I guess the same goes for Gyökeres. He might accept lower wages but would cost too much for a 27 year old. We are looking at 21-24 year olds or older players who are cheaper. Not an easy task.
Victor Osimhen
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He was reportedly looking for around 400 grand a week, but Chelsea turned him down.
No thanks
Alex Crook at Talksport?
If the fee and wages are decent, it's who we should get. I think all the nonsense aside, he's still hungry to succeed.
Only really trust the likes of Ornstein, Whitwell and Ducker although doesn't tweet as much
I would still prefer we look elsewhere unless the price and salary are seriously discounted. I have trouble overlooking the combination of the injury record and the fact that in his 5 seasons in a top 5 league he only managed to score 20 goals in all competitions once. I do see the attributes that could make him a good fit for us but there are still a lot of red flags and we just cannot afford to miss on big transfers going forward.
Not a fan ? Seems to be a reliable goal scorer capable of 25-30 goals, which is light years better than anything we have now.
Think I’m more in favour of Gyokeres.
Capable of 25-30 goals yes but outside of his current season in Turkey, which with all due respect is not on a par with the top 5 leagues, he has only done it once in 5 attempts. I do have significant doubts that he would be a reliable goal scorer in the PL along with concerns over his durability given his injury history, something we have ignored in previous deals to our great cost.
Not totally against him but I certainly don't think he brings any kind of guarantee of success and so rather like Chelsea I would want him to sign a team friendly deal with salary tied to bonuses and I also would not want to pay a big fee, maybe 50M max including add ons.
From what I've seen of both Gyokeres and Osimhen - two very different strikers, I'm fairly confident they can get about 25-30 goals in all comps at United. Our biggest problem by some distance under ETH and Ruben has been a lack of goals and virtually no production out of our #9 players, so I think both of these guys could help immensely in that regard.
More confident that you are right about Gyokeres in this scenario. We don't create chances which is as big an issue as the quality of our number 9 players as the players themselves. Osimhen has not managed 20 goals in all comps in 3 of his 4 seasons in Serie A nor in his sole season in Ligue 1. He would be having close to a career season to score 25-30 goals for us and our general play suggests he would need to do a lot of the heavy lifting there himself which he has not previously shown he is capable of doing.
Gyokeres plays in the Portuguese league, while Osimhen has proven himself in 2 of the top 5 leagues. I'm not saying Gyokeres is worse, but neither is Osimhen. Both would improve us massively.
Gyokeres or Osimhen, I’d be happy with either. Osimhen is better in the air and at snap shots, Gyokeres is better at dribbling and passing.
Couldn't agree more. Buying either would result in a massive upgrade to what we have now.
Wouldn’t be my first choice but as others have said, would be a massive upgrade for us.
Scored both goals for Nigeria in the win against Rwanda today. Showed good awareness for the first and a nice dink over the keeper for the second.
Besides the goals he was threatening all evening and created panic for the Rwandese defenders. I'm beginning to warm to him being our striker next season. He's not the cleanest of goalscorers, but he's aggressive in the box and plays with a lot of intensity.
Besides the goals he was threatening all evening and created panic for the Rwandese defenders. I'm beginning to warm to him being our striker next season. He's not the cleanest of goalscorers, but he's aggressive in the box and plays with a lot of intensity.
Still waiting for him to be talked up by one of the reliable sources I mentioned yesterday
I like Osimhen more. I think what he did with Napoli to lead them winning Serie A with his goals is more impressive than what Gyokeres has done so far.
That season was 22/23 though. I was really impressed by Osimhen then but has he done much of note since 2023?
He has nearly a goal a game this year in Turkey.
I believe he’d be our first Nigerian as a permanent signing to join us and only the second to represent us after Ighalo? I still remember Chelsea “stealing” Obi Mikel from us but they were forced to pay us some sort of compensation weren’t they?
Easiest 12 million or so ever.
Easiest 12 million or so ever.
absolutelyStatistics highly skewed by the fact half of his goals were penalties. But I think he showed he can score and all kinds of goals..
Id be more intrigued whether he's a good presser off the ball and with generally good workrate? Not another useless Rashford. So he could fit into Amorim's system..
Injury record would be my second concern.
We came to the point when we are so bad upfront that anyone would improve us but we should still invest wisely i.e. not to buy a player who cannot be able to maintain intensity throughout the PL season. Amorim looks spot on with his tactics and especially when it comes to player profile he prefers. So I believe he will bring together with the team management someone who will fit in there and not lose a value much.
This is why I think Amroim may default to Gyokeres in the end. They both know each other well and the player has already proven he can thrive in Amorim's system.
His workrate is great and he can press. He'd suit Amorim's football like no other. The question would be his wage demands.
Is it possible that we could get both Osimhen and Gyokeres in the summer?
Never in a million years
Before Gyokeres, Amorim had different profile of striker though. I don’t think Amorim’s striker’s profile is fixed. I think his main criteria of striker is can play as lone striker, strong, fast, willing to press, and can score goals.
Osimhen is really good. He'd fit neatly in United. He was such a trustworthy striker in Napoli and he has it all.
Wouldn’t think he’s on too much right now with him being at Napoli and on loan at Galatasaray.
I watched our World cup qualifying match versus Rwanda away, I think Osimhen is world class, he scores out of nothing. I think United needs a hardworking and clinical striker like Osimhen honestly.
Gut feeling says he is not the right striker
Who’s more clinical between him and Gyokeres?
How much do you want for him?
I see that some of our fans doubt that Osimhen and Gyokeres are Man Utd quality but how many better and realistic CF options are out there on the market? Just look at this list:
https://www.transfermarkt.com/spiel...&jahrgang=0&land_id=0&kontinent_id=0&yt0=Show
Looking at this list we don't have better options than Osimhen and Gyokeres because surely we won't sign someone like Isak.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/spiel...&jahrgang=0&land_id=0&kontinent_id=0&yt0=Show
Looking at this list we don't have better options than Osimhen and Gyokeres because surely we won't sign someone like Isak.