This summer is the optimal time to get the best fee for him, his value will only down from this point as he will have 1 year left on his contract if they delay for another year.
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This summer is the optimal time to get the best fee for him, his value will only down from this point as he will have 1 year left on his contract if they delay for another year.
I hope we don't spunk our entire transfer budget on him
Oh cum on, grow up. Just really hope we shoot our shot on this guy,
Hahaha! Pretty much correct though. The H is silent, but there's no pause between the O and S.
Yeah convinced this is our one shot at him whereas with Kane there is a tiny possibility he runs down deal and we can pick him up next summer too
Yeah gives us another pace outlet other than Rashford which would be huge for us
Chelsea is looking at him too. The Boehly factor*
* pay whatever it takes to get your guy.
Yeah they are the big threat
Nah I don't. They have all the leverage. If United won't pay the money up front, someone else will.
And I think they have a pre-contract agreement with Christopher Nkunku already. Boehly is the real-life FIFA Manager
Our main selling point is that we have Balsa Tony and that's it. Almost guarantee starting slot.
Agent Ighalo too
His brudder from a different mudder.
What CL teams has he scored against this year?
I'm not sure him and Rashford would necessarily suit each other.
Kind of similar. Or at least they both have the same weak points.
Kind of similar. Or at least they both have the same weak points.
This is what I see too.
Osimhen is the same player as Rashford except for heading.
We have to turn to a creative team to create chances for Osimhen to head in.
He seems like a really good player that makes us an agressive pressing, heading team.
However I’m not sure if he gets the best out of the players around him.
So funnily enough they swept their group more or less without him.
In fact, he's missed 7 games for Napoli this year, they've won all 7 with a 22-4 goal difference.
I'm curious whether Osimhen would cope with our fixture list. He didn't go the World Cup and Napoli crashed out in first round of the cup.
He's already had injuries on a seasonal basis and this year he hasn't played nearly the same number of fixtures as the other players we're looking at.
So funnily enough they swept their group more or less without him.
In fact, he's missed 7 games for Napoli this year, they've won all 7 with a 22-4 goal difference.
I'm curious whether Osimhen would cope with our fixture list. He didn't go the World Cup and Napoli crashed out in first round of the cup.
He's already had injuries on a seasonal basis and this year he hasn't played nearly the same number of fixtures as the other players we're looking at.
His injuries aren’t the same recurring issue though I think. He’s had some freak injuries
He belongs there now.
But his technique is shite.
So funnily enough they swept their group more or less without him.
In fact, he's missed 7 games for Napoli this year, they've won all 7 with a 22-4 goal difference.
I'm curious whether Osimhen would cope with our fixture list. He didn't go the World Cup and Napoli crashed out in first round of the cup.
He's already had injuries on a seasonal basis and this year he hasn't played nearly the same number of fixtures as the other players we're looking at.
So Vs Ajax & Frankfurt only?
Yeah, went off injured in the first game against Liverpool and did nothing in the second, and was injured/benched for both games vs Rangers.
It's one of the things people need to be wary of. If you also take a look at his stats at Napoli versus the other teams in the top 4 for the respective years:
2022/23: 3 games played, 0 goals.
2021/22: 4 games played, 0 goals.
2020/21: 6 games played, 1 goal.
That's 13 games played and a single goal (as well as 5 games missed through injury).
It's a bit weird salivating this guy whilst bringing down certain other top strikers for not showing up.
He destroyed their back 4… Hit the post. Created a magnificent chance for Kvara.. He created other chances including the penalty he obtained beating Van Dijk but he failed to score that penalty… So « he did nothing » is quite inaccurate. Even though he only played 30 minute. The return leg was meaninglessness anyway.
He destroyed Juventus (scored a brace and assisted), Juventus who have the second best defence of the league and who would be second if not for the points deducted.
I think he's a good player and he would get goals for us but I can't help but see him adding to the problem of our inability to keep possession
Love Osimhen but aside Shaw, Martinez, Antony. All the others fall short for ball retention under pressure. Dalot, Casemiro are decent under pressure for the role they play but we need specialists in this regard. We need a striker with this quality and also a CM. This is why I fancy Kane cause he brings some of this qualities. An attack with Fernandes, Rashford and Osimhen is too vertical.
Striker is the one position where you shouldn't worry massively about ball retention, just by virtue of where they're sitting. We need a guy high up the park to threaten, not spend all game coming backwards.
Your overarching point is correct but it's in central midfield we desperately need some ball magnets, not upfront.
There are people who want us to pay 100M for Kane. 50M extra for a player 6 years younger and yet to reach his prime (in theory) doesn't seem to bad in that context.
Interesting.
Let’s see if he can produce the goods in the latter stage of the CL.
If he does then that sounds like a less risky deal at 150 mil for having a good season in the CL.
Kane has had a bad year in the CL - scoring 1 in 8.
However I was quite surprised at his CL history- he has 20 goals in 24 matches.
I wonder why Kane has had a bad season in the cL this year - and apart from things like his age and the form of players like Son - one of the main reasons I think he has been crap in the CL this year is because Conte has never been a CL level manager, only a league level manager.
I genuinely believe Kane will cost half of Osimhen- at the cheapest 60 mil to Osimhen’s 120, at the mid levels- 75 million to Osimhen’s 150 mil and finally at the most expensive/multiple club bidding 100 mil to Osimhen’s 200mil.
Let’s see if Osimhen can perform in later stages of the CL.
150 seems insane and Ballon D'or value of a player bracket. Another 100m for a quality CM also? And maybe a 100m from players we can load off in total.
I get your point, but your post a little bit misleading considering he scored two (and assisted one) against Juventus who would've been second if not for a 15 point deduction. That would obviously make this season's stats look quite different than what you've posted here.
Actually Juventus were second, and were the main threat to Napoli when Osimhen played them... And Roma was in top 4 as well when he scored a wonderful goal against them. The top 6 in Italy are all very close to each other. Only Napoli is standing out.
And what he did against Frankfurt is not less impressive. Frankfurt are the TH of the EL. They qualified from their group ahead of Marseille and Sporting... They looked pretty good against Spurs (the 4th of the PL). So branding them as some canon fodder to dismiss CL goals sounds a bit weird... It wasn't long ago we were getting knocked out of CL Groups because we'd lose in f***g Istanbul. You need players who can score goals in the CL, no matter the opponent.
In what way do you see them as being similar because aside from pace, I don't see any similarities whatsoever?
Kane lacks pace but is a better and complete player. Rashford and Osimhen will not excel at possession football.
Don't agree with this. Haaland is a player that many would say is like Osimhen in that he doesn't contribute to overall play but he doesn't look like he's struggling. Anyways, we don't play posession football really as we don't have the players in midfield that can retain posession.
Eriksen and Casemiro are strong in possession and were brought in by ETH. Just a clue of what ETH values in CM. Kane can drop deep and is a great passer.
Wish they had met some more big name teams on their way to a potential cl final, guess we'll have to eagerly await and assess how he performs in the meager sample provided by the remaining games "assuming " they go through all the way to the end.
His heading ability is one hell of an asset though that must be said.
His heading ability is one hell of an asset though that must be said.
I dispute this. Both have amazing strengths and Casemiro is a good passer in that he can execute difficult passes with better vision than people might have expected but he's also a bit like Bruno in that he lacks composure at times and routinely gives the ball away with his first time passes. He's in the bottom 32% in terms of pass completion. Eriksen is technically very strong but again also a risky passer and so again has a pass completion in the bottom 29%. You can carry one of these players if they are providing you with a) defensive security or b) extreme creativity but you're not going to win leagues with three of these guys in midfield (Bruno would be bottom 11%) as we just can't retain posession to consistently build pressure.
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