Only 1 is experienced enough to play as a main striker and he isn't consistent.
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Only 1 is experienced enough to play as a main striker and he isn't consistent.
The opposite of Rooney's hair.
Didn't RVP have a clause in his contract that said he would match United's highest earner in terms of wages?
If so, and I were Woody or LvG, it would make sense to sell him on if we had someone coming in who was on a higher salary than Rooney. Would it not?
If so, and I were Woody or LvG, it would make sense to sell him on if we had someone coming in who was on a higher salary than Rooney. Would it not?
Falcao in the league too, it usually happens to us. Look at Welbeck in the FA Cup last season sure!
Likelihood is that RVP will be injured though, isn't he always!
Makes sense. Big wages, not enough end product, old, would only sit on the bench.
Still not over the moon with it though, really took to him as a player. Seemed to love playing for us, and the whole "Trust me, we'll be back" thing after LvG took over was great. Another big, experienced personality out the door, but needed to be done. Thanks for No.20 Robin!
Still not over the moon with it though, really took to him as a player. Seemed to love playing for us, and the whole "Trust me, we'll be back" thing after LvG took over was great. Another big, experienced personality out the door, but needed to be done. Thanks for No.20 Robin!
Would be hilarious to a neutral and a lot of Arsenal fans.
Depay, Rooney and ADM is pretty impressive, although obviously not on the same level as the Barca/Real/Bayern front line.
Even though I know its the right decision, I think I'm gonna be sad when this gets confirmed 
Thanks for #20
Great player, just came here too late.
We must be in for a striker then.
Great player, just came here too late.
We must be in for a striker then.
Certainly is, but you do wonder about Depay. There are still questions marks over the kid.
I think we need a world class forward to challenge Rooney, it would also take the pressure off Wilson too. Keep him for smaller matches in the league and league cup.
Tbf if Depay carries his form from the Dutch league here and continues on a path towards being world class, and if AdM rediscovers top form, it's not too far off. A lot of if's though.
It certainly looks like we may be paving the way for a big earner to come in. I'd go fecking mental if we brought Ronnie home. We'd be almost set next season.Ronnie, like I said
In all seriousness it'd never happen, but I think the Caf would spontaneously combust if it did. Hard to say who could come in and be of the required quality. Barca's three are ungettable (and unwanted in Bitey's case), Real wouldn't sell any of theirs, of the Bayern forwards only Muller jumps out as an ideal candidate but would likely command a fee in excess of that we paid for AdM, Ibrahimovic is too old, Aguero is basically ungettable and perenially injured, Higuain and Cavani are not good enough imo, the likes of Lacazette are exciting but not at world class level yet (though wouldn't mind him nonetheless).
I wonder what the club is planning, I really do.
Muller is an excellent passer. Him playing as the AM is not going to come in the way of a 4-2-3-1 in any way.
He might easily extend.
Anyone think there is a chance we could be in for Zlatan as a short-term solution? He'd demand monster wages but basically guarantees (league) success, he had some injury issues this season but overall his record has been awesome in the last five years.
I know Zlatan and LVG clashed during Zlatan's Ajax days, but those are long time gone.
I know Zlatan and LVG clashed during Zlatan's Ajax days, but those are long time gone.
That wasn't Welbeck, it was all Valencia
Falcao in the league too, it usually happens to us. Look at Welbeck in the FA Cup last season sure!
Likelihood is that RVP will be injured though, isn't he always!
I agree with everything you just wrote.
Maybe it's not a single player, perhaps 3 big names on £100,000+ each instead? Götze, Icardi and Otemendi?
Didn't he refer to him as a pompous arse in his book which wasn't released not too long ago?
This one just won't happen.
Possibly, Icardi is unlikely given his recent extension though.
Kane is the only other one but he'd cost a fortune and we're yet to see whether he can sustain his promising form over more than one year.
I'd like to think we've got a striker lined up, but I'm fearing we've done it now because we are desperate to get his massive wages off the wage bill.
He is a pompous arse. He's the victim of his own ego because the whole of Sweden think he's their king. He's the king of a big village, nothing more.
But, he scores a lot of goals and has been good no matter where he's been.
According to reports coming from Milan, he is available for 6m.
I'm not overly excited about the idea of paying Tottenham through the nose for another one of their players. If the price was reasonable I wouldn't mind but Levy will want close to £50 million for him and he ain't worth it.
Yeah forgot about Kane, issue there being a new striker either has to be good enough (and therefore expensive as hell) to displace Rooney for the main striker spot, or be content with rotation/playing second fiddle to Rooney (and therefore be a bit cheaper). Kane would be the shit combo of expensive but not good enough to oust Rooney (though he may well someday).
Keane off to PNE, We are definitely signing another striker.
Will remember the first season as opposed to the two since. Sad to see him go but the right time.
If were keeping Hernandez than we need one, if were selling him we need two
Not sure Chicha would be open to being a 3rd option at this point in his career.
Me either and have doubts about whether he can play the holding role either, I would prefer if we kept RVP if we dont have a guarenteed 20+ goals forward lined up
Higuain + Rooney + Wilson for me.
I agree. It's why if van Persie was happy to play as a back up (which it appears it not the case) he would have been OK to stay in my opinion as long as we could get better service into the forwards. Still think he could get a decent tally in all comps and retain his place as captain of the Netherlands but if he goes I guess it shows some humility and maturity to realise that he's had a disappointing year and he shouldn't be guaranteed a place in the team because of his previous achievements.
Even if we pull off a shock and sign a 30 goal a season striker questions have to be asked about what happens with Rooney. Is van Gaal going to bench his captain? Seem unlikely, so we're then looking at either playing Rooney out of position (do not want) or changing the system to a two striker formation which means the likes of Mata may start to suffer which is not good.
There's just no good reason why they would want to sell and no good reason why he would want to leave.
I wouldnt be against Lacazette or Cavani to be honest, out of the strikers we are linked with, Muller would be perfect as he would start as a number 10 aswell
Originally I thought we'd need a striker showing potential, but with two marquee forwards like RVP & Falcao going, Rooney could do with some proper competition up front as well, ideally a player who could play out wide and also as a number 9, The ideal candidate is of course Mueller. It's a long shot of course, but you just never know.
I gave the example already of Barca having 3 world class forwards, Bayern and Real also. Three of the best teams in the world currently and all 3 have a trio of world class forwards.
Good luck to him. He wants to play until he's 40 and I hope he can achieve that in Turkey. Thanks for number 20 ROBIN!
I dont trust Cavani and Lacazette needs another season, but i really dont care who we sign tbh, i just want a shiny new striker.
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