Striker Options

Lash said:
I think hes a potentially good option as well. I think we're more likely to sign someone like him than directly from the Czech or Austrian league.

We've had scouts at Socediad before and it was reported we were watching him. Thought he shows good glimpses of what he could do against us.
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I like Isak but is he any bether today then what hi was 2-3 years ago? I really think its importent to see the young players take steps every year. And I'm not shore his development has been that great to be our reliable goalscorer already next year. And for the future I think we are ok as it stands with youngster coming up.
 
Lappen said:
I like Isak but is he any bether today then what hi was 2-3 years ago? I really think its importent to see the young players take steps every year. And I'm not shore his development has been that great to be our reliable goalscorer already next year. And for the future I think we are ok as it stands with youngster coming up.
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Well, two or three years ago he was 18-19 and just moved from Sweden to Dortmund. He's now 5th top scorer in la Liga. For me, that's tremendous development, considering it didn't work out for him at Dortmund.
 
devilish said:
Haaland should be our no 1 option but with Raiola and daddy around he's got some serious baggage. Isak is more risky but he doesn't carry half the drama around him
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No arguements from me there, if we can get Haaland, he should be our new striker.
 
Lash said:
Well, two or three years ago he was 18-19 and just moved from Sweden to Dortmund. He's now 5th top scorer in la Liga. For me, that's tremendous development, considering it didn't work out for him at Dortmund.
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Yes you are right, hes doing great at the moment and have scored 6-7 in 8 games i believe. And if this is his new "normal" its great.

I have only seen 3 games this year and i didn't see the games against ManUnited. He scored in 2 of them, to tap in goals and one beauty. Great stats fore those games, but i was a bit disappointed with the overall contribution. I think hes contribution in the games in Sweden and holland was allot better. Weaker leagues i know.

And my concerns is not that he will be good enough for a top team in the future. But is he good enough to be the first option attacker for us next season witch is what i think we need if Cavani leave. I'm kind of hoping the next one is a "Cavani" in his prime. We have so many youngsters coming up and in the firstteam, so maybe the Cavani strategi is good one more time.

But you could be right. If this is the new stats he will contribute with, i guess i wouldn't complain if he did it for us.
 
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If the club can't sign ole an attacking player that is going to impact our first XI this summer then I just don't think ole is going to be able to improve what we have. We did nothing last summer except added cavani who has only managed to be a bit part player.

Of course Ole may not be pushing to improve the front four within the club, but from what you hear and the fact we had to sign cavani at the last minute last summer, I think he is and I think he is in trouble if we can't improve the personnel, even just to add options. We are very predictable in lineup and threat at the moment, and relying fully on kids to bolster that isn't reasonable
 
One to keep an eye on in the future is Eto's son Etienne Eto . Looks like an equally talented forward.
 
Haaland is the overwhelmingly obvious choice of course, and beyond him, I can’t see much. Calvert-Lewin perhaps, Lautaro looks like extending at Inter. Harold Kane will be impossible to get. On the whole, there aren’t many strikers we could realistically get that will be an upgrade on Martial. We could easily improve on Martial of this season, but even if some don’t want to admit - he’s obviously not a 4 goal striker, and is in a low period now.

If we can’t get one of a very small group of strikers who may be available - then I think we’d be best served going with Martial again next season and hoping his form improves, which it is obviously capable of. We’ve watched him for enough years to see that this isn’t his limit, once emotion is put aside.
 
If we genuinely want to be up there, Haaland should be the first priority.....

no one else!!

We have the financial muscle to pull it off specially during this time so why not just go for it....I highly doubt Barca or Real can afford to compete in the market atleast for few years before they get some financial stability back....

and if we are in CL and Dortmund wants money than we should be all in ... even if it means he will be our only signing

i will take it because he will ensure we finish close to the top next year .... guy is a beast .... I will put all other positions on hold for another season if there is any possibility of us getting him...
 
Lappen said:
Yes you are right, hes doing great at the moment and have scored 6-7 in 8 games i believe. And if this is his new "normal" its great.

I have only seen 3 games this year and i didn't see the games against ManUnited. He scored in 2 of them, to tap in goals and one beauty. Great stats fore those games, but i was a bit disappointed with the overall contribution. I think hes contribution in the games in Sweden and holland was allot better. Weaker leagues i know.

And my concerns is not that he will be good enough for a top team in the future. But is he good enough to be the first option attacker for us next season witch is what i think we need if Cavani leave. I'm kind of hoping the next one is a "Cavani" in his prime. We have so many youngsters coming up and in the firstteam, so maybe the Cavani strategi is good one more time.

But you could be right. If this is the new stats he will contribute with, i guess i wouldn't complain if he did it for us.
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I don’t think Isak is good enough for a top team. No doubt he can score some goals but I don’t think his touch is good enough. He looks better in a highlights package because he can do some
Ibra like things but just the overall play is not there.

If we can’t get Haaland (which is likely), I think it’s tough. Other options seem to be a little bit of hit and hope or too pricey (Kane). I suspect we may end up shoring other areas and hoping Mason develops quickly.

Edit - what about this Andre Silva. 25 years old and out scoring Haaland.
 
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Tallis said:
I don’t think Isak is good enough for a top team. No doubt he can score some goals but I don’t think his touch is good enough. He looks better in a highlights package because he can do some
Ibra like things but just the overall play is not there.

If we can’t get Haaland (which is likely), I think it’s tough. Other options seem to be a little bit of hit and hope or too pricey (Kane). I suspect we may end up shoring other areas and hoping Mason develops quickly.

Edit - what about this Andre Silva. 25 years old and out scoring Haaland.
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I'm with you on this one. As a swede I'm proud of him but as a Man Utd fan I don't think his good enough for us.

I have no idea if A Silva is good enough. Haven't seen him play for years. But his stats the last two years playing in Frankfurt is good. Really a disappointment when in Milan.
But we have a quite good experience with portuguese player not doing great in Italy. :0)

I don't think Haaland will leave Dortmund this summer, so if I hade a say, I wold go for a wide right player that provides with assist, like Sancho (not for 120 mil though.)

(But first I would sort out Cdm ore the CB position.)
 
So...... i just bought Haaland for my Man Utd Career mode in Fifa 20.. First game of the season against "Soton" he scored a Hat-trick.. Just splash the cash on him... even technology agrees..
 
Has anyone watched Celtic striker Odsonne Edouard play? Whats the thoughts on him being a cheap alternative? Talk that Celtic would sell for £20mil this summer.
 
I think people underestimate the importance of having a likeable squad

Haaland is a fantastic player. But I think he’s a bit of a knob with a knob agent
 
Stories of Cavani to Boca are starting to build and he's injured again, Haaland and Calvert-Lewin aside Andre Silva looks like one of the better options we've been linked to, I liked im at Porto then he bombed at Milan and seems to have resurrected his career at Frankfurt.




LawCharltonBest said:
I think people underestimate the importance of having a likeable squad

Haaland is a fantastic player. But I think he’s a bit of a knob with a knob agent
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Roy Keane is one of the most unlikeable players of all time and I'm sure Ronaldo's ego rubbed plenty the wrong way, but they were both so good that any personal issues were secondary and they were the key players in their respective successful United sides.
 
It really is the summer to go all out and get a World Class striker.

Go all out for Halaand and see where that gets us. Hopefully Peps hate for Raiola excludes them then we don't have too many others to fight off.

Been signing stop gap after stop gap for years.
 
There’s four options:

Erling
Braut
Haaland
Alfie’s son

Seriously, we’re desperate for someone like him. You can quote this, if we get him, no matter the manager, we’re winning the league next season. World class striker.
 
I honestly don't think it's a striker we need. It's the route to goal that is the problem, not the player in the no.9 spot. I wouldn't mind keeping Cavani for another year and rotating him with Greenwood, who would now take over. Maybe it would be wise to also sign another cheap option.

Our key problem is the lack of creativity and technical ability outside of Bruno in the front 6. We need a more consistent winger than Rashford on the flanks...I really believe we should either go back in for Sancho or go for Grealish. With Amad in there to compete as well, we would have a lot of competition off the flanks.

Second and most importantly, since we are playing with 3 attackers, our midfielders need to be able to take most of the build up responsibility. This means that they need to be able to dictate tempo, make incisive passes, make offensive moves off the ball and create at times. We need a new DM to help us at least play well in the build up.
 
I agree i think we will keep Cavani for another year. Any sort of transfer talk in the press regarding Utd has all been about a CB. With limited funds this summer, hopefully we get a top CB somehow.
 
Andre Silva or Calvert Lewin are both decent fall backs to Haaland, depending on their fees. Silva would probably cost half as much as Everton would try to fleece us for Calvert Lewin.

We need someone who can be a focal point, especially in the games against the dregs of the league. Never going to break down Fulhams and West Broms if your number 9 is someone like Martial who refuses to makes runs or even go anywhere near the penalty area.

Cavani's injury problems are only going to get worse. Greenwood and Martial have proven they can't be relied on to lead the line or score anywhere close to enough goals, though hopefully Greenwood has a lot more developing to do. Rashford we already know hasn't got the attributes of a number 9, especially with his shoulder issue leaving him scared to even challenge for headers.
 
RashyForPM said:
There’s four options:

Erling
Braut
Haaland
Alfie’s son

Seriously, we’re desperate for someone like him. You can quote this, if we get him, no matter the manager, we’re winning the league next season. World class striker.
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Working well for Dortmund having Haaland and Sancho and Reus as their front 3 but are stuck in 6th in the Bundesliga.
 
bosnian_red said:
Working well for Dortmund having Haaland and Sancho and Reus as their front 3 but are stuck in 6th in the Bundesliga.
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No need to include Reus there. The guy is having a Rooney-like sharp decline this season. He’s absolutely awful in most games these days. 3 goals and 5 assists in 23 league games. You can’t expect Haaland to win them the league by himself when from that entire team, I’d only take him and Sancho in our first team. Hummels is also declining, there’s a reason we’re going for Kounde instead of Akanji and Guerreiro is worse than Shaw. Meanwhile, Haaland still has 19 league goals!

Put it this way, here, the burden of being the main man would be shared with Bruno, with Pogba, Rashford and Shaw as the tangible support in attack. At Dortmund, he is the main man, with Sancho and Guerreiro as the support. He’ll be even better here.
 
tjb said:
I honestly don't think it's a striker we need. It's the route to goal that is the problem, not the player in the no.9 spot. I wouldn't mind keeping Cavani for another year and rotating him with Greenwood, who would now take over. Maybe it would be wise to also sign another cheap option.

Our key problem is the lack of creativity and technical ability outside of Bruno in the front 6. We need a more consistent winger than Rashford on the flanks...I really believe we should either go back in for Sancho or go for Grealish. With Amad in there to compete as well, we would have a lot of competition off the flanks.

Second and most importantly, since we are playing with 3 attackers, our midfielders need to be able to take most of the build up responsibility. This means that they need to be able to dictate tempo, make incisive passes, make offensive moves off the ball and create at times. We need a new DM to help us at least play well in the build up.
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Yeah we either need to look for another stop gap striker option and get a starting RW or go all out for a top class one but all our faith in the existing RW options. Personally I feel that the first option is the better one as think we really lack creativity and will be easier to find a stop gap at CF than at RW.
 
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