Victor Osimhen

diarm said:
Is there any way we could just get Napoli, Osimhen, Rashford and ourselves into a room, say to the lads - "look neither of you are going to be getting 250-300k a week anymore, things aren't working out where you are. Why don't we just have a straight swap, you both sign a contract for 150k a week plus some decent performance related bonuses and let's try to rebuild both careers?"
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I'm entirely sure that would be possible. I'm also entirely sure that both players would look at the club officials as if they were insane for suggesting that they just randomly give up millions of euros, then just walk out the room.
 
He’s got some glaring weaknesses to his game. Quite a poor footballer, and his ability to control, manipulate and pass the ball to a high level is not there. He is of course a much bigger goal-threat than Hojlund, has excellent pressing and work-rate and is probably the best aerial centre forward in the world - but I don’t think he’s a good enough player for the very top.
 
OverratedOpinion said:
I'm entirely sure that would be possible. I'm also entirely sure that both players would look at the club officials as if they were insane for suggesting that they just randomly give up millions of euros, then just walk out the room.
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How long is left on both contracts? They're making millions anyway, and if they rebuild their reputations they can make millions more when negotiating their next contracts. They are both losing money elsewhere at the moment - Rashford for not featuring for England and lately, not even for United. Osimhen for not playing in one of the big leagues. The amount that is going to be costing them both in terms of sponsorship and such is not going to be inconsiderable.

As things stand currently, Rashford would be extremely lucky to be offered 100k total for his next deal. Does playing for England again motivate him? In 10 years time is he going to look back thinking "I'm glad I had that extra €100k a week to add to the millions I've made?
 
diarm said:
How long is left on both contracts? They're making millions anyway, and if they rebuild their reputations they can make millions more when negotiating their next contracts. They are both losing money elsewhere at the moment - Rashford for not featuring for England and lately, not even for United. Osimhen for not playing in one of the big leagues. The amount that is going to be costing them both in terms of sponsorship and such is not going to be inconsiderable.

As things stand currently, Rashford would be extremely lucky to be offered 100k total for his next deal. Does playing for England again motivate him? In 10 years time is he going to look back thinking "I'm glad I had that extra €100k a week to add to the millions I've made?
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Osimhen will back himself to get a move at his current wage, Rashford would fair no better under Conte than Amorim. In fact I'd say Conte is even less forgiving for lack of effort.
 
A rangey, athletic forward that gets off a tonne of shots is precisely what we need.

He's got limitations, but given the lack of quality CF options on the market, this has to be someone we're looking at
 
diarm said:
Is there any way we could just get Napoli, Osimhen, Rashford and ourselves into a room, say to the lads - "look neither of you are going to be getting 250-300k a week anymore, things aren't working out where you are. Why don't we just have a straight swap, you both sign a contract for 150k a week plus some decent performance related bonuses and let's try to rebuild both careers?"
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That's far too sensible for Utd and Rashford would never entertain a £200k plus wage cut
 
At this stage of the season, with the current position the club finds themselves in. Would he be worth the financial outlay to finished say 10th instead of 13th.

If Amorim wants him for the next 3 years then great, but I think he will have eyes on Gyokeres in the summer.
 
RuudTom83 said:
At this stage of the season, with the current position the club finds themselves in. Would he be worth the financial outlay to finished say 10th instead of 13th.

If Amorim wants him for the next 3 years then great, but I think he will have eyes on Gyokeres in the summer.
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Yeah all the noises sound like he is preferred target, we could never afford it but would a Gyokeres wide forward and Osimhen leading the line work at all.
 
croadyman said:
Yeah all the noises sound like he is preferred target, we could never afford it but would a Gyokeres wide forward and Osimhen leading the line work at all.
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Gyokeres, Osimhen, and a wide forward in the same starting XI?

That would certainly be a departure from typical 'Amorim ball'. In fact, I see no way that would work without switching to a 5-3-2.

Both Gyokeres and Osimhen are out and out 9s. Putting either in one of the 10 roles would be fitting square pegs into round holes, and would represent a continuation of our piss poor squad planning.

Has to be one or the other.
 
AnotherLondonManc said:
Gyokeres, Osimhen, and a wide forward in the same starting XI?

That would certainly be a departure from typical 'Amorim ball'. In fact, I see no way that would work without switching to a 5-3-2.

Both Gyokeres and Osimhen are out and out 9s. Putting either in one of the 10 roles would be fitting square pegs into round holes, and would represent a continuation of our piss poor squad planning.

Has to be one or the other.
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The dilemma is that Gyokeres only real weakness is aerially whereas that's a real strength of Osimhen. On the other hand Gyokeres has the better all round game so edges it for me.
 
Apokalips said:
Should have gone for him in the summer, especially when he ended up going on loan to Turkey.
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That was after the Pl window closed wasn’t it.
That move came as a surprise to everyone, relations must have badly broken down for that to happen.
When every other club was enquiring, the price was going to be high, and the player wanted a big salary. Loaning wasn’t an option at that point.
 
You would think that INEOS will feel the same way about this deal as the Gyokeres one
 
Rolaholic said:
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Hopefully something we can revive in the summer. I think delap is an excellent talent but he's young and it's a big responsibility to be the #9 here. Osimhen has the pedigree and experience to do it and we can't take risks anymore with relying on kids to get goals. Osimhen would transform our team.
 
I hope this will be true. We'll finally have a proper striker. I've watched enough of him and his goals. Some of them, he has no right to score goals like those.
 
Isotope said:
I hope this will be true. We'll finally have a proper striker. I've watched enough of him and his goals. Some of them, he has no right to score goals like those.
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Yeah I would love to sign him, however like I said in previous post I suspect the age and lack of sell on value will put Glazers 2.0 off unfortunately
 
His haircut alone is a major upgrade over Zirkzee and Hojlund.

Would defo take him in the summer provided the fee is not too crazy as is the wages. Delap as backup signing would be fine.
 
Waynne said:
His haircut alone is a major upgrade over Zirkzee and Hojlund.

Would defo take him in the summer provided the fee is not too crazy as is the wages. Delap as backup signing would be fine.
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Delap is the only target in that under 25 category, personally I think INEOS need to be more flexible. I also get the impression that Osimhen doesn't get involved in buildup enough for Ruben.
 
croadyman said:
Yeah I would love to sign him, however like I said in previous post I suspect the age and lack of sell on value will put Glazers 2.0 off unfortunately
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Probably they'd want to include CL and sponsors money, when calculating the impact of signing world class striker. And he's only a year older when we signed RvN.
 
Isotope said:
Probably they'd want to include CL and sponsors money, when calculating the impact of signing world class striker. And he's only a year older when we signed RvN.
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Yeah very true about only being a year older than when we signed Ruud, however annoyingly INEOS seem determined not to budge from this policy.
 
bosnian_red said:
Hopefully something we can revive in the summer. I think delap is an excellent talent but he's young and it's a big responsibility to be the #9 here. Osimhen has the pedigree and experience to do it and we can't take risks anymore with relying on kids to get goals. Osimhen would transform our team.
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I didnt know we were linked with him but that would be a completely pointless signing. Even if he is talented. Clearly we need experienced proven players in their prime who have the confidence to not buckle under the pressure here.
 
mav_9me said:
I didnt know we were linked with him but that would be a completely pointless signing. Even if he is talented. Clearly we need experienced proven players in their prime who have the confidence to not buckle under the pressure here.
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I think there is some legs to it. Laurie Whitwell from Athletic mentioned our interest.
 
diarm said:
How long is left on both contracts? They're making millions anyway, and if they rebuild their reputations they can make millions more when negotiating their next contracts. They are both losing money elsewhere at the moment - Rashford for not featuring for England and lately, not even for United. Osimhen for not playing in one of the big leagues. The amount that is going to be costing them both in terms of sponsorship and such is not going to be inconsiderable.

As things stand currently, Rashford would be extremely lucky to be offered 100k total for his next deal. Does playing for England again motivate him? In 10 years time is he going to look back thinking "I'm glad I had that extra €100k a week to add to the millions I've made?
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Rashford has 3.5 years left. He'll be nearly 31 by the time he's out of contract. He's not getting another big deal then, and you're kidding yourself if you think he's taking off a single cent of his wages. We're the suckers who signed the deal.

More likely is we give Rashford a big ol' £10M -£15M bonus check out of whatever transfer fee we can get in the summer so his next club can sign him to a more reasonable deal.
 
mav_9me said:
I didnt know we were linked with him but that would be a completely pointless signing. Even if he is talented. Clearly we need experienced proven players in their prime who have the confidence to not buckle under the pressure here.
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Isn't Whitwell also claiming we are reluctant to spend 62m on Gyokeres because hw is turning 27? I agree with you that we need experience and class over potential.
 
Tallis said:
I think there is some legs to it. Laurie Whitwell from Athletic mentioned our interest.
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TOTD episode just went up. Apparently we enquired in the summer and got quoted 110 million!

It's so annoying how everyone takes us for mugs all the time (yes, yes, I understand why). But I do think we need a few years to end that tag.
 
bosnian_red said:
Hopefully something we can revive in the summer. I think delap is an excellent talent but he's young and it's a big responsibility to be the #9 here. Osimhen has the pedigree and experience to do it and we can't take risks anymore with relying on kids to get goals. Osimhen would transform our team.
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A truly ambitious club would dump one of Zirkzee/Hojlund and go after BOTH Delap and Osimhen.
 
Xeque_279 said:
With the money available*
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We will hopefully bring in Money from sales of Antony, Sancho and Rashford. In addition to the massive wage savings from all 3 leaving plus letting Lindelof and Eriksen contracts expire. In that scenario, there is going to be enough available.
 
For people that have watched him regularly, how is he technically? I agree that goalscoring prowess is the main factor, but I’m personally tired of strikers with limitations (or players in general), because they eventually bite us in the ass. When/if the goals go, there’s nothing left. We need ballers.
 
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