Which striker in the summer?

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Why aren't we seriously linked with Icardi yet? Attitude maybe? Haven't seen too much of Inter in recent times.

But the market is seemingly in short supply of quality strikers. Thoughts on him?
 
Bale or Benzema would do for me. Add one of them to Depay, Rooney and Di Maria and the front 4 looks frightening fast. If we selling De Gea, one of them should be part of the deal.
 
Ish84045 said:
Why aren't we seriously linked with Icardi yet? Attitude maybe? Haven't seen too much of Inter in recent times.

But the market is seemingly in short supply of quality strikers. Thoughts on him?
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Just signed a new 5 year contract with Inter.
 
suheilsworld said:
Bale or Benzema would do for me. Add one of them to Depay, Rooney and Di Maria and the front 4 looks frightening fast. If we selling De Gea, one of them should be part of the deal.
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When will people understand that Real Madrid hold all the cards in terms of DDG - they don't have to give us any of their players.
 
Sparky Rhiwabon said:
When will people understand that Real Madrid hold all the cards in terms of DDG - they don't have to give us any of their players.
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True, by the same token if we don't get what we want then we should tell them they'll have to hold their winning hand until next summer.
 
Red Hand Devil said:
Yep - make De Gea see out his contract if we're gonna be made a bollox of..
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Unfortunately we are run as a business, unlike a club like City or Chelsea, so doing that makes no business sense. We just need to either persuade him to sign a new contract or squeeze a fair price out of Madrid. But we are not going to get one of their players unless they don't want them anymore.
 
Lacazette or Higuain would be good...but obviously we will end up with Benteke.....a massive pile of shite but someone who can do a job for 2 seasons until we get a proper striker
 
Sparky Rhiwabon said:
Unfortunately we are run as a business, unlike a club like City or Chelsea, so doing that makes no business sense. We just need to either persuade him to sign a new contract or squeeze a fair price out of Madrid. But we are not going to get one of their players unless they don't want them anymore.
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I agree with you largely, but if the fee is too small it might actually make business sense to let him run his contract down. De Gea could be the difference between 1st and 2nd, or between 4th and 5th, or between CL group stages and the latter rounds of the knockouts, so having him for one extra season could prove more financially beneficially than receiving a small fee this summer. Plus it also gives us a stronger negotiating positions with contract extensions and transfers in the future.
 
Sparky Rhiwabon said:
Unfortunately we are run as a business, unlike a club like City or Chelsea, so doing that makes no business sense. We just need to either persuade him to sign a new contract or squeeze a fair price out of Madrid. But we are not going to get one of their players unless they don't want them anymore.
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We're minted man, so we can take a hit if it meant we wouldnt be screwed over by Real & De Gea might decide to stay after the end of next season also.

Lloris is gonna cost a fortune & is no-where near as good as our Dave, who will go for the same amount as we paid for him - unless the club have the same "f*ck you Real" mantra as me..
 
Cavani, Lacazette, Higuain or Lukaku (but not for £30m+) are the only realistic available ones that I'd like to see coming here

After having watched 2 games with Beneteke for my national team I came to the conclusion that he is shite and I don't want him here. Lukaku has more potential he just needs a good team around him and proper coaching. Also I don't trust Bentekes injurry record.

I hope we get either Lacazette or Cavani
 
So by my reckoning we are now down Lacazette, Lukaku, Benteke and Higuain as options, the latter of whom I doubt we'd bother with. This is the trickiest call of the transfer window for LvG IMO, could make or break a title challenge.
 
Devil may care said:
So by my reckoning we are now down Lacazette, Lukaku, Benteke and Higuain as options, the latter of whom I doubt we'd bother with. This is the trickiest call of the transfer window for LvG IMO, could make or break a title challenge.
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I agree and thankfully there's still full two months of a window to make that right call.
 
Carlos Bacca anyone?

Not seem him myself, few mates have said he is a real handful. Very pacey and excellent finisher.

Would he suit what LVG looks for in a forward?
 
LilRicky said:
Carlos Bacca anyone?

Not seem him myself, few mates have said he is a real handful. Very pacey and excellent finisher.

Would he suit what LVG looks for in a forward?
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20 in 36 in La Liga last season is not great - plus he's 28 so unlikely to improve
 
Sparky Rhiwabon said:
20 in 36 in La Liga last season is not great - plus he's 28 so unlikely to improve
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20 not good? since when?

Only Messi / Ronaldo, Griezmann & Neymar got more and to be fair, The first two names are kind of expected to anyway.

It's not only about goals though, was wondering what his playing style is like too.
 
Van Piorsing said:
I agree and thankfully there's still full two months of a window to make that right call.
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The thing is no matter how much time is left it isn't going to make more options appear.

Glanville95 said:
Lacazette is the only one of those four that appeals to me.
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Me too, but my worry with buying him is that he wouldn't be a competitor with Rooney, he'd be the #9 and Rooney would be back in midfield.

LilRicky said:
Carlos Bacca anyone?

Not seem him myself, few mates have said he is a real handful. Very pacey and excellent finisher.

Would he suit what LVG looks for in a forward?
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Nearly 29 and off to Milan by the sounds of things.
 
LilRicky said:
Just seen it now :lol:

Hmm...slim pickings indeed.

Kane, Lacazette, Benteke or Lukaku.... Kane for me out of them. But sadly the price will be ridiculous!
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I like Kane but I think we saw at the Euros that it might be wise to wait a season, especially given the amount of money Spurs want and the fact we may also want their keeper. I think Lacazette is probably the best option right now, good age, quick, skillful and two footed, his one weakness is lack of aerial threat.
 
Devil may care said:
I like Kane but I think we saw at the Euros that it might be wise to wait a season, especially given the amount of money Spurs want and the fact we may also want their keeper. I think Lacazette is probably the best option right now, good age, quick, skillful and two footed, his one weakness is lack of aerial threat.
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Defo, the end of the season he really went quiet. Didn't watch the Euros myself but I'm aware he didn't score.
 
Sparky Rhiwabon said:
When will people understand that Real Madrid hold all the cards in terms of DDG - they don't have to give us any of their players.
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Actually it is MUFC who hold all the cards.
We are the ones who have a contract with DDG, so if Madrid want him this Summer, they need to start meeting our demands.
Otherwise they will need to wait 1 year to get their hands on their next Galactico. And something tells me that Madrid aren't the sort who wait 1 year for anyone...well, except Ronaldo, that is.
 
I don't think any strikers that interest us will be available this summer so we might have to bring Chica back and stick with what we have or else sign Bacca who is not bad but not really the kind of player we would want. I think PSG will find a way to get Lacazette. Everton obviously will not sell Lukaku. Benteke is a bit Meh. Higuain is decent but Napoli will only sell him for 3 times his true value.
 
I'd like the idea of having Hernandez in the team as a bench player but I've read somewhere he only wants to stay at United if he is guarnateed a first team spot which will simply never happen.

Wilson is still too raw for me and would benefit from having a loan

RVP has lost his legs and if he stays only as a back-up

Which means we definitley have to sign somebody because only Rooney and perhpas RVP as back-up won't cover it for us upfront.

Cavani ?
 
sunama said:
Actually it is MUFC who hold all the cards.
We are the ones who have a contract with DDG, so if Madrid want him this Summer, they need to start meeting our demands.
Otherwise they will need to wait 1 year to get their hands on their next Galactico. And something tells me that Madrid aren't the sort who wait 1 year for anyone...well, except Ronaldo, that is.
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Yup waiting for Ronaldo made sense for them. Waiting for De Gea, however, doesn't. Especially with Casillas already antagonized
 
NoArroJusBeta said:
Which means we definitley have to sign somebody because only Rooney and perhaps RVP as back-up won't cover it for us upfront.
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I don't get this line of thinking. Rooney starts whenever fit and rarely gets substituted, therefore opportunities for his back-up will be extremely limited unless Rooney gets a serious injury at some stage during the season, assuming we play 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. Personally I'd have sold Rooney a long time ago but I can't see any evidence to suggest LVG is even considering dropping Rooney. Then there is LVG's love for RVP; the rumours about him departing seem to be a whole lot of nothing as his wages are so out of line with his productivity right now.

The only way a new striker comes into play is if Rooney is used as a number 10, which creates all sorts of problems for the long list of attacking midfielders and wide forwards competing for playing time. If we sold Di Maria or Mata then LVG might just be able to keep the others reasonably happy in terms of mins on the pitch. Again, neither scenario looks likely at this stage, though PSG might still put in a serious offer for Di Maria.

Rooney/RVP/Wilson or Rooney/RVP/Hernandez or even Rooney/Hernandez/Wilson, are all realistic.

The likes of Lacazette, Kane or indeed Cavani, aren't going to be in a hurry to join United unless they are close to being a guaranteed starter; which really doesn't look viable while Rooney is such a dominant force at the club.
 
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kundalini said:
I don't get this line of thinking. Rooney starts whenever fit and rarely gets substituted, therefore opportunities for his back-up will be extremely limited unless Rooney gets a serious injury at some stage during the season, assuming we play 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. Personally I'd have sold Rooney a long time ago but I can't see any evidence to suggest LVG is even considering dropping Rooney. Then there is LVG's love for RVP; the rumours about him departing seem to be a whole lot of nothing as his wages are so out of line with his productivity right now.

The only way a new striker comes into play is if Rooney is used as a number 10, which creates all sorts of problems for the long list of attacking midfielders and wide forwards competing for playing time. If we sold Di Maria or Mata then LVG might just be able to keep the others reasonably happy in terms of mins on the pitch. Again, neither scenario looks likely at this stage, though PSG might still put in a serious offer for Di Maria.

Rooney/RVP/Wilson or Rooney/RVP/Hernandez or even Rooney/Hernandez/Wilson, are all realistic.

The likes of Lacazette, Kane or indeed Cavani, aren't going to be in a hurry to join United unless they are close to being a guaranteed starter; which really doesn't look viable while Rooney is such a dominant force at the club.
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Well has I said in my previous post Wilson ain't ready and Hernandez ain't staying and RVP is not good enough so would be a very expensive benchwarmer.

Rooney as a Striker may work but he has to start scoring more goals and if we don't have an alternative to Rooney upfront we might end up having a striker problem if Rooney struggles to find the net. Rooney is so industrious and talented he can play several roles in the team and I just can't see him anymore as a full time striker but more as an attacker that can play either as a striker or from the midfield.

So given that context I feel we really need a new striker so we don't need RVP anymore because he ain't good enough and we have some competition or atleast alternative to Rooney upfront as a striker.
 
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