Strikers we could buy?

We could do with another option, Rashford isn't playing as a striker and is nowhere near the finished article anyway. Martial actually could be a top striker but it seems he's being used exclusively as a winger. Zlatan doesn't suit the rest of the players, so unless we change things up a lot, we need another option to partner, or play instead of Zlatan.

It'd be worth looking into Greizmann, as he can play a forward role as well as #10 or winger. Otherwise Aubameyang, but he'll go to a CL club, probably City...as will Griezmann come to think of it.
 
Von Mistelroum said:
We could do with another option, Rashford isn't playing as a striker and is nowhere near the finished article anyway. Martial actually could be a top striker but it seems he's being used exclusively as a winger. Zlatan doesn't suit the rest of the players, so unless we change things up a lot, we need another option to partner, or play instead of Zlatan.

It'd be worth looking into Greizmann, as he can play a forward role as well as #10 or winger. Otherwise Aubameyang, but he'll go to a CL club, probably City...as will Griezmann come to think of it.
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Martial always wants to get the ball to his feet, he doesnt make runs and Im not sure about his hold up play. Would still do better than Zlatan is atm probably.
 
Martial. He's got the strength, hold up play and general quality to play there. I'm not convinced it's all that obvious that LW is his position. Early on in his United career, his hold up play was fantastic. We should encourage him to develop it further. He's stopped using that side of his game as a LW.
 
Sammyjunn said:
Martial always wants to get the ball to his feet, he doesnt make runs and Im not sure about his hold up play. Would still do better than Zlatan is atm probably.
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There's nothing with wanting the ball to feet. Firmino, Sturridge and Aguero all like the ball to feet as well. Martial has the potential to hold the ball up better than any of them.
 
Raees said:
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This has to be a running joke now.

Same with Icardi. How anyone wants him to sign is beyond me. He's a cnut of the highest order and he wouldn't be our cnut like Keane, just a selfish one. He's also not good enough to be this selfish and acting the way he is towards his own fans at Inter.

Vito Corleone said:
We don't need another bloody striker. Spending a feckload of money is not the solution to all our woes. We've two of the best young strikers in the world in our ranks, why not actually use them in their favoured position?
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Agreed. I'd rather see us sign another player like Mkhitaryan, who's going to support our striker.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
There's nothing with wanting the ball to feet. Firmino, Sturridge and Aguero all like the ball to feet as well. Martial has the potential to hold the ball up better than any of them.
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Firmino is no striker, false 9 at best. Sturridge and Aguero made lots of runs behind defences when they were at their best. Surely Martial is a good dribbler but he's not that good to continuously try and out dribble defenders from the middle, that's very different from 1 vs 1's on the flanks. LvG, Mourinho, Deschamps have all reverted to playing him as a winger, it"s no coincidence.
 
Aubameyang really is the only one possibly "get-able" for a central striker but he seems to have his heart set on Real

Wasn't that the whole point of the Zlatan move. Use him as a stop gap till martial or Rashford develops
 
No need for yet another body. I Just think that we need to play Rashford or Martial in front of Ibra who will be the hold up guy. They are both good enough to get us the goals we need.

Rashford/Martial

Martial/Rashford------Ibra------Mkhitaryan

Pogba------Not Fellaini

Shaw-------Blind------Baily------Valencia/Darmian

DDG
 
Thinking how much we'd have to pay to bring a main striker in post Zlatan next season doesn't feel good.
 
bucky said:
Same with Icardi. How anyone wants him to sign is beyond me. He's a cnut of the highest order and he wouldn't be our cnut like Keane, just a selfish one. He's also not good enough to be this selfish and acting the way he is towards his own fans at Inter.
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I think the reason Icardi still gets mentioned is that he is one of the few options out there and has a good scoring rate in an average Inter side. To me the idea of Rashford or Martial leading the line right now is far fetched, they are too young and unproven, no top club has a kid striker.
 
Despite selling him I've always thought Lukaku was a Mourinho striker all over. Would cost a bomb though I guess.
 
Devil may care said:
I think the reason Icardi still gets mentioned is that he is one of the few options out there and has a good scoring rate in an average Inter side. To me the idea of Rashford or Martial leading the line right now is far fetched, they are too young and unproven, no top club has a kid striker.
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Martial is a better striker than Icardi for me. Easily. He's also not unproven. If he'd get regular play time up front like he had at Monaco, you'll see him scoring more than enough for his age. I also think people are being far too harsh on him this early in the season. If you think Martial shouldn't be a striker for us, fair enough, but neither should Icardi then. He'd be another terrible signing like the others we have made that get moaned about recently.

It's Aubameyang, Lukaku or Lacazette for me, otherwise it should be players like James, Isco, Griezmann or Fekir. Most of all before we sign someone I want to see what Mkhitaryan can do and in general whether the team improves offensively until next summer.
 
Bring a proper winger and let Rashford-Martial fight the striker position.
 
bucky said:
Martial is a better striker than Icardi for me. Easily. He's also not unproven. If he'd get regular play time up front like he had at Monaco, you'll see him scoring more than enough for his age. I also think people are being far too harsh on him this early in the season. If you think Martial shouldn't be a striker for us, fair enough, but neither should Icardi then. He'd be another terrible signing like the others we have made that get moaned about recently.
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I don't think Martial has done enough as a striker to be compared with Icardi who has a 1 in 2 record for Inter, I just still see Martial as a work in progress who is still finding out what his best position is, I mean 3 different managers have now felt it's on the left including Deschamps who's options for the #9 role were only Giroud and Gignac. For the record I'm not a fan of Icardi, I was just saying why I think many posters here are happy to overlook his off field stuff to get a clinical striker in the team who is physically built for the PL.

It's Aubameyang, Lukaku or Lacazette for me, otherwise it should be players like James, Isco, Griezmann or Fekir. Most of all before we sign someone I want to see what Mkhitaryan can do and in general whether the team improves offensively until next summer.
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Aubameyang is the only one of the 3 strikers you listed I would want mate, I'm a fan of the other 4 players you mention but Griezmann is the only top goal scorer among them and with Pogba in the team I personally don't think we can accomodate a #10/SS, he's too poor defensively and positionally, he needs the safety net of a box to box like Herrera and a proper #6 IMO.
 
Give Zlatan the season. He's not getting enough of the ball right now. I don't think we should be spamming crosses to him either. He is deadly with his feet.
 
Devil may care said:
I don't think Martial has done enough as a striker to be compared with Icardi who has a 1 in 2 record for Inter, I just still see Martial as a work in progress who is still finding out what his best position is, I mean 3 different managers have now felt it's on the left including Deschamps who's options for the #9 role were only Giroud and Gignac. For the record I'm not a fan of Icardi, I was just saying why I think many posters here are happy to overlook his off field stuff to get a clinical striker in the team who is physically built for the PL.

Aubameyang is the only one of the 3 strikers you listed I would want mate, I'm a fan of the other 4 players you mention but Griezmann is the only top goal scorer among them and with Pogba in the team I personally don't think we can accomodate a #10/SS, he's too poor defensively and positionally, he needs the safety net of a box to box like Herrera and a proper #6 IMO.
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Fair enough. I just don't think Icardi is worth the hassle.

IMO this is all a bit too reactionary. We've bought the striker many wanted and hoped for and our options aren't good enough yet again? If come December or January Ibrahimovic continues to play poorly, sure, react, but we are hardly 3 months into the season. It's a different situation in midfield and central defence obviously. There's a need for action of course, but I think we should be more patient with the strikers we have.
 
Rashford/Martial

James/Greasy Mkhitaryan

Pogba CM
Herrera

Shaw Blind Baily Valencia

DDG
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You don't need a striker imo, just need structure and a few better players here and there. I would also be going after a defender or two like Gimenez and a CM/DM like Weigl or Neves.
 
We need to buy this generation's Ferdinand/ Stam / Vidic first. Shame about Bailly but the others are not up to it.
We have strikers. Rashford up front would be as good as any other in the league.
If not, cheeky bid for Aguero?
 
Striker is fine right now. Ibra, Martial, Rashford and Rooney if needed is a very good group. Issue isnt Ibra either, he'll get us loads of goals this season and creates loads of chances on his own. Problem is the midfield and lack of balance there.
 
Sammyjunn said:
Martial always wants to get the ball to his feet, he doesnt make runs and Im not sure about his hold up play. Would still do better than Zlatan is atm probably.
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He's been a lot better at making runs since Mourinho arrived. I want him as one of a forward 3. Not a winger, not a striker. Zlatan is fine supported by Rashford. They both need someone off them stretching the defence though.
 
marukomu said:
Is he better than Vardy? He did okay last year.
Lewandowski misses as many as he gets.
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Not neccesarily them but no Rashford isnt better than Vardy, Kane, Aguero, Giroud, Benteke, Lukaku, Costa, Batshuayi, just to name a few, he has the potential to exceed them all (bar Aguero) probably. I dare to say that we wont win any big trophy if we have Martial/Rashford as our main striker the coming years, they're not ready to lead the line for an elite club. We'll need a true world class forward, as we've always had in our most succesfull reigns, and even that isnt always enough.
 
Chaky_Best said:
1st : Griezman for 100M€
2nd : Lewandowski for 75M€
3rd : Kane for 100M€
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Bayern won't let Lewandowski go for 75M. With the market being what it is, you'd probably have to double that number to get executives in Munich to think about it. 75M € wouldn't be able to buy Bayern an adequate replacement, so that's absolutely not happening.
 
Martial all day long. Let Rashford be his back up.

Get a left winger in. Mkhi/Mata on the right. Decide if we are playing 433 or 4231 to get the best out of Pogba, if it's 4231 Mata at #10 or look for a new #10.
 
JPRouve said:
Bring a proper winger and let Rashford-Martial fight the striker position.
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this * 10

We can maybe add Vardy as an option. He would be 30 next year and Leicester wont be in the CL. That will lower his fee to reasonable levels
 
We surely need a striker, but look at Arsenal. They have average striker but they have world class midfielders supplying their strikers.

So I'd rather get an other winger and a playmaker like Verrati, Modric or Kroos (only the type of player)
 
Anthony Modeste, though he's 28, looked impressive this season.
 
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