If we don't have good crossers, 10s to slide rule balls in or have "selfless providers", I'll ask again, what sort of player WOULD suit us?
Victor Osimhen
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If we don't have good crossers, 10s to slide rule balls in or have "selfless providers", I'll ask again, what sort of player WOULD suit us?
Exactly, if we need some sort of player who'll create his own stuff we need a peak Brazil Ronaldo!
But he doesn't press!!
I wonder if Rashford fancies joining McTominay over there and this is how this has come about.
He can fancy it all he wants but no way is an Italian club gonna pay him similar wages.
You're just making up nonsense now. What are you trying to do in here?
I don't think anyone would care about that if you had a prime Ronaldo. Or even a prime United Ronaldo!But he doesn't press!!
Maybe Rashy might see the very real chance of a league title in Italy as being worth taking a pay cut for? His choices now really do seem to be take less money in order to play for a big club in Europe and the chance to win things or choose to chase the money in which case it is Saudi or bust.
Someone who can run the line; can work well on poor service and supply and make chances out of very little. That “sort” of player is more the Isak’s than the Osimhen’s.
You plop Osimhen in the correct conditions and he’s a threat all game long, but if you don’t, he’s reduced to a player you and many others will be turning on in a few games and calling him a busted flush because he’s not had a jot of the service he needs to thrive in literal games.
The kind of wage and our needs across the team mean we probably get one shot a striker. We buy suboptimally, and that’ll be it for the next 2-3 years. People seem to be wowed by the name and not the fit.
I don't believe it and I'm not really convinced by the idea either.
I agree Isaak would probably be even a better fit but I don't see why Osimhen wouldn't work provided we reinforce the LWB and left 10 position as well which is a must with or without Osimhen. Since we are currently creating quite a few chances but are worryingly poor converting them I think he can work here. Plus we would finally have a striker again that's really good in the air.
I can see him being the new welbeck. He’ll do whatever he can and needs to do, to stick one in the clubs eye for the rest of his career.
Nobody is paying him his current wages, I think he knows that. I think he’d take less money to play for a non Saudi club. Plus Conte loves Prem players.
I hope you are right. It's best for everyone for him to move on.
Conte would never take someone as passive as Zirkzee. He would kill Zirkzee after one game.
So you understand immediately that a single investment becomes multiple purchase venture. We are not going to be able to do that given the need we have in multiple positions.
Osimhen is not a bad player, but you’re narrowing your options and style of play with him and you need to cater to his game specifically or there’s no point bringing him in for the fortune it would cost in outlay and wage.
Yeah well, what do you know? You're by far the worst disciple.
Guilty as charged.
feck, I'd have Charlie Adam at this point.
Worst or best? Judas is the only one I hear as an answer on The Tipping Point
Do we even have 62m? We need firepower and beggars can’t be choosers, but I assumed we’d be shopping in the loan market as usual.
Give them Rashy.
Even with an Isaak type striker we will need to reinforce the LWB and ten position in any case.
Loan with obligation to buy is something which we can easily afford. For us it is important to pay after June (i think).
But that kind of striker profile can come in and work with what we have in the interim, which buys time and a steadier build. With Osimhen, the moment he gets here, if you haven’t got certain types of player here to provide, you’re massively underutilising him.
He’s arguably the best aerial threat in the world; having not a single player who can play accurate crosses immediately begs the question of wtf!?
The way Jackson plays for Chelsea is also a better profile given the amount of times he forages and works goals out of very little.
Think what you want, I'm sick of this discussion.
I'm laughing at people in here who imagine Osimhen only thrives on aerial ball and crosses. Or is as reliant on supply as a Haaland.
Still only 25 yrs old. I had it in my mind mind he was quite abit older.
So you expect him to do what noone did, like ever. Ok then.
How is he playing in Turkey?! Seems insane he isn’t at a top club right now.
Really well. I think he has 9 goals, 5 assists in 11 games.
Chased a move - didn't get it and got frozen out because of it.
Ah thanks!
I’d love to give him a go here but depends on attitude etc.
I’ve not seen him for a few years now but when I did he had a lot more to his game than that. He is fairly tall, I believe, but he’s not limited to that type of game, even though he is good in the air.
He's supposed to be quite down to earth despite his fall out with Napoli - they chose to move him on after he tried getting a big contract elsewhere and failed.
Also refused a move to Chelsea because they would not break their wage structure for him after his preferred move to Saudi did not materialize as the clubs there would not meet Napolis asking price, not the worst crime but a red flag regarding his motivations.
For now, he won’t fit. However, since we’re aiming to rebuild this team with better wingbacks and no 10 behind him who can provide services, surely striker like Osimhen is the kind of striker that Amorim is looking for right? I see similarity in both Osimhen and Gyokeres in term of weakness and strength.
If there’s an actual plan in place and he’s who has been identified to be instrumental, sure. If it’s just blind pursuit of a fancy name, then we’ve learned nothing from the numerous debacles we’ve squandered 100’s of millions on.
The two strikers you’ve mentioned have very different profiles.
What’s the difference between Osimhen and Gyokeres?
That's easy.
One wears a mask and the other celebrates pretending to wear one.
One wears a mask and the other celebrates pretending to wear one.