The Arsenal move makes sense for all parties and to be honest, I'd question him a bit were he not to choose them and say choose Chelsea. For us, whilst he has a release clause so negates a bidding war and for sure it would be great to have such a talented young player with his potential and unique profile for what he offers, I can't see us getting him. Given we spent such an amount of Hojlund, I don't see how the two could realistically play together consistently (not saying we don't need to sign a CF this summer but it should be a different profile of one i.e. a cheaper perhaps more experienced player maybe not world class/potential to be but knows his job/has the know how etc that can be rotated to ease burden on Hojlund)
Spot on. Was watching a video of him other day and I was thinking we desperately need someone like him in this squad. Such a crucial player type of player to have in that he was so effective coming off the bench because he could smell goals with a good reading of the game but also had the ability to start matches too with an impact. All the while, whilst not being expensive and being content with his role in the squad not kicking up a fuss. I look at City now and see similarities with him and Alvarez. You need those types of top squad players to be at the very top.
Ben Yedder is available on a free transfer this summer. And Jonathan David only has a year left on his contract and could be worth a shot.
I feel like with Hojlund our clear number 1 for the future we'll need someone older and just happy to be at a big club regardless of their role similar to Weghorst or Ighalo
ben yedder is a certified bucket. Europa league MENACE, and more than capable of coming off the bench, filling in in hojlund's injury or bad spell of form.
The answer is Ivan Toney. Would like to see a front 3 of Garnacho/Rashford, Toney and Olise. Toney has great hold up play and can bully defenders and also provide rest to Hojlund. Don’t need Hojlund carrying the weight of Manchester United and being rushed back from injuries.
Which i agree too. Even though i like toney i don't think he is the one if we want a cheap striker. I think we will spend big on a cb, cm and then a back-up cheap striker.
Yes, I think Toney wlil be cheaper than people are expecting. I dont think 60m is a fair valuation. I think hes more in the 30m. He is entering his 30s soon, his value is only going down. He will want the paycheck and the last big move.
CB- Branthwaite love , but Martinez plays there. Unless ETH can move Martinez to a LB and gets Branthwaite. A RCB is definitely more the need.
CM - Love Adam Wharton , but hypothetically speaking cant see CP selling more than 1 star player. They will have some high aspirations for the season with Glasner. Maino is better further up top and has the potential to become the next Declan rice. I dont know if there a deep lying 6 that the club is linked with.
I think we are linked with ignacio for cb and joao neves for cm. Though people here do not belive the portuguese media.
Ignacio is a LCB so i guess the plan is to start licha and maguire with ignacio as back-up to licha.
As for neves i think he is more a box to box rather than a pure cdm like casemiro. Honestly i have no idea it mainoo and neves can play together. Still i think ignaio and neves would be smart signings.
I don’t see this happening when there’s more pressing areas of the squad in central defence and centre midfield. A striker to support Hojlund is vital, but I see it being more a cheaper, experienced journeyman than somebody like Sesko who would eat up a large chunk of budget.
Based on reports it feels like we’ll get a CB first, then move onto a 6 before seeing what we can do with a Striker and perhaps RW.
I agree, thinking out loud I think we need a mature level headed striker (Cavani type) to come in, which won’t be big budget I hope. Without knowing any targets I would expect our budget would be better spent on a midfielder and a CB. I can’t think of any highly priced CBs out there, so perhaps a ball carrying CM would be the highest price recruit this offseason, followed by CB and Striker
Big daddy Weghorst please 🙏
All jokes aside he was a brilliant foil for Rashford. Somehow feel that Weghorst was underrated for us
Edit: i was obviously joking lol of course we shouldn't get Weghorst back. But come on, he did bring some good vibes, that's all I was really referring to
No. No he wasn't.
All heart but zero finishing ability. 0 goals in nearly 800 mins played in the PL. Yes he played out of position occasionally but still. He's a mid-table team player.
Wout allowed our team and in particular Rashford to be the focal point of attack. With Rasmus, he is the main attacker and doesn't drift as much as Wout. Its the main reason Rashy has been less consistent with his Goal scoring this season.
I think an experienced player for Rasmus to learn from and take the burden away from might be best for the lad. At his age, and while he has alot of potential, he isn't there yet, he shouldn't be our main striker without competition. He needs time to develop with a little less pressure and we need goals.
Too a degree, but Luke Shaw is the reason Rashford was so good last season. We miss Luke Shaw as much as we've missed Licha. God I miss having a functional back 4.
No he didn't, we won 6 league games in a row before we brought weghorst in, the only 3 of the next 10 with him starting, then we won a couple where he didn't start, dropped points when he did and then we dropped him til the end of the season and did better.
This idea that he improved the team isn't based in reality, just a feeling that cos he worked hard we must have been better
So obviously won’t be us signing him. We have limited funds and people expecting us to gamble it on another young striker? Not even worth giving any thought to this transfer.
Couple more goals and assists than Hojlund in arguably a more functional team.
One thing that stands out to me is that he was subbed off or subbed on in near enough every game he played in the Bundesliga. Not sure what that says but there’s that.
Another thing is that he’s tall. 6ft 4in.
Not seen enough of his play to be honest but the eye test would be very important here given his height.
I’d say we would be quite low on the pecking order. Arsenal have CL, Chelsea have this weird aura of being to attract players for some reason, and we just have a few things that can be doubtful for a player (manager uncertainty, potential career graveyard etc).
> Chelsea have this weird aura of being to attract players for some reason
bro, they are giving out 8 year old contracts like idiots, you get a career ending injury two years in and your future is still secure.
To be fair at least their wages aren't that crazy, meanwhile someone like Antony with his reported 200k (10x than he earned at Ajax) a week wage is set for life.
Yeah, that's still stupid amount of money for unproven players but I don't think we are a club that have much of a right to laugh at other clubs spending when we spend crazy amounts on garbage every year.
I think they were doing that to basically use it as a loophole but UEFA literally changed their PSR rules to prevent it now so that's probably going to stop.
they are in early 20s earning 100k weekly and living in london, why would they even try to do anything
only palmer seems to be the most ambitious guy at chelsea because he is looking for a big move in future so he is using chelsea as a stepping stone
From what I have seen from Šeško on the international stage where he plays a lot more minutes per 90. He is very quick, and does quite a lot of pressing. He is a good finisher, however he does miss a sitter/tap in from time to time
Exactly. As fans we focus on club stature and the teams a lot but players are people with families.
Imagine trying to convince your partner to move to Manchester instead of London especially if salary is similar.
> Arsenal have CL, Chelsea have this weird aura of being to attract players for some reason
Funny you should say that, because that's exactly what everyone thinks about us. We've been very bad at times, and yet we're still able to make big signings (Casemiro, Varane, etc). Now granted those big signings usually haven't worked out too well, but there definitely is still a Manchester United aura.
Feel like it doesn't make sense to have two striker with same profile especially when we have so many hole in other area to fill. I dont think he will.be cheap either.
Hojlund had some 40 appearances this season and he often does not last the full 90 while a season can stretch to something like 65 games, martial is gone as well.
What happens if he gets injured? He can share mins with a proper striker instead of mct.
That's not really a thing. Owen and Defoe scored 150+ league goals each. Aguero was the same height as Ben Yedder. So is Phil Foden.
Ben Yedder has also scored a brace against both us and Liverpool in Europe before
At the moment it annoys me to say that Arsenal has the better project. We don't even know who is our manager for next season. What a mess. INEOS need to sort things out quickly
Just a few years ago we seem to have a better project than them. Rashford on the left, Bruno breaking all sorts of records, MG at RW/ST. Targeting Sancho and finally getting him.
Things change very quickly in football smh
I say that mainly due to our manager position. Hard to sell a project to any player with our situation. Chelsea sack Poch and replace within a week. Not sure what INEOS is doing
Love the player..
I believe it’s difficult because we do need another striker to balance Højlund’s playing time but I think we need an older more proven striker and not another young talent.
We still need to address the midfield, CBs before a new striker and start implementing an offensive playstyle where we actually utilise our striker and integrate him into the play with more assists from wingers and midfield.
No thanks. Just signed a 20-year old high potential striker last summer.
Rasmus needs to have a mentor. Someone with experience at the top level. Preferably good in the air and positioning/movements.
27-30 age range would be ideal here.
guirassy has a release clause of 17.5m and was the 2nd best striker in bundesliga
it's a no brainer but dortmund has already started talking with his camp
Just can’t see this working at all. Would prefer we blew the cash on Olise and a strong DM like Palinha or similar while also actually securing one of the many CBs we’re linked with.
Can’t see us beating Arsenal to his signature unfortunately. They’re a team on the up with CL football, and many players seem drawn to living in/near London (Manchester is clear IMO but I understand the appeal…)
Would love to be able to have two young strikers push each other to world class levels, but if I have to pick, a partner next to Kobbie would likely have a greater impact
I can see him going to Arsenal.
CL football, guaranteed starter etc. Arsenal will want him more than us for sure.
I really wish we were in a position to really need him as he's got good potential for his transfer fee.
This is the kind of move you make if we get a big sale (e.g. Saudi go mental and buy Casemiro for 50m), otherwise it's just a hit we have to take because there's more pressing concerns. Much more.
1. CM
2. CB
3. CM
4. LB
5. RW
6. ST
I would love to have serhou guirassy from stuttgart, had an excellent season , 28 years old, can ease the burden on hojlund and work together with him when required.
I know it’s the longest of long shots but Sesko is a player I’ve wanted since we were linked with him while Ole was around.
The prospect of having him and Hojlund competing against each other for 1 spot is great, but even the option of having them both play together is an option we haven’t had in so so long.
A man hope…
For balance and spend, we probably need to identify a more mature forward target, who won’t cost as much, and also perhaps more of a target man to throw on against low blocks
We beat Manchester United and Manchester United to the signing of Antony. United only wanted to offer £20m in May and United wanted to offer £50m in July but we gazumped both with a £90m bid in September.
I don’t think this is the sort of striker we should be going for - maybe last year instead of Hojlund, but we’ve got one young and raw striker signed for big money, I don’t think we need a second. In an ideal world, if we had loads of money this summer then yeah, go for it, but I’d rather the money it’d cost for him is spent elsewhere.
Hopefully we sign a striker, but I think it should be a Cavani / Ighalo / Weghorst type deal for an experienced player to come in and help us for a little bit, if Hojlund needs resting, not someone like Sesko who will need lots of minutes to develop.
The Arsenal move makes sense for all parties and to be honest, I'd question him a bit were he not to choose them and say choose Chelsea. For us, whilst he has a release clause so negates a bidding war and for sure it would be great to have such a talented young player with his potential and unique profile for what he offers, I can't see us getting him. Given we spent such an amount of Hojlund, I don't see how the two could realistically play together consistently (not saying we don't need to sign a CF this summer but it should be a different profile of one i.e. a cheaper perhaps more experienced player maybe not world class/potential to be but knows his job/has the know how etc that can be rotated to ease burden on Hojlund)
Someone like chicharito
Spot on. Was watching a video of him other day and I was thinking we desperately need someone like him in this squad. Such a crucial player type of player to have in that he was so effective coming off the bench because he could smell goals with a good reading of the game but also had the ability to start matches too with an impact. All the while, whilst not being expensive and being content with his role in the squad not kicking up a fuss. I look at City now and see similarities with him and Alvarez. You need those types of top squad players to be at the very top.
Someone like a certain Ole Gunnar Solksjaer
Tough chance, he's off to Besiktas
Bronkhorst’s first signing according to sources per Dawson
Someone like a certain ole Gunnar solksjaer
That is an extreme example. You will never find such a high-class and super clinical CF today that is content with not playing most games.
Ben Yedder is available on a free transfer this summer. And Jonathan David only has a year left on his contract and could be worth a shot. I feel like with Hojlund our clear number 1 for the future we'll need someone older and just happy to be at a big club regardless of their role similar to Weghorst or Ighalo
ben yedder is a certified bucket. Europa league MENACE, and more than capable of coming off the bench, filling in in hojlund's injury or bad spell of form.
he's also been charged with rape whether the allegations are true or not, it's probably worth avoiding that potential drama right now
Oh fuck, didn't know about that. Yikes
He’d fit right in 🤦🏻♂️
Zirkzee is allegedly a cheaper option and someone who offers a different profile than what Hojlund does. He allegedly has a €30M release clause.
€30m for zirkzee seems a bargain in this market.
The answer is Ivan Toney. Would like to see a front 3 of Garnacho/Rashford, Toney and Olise. Toney has great hold up play and can bully defenders and also provide rest to Hojlund. Don’t need Hojlund carrying the weight of Manchester United and being rushed back from injuries.
The thing is toney would not be cheap too. If sesko is 70 million then toney would be 60m minimum. Better go for sesko then.
Sesko is too raw. He needs atleast 2 seasons to get to grips with the premier league . Dont need 2 raw strikers on the team.
Which i agree too. Even though i like toney i don't think he is the one if we want a cheap striker. I think we will spend big on a cb, cm and then a back-up cheap striker.
Yes, I think Toney wlil be cheaper than people are expecting. I dont think 60m is a fair valuation. I think hes more in the 30m. He is entering his 30s soon, his value is only going down. He will want the paycheck and the last big move. CB- Branthwaite love , but Martinez plays there. Unless ETH can move Martinez to a LB and gets Branthwaite. A RCB is definitely more the need. CM - Love Adam Wharton , but hypothetically speaking cant see CP selling more than 1 star player. They will have some high aspirations for the season with Glasner. Maino is better further up top and has the potential to become the next Declan rice. I dont know if there a deep lying 6 that the club is linked with.
I think we are linked with ignacio for cb and joao neves for cm. Though people here do not belive the portuguese media. Ignacio is a LCB so i guess the plan is to start licha and maguire with ignacio as back-up to licha. As for neves i think he is more a box to box rather than a pure cdm like casemiro. Honestly i have no idea it mainoo and neves can play together. Still i think ignaio and neves would be smart signings.
But is Toney even cheaper?
I wouldn't bet on it
How much is his release clause?
The Athletic are reporting that it's believed to be €65million.
Arkadiusz Milik would be a decent one imo.
Cheap too. Not sure of he would make it in PL though.
I don’t see this happening when there’s more pressing areas of the squad in central defence and centre midfield. A striker to support Hojlund is vital, but I see it being more a cheaper, experienced journeyman than somebody like Sesko who would eat up a large chunk of budget. Based on reports it feels like we’ll get a CB first, then move onto a 6 before seeing what we can do with a Striker and perhaps RW.
Banza from Braga has some impressive stats. Other similar option might be Duvan Zapata who is accustomed to our style.
What's our style lol?
Endless chaos
I agree, thinking out loud I think we need a mature level headed striker (Cavani type) to come in, which won’t be big budget I hope. Without knowing any targets I would expect our budget would be better spent on a midfielder and a CB. I can’t think of any highly priced CBs out there, so perhaps a ball carrying CM would be the highest price recruit this offseason, followed by CB and Striker
We're not going to get a striker to backup Hojlund. We're going tonbring in someone to compete for the starting role.
We should, we havent had an elite striker that wasnt old in forever. We need one to win.
That one great Martial season then before that it was RVP, for not old player strikers at least
Yeah and even Martial was super raw in many aspects of his game. We need a 27ish year old who has crushed it and can actually lead the front line.
Ivan Toney it is
Big daddy Weghorst please 🙏 All jokes aside he was a brilliant foil for Rashford. Somehow feel that Weghorst was underrated for us Edit: i was obviously joking lol of course we shouldn't get Weghorst back. But come on, he did bring some good vibes, that's all I was really referring to
No. No he wasn't. All heart but zero finishing ability. 0 goals in nearly 800 mins played in the PL. Yes he played out of position occasionally but still. He's a mid-table team player.
Midtable is generous. He's a relegation team striker.
This. If it was more an Ighalo type signing I'd welcome it but daddy weg needs to stick to whatever he's doing now
Agreed. He definitely gave his all and did the best he could but nowhere near good enough for us
Man just put up 7 goals and 3 assists in the Bundesliga. I've seen all I need. Get him in.
Weghorst was wank mate.
Big Wank Weghorst
Wout allowed our team and in particular Rashford to be the focal point of attack. With Rasmus, he is the main attacker and doesn't drift as much as Wout. Its the main reason Rashy has been less consistent with his Goal scoring this season. I think an experienced player for Rasmus to learn from and take the burden away from might be best for the lad. At his age, and while he has alot of potential, he isn't there yet, he shouldn't be our main striker without competition. He needs time to develop with a little less pressure and we need goals.
Too a degree, but Luke Shaw is the reason Rashford was so good last season. We miss Luke Shaw as much as we've missed Licha. God I miss having a functional back 4.
No he didn't, we won 6 league games in a row before we brought weghorst in, the only 3 of the next 10 with him starting, then we won a couple where he didn't start, dropped points when he did and then we dropped him til the end of the season and did better. This idea that he improved the team isn't based in reality, just a feeling that cos he worked hard we must have been better
Weghorst was fuckin garbage, what is this revisionism.
So obviously won’t be us signing him. We have limited funds and people expecting us to gamble it on another young striker? Not even worth giving any thought to this transfer.
Lad is very good, would love it if we get him. Let's see what happens with our window, it would be nice to have the manager situation sorted.
Couple more goals and assists than Hojlund in arguably a more functional team. One thing that stands out to me is that he was subbed off or subbed on in near enough every game he played in the Bundesliga. Not sure what that says but there’s that. Another thing is that he’s tall. 6ft 4in. Not seen enough of his play to be honest but the eye test would be very important here given his height. I’d say we would be quite low on the pecking order. Arsenal have CL, Chelsea have this weird aura of being to attract players for some reason, and we just have a few things that can be doubtful for a player (manager uncertainty, potential career graveyard etc).
> Chelsea have this weird aura of being to attract players for some reason bro, they are giving out 8 year old contracts like idiots, you get a career ending injury two years in and your future is still secure.
To be fair at least their wages aren't that crazy, meanwhile someone like Antony with his reported 200k (10x than he earned at Ajax) a week wage is set for life.
I mean, they are still on 100K+ and most of them would have 150K+
Yeah, that's still stupid amount of money for unproven players but I don't think we are a club that have much of a right to laugh at other clubs spending when we spend crazy amounts on garbage every year.
well, let's see how the new guys do, the ones who did braindead shit got sacked
I think they were doing that to basically use it as a loophole but UEFA literally changed their PSR rules to prevent it now so that's probably going to stop.
they are in early 20s earning 100k weekly and living in london, why would they even try to do anything only palmer seems to be the most ambitious guy at chelsea because he is looking for a big move in future so he is using chelsea as a stepping stone
Surely Arsenal have this in the bag. They need a No.9 and probably don’t need major additions elsewhere, so can concentrate on getting this done.
You’d think so. should be a slam dunk for them
From what I have seen from Šeško on the international stage where he plays a lot more minutes per 90. He is very quick, and does quite a lot of pressing. He is a good finisher, however he does miss a sitter/tap in from time to time
Our NT usually plays in two striker formation.
Yeah but šeško is more of false nine, and he comes for the ball in the midfield often, while šporar is more of a typical striker
Chelsea have the benefit of a better location I think. London is just a lot more attractive than Manchester
They were also really good when these players were kids
They also have a much better track record of getting young players to reach their highest potential in recent years.
Exactly. As fans we focus on club stature and the teams a lot but players are people with families. Imagine trying to convince your partner to move to Manchester instead of London especially if salary is similar.
Šeško said multiple times that Madrid is his dream destination in case he makes it as a professional player.
Living in London versus Manchester will always be weighted heavier for some players.
> Couple more goals and assists than Hojlund in arguably a more functional team. > > Dont forget in Bundesliga with the top 4 team
> Arsenal have CL, Chelsea have this weird aura of being to attract players for some reason Funny you should say that, because that's exactly what everyone thinks about us. We've been very bad at times, and yet we're still able to make big signings (Casemiro, Varane, etc). Now granted those big signings usually haven't worked out too well, but there definitely is still a Manchester United aura.
Feel like it doesn't make sense to have two striker with same profile especially when we have so many hole in other area to fill. I dont think he will.be cheap either.
I think he's a good player to build the team around for the future, but isn't that supposed to be Hojlund?
Hojlund had some 40 appearances this season and he often does not last the full 90 while a season can stretch to something like 65 games, martial is gone as well. What happens if he gets injured? He can share mins with a proper striker instead of mct.
Yeah but you'd usually go for a mid-twenties see event player. Alternating between two great prospects would be weird.
If it was still woodie and Co I am 110% convinced we would sign Ben Yedder. 33, back-up striker, on a free.
Too short for Prem though
That's not really a thing. Owen and Defoe scored 150+ league goals each. Aguero was the same height as Ben Yedder. So is Phil Foden. Ben Yedder has also scored a brace against both us and Liverpool in Europe before
you need at least 2 striker for a 1 striker system, if the two striker system comes back we will need 2 more.
Just play both of them upfront. Play 1 less winger since they shit anyways
It would quite something to see a fellow Slovene play in United red.
If I am not mistaken he would be the first Slovenian to play for us. Slovenia šampion
You’ve already got the best cyclist and the best basketball player in the world: a world class footballer would be greedy!
I would argue we had the best goalkeeper in the world when Jan Oblak was on fire in the mid to late 2010s and early 2020s
Handanovic wasn’t a bad back up either!
He looks quality but if he comes here he needs service. Shame service isn't our forte.
This transfer makes zero sense. We need a more ready striker in his mid 20s not another youngster like hojlund
This makes no sense to me. Why would we need 2 very young strikers? Especially after breaking the bank to get Ras
At the moment it annoys me to say that Arsenal has the better project. We don't even know who is our manager for next season. What a mess. INEOS need to sort things out quickly
Just a few years ago we seem to have a better project than them. Rashford on the left, Bruno breaking all sorts of records, MG at RW/ST. Targeting Sancho and finally getting him. Things change very quickly in football smh
I say that mainly due to our manager position. Hard to sell a project to any player with our situation. Chelsea sack Poch and replace within a week. Not sure what INEOS is doing
Love the player.. I believe it’s difficult because we do need another striker to balance Højlund’s playing time but I think we need an older more proven striker and not another young talent. We still need to address the midfield, CBs before a new striker and start implementing an offensive playstyle where we actually utilise our striker and integrate him into the play with more assists from wingers and midfield.
No thanks. Just signed a 20-year old high potential striker last summer. Rasmus needs to have a mentor. Someone with experience at the top level. Preferably good in the air and positioning/movements. 27-30 age range would be ideal here.
guirassy has a release clause of 17.5m and was the 2nd best striker in bundesliga it's a no brainer but dortmund has already started talking with his camp
Perfect profile to complement Rasmus. However, I read that he's quite injury prone. Would need to do more research on that front.
Just can’t see this working at all. Would prefer we blew the cash on Olise and a strong DM like Palinha or similar while also actually securing one of the many CBs we’re linked with.
Palinha is 28, nearly 29. Although I think he would be a good addition I think we will be aiming for younger players.
Palinha is a good shout
I don’t disagree, he’s a good player. But isn’t it one of our objectives going forward to only sign younger players?
I don’t see his age being an issue. If he can play at this level for another 3 seasons it would benefit us immensely
Walahi people said that about Casemiro.
Can’t see us beating Arsenal to his signature unfortunately. They’re a team on the up with CL football, and many players seem drawn to living in/near London (Manchester is clear IMO but I understand the appeal…)
I'm just here for all of the Deep Space Nine jokes that will happen if we sign him
Would love to be able to have two young strikers push each other to world class levels, but if I have to pick, a partner next to Kobbie would likely have a greater impact
Pray to the Prophets so he picks us.
Benjamin Šeško? I wondered where the emissary went after DS9.
Listen. Listen. We could get Lukaku back😂😂😂😂
WOW. 30m a year NET is a LOT of money to turn down. He has ambitions ig.
I can’t see it happening personally but a front two of Sesko and Hojlund would be sexy AF.
I can see him going to Arsenal. CL football, guaranteed starter etc. Arsenal will want him more than us for sure. I really wish we were in a position to really need him as he's got good potential for his transfer fee.
This is the kind of move you make if we get a big sale (e.g. Saudi go mental and buy Casemiro for 50m), otherwise it's just a hit we have to take because there's more pressing concerns. Much more. 1. CM 2. CB 3. CM 4. LB 5. RW 6. ST
seriously doubt he’d want to be rotation with hojlund when he can be first choice for arsenal and play champions league football
I'd love for us to pick up some untested striker from Brazil or something instead
I would love to have serhou guirassy from stuttgart, had an excellent season , 28 years old, can ease the burden on hojlund and work together with him when required.
We need depth so could Make a lot of sense at the right prices.
It would be pretty surprising if we land him. We are definitely not at the top of his priority list imo.
I know it’s the longest of long shots but Sesko is a player I’ve wanted since we were linked with him while Ole was around. The prospect of having him and Hojlund competing against each other for 1 spot is great, but even the option of having them both play together is an option we haven’t had in so so long. A man hope…
For balance and spend, we probably need to identify a more mature forward target, who won’t cost as much, and also perhaps more of a target man to throw on against low blocks
We don't normally beat big teams to signing top players. So I'm doubtful but maybe ineos can. If not us then please not Chelsea..
We beat Manchester United and Manchester United to the signing of Antony. United only wanted to offer £20m in May and United wanted to offer £50m in July but we gazumped both with a £90m bid in September.
I don’t think this is the sort of striker we should be going for - maybe last year instead of Hojlund, but we’ve got one young and raw striker signed for big money, I don’t think we need a second. In an ideal world, if we had loads of money this summer then yeah, go for it, but I’d rather the money it’d cost for him is spent elsewhere. Hopefully we sign a striker, but I think it should be a Cavani / Ighalo / Weghorst type deal for an experienced player to come in and help us for a little bit, if Hojlund needs resting, not someone like Sesko who will need lots of minutes to develop.
He isn't coming to us. We should just pause all transfer news until July because we're not moving quickly or efficiently on anything.
Honestly prefer Depay for free then see how it goes next season.