Whatever he decides, I hope he conveys it to our board nice and early so that we have enough time to decide on our new striker and lay the groundwork before some other team steals a march on us ( I think that's the reason we lost Kante to Chelsea). IMO, I think Greizmann won't suit the role of a lone striker even if we do get him. We would still need a striker up top. The only top striker who might be available this season is Aubameyang (not totally convinced about Lacazette) but somehow I feel he'll either go to Madrid or City. If Zlatan stays for one more season, we would have enough time to assess the young strikers like Lukaku, Belotti, Icardi, Andre Silva, Mbappe,etc before we splash huge money on them.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Transfer Speculation
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I don't really care much if he doesn't want to stay or if he wants to stay. He's old now still world class but doesn't have pace anymore, he's been our match winner so far this season but at the same time him missing a lot of chances are also the reason we drew a lot. If we can get Griezmann or Kane, I don't see losing Zlatan as a massive loss.
He can do it when he's 40 years old with the way he's playing.
Well,one thing for sure, if he stays, he's certainly going to be the main man since he's certainly not someone who would play from the bench as a second or third striker, which would mean we probably wouldn't buy someone very good next season to ease in when he eventually leaves.
Griezemann is brilliant. However, he is not a centre-forward or a target man. We'd definitely need a replacement for Zlatan.
True. It's definitely not a like for like replacement. But we could go for a work horse centre forward instead who wouldn't cost so much, because Martial and especially Griezemann would provide enough goal threat.
I'd rather Zlatan go in the summer.
He came here with big questions over his head and he's proved people wrong. He's put up good numbers, but numbers which are by no means irreplaceable.
His wages are big, and while he's here, he will always be number 1. He's not going to sit on the bench, so it causes us a problem. While he is here, we cannot sign a striker.
He came here with big questions over his head and he's proved people wrong. He's put up good numbers, but numbers which are by no means irreplaceable.
His wages are big, and while he's here, he will always be number 1. He's not going to sit on the bench, so it causes us a problem. While he is here, we cannot sign a striker.
I'd be happy enough if he left I think - the main reason being Mourinho and his reluctance to use Rashford at 9.
the guy is a class act and he consistently produces moments of magic even when his performance hasn't been great
if Mourinho was willing to share the number 9 between him and Rashford then it would be good for him to stay......
I hope if he does go he is able to finish things off in style in the Europa League final in Sweden
the guy is a class act and he consistently produces moments of magic even when his performance hasn't been great
if Mourinho was willing to share the number 9 between him and Rashford then it would be good for him to stay......
I hope if he does go he is able to finish things off in style in the Europa League final in Sweden
Hope we go for Lukaku. Him and Rashford can be our next Yorke and Cole.
Who is Yorke and who is Cole here? I see both as very different types of players.
More like Bud Spencer and Terence Hill
It could be controversial but ..I'd be happy with him leaving the club (providing we get a quality replacement).
Reason ? He has scored a lot of goals but it's down to the team who have created many chances. Actually Zlatan has wasted more than he converted.
Second of all- I don't like the fact that Jose seems to be very keen on praising Zltan and Pogba and reluctant to criticize them. As if they were bigger than the team.
We'll see i guess.
Reason ? He has scored a lot of goals but it's down to the team who have created many chances. Actually Zlatan has wasted more than he converted.
Second of all- I don't like the fact that Jose seems to be very keen on praising Zltan and Pogba and reluctant to criticize them. As if they were bigger than the team.
We'll see i guess.
They're both black, mate.
He wasted 27 chances or more?
I'm shocked how many posters don't care if he leaves or want him to leave..
Its always, yeah he scored a lot but.. don't care the slightest if he goes...
I guess any other striker would do the things he has done.....
So you'd like to see our top scorer leave the club in favor of an anonymous player who doesn't exist ? interesting.
I am sick of this point being made, name one player who scores every chance they have.
Pretty sure it's because they watch him week in week out and compare him to other strikers who they watch highlights of. The truth is that all strikers miss chances and bar the two freaks, there has been no super consistent goalscorers in the past few years. There is zero evidence Rashford would have done as well had he played instead. In fact, everything points to the contrary.
For a period, Rashford last year!
I do get your point, though. Stupid thing to bring up.
ah..no.. he spoke to Chelsea and United. He simply chose Chelsea
We did speak to him. But that was well after negotiations were already underway with Chelsea. The desire of a club to sign a player plays a very important role in a player's decision. The player should feel that the club really wants him there. Ozil (not choosing Barca) and Dembele (choosing Dortmund) are proof of this.
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...d-attempted-to-sign-him-prior-to-chelsea-move
If he goes then I feel Mourinho will look for a player with a physical presence like he's done at his previous clubs. Lukaku seems to fit the profile but not sure Mourinho would go for him considering he was sold to Everton under his tenure at Chelsea.
do we believe in Rashford or not?
its not about believing him or not it's about the shear practicality of the situation.
Youve got to remember Rashford has hardly played as a striker since last season, and lets face it if Jose didn't think he was ready to lead the line this season he isn't going to be magically ready next season after only playing a few games as a striker this season.
Zlatan doesn't do auditions and Zlatan doesn't do more than one season of EL football at this stage of his career I reckon.
Looks like he will be here next year thankfully.
cos they weren't as good as Yorke and Cole!Why not our next Ole and Teddy ?
Oh right.
I doubt he leaves. If he knows we'll add some more talent in the summer, he will feel we have a chance at the title. That's the way he'd prefer to end is career, before retiring to a smaller league.
Great news if true. It would be pointless buying another striker in addition to going after Griezmann. We make the CL for next year, then reload in the summer with Griezmann, Fabinho, and Semedo and launch a full on assault on Europe.
I dont think we will launch a full assault on Pl with those players let alone Europe.
Players who will leave- Rooney, Bastian, Carrick, Darmian,young, Maybe fellaini
3 central mids leave and we have to improve that position right now in terms of quality, if three leave then we also need quantity.
2 Centre midfielders with Periera coming back as the third is an ideal situation.
What we need to compete-
1 Striker - Griezmann/mbappe/Bernardo silva/Bellotti
2 Cms - Fabinho/kessie/kroos/Dahoud/Tielemans/Nainggolan/Strootman/bAkayoko/bernardeschi,Paredes,Jorginho,
1 Central defender - Varane/Lindelof/Rudiger(no more quality defenders who might be available)
1 full back- Semedo/ghoulam/sandro,mendy
What i think we need- Griezmann.Fabinho,kroos,varane,semedo
What we will get- Griezamann, Kessie,Tielmans,lindelof,semedo
That's far too much disruption that will probably do more harm than good.
Agreed.
How are 4 players in ok and 5 a disruption!
The players i say will leave will leave even if we dont sign anyone else.
5 new starting players in a team of 10 outfield players? Really, you need to ask?
I'd say 3 players in will be sufficient.
We need 4 starters and a couple of squad additions, and that depends on if Ibra stays which I'm not sure is a good idea if we want to evolve this team and make it more dynamic.
I think we're falling back into the trap of equating transfer player a or player b with success - as if transfers will solve everything. They're just one piece of the puzzle. The biggest piece is Mourinho galvanizing this group of players into executing at a world class level. The squad solidarity piece is critical. With it you can do what Leicester did last year, without it and with more or less the same squad, you get what they've done this year. Same can be applied to Chelsea of two seasons ago with what they did last year. When the team is completely galvanized behind a strong mentality, you can win the league with Jamie Vardy and win the CL with Benny McCarthy as your striker. When the focus is lacking you can fail to reach the CL finals despite having Ronaldo, Benzema et al in their respective primes.