I have a bad feeling at the end of the long wait we'll just end up paying a fortune for Lukaku.

14 minutes ago, abramovich said:

I have a bad feeling at the end of the long wait we'll just end up paying a fortune for Lukaku.

It's certainly possible 😪

There seems no urgency to get anyone in and integrate, will we go all in on Kane, ain’t much difference from what BvB want for Haaland?

so Kane is going to City for £160m. good for him and them. jelly as f**k

7 hours ago, Ballack & Blu said:

There seems no urgency to get anyone in and integrate, will we go all in on Kane, ain’t much difference from what BvB want for Haaland?

Not a chance, Levy would demand £200m from us, spiteful s**t

If rumours are to be believed £130m offer for Haaland rejected and Inter have put a £102m price on Lukaku............. 

With Sancho now a Utd player I think City need to act and suggest either Grealish or Kane. I don't think they will meet Spurs valuation either.

Leverkusan reject Villa bid for Leon Bailey.

 

 

 

24 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

If rumours are to be believed £130m offer for Haaland rejected and Inter have put a £102m price on Lukaku............. 

With Sancho now a Utd player I think City need to act and suggest either Grealish or Kane. I don't think they will meet Spurs valuation either.

Leverkusan reject Villa bid for Leon Bailey.

 

 

 

If true we need to move on and stop wasting time, god we have done this in the past and spent most of window chasing a player for nothing.

I would take 3 years of Lewandowski for $40 million and flip Tammy to the highest bidder. Then go after Carnavinga who is the box to box midfielder the club needs. 

11 hours ago, TheGreatestGame said:

I would take 3 years of Lewandowski for $40 million and flip Tammy to the highest bidder. Then go after Carnavinga who is the box to box midfielder the club needs. 

That can’t be the rumored price for Lewandowski, can it? Even at his age, I’d guess in the market he’d go for double that.

Regardless, if there’s no deal to be done for Haaland and Lewandowski is open to a new challenge, he’s EASILY the best option.

More and more I get the feeling that Lukaku will be back.

£102m for an almost 30 years old striker is a lot.
Lewandowski ist just 32 years old. So my plan B would be Lewandowski and not Lukaku.

seen some united links with halland and a martial swap offer ..possibly BS..

hope we dont buy martial to help them fund a move for halland...lol... thinking of the worst case scenario...no panic yet!!

Many on twitter suddenly saying that we are open to swap Werner for Haaland and reports say that Mbappe wants to leave PSG for Real Madrid next season.

2 hours ago, Gol15 said:

Many on twitter suddenly saying that we are open to swap Werner for Haaland and reports say that Mbappe wants to leave PSG for Real Madrid next season.

Second half of that I can see for sure. 

Only he will form a dream strike pair for Real with Haaland. See if it delivers the big trophies that he and Neymar have failed to do for PSG.

Madrid will be in decline, because i doubt they can get a talismanic skipper as good as Ramos was, boy they will miss him.

Can't see Haaland coming this season so may have to keep Tammy for another season...or see if Lewandowski fancies the PL?

Edited July 27, 20214 yr by doctorblue

I hear conflicting reports from the media everyday regarding a lot of players and clubs. Apparently Arsenal are enquiring about Martinez from Inter. Supposedly no one else was for sale from Inter however, his asking price is apparently £77m and they would listen to offers.

I can't see him going from Inter to Arsenal but, stranger things have happened.

On the one hand that's a lot of money and he may not work out if we did go in for him, on the other I'd argue he's a top top player and anything less than £80m should be considered a bargain if that's what he's going for (has only 2 years left including this up coming season). Thoughts?

I think we will sign one and then our options will likely be:

New striker, Havertz false 9 and Broja.

Still expect Tammy to move.

 

I am still not convinced of Lukaku. He is certainly improved but the difference of level in the Prem and Serie A is a big one. 

If we have to pay over 100m of someone I only trust Haaland. Kane is an impossibility anyway and even for him it is a ton. He is close to being 30. If you buy big, make it in an investment. 

On 23/07/2021 at 07:18, abramovich said:

I have a bad feeling at the end of the long wait we'll just end up paying a fortune for Lukaku.

I am getting worried about this possibility too...

I don't think we will sign a striker, none of our primary targets seem motivated to want to move. All the clubs that would sell are neither in a position where they have to, or even want to sell. I personally see this as a blessing is disguise.

Tammy hasn't done much to convince me he is our solution but I would be willing to let him try.

Aside from him presuming he does stay or even if he doesn't we still have 3 other options. 

Timo playing through the middle could work with him moving out wide whilst players like Havertz and Pulisic attack the box.

Havertz can reprise his role as either a false 9 or an actual striker. He looks very promising, we're still yet to really know this young man's best position. He's shown ability as a number 10, 9 and in between.

Finally the player I'm really surprisingly more excited for than I thought I would be Broja. I'm pretty sure he will stay with us and I think he deserves a shot just like the previous academy boys got with Lamps. He's been on a similar route as Mount (loans) and I think he could suprise a few (not us fans we know he's good but the rest of the league).

 

37 minutes ago, LongtimerLurker said:

Timo playing through the middle could work with him moving out wide whilst players like Havertz and Pulisic attack the box.

Havertz can reprise his role as either a false 9 or an actual striker. He looks very promising, we're still yet to really know this young man's best position. He's shown ability as a number 10, 9 and in between.

Finally the player I'm really surprisingly more excited for than I thought I would be Broja. I'm pretty sure he will stay with us and I think he deserves a shot just like the previous academy boys got with Lamps. He's been on a similar route as Mount (loans) and I think he could suprise a few (not us fans we know he's good but the rest of the league).

A lot of "could" or hoping for the best in what you wrote there though.

Considering only Broja is what you would consider a true striker out of those three and he only scored 10 goals in a poor Dutch league last season it seems rather insane to go into the season with that.

 

 

9 hours ago, LongtimerLurker said:

I don't think we will sign a striker, none of our primary targets seem motivated to want to move. All the clubs that would sell are neither in a position where they have to, or even want to sell. I personally see this as a blessing is disguise.

Tammy hasn't done much to convince me he is our solution but I would be willing to let him try.

Aside from him presuming he does stay or even if he doesn't we still have 3 other options. 

Timo playing through the middle could work with him moving out wide whilst players like Havertz and Pulisic attack the box.

Havertz can reprise his role as either a false 9 or an actual striker. He looks very promising, we're still yet to really know this young man's best position. He's shown ability as a number 10, 9 and in between.

Finally the player I'm really surprisingly more excited for than I thought I would be Broja. I'm pretty sure he will stay with us and I think he deserves a shot just like the previous academy boys got with Lamps. He's been on a similar route as Mount (loans) and I think he could suprise a few (not us fans we know he's good but the rest of the league).

 

I think that the board is really willing to sign a new striker, F. Romano and I think someone else also said that we will sign a striker, the question is just who that will be.

Tuchel wouldn't be happy going into the new season with a weaker squad with less depth that's for sure. It looks like nobody is going anywhere but that will change once Marina sends the final offer and IMO our new striker will be known by the end of next week because most teams want to have their squads ready to go for the new season so if we manage to sign Haaland it won't be at the very end of the transfer window but either in the next 7 days or never.

Man City has problems and they simply can't splash out this window, Real Madrid and Barcelona are broke but all that won't last for much longer, we took the advantage and got Havertz but the whole European Super league scandal and the pandemic has really put in question if the biggest teams really can keep their status going and if that should be a given - we are still on the rise and this situation reminds me of when Inter Milan took the advantage of the calciopolli scandal at the time when Berlusconi got weaker and when there was a change of a legendary generation taking place, that resulted in them dominating Italian football and winning a historical treble. We  are the team that has transitioned and that now has a strong core of younger players, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Man City don't have that yet.

If we manage to do what we're apparently trying to do this transfer window, it's very possible Tuchel's words will get quoted 100 times over, meaning that nobody will want to play us and other fans will openly talk about how we ruined football. After that the world can end as far as I'm concered.

I would take Ings if it was cheap. The guy scores goals… simple 

11 hours ago, Sindre said:

A lot of "could" or hoping for the best in what you wrote there though.

Considering only Broja is what you would consider a true striker out of those three and he only scored 10 goals in a poor Dutch league last season it seems rather insane to go into the season with that.

 

 

Insane is a bit of an overreaction. Let's not forget that this strike force and team is what took us to a UCL win.... Add in a promising youngster alongside a player who may feel hard done and want to prove himself I wouldn't say its as disastrous as you and some may see it. 

We signed over £200m worth of talent last season, Timo and Kai may just need some time to find their feet but, as a duo represent a very good option up top if we cannot sign an out and out striker.

I would rather stick with those 4 then sign a Bakayoko/Drinkwater/Emerson tier striker. We only want elite players now to compliment what we already have. Why waste £30-50m on mid tier striker? 

If Haaland, Lewandowski, Lukaku or Kane want to come and we can afford them then fair enough. As things stand none of those deals seem likely. So maybe you could support the players we have as well as the coach and have some faith in our team.

Edited July 30, 20214 yr by LongtimerLurker