Victor Osimhen | out of options | goes to Gala on loan

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giorno said:
And what i'm saying is none of that would have mattered if Lukaku was a better goal threat. If he got himself into positions to get 4 shots off per game, and scored 30+ goals a season, nobody would give a rat's arse about him tripping over the ball or miscontrolling it. For all those instances of clumsiness I can point out stuff like his run to set up KDB against Brazil
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Yep. He averaged 1.8 shots per game in his last two league seasons, which follows a very average scoring rate. For Belgium he has 4 games and 5 goals this season - with a shot per game of 4.3... You don't buy a ticket, you don't win the raffle.
 
He'sRaldo said:
To be fair he is on course to actually win his own league; not an easy feat, f.e Haaland at Dortmund couldn't produce the same.

I do think it's a bit funny though. Us in the Europa League turning our noses up at the (potentially) Serie A winning main striker.
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I get your point, but the last Serie A winning main striker who also won player of the season went to Chelsea and was the league's laughing stock for a year.

I agree with Rozay's evaluation, I think. Would he do well here? I would assume so. He has very desirable traits for a 'proper no.9' to slap the ball in the onion bag. Will it be to the extent that justifies a very large transfer fee? Possibly not.

With that in mind, I'm pretty indifferent about him. I'd take him because we need a no.9 (even as a majority AM9 FC shareholder) but I wouldn't be insanely miffed if we missed out.
 
avgp_1 said:
Yeah that's a terrible take. His weaknesses are overblown here. 10 times worse than Lukaku?! Hilarious

His games against Leicester and Liverpool show he is no slouch against PL defences.
And Rashford's struggles at #9 are nothing to do with EtH's football. He is terrible on his own, with his hold up play and bringing others into the game and finishing. His work off the ball is not worth comparing with Osimhen. It's all been seen before.

Napoli can move the ball very fast themselves, to say Osimhen will struggle with that shows you don't watch him enough. He is made for the PL. Yeah he is no Martial or Jesus with the ball but his other facets are terrific
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My post was in relation to the enormous price he would demand. For a 100mil+ player he is extremely limited for a side that is playing PL high pace technical football. He would score some goals sure. Like Lukaku and Tammy Abraham, his limitations would be horrifically exposed at a top 4 side in the PL regardless of the record he holds in Italy. Players with such limitations on the ball just don't work at the top of the PL as the star man upfront. The team would need to be build around his limitations and that is the last thing I want and, ETH has been very obvious I think in terms of his preference with endless patience with Martial. The importance of the CF in playmaking, dribbling and passing is very high and a player that is not good at that, forces the entire system to adapt, adapt to the detriment of other players (like we see when Ronaldo plays).

The only way to get around that IMO is if the goal scoring ability is one of a kind, like Haaland coupled with out of this World physical abilities that force the defence to keep 2 or more players around. Haaland is a freak of nature but any and all players with similar or more limited ability in attack would become a liability for the general game plan. You can look to any club, from City to Pool to Madrid, this type of striker is not what is needed for a consistent functional system that wins the big trophies. We need either a false 9 super technical player in the Firmino, Jesus type (even with poor goal scoring) or a complete striker like Kane, Benzema, etc.

The sad thing is that Martial is both the super technical and the complete striker in terms of ability but never available. Him getting fit for the majority of a season would be one of the best options there are in terms of securing the CF position.
 
I love Raspadori (as a player) and I think Napoli do as well. Hes 22 so he's ready to start and just a perfect 9 IMHO. Frankly I'd rather have him but thats not happening.

I wouldn't be surprised if they intend to go more in his direction which would lessen Osimhen's value this summer a bit. They are running away with a very weak Serie A. Would be a great time to collect a huge fee from us as we are desperate...and to be honest I have no issue at all with that idea as I rate Osimhen very highly as well...
 
DanClancy said:
If Spurs qualify for the CL then Levy won't let him leave for £50m despite a year left on his deal, lets hope they don't qualify.

But we'd be buying a player with no sell on value and would likely cost £80 over a 4 year deal who might be slowing down, tough decisions for the club to make.
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We'd be buying our modern, although maybe lesser, RVP. Kane scores goals, he's far better than Martial, and marketable
 
jackal&hyde said:
My post was in relation to the enormous price he would demand. For a 100mil+ player he is extremely limited for a side that is playing PL high pace technical football. He would score some goals sure. Like Lukaku and Tammy Abraham, his limitations would be horrifically exposed at a top 4 side in the PL regardless of the record he holds in Italy. Players with such limitations on the ball just don't work at the top of the PL as the star man upfront. The team would need to be build around his limitations and that is the last thing I want and, ETH has been very obvious I think in terms of his preference with endless patience with Martial. The importance of the CF in playmaking, dribbling and passing is very high and a player that is not good at that, forces the entire system to adapt, adapt to the detriment of other players (like we see when Ronaldo plays).

The only way to get around that IMO is if the goal scoring ability is one of a kind, like Haaland coupled with out of this World physical abilities that force the defence to keep 2 or more players around. Haaland is a freak of nature but any and all players with similar or more limited ability in attack would become a liability for the general game plan. You can look to any club, from City to Pool to Madrid, this type of striker is not what is needed for a consistent functional system that wins the big trophies. We need either a false 9 super technical player in the Firmino, Jesus type (even with poor goal scoring) or a complete striker like Kane, Benzema, etc.

The sad thing is that Martial is both the super technical and the complete striker in terms of ability but never available. Him getting fit for the majority of a season would be one of the best options there are in terms of securing the CF position.
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Liverpool have Darwin Nunez who is also very awkward on the ball but is the only player other than Haaland generating more than 1 non penalty xG and xa per game and after a shaky start to the season now has 5 goals and 2 assists in less than 7 full 90 minute matches. Don't think anyone is arguing Nunez is one of a kind like Haaland but he is proving to be very effective.
 
Bojan Djordjic said:
Liverpool have Darwin Nunez who is also very awkward on the ball but is the only player other than Haaland generating more than 1 non penalty xG and xa per game and after a shaky start to the season now has 5 goals and 2 assists in less than 7 full 90 minute matches. Don't think anyone is arguing Nunez is one of a kind like Haaland but he is proving to be very effective.
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That was my point yes. The scum with less Nunez and more of Mane are much better. A player like that only makes logic if he is a phenomenon. Good, is not enough.
 
Between Kane for 60 million and this guy for a 100 million plus, not sure which one will be better suited to us
 
zenith said:
Between Kane for 60 million and this guy for a 100 million plus, not sure which one will be better suited to us
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Neither. You are looking for a young Benzema for this team to go to the next level.
 
Brace and an assist against the best defence in the league today, arguably the most in form striker in Europe this season and he's improving by the week.

Got so much to his game now
 
United hasn’t ever really had an African starter. Correct me if I’m wrong. Can’t think of one! Would love to sign him for that reason.

Had a Google and the we’ve had a few fringe players. Fortune, Djembax2, Bailly, Ighalo, Amad. Maybe Amad will make it.
 
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