I really don't think it is. I'm not sure he's good enough. Better than what we have now? Definitely. Proven at the top level? No.
Victor Gyökeres
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Who do you feel is proven that's obtainable
Strikers proven at the top level who are under contract and the club don’t wish to sell don’t go for this price
Why does it need to be a striker? We need elite attackers. I would argue Liverpool don't have an elite striker, but signed very good (Jota, Diaz) to emerging WC players (Salah) to aid their goal output, and all for under £60m. In fact, when they tried to sign a big money striker in Nunez it backfired. And what league did he look shit hot in?
We should not be spending anything over £40m on Gyokeres, in my opinion. I just don't think he's at that top level. If we can't get him for that then we should sign someone old but serviceable to take the pressure off of Højlund. Or, if we're starting to move on from Højlund, then we should sign another emerging talent, but whoever we think is the Yoro of young strikers.
I don't think we'll regret letting Gyokeres go to Arsenal or Liverpool, not in the long term, especially if they splash £60m+ on him. I'd rather we held tight and tried to sign the next Haaland, or preferably the next Kane.
Signing a top striker isn't going to transform this team anyway. There's still too many other positions that need to be improved, or where young talent still needs time to mature.
Jonathan David is a good shot, contract expiring at the end of the season.
I agree that we do not need to sign Gyokeres. If we sign him in the summer, he will be 27. Then fans will say give him a year to adapt in the PL. Spending anything over £40m for a 27 year old who may need to adapt is silly considering we have so many holes in the squad.
The amount of scouts we have, how can we not find players that suit us? Why does it always have to be players that are well known to everyone, what is the purpose of a scouting team?
United have the right band now of expierenced and young players like Garnacho, Diallo, Mainoo, Yoro, Ugarte, Hojlund, Zirkzee, Collyer .De Ligt and martinez only 25 as well. Our team is very young. We 100% need a proper striker as soon as possible to help these players and not another project like Hojlund who is not good enough to lead the line and be mid table again next season. We desperatly need an established striker, a left wing back and another CM to help Ugarte and Mainoo. A established attacking midfielder alongside Bruno be nice as well.
I'm not disagreeing with that, I think the lack of an established striker has probably held back Højlund's development.
I just think if money's tight we need to be careful with how we spend it, and that some of the fans here need to temper their expectations on Gyokeres if he does arrive to be that player. For the right price then it might be worth it, but I still think he'll end up being a stop gap.
Can you please point me to a priven at the top level available attacker and most importantly with a reasonable price tag?
What would it take to sign him now I wonder
They are fighting for a champions league spot. It's more important to have him for the rest of the season instead of getting pennies for him now.
Don’t think he’s the right type of profile we should be signing. We need a physical front man. Gyokeres is like Haaland with his physique.
David is more physical than Gyokeres! He's got pace, strength and is great in the air. Been consistent for Lille for a while now.
Goykeres is more physical from what I watched of them. But I did not watch much of David.
Can’t say I’ve seen much of David play to be fair. But I’ve seen Gyokeres and he’s a monster
Nobody said the thing you’re arguing against here
I replied saying I think the price is good. Someone else disagreed. That’s the full extent of the conversation.
By the way, I do agree with your point
Can we put Osimhen in that category maybe
Are we the only club that only goes after players in our managers previous team?
Seems to be the case these days. I hope to feck we aren’t going to splurge another 70m. Just feels like lazy scouting.
Seems to be the case these days. I hope to feck we aren’t going to splurge another 70m. Just feels like lazy scouting.
There's room in the squad for both. Our forward line should be totally reworked.
No one better out there right now. Sesko is another one "for the future", and Osimhen is overrated and overpriced.
Gyokeres is ready to slot in Amorim's system as well. For 70 million euro, no brainer.
Gyokeres is ready to slot in Amorim's system as well. For 70 million euro, no brainer.
Oh god, not Jonathan David again. every season he comes up like Gaitan, and every season he's always playing for some schmuck average club. The man ain't good enough, he'll never be good enough. He's exactly at the kind of club he should be.
That no genuine top team ever considers him a transfer target tells you all you need to know about his limitations.
Let's move on.
David won't work as a striker. He is not very good with his back to the goal. He is a Lacazette type of player.
Every season he has played for Lille and in the Champions league so not ideal WTF you are on about. Gykores is playing for Sporting. His contract is expiring, I expect some big clubs to be in for him in the summer.
I've only watched David for Canada and have always been underwhelmed by him to be honest. I know he's got a good goal-to-game ratio for Lille, but never looks particularly clinical to me. Obviously, that isn't helped by the average Canadian team supplying him.
We need an elite goalscorer to take us to the next level and Gyokeres fits that bill a lot more than David does.
We need an elite goalscorer to take us to the next level and Gyokeres fits that bill a lot more than David does.
So wouldn't even take on a free in the summer just to give us another striker option?
Definitely no to David.
Are we sure Ollie Watkins wouldn't be available in the summer if we're looking for an experienced PL striker? Duran has started 4 of the last 5 matches in the league for them.
Might be one to keep an eye on.
Might be one to keep an eye on.
Depends on what he wants wage wise really. Although I don’t think there’s much of a difference between him and VG apart from Serie A having a better reputation (even the much of the league is crap)
I don’t think Watkins is worth what they’d ask given the age and quality. Hes a “good PL striker” but they’ll ask for elite level money.
If im paying elite level striker money im getting Isak or no one
Evan Ferguson available for loan, id take him at least its a bit of competition for Hojlund
I take it injuries have completely ravaged him?
Sure 20k a week or whatever he's on, be worth a punt for six months loan. Probably a bit embarrassing for united signing a striker on loan from Brighton is the only thing
We have already had a striker on loan from Burnley. And Shanghai Shenhua.
And Helsingborg.
They won’t sell unless it’s for crazy money and then there’s the whole he’d want to be one of the top paid players at the club, when we’re moving away from big wages.
I doubt we’d be interested, but I’d like the club to take a punt on him. There’s a player in there, just needs a manager who believes in him. Take him with an option and see how it goes.
Jonathan David? Larry David more like. I thought we were trying to get better not assimilate more average players
Hasn't he fell off since going to Saudi
I'm surprised I haven't seen a single mention of Ivan Toney. Might be hard to get as he hasn't been there for long.
And Kia Joorabchian.