I think it’s fair to suggest that young players who are 18-22, especially from foreign leagues find the PL intensity and relative physicality sometimes very hard to adjust. Rasmus has had purple patches but he’s far from the finished article. The advantage of buying Sesco, he’s young enough to have time to settle, talented enough to compete and offers enough differences to Rasmus.
Sesco is much better with the ball at his feet and linking play, he’s not as quick as Rasmus but he’s not far off and he’s better in the air at a similar height of 6’4. He has a lot of development still however his stats this season are far better than Rasmus last year at Atlanta. He’s got 13 goals and 2 assists in 37 games but most of those are from the bench. He’s got 15 Goal
Involvements in 1713 minutes so he scores or assists ever 114 minutes in CL, BL and German domestic cups. Rasmus this season has 13 goals 2 assists or 15 GI in 35 games, or 15 GI in 2591 or a Goal or an assist every 172 minutes, that’s not good enough to be man united starting number 9, that stat has to be 1 GI in every 90/100 minutes.
This is why the club needs another CF, for competition, to compliment and to ensure that United always have an option from the bench, personally I’d like to see us be serious about the options available and maybe sign 2 yes 2 options here, just here me out for a second?
Here’s the options at CFW;
V Osimhen -Transfer cost £100m/350k p/w cost on 5 year contract would be
(20m T/18m W = £38m per year on books)
Stats P27 G15 A4 GI 19 in 2094 mins
1 Goal or Assist every 120minutes
Age 2 Height 6’2 Pace World Class
Serhou Guirassy - Transfer Cost £16m/150k p/w cost on 4 year contract would be (4m T/7m W = £11m per year)
Stats P25 G27 A2 GI 29 in 1935 minutes
1 Goal or Assist every 66 minutes
Age 28 Height 6’2 Pace Elite
Victor Gyokeres - Transfer Cost £85m/200k per week on a 5 year contract
Would be (17m T/10m W = £27m per year)
Stats P44 G36 A16 GI 52 in 3643 Minutes
1 Goal or Assist every 70 minutes
Age 25 Height 6’2 Pace Fast enough
Ivan Toney - Transfer Cost
£50m/200k per week on a 5 year contract
Would be (10m T/10m W = £20m per year)
Stats P13 G4 A1 GI5 in 1089 minutes
1 Goal or Assist every 217 minutes
Age 28 Height 6’1 Pace Quick but not elite
Dominic Solanki - Transfer Cost £55m/160k per week on a 5 year contract
Would be (11m T/8m W = £19m per year)
Stats P36 G19 A4 GI23 in 3075 minutes
1 Goal or Assist every 133 minutes
Age 26 Height 6’2 Elite Pace
Danny Wellbeck - Transfer Cost
Free/100k per week on a 2 year contract
Would be (4m S/5m W= £9m per year)
Stats P31 G6 A1 GI7 in 1682 minutes
1 Goal or Assist every in 240 minutes
Age 33 Height 6’2 Pace Moderate Now
Joshua Zirkzee Transfer Cost
35m/120k per week on a 5 year contract
Would be (7m T/6m W= £13m per year)
Stats P33 G11 A6 GI17 in 2630 minutes
1 Goal or Assist every 154 minutes
Age 22 Height 6’4 Elite Build up play
Benjamin Sesco Transfer Cost
42m/80k per week on a 5 year contract
Would be (8m T/5m W= £11m per year)
Stats P35 G13 A2 GI15 in 1713 minutes
1 Goal or Assist every 114 minutes.
Age 20 Height 6’4 Pace Elite
In summary this summer represents the best opportunity to upgrade the CFW position, either by buying an improvement on Rasmus or buying a young talent than can compete and therefore get the most out of Rasmus. Those Fans calling for Danny Wellbeck can see how this is not even an option, even on a free as he would still cost £9m per year on the books with a signing on fee.
The Club should make Osimhen or Victor Gyokeres as their number 1 and 2 target and only if they can not get one of these which will cost either £38m per year on the accounts or £27m should we look at potentially signing Sesko and Guirassy, less than £60m when Guirassy can play across the front free is a no brainer, sell Antony, Sancho, Greenwood and Pellistri for at least £100m, lose £600k per week wages and you’ve saved about £50m per week on the transfer and wages accounts.
Add Michael Olise at £55m and £150k per week which is (11m+7.5m) to Sesco and Guirassy combined cost of £22m per year combined and your actually saving money with improved options in attack of ;
R Hojlund, M Rashford, A Garnaucho,
M Olise, B Sesco, Amad, S Guirassy or
Buy V Gyokeres and keep Antony or Sancho as I just can’t see too many teams touching their wages and have these options in attack ; R Hojlund, J Sancho, M Rashford, M Olise, V Gyokeres, Amad, Garnaucho remember a new manager might switch to a 352 or 3412 in some games.
I’m fed up of fans saying Rasmus does the graveyard shift and no other striker would score any more, he’s still a prospect has elite potential but does not make the right runs, lets go spend £85m on a guy that scores or assists every 70 minutes not every 170 minutes?
