The centre-forward market...

SAFMUTD said:
Hojlund is not rated as highly as the others I think we could get him for 50M. Kane I think spurs are going to ask for 100M at least, we'll see if they risk losing him for free next year.
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Pretty certain Utd won't pay that for Kane,reckon our cut off is around £80m plus addons
 
Kolo Muani has 13 goals and 10 Assists this season. Wouldn’t be against signing him.
 
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Kane is the man whose services we require. If those who are more knowledgeable than on his fitness can support the assertion that at his age he’s done, then we must move on. But I’d he has 3, possibly 4 more productive seasons left in him then we must go in with a generous offer to Levy in June, take it or leave it. If Harry applies his pressure and Levy tells the whole world we can fukk off, then we move on. We can’t let this drag on the way it dragged on with Berbatov, a United player who gets too little praise here. If we could have had prime Berbatov this season I have no doubt we’d be at least in the conversation for the PL trophy.
 
lex talionis said:
Kane is the man whose services we require. If those who are more knowledgeable than on his fitness can support the assertion that at his age he’s done, then we must move on. But I’d he has 3, possibly 4 more productive seasons left in him then we must go in with a generous offer to Levy in June, take it or leave it. If Harry applies his pressure and Levy tells the whole world we can fukk off, then we move on. We can’t let this drag on the way it dragged on with Berbatov, a United player who gets too little praise here. If we could have had prime Berbatov this season I have no doubt we’d be at least in the conversation for the PL trophy.
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Well Kane put the pressure on when he looked like he was going to City,so will he have the guts to do it again for Utd is the question
 
userman said:
Yeah I’ve seen the stats and they are not looking good.. I love stats but at the same time stats don’t necessarily show the whole picture/context, which in this case is a player playing for one of the poorest teams that has the lowest possession and by far plays the most long balls in their league (surely impacts a players individual stats).
Re. his Turkey-stats I agree butt I’m not putting to much into his 4.7 matches of international football (zero goals two assist) since it is a very limited sample size.

Yeah he’s obviously not the elite striker we need, but perhaps he could be a decent shout as backup if/when Martial leaves.

Gonna watch Getafe-Celta tomorrow out of curiosity. That’s a first.
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Unal played a great match last night. Got his team a penalty through smart and instinctive movement, a penalty he converted himself. Got an opponent sent off after getting two yellows from tackling Unal. Seemingly has good technique and decent in the link-up, great work ethic (Cavani-like).
Central in Getafes play and you can see that he’s a player that belongs in a much better team. Getafe played some terrible football though.

An exciting player that should/could be a great backup for us (or starter for a smaller club).
 
userman said:
Unal played a great match last night. Got his team a penalty through smart and instinctive movement, a penalty he converted himself. Got an opponent sent off after getting two yellows from tackling Unal. Seemingly has good technique and decent in the link-up, great work ethic (Cavani-like).
Central in Getafes play and you can see that he’s a player that belongs in a much better team. Getafe played some terrible football though.

An exciting player that should/could be a great backup for us (or starter for a smaller club).
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Thanks for the effort on watching that game! Was always interested in his style, seeing as his stats look horrendous - so thanks for giving an idea. Believe he was at city when he was younger, so clearly got talent.
 
FrankDrebin said:
I feel confident that Kane will be our forward next season.
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depends on if weget top four or not. I think. I am thinking Kolo Muani or The Atalanta wonderkid are more likely at this point. The latter having a massive potential to be world class and as good as Kane
 
May be just splash the big money on Evan Ferguson or spend 60m on Højlund then wait another season to sign Kane for free or wait another season to sign Osimhen with one year left in his contract.
 
Do we not have centre forwards coming through the younger age groups at all?
We really need to sign two centre forwards in the summer but maybe one starter and a youngster would do?
 
i just dont see how anyone can see the state of our midfield and our overall squad depth, coupled with the knowledge that we prob wont have a huge transfer budget, and still think splurging all of it on Kane would be a great idea. We need several signings in that central midfield spot, including a nailed on high level starting CM who can pass the ball incredibly well under pressure. If we go into next year assuming eriksen and case will be our starting CMs gonna be a long year.
 
FerociousCorgis said:
i just dont see how anyone can see the state of our midfield and our overall squad depth, coupled with the knowledge that we prob wont have a huge transfer budget, and still think splurging all of it on Kane would be a great idea. We need several signings in that central midfield spot, including a nailed on high level starting CM who can pass the ball incredibly well under pressure. If we go into next year assuming eriksen and case will be our starting CMs gonna be a long year.
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Well what striker do you suggest then
 
I’ve been remembering Ibrahimovic’s first season at United

I wish we could shave 15 years off him and sign him now. Pretty much my perfect striker
 
LawCharltonBest said:
I’ve been remembering Ibrahimovic’s first season at United

I wish we could shave 15 years off him and sign him now. Pretty much my perfect striker
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If we’re doing that then I’d much rather a younger Cavani.
 
TheRedHearted said:
Then he stands to lose him for nothing. Unless somehow he gets sold in January, wonder how much Levy would ask for then?
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We've seen Levy sell Bale and Modric overseas for less than what he was offered in england, we've seen him losing Eriksen for peanuts.

Dont understimate Levy, Spurs are having a shit season the whole club is seen as a joke now. How would the fan base react if he decides to sell Kane, and not only sell him but sell him to a rival in england?
 
Wish there was a poll in this thread. Who we sign is huge. In terms of being the right fit, and a cheaper option means we can sign a midfielder or cb.
We are in the same boat considering our fullbacks don’t offer much offensively. Trippier would have been a great signing for us, but oddly enough some say we still need a CB and CM before we can go and worry about fullback.

I’d disagree, i think an attacking fullback is priority for our attack.

Shaw is more than capable to cover CB if two out three of Martinez varane or lindelof are injured.

when both are fit we have Shaw as LB, but we need an attacking RB since Dalot showed signs of it but didn’t live up to it.
I also wouldn’t mind a different system with Bruno playing at the top of midfield with Rashford playing wide and the new signing playing up there with him. Antony still hasn’t kicked on although he was much less selfish against Brighton.

bringing an extra midfielder would create a lot more stability in certain matches.
 
The Purley King said:
Do we not have centre forwards coming through the younger age groups at all?
We really need to sign two centre forwards in the summer but maybe one starter and a youngster would do?
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We have one, very talented one and would be good enough to be our main no 9 next season but he’s currently unavailable due to scandal.
 
TheRedHearted said:
Wish there was a poll in this thread. Who we sign is huge. In terms of being the right fit, and a cheaper option means we can sign a midfielder or cb.
We are in the same boat considering our fullbacks don’t offer much offensively. Trippier would have been a great signing for us, but oddly enough some say we still need a CB and CM before we can go and worry about fullback.

I’d disagree, i think an attacking fullback is priority for our attack.

Shaw is more than capable to cover CB if two out three of Martinez varane or lindelof are injured.

when both are fit we have Shaw as LB, but we need an attacking RB since Dalot showed signs of it but didn’t live up to it.
I also wouldn’t mind a different system with Bruno playing at the top of midfield with Rashford playing wide and the new signing playing up there with him. Antony still hasn’t kicked on although he was much less selfish against Brighton.

bringing an extra midfielder would create a lot more stability in certain matches.
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Right back would be my 4th priority because Dalot is still young, not injury prone, and can still develop. On the other hand, DDG hasn’t shown any sign of improvement in his ball playing and sweeping ability, Martial is mentally not top player and injury prone, while Eriksen looks knackered when he plays more than 45 mins and we don’t have midfielder to rotate with Eriksen. Those three should be the top three priority.
 
TheRedHearted said:
Wish there was a poll in this thread. Who we sign is huge. In terms of being the right fit, and a cheaper option means we can sign a midfielder or cb.
We are in the same boat considering our fullbacks don’t offer much offensively. Trippier would have been a great signing for us, but oddly enough some say we still need a CB and CM before we can go and worry about fullback.

I’d disagree, i think an attacking fullback is priority for our attack.

Shaw is more than capable to cover CB if two out three of Martinez varane or lindelof are injured.

when both are fit we have Shaw as LB, but we need an attacking RB since Dalot showed signs of it but didn’t live up to it.
I also wouldn’t mind a different system with Bruno playing at the top of midfield with Rashford playing wide and the new signing playing up there with him. Antony still hasn’t kicked on although he was much less selfish against Brighton.

bringing an extra midfielder would create a lot more stability in certain matches.
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Hate the fact these leeches mean we have to make do in at least one of our key positions
 
I would personally go for Hojlund if we are priced out of our main targets. He has great attributes outside of just being an out and out striker and reminds me Kane in a way, only faster. The issue being here obviously is that he’s a much bigger risk and is nowhere near as accomplished as Kane currently is. So then what do you do? It’s an extremely difficult situation that there is such a big financial difference between our top targets (100-150mill) and other targets (40-60mill) because we’re not going to have the budget for the signings we need to make and we need to at least sign a starter CM, a deputising DM, i’d argue also a starting GK and a starting/backup CB

The timing on our situation is really crappy here
 
L1nk said:
I would personally go for Hojlund if we are priced out of our main targets. He has great attributes outside of just being an out and out striker and reminds me Kane in a way, only faster. The issue being here obviously is that he’s a much bigger risk and is nowhere near as accomplished as Kane currently is. So then what do you do? It’s an extremely difficult situation that there is such a big financial difference between our top targets (100-150mill) and other targets (40-60mill) because we’re not going to have the budget for the signings we need to make and we need to at least sign a starter CM, a deputising DM, i’d argue also a starting GK and a starting/backup CB

The timing on our situation is really crappy here
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So then what do we do? We play him and give him the opportunities. Rasmus has all the attributes to be a really top striker plus he presses aggressively, he will make it. We used to sign high potential players back in the day e.g ronaldo, so rasmus will just fit in that bucket. Furthermore, we are not spending everything on him...extra budget to sign a midfielder carrier. Personally, I think we should be all in for enzo le fee. Has all the tools to fill the de jong gap.
 
Wish there was a poll in this thread. Who we sign is huge. In terms of being the right fit, and a cheaper option means we can sign a midfielder or cb.
We are in the same boat considering our fullbacks don’t offer much offensively. Trippier would have been a great signing for us, but oddly enough some say we still need a CB and CM before we can go and worry about fullback.

I’d disagree, i think an attacking fullback is priority for our attack.

Shaw is more than capable to cover CB if two out three of Martinez varane or lindelof are injured.

when both are fit we have Shaw as LB, but we need an attacking RB since Dalot showed signs of it but didn’t live up to it. We desperately need an outlet on that side and doesn’t seem like Ten Hag or management can give up on Antony. But let’s be honest, would a new owner feel the same?
 
I think i would go for Hojlund providing around 50-60m, I dont actually think we need to change that much, someone that puts a shift in with a reasonable level of quality would make a huge difference and give us so much more than we currently have with Martial/Wout.

Seeing our midfield the other night vs Brighton does worry me though, unless we're planning on throwing one of the young lads in and giving them a shot, there's no way we wont add reinforcements to the midfield. I expect to see Iqbal and Mainoo play a bit in pre-season but firmly expect us to add more quality, and even if thats a free transfer (i'd go for Tielemans).
 
Even if we sign Kane or Osimhen, is that more than enough to win the league over city? If not then may be it’s worthy not to spend 100m on striker and wait another year when the likes of Osimhen (expired 2025), Toney (expired 2025) and May be even Kane (out of contract 2024) would be available with reasonable price.
 
UNITED ACADEMY said:
Even if we sign Kane or Osimhen, is that more than enough to win the league over city? If not then may be it’s worthy not to spend 100m on striker and wait another year when the likes of Osimhen (expired 2025), Toney (expired 2025) and May be even Kane (out of contract 2024) would be available with reasonable price.
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It is not just City. Newcastle will be stronger next year. And Liverpool and Chelsea will not be shit. Without a top striker, we may not make it to top-4.
 
Ivan Toney would be a brilliant option if he wasn't in the middle of a being scandal.
 
Oshima would be my first choice, but don't think Napoli would sell him this summer as they just won the Serie A title and look ready to challenge for CL next season. They won't let him go easily anyway, it would take any club a fortune (say 150m+) to prise him away for sure.

The other options are Kane, Hojlund or Muani.

Apparantly Kane would be a quick fix type of ready made option as he guarantee goals in this league, and he seems determined to leave Spur this summer. However, with recent concern on our FFP, avg age of our core players, and previous concern of buying forward players in their 30s during the possible start of their decline, I prefer us to sign us someone who is younger where we could build for our future.

We simply can't afford to spend 50-70m on Kane this summer on big wage (say 350k+ wage), who might start his decline in ~2 years time, and then we have to hang on to him throughout his decline for very high salary, and at the same time spend another 70-100m to find another replacement. So why not we just spend the money on someone who is younger and look much promising instead?

Which means, my choice would be either Hojlund or Muani (or both if we have the money)
 
The-Mezzala said:
Zlatan if playing now would have a few Ballon Dors. He was unlucky his peak years were in the Messi/CR7 era. Guy was as monster.
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He was a little overrated for me. Far worse player than Henry, for example.
 
20 year old Montpellier striker Wahi scored four goals against Lyon today. Takes his total in Ligue 1 to 17 goals. Can anyone share some details about him?
 
Rozay said:
He was a little overrated for me. Far worse player than Henry, for example.
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Basically everyone was.

There is a few forwards that where able to make teams tick in the final third the same way some midfieldes do deeper in the pitch. It is an underrated asset in my opinion.

Cantona was like that. I think Benzema has always been like that. And I think Zlatan was like that. Looking at both Cantona and Zlatan their teams usually won the league.

In my opinion Zlatan was not overrated, but he took poor advice from Raiola. Imagine what his legacy could have been if he had gone to the PL in 2012.
 
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