Osimhem would be a serious handful for the opposition defence, creating loads of space for Rashford, Fernandez and Sancho (?) to run riot. He'd also be another warrior in our starting 11 adding to Casemiro and Martinez. I think with him plus a central midfielder (ideally Jude) we'd transform into an incredibly strong team. Kane would slot in well also for sure but he's not got that warrior vibe we're seeing this season, which I personally am absolutely loving.
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Martial's a great footballer but a terrible striker. His movement and off the ball work is just really bad. Happy to make passes from midfield and watch the play unfold from where he passes it without making follow up runs into the box; he doesn't make good runs in the box and he always stops the ball when receiving rather than using its pace to his advantage. He could have been a great striker if he had better coaching earlier in his career because he has so many components of a good player.
Strangest reason I've heard for not wanting eitherStriker is a position we shouldn’t have that mentality with. These two are the best options. The back up? Sure.
Not seen a lot of him, but I don’t get the he’s scoring easy goals in Italy thing. He’s bullying defenders with speed, power, excellent finishing and movement, and seem to do a lot to tie the attack together. If Ten Hag wants him I hope he gets him. Jesus, him, Rashford and Garnacho in full throttle, I’d hate to defend against those.
He's scored all types of goals this season tbf. Headers, volleys, poachers goals in the box, perfectly hit strikes etc. He's a natural finisher.
Everything besides maybe long range outside of the box bombs but those typically aren't necessary from your no.9
He's scored in the CL, he's scored against Chelsea and Liverpool - it's fair to say he's not struggled against any.
He's not scored against Liverpool.
His 1 goal in the CL this season was at home to Ajax in the last minute when Napoli were 3-2 up.
He did score away against Chelsea and Valencia for Lille in the CL three seasons ago tbf.
Thanks for the replies, I like the look of him. Seems he’s not a afraid to run his socks off and get stuck in as well.
From what I've watched, he reminds me of a bit more athletic version of Nunez that can finish. Will still have his drawbacks, but quite frankly there are no perfect options in the striker market currently.
He missed most of the group stage injured. And he terrorised Liverpool before he was forced off after only about 20 mins.
Osimhen would be a better version of Saha but clearly better value would be buying Ramos and Kudus for the same price
Good point. Where's the fun in that? Maybe Ben Davies. Nobody will see that one coming.
Admittedly I’ve only watched about an hour of footage from Oshimen, but Nunez?
I suppose Cavani would probably be a good comparison from our POV given we saw a bit of him here (albeit well past his peak). Like Osimhen he also made his name with Napoli, was a somewhat similar style of striker (heavy on physicality, movement, workrate and the ability to get chances, light on technical polish) and left for a big money move outside of Serie A (£55m in 2013 when he was a couple of years older than Osimhen currently).
In theory if a young Cavani was on the market now, how keen would you be to sign him?
In theory if a young Cavani was on the market now, how keen would you be to sign him?
I believe Cavani is ETH ideal type of striker. One of the main reason why I think Osimhen could be the guy is because lot of people like fans, players, and journalist compare Osimhen to Cavani in the way how they play, movement, weakness, and strength.
We’re buying Jesus too? The guy from Arsenal or Bethlehem?
Will the decision to pursue him v. Kane hinge upon how we fare this season? Assuming we finish top 4 (I personally dream of more) at a minimum, the amount of silverware we get might affect EtH’s sense of urgency to win something. If we win nothing, the club might push for the more proven player in Kane (RvP). If we win 1 or 2 cups, the club might decide to take more risk and think longer term with Osimhen (Lewandowski).
Darwin yeah. The good parts though. Endless energy, extremely fast and strong, runs the channels, isn't going to blow you away with technical ability or creativity but gets into great positions and like I said he finishes better than Darwin does imo technique wise (especially heading, this guy is lethal in the air; like one of the best in the world with his head).
I disliked Nunez even before Liverpool mainly because he didn't show a real abundance of technique even in front of goal, and he still doesn't at Liverpool. Most of his "misses" are him just smashing at the ball and hoping it goes in. I think Osimhen has more coordination/ability in front of goal to offset his very average play on ball.
He might be a good fit, but he is too expensive. We could pay it but shouldn‘t.
We need to be smarter. City got their yeti for 70 million or so. Why would we pay double for a lesser player?!? feck that.
Get Bellingham instead.
We need to be smarter. City got their yeti for 70 million or so. Why would we pay double for a lesser player?!? feck that.
Get Bellingham instead.
You are missing the point. We shouldn‘t overpay. Bellingham is worth 110 million, Osimhen isn‘t.
Will Osimhen win us the league?
Look at Darwin Nunez, is he winning Liverpool the league?
He seems to fit the bill yet worried we get him and he gets injured due to the rigorous demands of the Premier League.
Because of a release clause. City also paid 40m to his dad and another 40m or so to his agent, and then is paying him 750k per week after top ups.
A striker is easily the most important position for us to get. Also really don't think that Bellingham is the right midfielder for us to get anyway.
Would obviously be a fantastic signing because of his eye for goal and hunger to score goals but there are downsides to the deal. The price is the biggest one and given our need to improve other areas and our limited resources, this is a deal breaker. He's also not as great in the build up a la haaland. Think Kolo Muani is a more complete player and would cost less.
Well, it was reported Haaland cost 85.6m (his release clause + agent fees + player/father fees). His salary is 19.5m per year and if we consider it as City pay his salary for five years then it has potential cost of 183.1m in total. Haaland transfer fees/release clause might be look cheap but his wages, agent fees, and player/father fees are crazily high.
https://www.si.com/soccer/mancheste...haalands-actual-release-clause-value-revealed
Assume Osimhen total cost 130m pounds (transfer fees + agent/player fees). His salary that we offer is 200k pw which is 10.4m per year for 5 years contract. Then it has potential cost of 182m in total.
Not really a double price. Although, it is still lot of money and I think we should just walk away if it's more than 105m or 110m pounds.
This joke is getting old, there are several real human beings named Jesus, withouth being half god or some such imaginary beeing(I paraphrase).
I bet we get Johnathan David over this bloke...who fancies it?
you probably know a hell of a lot more than me about these players, but I’ve watched us play. Average technique? We’ve seen average and below average for us for the last 10+ years, just because you don’t look silky on the ball it doesn’t mean your technique is average. I’ve heard the same said about Haaland and Thomas Müller in his heyday, they’re not pleasing on the eye, but very effective.
I don't think Osimhen is worth 100m pounds, and we should be looking elsewhere.
People thinking he was going for 120 million is deluded.
Kane on his last year on contract is literally half the price of this guy.
Kane on his last year on contract is literally half the price of this guy.
Except he isn't
how much do you think osihmen will cost?
I say we look elsewhere. This Napoli chairman is Daniel Levy mk2, he'll want as much as possible for Osimen. 150m and no less, which imho is far too much, even if we have qatari investment.
Let’s see if they will do another Koulibaly by asking a 28-29 year old CB for 100m back then, and they were fortunate to get a decent fee from Chelsea last summer.
He just reminds me of Lukaku when I watch him or look at his stats. Good finisher, header and dribbler, but gives the ball away too often, can’t pass a ball 5 yards and has an inconsistent first touch.
I’d probably have him in a pinch due to lack of many other viable options, but at around a third of what Napoli are asking for him. A quick look at that lumbering oaf chelsea signed from Napoli who was being touted for £100m a couple of seasons ago should give anybody in here pause for thought on this transfer.
It’s like the Antony transfer all over again. An ok player who’d be a reasonable signing at a more modest fee but, who’s vastly overpriced.
I’d probably have him in a pinch due to lack of many other viable options, but at around a third of what Napoli are asking for him. A quick look at that lumbering oaf chelsea signed from Napoli who was being touted for £100m a couple of seasons ago should give anybody in here pause for thought on this transfer.
It’s like the Antony transfer all over again. An ok player who’d be a reasonable signing at a more modest fee but, who’s vastly overpriced.
You don't ask €150m for a striker whose contract expires in 2025, has just been a big factor in winning Napoli's first Serie A since 1990 and wants to leave the club. That is very unlikely to be the case. Personally I can see him going for around €115m which is about £102m. Maybe a bit more. He has had a consistent development and is way better than he was when he first joined Napoli so it's only natural they will ask for more money than they paid for him, but they need to keep in mind that if they ask for an absurd sum of money that no one is going to pay, they risk having to sell him for a lot cheaper the next year or even losing him for free in two.
He's the guy to get. Brilliant striker, Kane is most likely definitely signing a new contract with Spurs. Levy through media channels is said to be unwilling to sell to a league rival. Even if Harry does run his contract down it's January 2024 where negotiations will begin. United will not wait until then to get a striker. It will be Osimhen, Mouani and perhaps Vlahovic as front runners.
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