I didnt find much of those exciting to be fair. They looked like normal goals.
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I didnt find much of those exciting to be fair. They looked like normal goals.
Terrible defending to be fair. He scores a lot of goals on the back of mistakes. He also misses complete sitters, but I guess every striker does that. I've been watching some Napoli matches because he's been linked with us, and I'm not completely convinced.
Some of his finishes are extraordinary, but some of his passes and decisions are really bad. A bit of a hit and miss in build up and sometimes makes frustrating decisions one on one. I think he would score goals, but I don't think he would be as consistent as we would need him to. After watching a few matches, I'm left with the distinct impression that defending in Serie A is really bad (which surprised me), and signing players from Italy would be a bad idea at the moment.
Now if he could improve as much as our other players under Ten Hag's guidance there is definitely a player there who could become extremely effective, but we shouldn't delude ourselves into thinking he's the finished article and would instantly be one of the best strikers in the league.
The first goal is nothing normal. The pace and strength he shows to get passed Chris Smalling who is known to be a great 1v defender, then the finish on the volley at a tight angle is fantastic.
He fits everything ETH wants in a striker. the only thing holding us back would be the price.
Young Martial was on same level with young Mbappe ...
Where his world cup?
He really wasn't.
Why do we need a lot of intermediaries?
Will this be the summer 2023 ultra-mega thread or will it be Frenkie II: Electric boogaloo.
I can't wait to see which causes the biggest meltdown when the player doesn't sign for united.
I can't wait to see which causes the biggest meltdown when the player doesn't sign for united.
If Chelsea get involved it’ll be tricky. Will need him to choose us.
can't get all that excited considering this was against Smalling afterall
chelsea? yes they need a true CF but shit how many forwards can they sign and have in the squad after just buying Mudryk and already have a fee agreed for Nkonku? Not too mention, they'll be lucky to even get european football next season
And it begins...
Mudryk price is reasoning for his price tag - Chelsea fecking it up for all of us.
If we want him and are willing to spend the money, we will get him.
They likely won't have champions league to offer.
Except the reason for that high price tagwas apparently due to the Antony price tag, so.....
He is supposed to be a United fan isn’t he?
We do have a compatriot we can call on to put a good word in
Wasn't it reported that one of the reasons Oshimen chose Napoli over us was because he didn't want to compete with Igalo?
We were one of the favorites to get him when he left Lille:
https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/footba...cks-napoli-over-manchester-united_406522.html
Seems like United is really big in Nigeria, despite us really never having any Nigerian players? Besides Igalo and some youngsters, Shola?, I can't think of any Nigerian players that have played for us.
If we sign him we'd be very close to winning the league.
Bruno's passes with Rashford and Osimhen running onto them
Bruno's passes with Rashford and Osimhen running onto them
Rashford isn’t technically amazing either - we have quite a few players who are technically superior. Still Marcus scores the most goals (and is joint second in assists)
feck it.. loan some money. bid now. Give him a 8.5 year deal.
Pretty sure Chelsea will be after him the minute we make our bid and happy to spend whatever Napoli will be asking for, so unless we get new owners in before Summer I don't see this happening at all. Osimhen seems exactly like the type of signing our new owners would make as their statement though it's hard to imagine we will be taken over by someone insane enough to outbid Chelsea.
Won’t matter if they offer more to Napoli and we aren’t willing to match.
United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Madrid and Barcelona are big in Nigeria. Nigerians see the EPL as the biggest league, it is widely watched here. Its similar to a Brazilian footballer dream of playing for one of the Spanish duo.
We won’t pay 150 unless we get new owners I’d say
It will matter… If the player decides he wants to join United then Napoli will have to accept the offer, as long as it’s not a huge difference.
I think we’ll have to match their wage and the conditions for the player himself And of course give something close to Napoli’s asking price.
I hate journalists. How can anyone possibly have had it said or inferred to them that an executive at Napoli has said "well look at what mudryk just went for". It's all made up speculative bullshit.
Joao Felix cost 126M after a single season of senior football in Portugal at 19
It's not unfortunately, this deal seems to have been an outlier for what's going to happen this summer. Last summer it was that French lad who went to Madrid for £80m and we all remember the impact Neymar had on the market. Expect daft prices this summer as well, these kinds of deals tell everyone there's more money in the market than people are letting on.
We do have a compatriot we can call on to put a good word in
Yeah said it the other day need Ighalo to get on phone and persuade him to join us IF he actually is open to leaving Napoli
Yeah we are only in race with rich new owners
Napoli can take the offer but Osimhen doesn’t have to sign a contract if he doesn’t want to go.
I think he’ll be the flagship name we sign under the new owners. If Ten Hag thinks he’s perfect for our side then go get him
I don't see us spending 150m Euros(133m pounds) and also bringing other positions(GK, CM etc)
It will be more Sensible to bring cheaper option like Goncalo Ramos and other positions
I dunno, we said Martinez was too much, Casemiro not worth for his age etc but we went after his first choices and got them done. Even FDJ would have been done if he wanted to leave.
I don’t see us going after 2nd or third choices of choice number 1 is available
'Sensible' and 'cheaper' being mentioned in regards to a Benfica player
Look how sensible they sold Nunez to Liverpool.
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