Can’t see him coming here although to be honest I don’t even know what profile of striker we’ll be in for in the summer
Victor Osimhen | out of options | goes to Gala on loan
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Yeah can't tell if we are looking at Zirkzee or more of an experienced no 9 like Toney
I love the player. But we are an ill fit with our kinda wingers and fullbacks. Thankfully we are too broke to chase him.
same. He is a fan, they love him, they will easily afford him with few sales
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You can say that about any striker? If they are not getting the ball then what's the point. So what we gonna do? just give up on decent strikers? Get Weghorst back?
Buy strikers whose gameplay suits ours more. He’s doesn’t do a huge lot outside of the box.
I can't see us spending that kind of money on a single player anytime soon. We'll be balancing the books in regards to FFP for a few seasons I think.
I think we need to buy this guy and build a team around him. He's a goal machine.
We messed up last summer - should have taken out a mortgage to get Kane - we didn't.
Now we need to break the bank for osimhen. He does the hardest thing in football, score goals.
We messed up last summer - should have taken out a mortgage to get Kane - we didn't.
Now we need to break the bank for osimhen. He does the hardest thing in football, score goals.
The 150m loss COVID impacted year is off the books from the summer plus the 90m injection of equity for FFP from INEOS - on top of that we’ll be selling players - we can definitely spend a huge chunk this summer. I don’t think we’ll be signing Osimhen though - not sure he’s the profile we want.
We have to be in for this guy, honestly any striker with an eye for goal would be a huge improvement for this team. It's a crazy situation we find ourselves in.
Like? Weghorst?
Seems like what everyone wants. Kane. No. Osimhen. No. Too old. No money. Dont fit the profile. When will we ever get a decent striker.
No idea but it’s not an ill fitting 130m striker
that would just underline us having no clue what we’re doing
Does anyone who the feck this guy is? I’ve seen his name before during transfer muppet season but no idea if he’s reliable or a random bloke who’s waffling for attention.
Don't think he's reliable at all,however gut feeling is he has agreed to join you. Will probably see the tier 1s get on it later in season
Sign a player who is similar in style to the current false 9 Harry Kane or peak Berbatov. A player who is 9 who can operate as a second striker type 10, able to create chances for our wide men whilst also score himself. Its why Players like say Solanke and Zirkee make sense for that reason. Weghorst sort of operated that way for us but was too damn slow nor silky enough to make a big impact.
He is actually far more polished version of Rasmus. Just still not a good fit for our current wide attackers and fullbacks.
Huge mistake if we don't try to sign him this summer. Another season without clinical striker will be (again) costly.
I think he's nailed on for Chelsea.
Would we ?
The club seem to have given up on the big transfers after Pogba. The next one was Antony, after several years, but Id hardly call him a big name player.
Whether you agree or disagree the point is that I don’t think we’re gonna drop 100+m on this guy and it would be the wrong strategy to do so
That just means have shit strikers. Top strikers are rare. That's why we haven't had one in years. That's why Chelsea never had one. That's why Liverpool spent 100 mill plus on Darwin and bought Gakpo etc. We have lost Kane and now the only top striker left is Oshimen. I agree we need to adapt to a striker. But I would say that's the right thinking. Get a Rw that can cross. Or a RB that can cross. Or whatever. Its better than our plan now which is get sht strikers and don't cross to them. But make sure they come deep and run about a bit. Why is that a good plan?
Ok I actually agree with that.
Ok so spend 130m euro on this guy, do t fix the supply line and watch him score 10 goals in a season. What then? We have no room in FFP and you want them to chuck a significant portion of the budget on a striker who needs a supply line. Makes sense
We've invested big time in Hojlund and we'll try to develop him, so i can't see this happening. As others have said, Chelsea seems the obvious destination for him in the premier league
Football is a team game and you play to your team strengths. You don't behave like England during their golden generation era and try to force Gerrard and Lampard together because they are top class. Its like wondering why a Liverpool under Klopp preferred Firmino to a top class 9 for Salah and Mane. Our current wide men would perform better with a striker who's strength is build up and creativity. If we had the money to reinvest Willy nilly we could do what you are suggesting. We don't any more
We should've just spunked an extra load on him instead of on the kid.
Don't tell me that for our supply line we need new players? We have perfectly good enough players to play efficient and attacking football. It is on manager. If our manager can't create good general play with this group of players then we must replace him with one who can.
So, yes. I would spend complete budget next year on Osimhen. Just as i wanted that for Kane last summer.
To be clear here; Kane is the one who got away. I do agree with you that Osimhen has issues in general play but ....my God, another year without having a proper striker will kill me
.Crikey you are still deluded thinking that Levy was selling Kane to United. I don't mind the booting of ETH but don't back failures up with statements that were never happening.Don't tell me that for our supply line we need new players? We have perfectly good enough players to play efficient and attacking football. It is on manager. If our manager can't create good general play with this group of players then we must replace him with one who can.
So, yes. I would spend complete budget next year on Osimhen. Just as i wanted that for Kane last summer.
To be clear here; Kane is the one who got away. I do agree with you that Osimhen has issues in general play but ....my God, another year without having a proper striker will kill me
Honestly I'd rather Toney. He seems like a bit of a crock, so perfect for Boehly's Chelsea revolution.
No point going in debate about that again (and again). Yes, i think that for right amount of money Kane was available. You (and some people) don't think that. Fair enough. We will never know.
Any of those two would be perfect. Toney is a beast too.
Hojlund will come goodDon't tell me that for our supply line we need new players? We have perfectly good enough players to play efficient and attacking football. It is on manager. If our manager can't create good general play with this group of players then we must replace him with one who can.
So, yes. I would spend complete budget next year on Osimhen. Just as i wanted that for Kane last summer.
To be clear here; Kane is the one who got away. I do agree with you that Osimhen has issues in general play but ....my God, another year without having a proper striker will kill me
Was awesome for Nigeria today
Led the line awesomely
Today is the day I joined the Vicot Osimehin fan club
He is a top top player.
Led the line awesomely
Today is the day I joined the Vicot Osimehin fan club
He is a top top player.
By all respect Osimhen is different class than Toney. I would spend 100m+ on him without hesitation. While for Toney I wouldn't go higher than 45m, hence why we shouldn't sign him.
Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs should be battling it out for him.
Toney to be the consolation price for one of them.
Toney to be the consolation price for one of them.
He’s got to be 100% going to a CL club. I don’t know why Chelsea are being mentioned.
I think he's going to Chelsea, which is bonkers really, they're in worse shape than us. He deserves to be playing for a CL club, which sadly rules us out.
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