false nine (a) due to the players we have, and (b) the paucity of options in the market. Players like Gnabry, Antony, Werner and Nknunku will be targeted IMO. Sancho, Rashford, and Martial, our only current realistic options, are all comfortable floating around and interchanging.
With Ronaldo leaving we will need two signings for sure.
With Ronaldo leaving we will need two signings for sure.
Yep greenwood was the future no9.
I really like him too.
Garnacho would definitely get a run of games if we were left without Ronaldo
front 3 would be sancho/rashford/elanga
front 3 would be sancho/rashford/elanga
I have heard of a player called Marcus Rashford. He had a very poor season, when he played with Ronaldo, but maybe now...
I think those 3 options could honestly work. Rashford can be disciplined to do that role, Martial has done it before and Fernandes definitely. A midfield of De Jong, DVD, and Ericksen would create enough to feed s front 3 if Fernandes is central. Ericksen super subbing if Fernandes is in the midfield 3 and the front 3 is sancho, rashford or Martial and Antony
It’s definitely possible. Time for us to have a manager who develops players further.
I don’t hate him as a backup at all.
I’d have taken Richarlison. Too late now.
Perhaps I could go off where he spent most of his time on the pitch during the games I've seen him in person against us as funnily enough neither Old Trafford nor Anfield show formation graphics before the game so I'd have to watch the players to see where they are playing? For example both games last season when he played mostly on the right and came into the penalty area from the right hand side, all three of his goals at Old Trafford he started from the right and moved inside. So I'd suggest next time you want to be a sarky cnut you should probably have a bit more of a clue about how to back up what you're saying, he's no more of a number 9 than any other wide forward over the past 15 years.
Elanga starting? Please no. Decent off the bench but a starter, no way.
Eriksen and Bruno’s best quality is hitting dangerous passes over the top/crosses. Someone who can stretch defences and get on the end of things is our easiest route to goals. They’ll have to be able to play back to goal, so it’s a tough player to find. But I don’t think Dybala fits us.
Wonder if there’s a Giroud at Montpellier type out there. Sometimes bigger 9s don’t really become quality until their mid 20s. Someone unfashionable scoring goals in mid-table somewhere who hasn’t been on a big team yet might end up being the plan.
Jonathan David could be a shout.
We should be fighting PSG for Scamacca.
If Ronaldo wants to Leave.. Send him to Bayern and get Serge Gnabry in return who has 1 year left on his deal. Sign Dybala on a free to compete with Rashford/Martial for CF spot. I'd even consider bringing Neymar on Loan if PSG paid most of his wages, if ETH wanted him to be a part of the project.
It would inject more quality at a low cost that wouldn't eat up a substantial portion of the transfer budget, while still allowing to move on from a few players next year as ETH continues to reshape the squad.
It would inject more quality at a low cost that wouldn't eat up a substantial portion of the transfer budget, while still allowing to move on from a few players next year as ETH continues to reshape the squad.
you can lecture all you like and make pathetic little comments but just because he starts from the right doesn't mean he's not a CF. Of course he doesn't stand in one place all the time.... those sort of CF went out long ago. And two games hardly proves anything. Liverpool play with a highly fluid front three so of course they interchange but you want to believe otherwise, that's your prerogative
Not Isak we need someone to score goals. For Sweden national side I have wanted Elanga to take Isaks spot even if they are very different.
Martinez bloody good.
@mitchmouse
This is an odd argument. Salah is an attacking wide forward, he isn't a number 9. He gets into dangerous "attacking" positions when the ball is in the box because he's an attacker.. he's part of a fluid front 3 but he plays off the right and Firmino or Jota (and sometimes Mané) play upfront. Liverpool have just signed Darwin Nunez who is a much more typical number 9, but the market for those sorts of players is barren at the moment. It's why we might be better served going for a fluid front 3 and foregoing trying to get a direct Ronaldo replacement.
This is an odd argument. Salah is an attacking wide forward, he isn't a number 9. He gets into dangerous "attacking" positions when the ball is in the box because he's an attacker.. he's part of a fluid front 3 but he plays off the right and Firmino or Jota (and sometimes Mané) play upfront. Liverpool have just signed Darwin Nunez who is a much more typical number 9, but the market for those sorts of players is barren at the moment. It's why we might be better served going for a fluid front 3 and foregoing trying to get a direct Ronaldo replacement.