It won't be any better if Rooney drops to no.10 in place of Mata for a new striker.
For me the only way Zlatan makes any sense is if Rooney leaves and well that's not happening so I think we can rule this one out.
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It won't be any better if Rooney drops to no.10 in place of Mata for a new striker.
For me the only way Zlatan makes any sense is if Rooney leaves and well that's not happening so I think we can rule this one out.
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It's not much better if it's Mourinho and Zlatan either, this is partially my point in why it won't work and how I wouldn't want him. A year of his brilliance is a tempting reward but when you weigh up the potential risks I'd pass on it.
You pass on everything. Zlatan adores Jose and vice versa. Ferguson had an ego too. Most top managers do.. The risks you speak of apply to everyone else (new setting) or arent true (past it).
No matter who we sign, there is no guarantee of rooney being sold either. Should we buy no strikers at all then?
Difference is if we sign another striker unless they are someone with an ego and wages the size of Zlatan as well they won't demand to start every game.
I was afraid that Kane would be a one season wonder at the beginning of last year, but now by all means lets go for him.
But it depends who the Manager would be as I have a feeling that LUKAKU would fit better with the way we have been squad building (in that he's a bit more combative). I know Mourinho wont want him if he comes which is a shame.
Id love Zlatan to join us if only for the lols! Seriously now, he would be a major lift with his character.
But we do also need a better winger/inside forward and we should totally go for GRIEZMANN rather than the overrated and overprised speed merchant that is Anderson. And also another young BBM/DM/BWM to take Carrick's place.
We would then only need a good cb (Laporte? Varane?) and we d be set (tho I must say I dont trust all our FBs - Varela is too old to be making last week's kind of error - as well as Valencia who's a one trick pony that got found out ages ago and Young who's NOT a Utd player whichever way you look at it).
Also has Andreas Pereira ****** in LVG's breakfast or summat? I live in fear that he' ll justifiably get fed up and leave and we ll be faced with a repeat of the POGBA situation.
But it depends who the Manager would be as I have a feeling that LUKAKU would fit better with the way we have been squad building (in that he's a bit more combative). I know Mourinho wont want him if he comes which is a shame.
Id love Zlatan to join us if only for the lols! Seriously now, he would be a major lift with his character.
But we do also need a better winger/inside forward and we should totally go for GRIEZMANN rather than the overrated and overprised speed merchant that is Anderson. And also another young BBM/DM/BWM to take Carrick's place.
We would then only need a good cb (Laporte? Varane?) and we d be set (tho I must say I dont trust all our FBs - Varela is too old to be making last week's kind of error - as well as Valencia who's a one trick pony that got found out ages ago and Young who's NOT a Utd player whichever way you look at it).
Also has Andreas Pereira ****** in LVG's breakfast or summat? I live in fear that he' ll justifiably get fed up and leave and we ll be faced with a repeat of the POGBA situation.
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You don't think any top forward we sign wont want to start? It's up to the manager to manager that. That's what they are paid for.
For someone as apparently disruptive as zlatan, most teams tend to galvanise and work with him in it. He knows he's not going to be starting forever, he's 35.
Top 5 striker choices ZZ go!
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2
3
4
5
Top 3 Manager choices
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2
3
Realistic ones
They cant have egos, and they cant cost £50m
I'm not, because it's not. We'd be a lot better off if a few of our players had more of it.
Now you are being silly, there is quite a difference to having an 'ego' and then being on the level of Zlatan.
Also why not £50m? I didn't say I would not buy Kane, I actually said I wasn't sold on him for a price like that.
Not really, because the hype around his ego is so overblown.
Exactly, you werent sold on him for that price, despite the fact that most players will be in that bracket. So hit us with your forwards better than Kane for that price.
1 Griezzmann
2 Lukaku
3 Reus
4 Aubemayang
5 Kane
Ok we can argue that 1 and 3 are not conventional strikers but they can fill that role and interchange with Martial/Rashford/Rooney for example. Also I really think having a player with the movement of Griezzmann/Reus/Aubemayang in that position would cause opponents a lot of problems.
Top 3 Manager choices
1 Pochettino
2 Jose
3 Blanc
2 Lukaku
3 Reus
4 Aubemayang
5 Kane
Ok we can argue that 1 and 3 are not conventional strikers but they can fill that role and interchange with Martial/Rashford/Rooney for example. Also I really think having a player with the movement of Griezzmann/Reus/Aubemayang in that position would cause opponents a lot of problems.
Top 3 Manager choices
1 Pochettino
2 Jose
3 Blanc
And all the talk of it comes from himself. And he makes millions off the back of it. Sometimes it's easier to just play the character you're portrayed as.
You can rule out 1 and three straight away for the CF role, when you look at what Jose apparently wants for that, but would fit the fast right winger role.
What Jose wants isn't necessarily what I want on my list though. XD
