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

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zaafi said:
Vlahovic is currently far away from the level we should aspire to be and it's not even close between him and Osimhen. Surprised every time I see his name mentioned, and I don't think anyone that watches Juventus matches wants him to be our main striker.
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100% agree. Don't think Vlahovic is a patch on Osimhen to be honest. Osimhen obviously has very strong goalscoring statistics but nearly as impressive are the intangibles - he's just a real fighter and gives his opposition defenders fits.
 
sglowrider said:
Yeap. 100%. Enough drama for a couple of seasons. We just don't hear any from top clubs. They just focus.
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Ah come on, who are the top clubs? Real Madrid? Benzema was caught doing something far more serious and really not sure how his reputation does not seem to have diminished by what he did at all but he should have gone to jail for it. There are also some horrifying allegations about Ferlan Mendy put around by a French journalist a while ago that are equally as bad as anything at United. Barca have had Messi cheating taxes etc and City, Chelsea and PSG are drama personified in that they are or recently were vehicles to launder the reputations of repressive regimes. Also Benjamin Mendy, John Terry etc etc.
 
zaafi said:
Other than very technical, the attributes you listed are some of Osimhen's strengths. And if not him, then who?
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Think if the focus in on technical and link up play, Gouiri might be an option but as good as he is, I don't think he's in the elite bracket the way Osimhen is and not nearly as prolific.
 
Cathy Ferguson said:
Ivan Toney is a very capable player and a great target man. When will any betting ban start?
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Yeah no one seems to know what is happening with his situation. Didn’t he have to reply to charges by Jan 6 but heard nothing since that
 
Osimhen has a good chance to be a serie A/champions league double winner this season. Napoli are arguably the best team in europe just now. He may choose to stay, that whole team is adored like gods at the moment in Naples.
 
Bebestation said:
They asked 200 million for Koulibaly and Osimhen is twice the player.

I think they will go for what they bought for x 2.
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Koulibaly at the time was one of the best defenders in the world with dominant performances week in week out. Osimhen also only has 2 years left on his contract so €130m is not exactly unlikely. I imagine they'd be more willing to let him go when they win Serie A, an achievement they haven't accomplished since 1986-87 season.
 
With Osimhen and Rashford upfront, it will be so risky for the likes of City, Arsenal, Liverpool to play a high line against us. This, in turn, should give us a bit more foothold in in the top games. Add a press-resistant CM like FDJ and we could compete for CL and PL next season.
 
Another goal. A tap in after a shot from Kvaradona. He should have added a second a few mins later
 
eselfor said:
With Osimhen and Rashford upfront, it will be so risky for the likes of City, Arsenal, Liverpool to play a high line against us. This, in turn, should give us a bit more foothold in in the top games. Add a press-resistant CM like FDJ and we could compete for CL and PL next season.
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Right there is at least 200+ million. No need for reinforcement elsewhere?
 
sglowrider said:
Right there is at least 200+ million. No need for reinforcement elsewhere?
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The two key positions to reinforce are CF and CM. I’m happy with Dalot and AWB’s development this season. I expect even more improvement next year. We should get decent money for Maguire and replace him with a cheaper option. No need to replace DDG next season.
 
sglowrider said:
Right there is at least 200+ million. No need for reinforcement elsewhere?
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As other posters have mentioned, these are the two key positions we need to upgrade, and ideally with the top two targets, whether they be FDJ and Osimhen (my preference) or Bellingham and Kane. Other positions that need squad depth can be filled with free transfers; e.g. Ndicka, Tielemans and Thuram would all be useful additions. It may mean we need to hold on to one or two players for an extra year (e.g. AWB), or sell to buy (not necessarily a bad thing either).
 
eselfor said:
The two key positions to reinforce are CF and CM. I’m happy with Dalot and AWB’s development this season. I expect even more improvement next year. We should get decent money for Maguire and replace him with a cheaper option. No need to replace DDG next season.
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I think we need 2 strikers. Martial just can't be relied on. Need to develop one of the academy kids -- Hannibal.
 
Isotope said:
Yes. Unless Rashford is converted into striker, we definitely need two strikers.
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We still need him on the wings to transition fast for another season or two. Ganarcho isn't ready to do the job full-time because of his tactical/defensive lapses. Great as an impact player for now.

Also, does Rashford have the skillsets to play the sort of striker that ETH traditionally likes?
 
Bebestation said:
Osimhen wouldn’t come under 140-150 million.

Napoli are not an easy team to negotiate and there’s no leeway in his contract.
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I would definitely spend this amount of money on Osimhen, when considering these days 85m would only get you donkey like Nunez.
 
sglowrider said:
We still need him on the wings to transition fast for another season or two. Ganarcho isn't ready to do the job full-time because of his tactical/defensive lapses. Great as an impact player for now.

Also, does Rashford have the skillsets to play the sort of striker that ETH traditionally likes?
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Probably not. But that's how Rashford mainly got his goals, by being a striker.
 
sglowrider said:
Also, does Rashford have the skillsets to play the sort of striker that ETH traditionally likes?
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Imo yes but tbh I don't really want him to. The PL is very physical and playing as a #9 doesn't only requires strength but also being quite robust to deal with the amount of dirty tricks, challenges, tackles and wrestling from the CBs. If you're not robust enough it's very easy to get yourself injured. And imo Rashford is not very robust.

Plus imo with his terrifying pace and dribbling he'd be much better on the wing with the occasional switch to the middle.
 
eselfor said:
With Osimhen and Rashford upfront, it will be so risky for the likes of City, Arsenal, Liverpool to play a high line against us. This, in turn, should give us a bit more foothold in in the top games. Add a press-resistant CM like FDJ and we could compete for CL and PL next season.
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Would give us strong first XI
 
sglowrider said:
I think we need 2 strikers. Martial just can't be relied on. Need to develop one of the academy kids -- Hannibal.
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Hannibal is not ready to be relied upon as number two striker. He's like Mainoo, we can try giving him five minutes when we are 3-0 up.

I wouldn't want to spend money on a second striker, so maybe Osimhen as first choice with Martial and Thuram as back up? I'm not that worried, as Osimhen will play most games, so Martial is less likely to get injured if he is just back-up. We also have Rashford and Greenwood who could both play as a striker if need be, and we have plenty of depth in the wings.
 
Erik the Red said:
Hannibal is not ready to be relied upon as number two striker. He's like Mainoo, we can try giving him five minutes when we are 3-0 up.

I wouldn't want to spend money on a second striker, so maybe Osimhen as first choice with Martial and Thuram as back up? I'm not that worried, as Osimhen will play most games, so Martial is less likely to get injured if he is just back-up. We also have Rashford and Greenwood who could both play as a striker if need be, and we have plenty of depth in the wings.
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We need 2.
Osimhen and Thuram would be good.
 
Erik the Red said:
Hannibal is not ready to be relied upon as number two striker. He's like Mainoo, we can try giving him five minutes when we are 3-0 up.

I wouldn't want to spend money on a second striker, so maybe Osimhen as first choice with Martial and Thuram as back up? I'm not that worried, as Osimhen will play most games, so Martial is less likely to get injured if he is just back-up. We also have Rashford and Greenwood who could both play as a striker if need be, and we have plenty of depth in the wings.
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Not as a striker. Hannibal is a box-to-box. Take the load off our not-so-youthful mids. I can see that he has slowly matured as a player. He's less volatile and less reactive nowadays, which was a huge red flag in the past.
 
the money won’t be a problem, him wanting to leave and then also choose us is the main obstacle. there will be tons of interest.
 
stepic said:
the money won’t be a problem, him wanting to leave and then also choose us is the main obstacle. there will be tons of interest.
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Real, barca, man city, psg, Liverpool and arsenal don't need him. Chelsea do but almost certainly won't be in the champions league. Don't see where else he goes if we want him.
 
stepic said:
the money won’t be a problem, him wanting to leave and then also choose us is the main obstacle. there will be tons of interest.
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Our only competition is Chelsea and right now they're not looking like the right career move over us.
 
I watched him yesterday. Can't help getting Lukaku vibes from him. His next club has to absolutely set up to play to his strengths, cos he doesn't add much to general play. If it's us, fingers crossed really hard it comes off. Easy to think he might be a Nunez and this is a purple patch, but if we had Nunez, we'd probably be top of the league!
 
Seems like a great striker but one that can also fluff his shots quite often.
 
Escobar said:
Real and Barca do imo. Many top clubs need a striker
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Barcelona have spent big on Lewandowski and we have Benz, Alvaro who is incredibly promising and spent big on Endrick. The only CF we might be looking at for the foreseable future is Kylian Mbappé because he's Kylian Mbappé

Also the cnuts don't have the money for Osimhen. Who is awesome and Napoli's best player btw
 
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