comment by Garner be a star (U13920)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 26 minutes ago
The last 30 year old striker we signed from north London didn’t end up too bad, did it?
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True but then again Kane will cost a fair bit more than £24m!
Kane is top class, but for me it comes down to the fee. Ideally I’d like to see us in the market for a longer term acquisition that meets multiple criteria; right fit for ETH’s demands, proven goal scorer, best years ahead of him, fee is either reasonable or justified over X number of years etc.
Also I have to say that going for Kane just feels a bit too… obvious. It doesn’t represent a shift in the club’s recruitment direction in terms of trying to act savvy in market and smacks of going for the easy option, both in terms of just throwing money at the squad position and in terms of going for a very high profile player.
That said, I wouldn’t shed any tears if we did sign him.
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True it would be a lot more money.
I think Kane is just about in the middle, he’s not the age of Zlatan, Ronaldo types but he’s not young either.
I just can’t get over those guaranteed goals whilst also having great link up play. Plus, I just don’t have faith that we can dig up a young gem that works out. If a final piece of the jigsaw is available, I buy him. And I couldn’t understand it from his perspective as opposed to a few years ago. He can break the goal record with us and he very well could be the guy that brings home one of the top trophies that we crave so badly; the Champions League or Premier League.
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27/28 is the peak years for most strikers
the likes of messi, cr7 and zlatan are not human
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And both were much quicker than Kane to start with, by a distance.
Maybe we don’t need him. Ibragimov in our youth set up scored the winner for the u15s against City on Tuesday, the winner for the u16s against Liverpool this morning and then played for the u18s later today and helped beat Liverpool against.
Signing Kane would be massive for United. I know there's other areas of the field United should prioritise on improving first, but i feel it could be an RVP type signing that spurs us on to a proper title challenge. Most United posters on this site may not think they'll be excited, but I can guarantee most of us would be pretty hyped if such a moves happens next summer
comment by Christ We Won (TENฦ๊) (U17162)
posted 3 minutes ago
Signing Kane would be massive for United. I know there's other areas of the field United should prioritise on improving first, but i feel it could be an RVP type signing that spurs us on to a proper title challenge. Most United posters on this site may not think they'll be excited, but I can guarantee most of us would be pretty hyped if such a moves happens next summer
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"Spurs us on" I see what you did there
I think getting a striker is the priority at the moment. CM, RB and GK are very important too but probably slightly less so. We currently have a talented yet not that consistent striker who is injured more than not and another one on loan who is highly unlikely to even be here next seasons.
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 2 minutes ago
I think getting a striker is the priority at the moment. CM, RB and GK are very important too but probably slightly less so. We currently have a talented yet not that consistent striker who is injured more than not and another one on loan who is highly unlikely to even be here next seasons.
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RB and GK ?
Whichbside has a better player than DDG and Dalot as 2nd choice?
comment by Garner be a star (U13920)
posted 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 26 minutes ago
The last 30 year old striker we signed from north London didn’t end up too bad, did it?
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True but then again Kane will cost a fair bit more than £24m!
Kane is top class, but for me it comes down to the fee. Ideally I’d like to see us in the market for a longer term acquisition that meets multiple criteria; right fit for ETH’s demands, proven goal scorer, best years ahead of him, fee is either reasonable or justified over X number of years etc.
Also I have to say that going for Kane just feels a bit too… obvious. It doesn’t represent a shift in the club’s recruitment direction in terms of trying to act savvy in market and smacks of going for the easy option, both in terms of just throwing money at the squad position and in terms of going for a very high profile player.
That said, I wouldn’t shed any tears if we did sign him.
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True it would be a lot more money.
I think Kane is just about in the middle, he’s not the age of Zlatan, Ronaldo types but he’s not young either.
I just can’t get over those guaranteed goals whilst also having great link up play. Plus, I just don’t have faith that we can dig up a young gem that works out. If a final piece of the jigsaw is available, I buy him. And I couldn’t understand it from his perspective as opposed to a few years ago. He can break the goal record with us and he very well could be the guy that brings home one of the top trophies that we crave so badly; the Champions League or Premier League.
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27/28 is the peak years for most strikers
the likes of messi, cr7 and zlatan are not human
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They had all peaked by or around that age, they just kept a high level after that.
120 mill ? You gotta be joking
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 3 hours, 56 minutes ago
I still feel like Ten Hag might personally prefer a more robust physical front man as he's generally done throughout his management career.
Tadic was a bit of an exception.
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Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world - excellent with his back to goal and very strong. He’s probably the most complete CF in the game at the moment. Only other one Incan think of off the top of my head would be Benzema.
Seen a few posters mention pace… I don’t think it’s that important here. ETH wants us playing dominant football, meaning more often than not we should be high up the pitch and playing in the opposition’s half. When playing like that, strikers aren’t going to have much space in behind the opposition’s backline, which somewhat negatives the need for pace from the CF.
comment by Ali - (U1192)
posted 5 hours, 48 minutes ago
120 mill ? You gotta be joking
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Wasn’t aware he only had one year left.
£80m
Yeah but you're still owned by the Glazers. £130m
With Kanes penchant for falling over, and the referee’s desire to give United every decision, he could end up getting over 50 penalties a season no bother.
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 3 hours, 6 minutes ago
Yeah but you're still owned by the Glazers. £130m
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True and levy
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 9 hours, 23 minutes ago
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 3 hours, 56 minutes ago
I still feel like Ten Hag might personally prefer a more robust physical front man as he's generally done throughout his management career.
Tadic was a bit of an exception.
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Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world - excellent with his back to goal and very strong. He’s probably the most complete CF in the game at the moment. Only other one Incan think of off the top of my head would be Benzema.
Seen a few posters mention pace… I don’t think it’s that important here. ETH wants us playing dominant football, meaning more often than not we should be high up the pitch and playing in the opposition’s half. When playing like that, strikers aren’t going to have much space in behind the opposition’s backline, which somewhat negatives the need for pace from the CF.
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He wants us playing dominant football yet we are still far more a counter attacking side that uses pace.
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 51 minutes ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 9 hours, 23 minutes ago
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 3 hours, 56 minutes ago
I still feel like Ten Hag might personally prefer a more robust physical front man as he's generally done throughout his management career.
Tadic was a bit of an exception.
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Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world - excellent with his back to goal and very strong. He’s probably the most complete CF in the game at the moment. Only other one Incan think of off the top of my head would be Benzema.
Seen a few posters mention pace… I don’t think it’s that important here. ETH wants us playing dominant football, meaning more often than not we should be high up the pitch and playing in the opposition’s half. When playing like that, strikers aren’t going to have much space in behind the opposition’s backline, which somewhat negatives the need for pace from the CF.
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He wants us playing dominant football yet we are still far more a counter attacking side that uses pace.
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And a big reason for that is we've played the majority of the season without a proper CF.
There is a clear difference in performance when Martial is on the pitch vs when he isn't.
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 9 hours, 23 minutes ago
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 3 hours, 56 minutes ago
I still feel like Ten Hag might personally prefer a more robust physical front man as he's generally done throughout his management career.
Tadic was a bit of an exception.
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Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world - excellent with his back to goal and very strong. He’s probably the most complete CF in the game at the moment. Only other one Incan think of off the top of my head would be Benzema.
Seen a few posters mention pace… I don’t think it’s that important here. ETH wants us playing dominant football, meaning more often than not we should be high up the pitch and playing in the opposition’s half. When playing like that, strikers aren’t going to have much space in behind the opposition’s backline, which somewhat negatives the need for pace from the CF.
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He wants us playing dominant football yet we are still far more a counter attacking side that uses pace.
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And?
Did/has Kane struggled for goals under Mourinho, Nuno or Conte?
Would a player like Kane not help us play more ball-dominant football?
We’re still developing under ETH. Part of that development requires good recruitment to evolve the overall quality of the team and the type of football we’re able to play consistently. I’m not waving the flag for signing Kane by any means, but he’d certainly make us a better team, regardless of how we play.
Kane isn't exactly slow either, he's quicker than a lot of defenders. Obviously he's not rapid but he gets about quite nicely. He is quick on counter attacks
comment by Ali - (U1192)
posted 8 minutes ago
Kane isn't exactly slow either, he's quicker than a lot of defenders. Obviously he's not rapid but he gets about quite nicely. He is quick on counter attacks
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He’s certainly on the slow side imo, but it’s only a small part of his game, he’s got a lot more that would be very useful to us.
Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world -
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I don't agree. He's not as strong aerially or as physically dominant as a box presence as others are and players like Osimhen are athletically superior in open space which is still going to be a very useful attribute to have, no matter how dominant we may become.
Having said we shouldn't, I will say we should if the price is right. ie less than £50 million, which it won't be.
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 55 minutes ago
Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world -
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I don't agree. He's not as strong aerially or as physically dominant as a box presence as others are and players like Osimhen are athletically superior in open space which is still going to be a very useful attribute to have, no matter how dominant we may become.
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Which top strikers in world football right now are as physically strong and capable as Kane? I can't think of any, with the exception maybe of Vlahovic, but I don't think he can quite yet be called a 'top' striker.
I'm talking about strikers in general, they don't have to be top strikers but just in terms of players we've been linked with Osimhen, Thuram and Toney.
They obviously don't have the quality Kane does in other areas but that's not what I was talking about anyway.
Ten Hag has clearly shown a preference for a physical and robust box presence that maintains their position between and around the CBs and I don't think Kane fits that criteria as well as other strikers do and Ten Hag has also shown that he doesn't require a top striker in order for his teams to compete at the top level.
Whether that criteria will apply at United we'll have to wait and see.
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Having said we shouldn't, I will say we should if the price is right. ie less than £50 million, which it won't be.
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Less than £50m? I’d still happily pay £80m in todays money
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posted on 21/1/23
comment by Garner be a star (U13920)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 26 minutes ago
The last 30 year old striker we signed from north London didn’t end up too bad, did it?
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True but then again Kane will cost a fair bit more than £24m!
Kane is top class, but for me it comes down to the fee. Ideally I’d like to see us in the market for a longer term acquisition that meets multiple criteria; right fit for ETH’s demands, proven goal scorer, best years ahead of him, fee is either reasonable or justified over X number of years etc.
Also I have to say that going for Kane just feels a bit too… obvious. It doesn’t represent a shift in the club’s recruitment direction in terms of trying to act savvy in market and smacks of going for the easy option, both in terms of just throwing money at the squad position and in terms of going for a very high profile player.
That said, I wouldn’t shed any tears if we did sign him.
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True it would be a lot more money.
I think Kane is just about in the middle, he’s not the age of Zlatan, Ronaldo types but he’s not young either.
I just can’t get over those guaranteed goals whilst also having great link up play. Plus, I just don’t have faith that we can dig up a young gem that works out. If a final piece of the jigsaw is available, I buy him. And I couldn’t understand it from his perspective as opposed to a few years ago. He can break the goal record with us and he very well could be the guy that brings home one of the top trophies that we crave so badly; the Champions League or Premier League.
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27/28 is the peak years for most strikers
the likes of messi, cr7 and zlatan are not human
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And both were much quicker than Kane to start with, by a distance.
posted on 21/1/23
Maybe we don’t need him. Ibragimov in our youth set up scored the winner for the u15s against City on Tuesday, the winner for the u16s against Liverpool this morning and then played for the u18s later today and helped beat Liverpool against.
posted on 21/1/23
Signing Kane would be massive for United. I know there's other areas of the field United should prioritise on improving first, but i feel it could be an RVP type signing that spurs us on to a proper title challenge. Most United posters on this site may not think they'll be excited, but I can guarantee most of us would be pretty hyped if such a moves happens next summer
posted on 21/1/23
comment by Christ We Won (TENฦ๊) (U17162)
posted 3 minutes ago
Signing Kane would be massive for United. I know there's other areas of the field United should prioritise on improving first, but i feel it could be an RVP type signing that spurs us on to a proper title challenge. Most United posters on this site may not think they'll be excited, but I can guarantee most of us would be pretty hyped if such a moves happens next summer
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"Spurs us on" I see what you did there
posted on 21/1/23
I think getting a striker is the priority at the moment. CM, RB and GK are very important too but probably slightly less so. We currently have a talented yet not that consistent striker who is injured more than not and another one on loan who is highly unlikely to even be here next seasons.
posted on 21/1/23
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 2 minutes ago
I think getting a striker is the priority at the moment. CM, RB and GK are very important too but probably slightly less so. We currently have a talented yet not that consistent striker who is injured more than not and another one on loan who is highly unlikely to even be here next seasons.
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RB and GK ?
Whichbside has a better player than DDG and Dalot as 2nd choice?
posted on 21/1/23
comment by Garner be a star (U13920)
posted 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 26 minutes ago
The last 30 year old striker we signed from north London didn’t end up too bad, did it?
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True but then again Kane will cost a fair bit more than £24m!
Kane is top class, but for me it comes down to the fee. Ideally I’d like to see us in the market for a longer term acquisition that meets multiple criteria; right fit for ETH’s demands, proven goal scorer, best years ahead of him, fee is either reasonable or justified over X number of years etc.
Also I have to say that going for Kane just feels a bit too… obvious. It doesn’t represent a shift in the club’s recruitment direction in terms of trying to act savvy in market and smacks of going for the easy option, both in terms of just throwing money at the squad position and in terms of going for a very high profile player.
That said, I wouldn’t shed any tears if we did sign him.
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True it would be a lot more money.
I think Kane is just about in the middle, he’s not the age of Zlatan, Ronaldo types but he’s not young either.
I just can’t get over those guaranteed goals whilst also having great link up play. Plus, I just don’t have faith that we can dig up a young gem that works out. If a final piece of the jigsaw is available, I buy him. And I couldn’t understand it from his perspective as opposed to a few years ago. He can break the goal record with us and he very well could be the guy that brings home one of the top trophies that we crave so badly; the Champions League or Premier League.
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27/28 is the peak years for most strikers
the likes of messi, cr7 and zlatan are not human
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They had all peaked by or around that age, they just kept a high level after that.
posted on 21/1/23
120 mill ? You gotta be joking
posted on 22/1/23
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 3 hours, 56 minutes ago
I still feel like Ten Hag might personally prefer a more robust physical front man as he's generally done throughout his management career.
Tadic was a bit of an exception.
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Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world - excellent with his back to goal and very strong. He’s probably the most complete CF in the game at the moment. Only other one Incan think of off the top of my head would be Benzema.
Seen a few posters mention pace… I don’t think it’s that important here. ETH wants us playing dominant football, meaning more often than not we should be high up the pitch and playing in the opposition’s half. When playing like that, strikers aren’t going to have much space in behind the opposition’s backline, which somewhat negatives the need for pace from the CF.
posted on 22/1/23
comment by Ali - (U1192)
posted 5 hours, 48 minutes ago
120 mill ? You gotta be joking
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Wasn’t aware he only had one year left.
£80m
posted on 22/1/23
Yeah but you're still owned by the Glazers. £130m
posted on 22/1/23
With Kanes penchant for falling over, and the referee’s desire to give United every decision, he could end up getting over 50 penalties a season no bother.
posted on 22/1/23
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 3 hours, 6 minutes ago
Yeah but you're still owned by the Glazers. £130m
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True and levy
posted on 22/1/23
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 9 hours, 23 minutes ago
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 3 hours, 56 minutes ago
I still feel like Ten Hag might personally prefer a more robust physical front man as he's generally done throughout his management career.
Tadic was a bit of an exception.
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Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world - excellent with his back to goal and very strong. He’s probably the most complete CF in the game at the moment. Only other one Incan think of off the top of my head would be Benzema.
Seen a few posters mention pace… I don’t think it’s that important here. ETH wants us playing dominant football, meaning more often than not we should be high up the pitch and playing in the opposition’s half. When playing like that, strikers aren’t going to have much space in behind the opposition’s backline, which somewhat negatives the need for pace from the CF.
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He wants us playing dominant football yet we are still far more a counter attacking side that uses pace.
posted on 22/1/23
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 51 minutes ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 9 hours, 23 minutes ago
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 3 hours, 56 minutes ago
I still feel like Ten Hag might personally prefer a more robust physical front man as he's generally done throughout his management career.
Tadic was a bit of an exception.
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Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world - excellent with his back to goal and very strong. He’s probably the most complete CF in the game at the moment. Only other one Incan think of off the top of my head would be Benzema.
Seen a few posters mention pace… I don’t think it’s that important here. ETH wants us playing dominant football, meaning more often than not we should be high up the pitch and playing in the opposition’s half. When playing like that, strikers aren’t going to have much space in behind the opposition’s backline, which somewhat negatives the need for pace from the CF.
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He wants us playing dominant football yet we are still far more a counter attacking side that uses pace.
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And a big reason for that is we've played the majority of the season without a proper CF.
There is a clear difference in performance when Martial is on the pitch vs when he isn't.
posted on 22/1/23
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 9 hours, 23 minutes ago
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 3 hours, 56 minutes ago
I still feel like Ten Hag might personally prefer a more robust physical front man as he's generally done throughout his management career.
Tadic was a bit of an exception.
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Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world - excellent with his back to goal and very strong. He’s probably the most complete CF in the game at the moment. Only other one Incan think of off the top of my head would be Benzema.
Seen a few posters mention pace… I don’t think it’s that important here. ETH wants us playing dominant football, meaning more often than not we should be high up the pitch and playing in the opposition’s half. When playing like that, strikers aren’t going to have much space in behind the opposition’s backline, which somewhat negatives the need for pace from the CF.
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He wants us playing dominant football yet we are still far more a counter attacking side that uses pace.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
And?
Did/has Kane struggled for goals under Mourinho, Nuno or Conte?
Would a player like Kane not help us play more ball-dominant football?
We’re still developing under ETH. Part of that development requires good recruitment to evolve the overall quality of the team and the type of football we’re able to play consistently. I’m not waving the flag for signing Kane by any means, but he’d certainly make us a better team, regardless of how we play.
posted on 22/1/23
Kane isn't exactly slow either, he's quicker than a lot of defenders. Obviously he's not rapid but he gets about quite nicely. He is quick on counter attacks
posted on 22/1/23
comment by Ali - (U1192)
posted 8 minutes ago
Kane isn't exactly slow either, he's quicker than a lot of defenders. Obviously he's not rapid but he gets about quite nicely. He is quick on counter attacks
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He’s certainly on the slow side imo, but it’s only a small part of his game, he’s got a lot more that would be very useful to us.
posted on 22/1/23
Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world -
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I don't agree. He's not as strong aerially or as physically dominant as a box presence as others are and players like Osimhen are athletically superior in open space which is still going to be a very useful attribute to have, no matter how dominant we may become.
posted on 22/1/23
Having said we shouldn't, I will say we should if the price is right. ie less than £50 million, which it won't be.
posted on 22/1/23
comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 55 minutes ago
Kane is as physically dominant as any of the top strikers in the world -
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I don't agree. He's not as strong aerially or as physically dominant as a box presence as others are and players like Osimhen are athletically superior in open space which is still going to be a very useful attribute to have, no matter how dominant we may become.
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Which top strikers in world football right now are as physically strong and capable as Kane? I can't think of any, with the exception maybe of Vlahovic, but I don't think he can quite yet be called a 'top' striker.
posted on 22/1/23
I'm talking about strikers in general, they don't have to be top strikers but just in terms of players we've been linked with Osimhen, Thuram and Toney.
They obviously don't have the quality Kane does in other areas but that's not what I was talking about anyway.
Ten Hag has clearly shown a preference for a physical and robust box presence that maintains their position between and around the CBs and I don't think Kane fits that criteria as well as other strikers do and Ten Hag has also shown that he doesn't require a top striker in order for his teams to compete at the top level.
Whether that criteria will apply at United we'll have to wait and see.
posted on 22/1/23
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Having said we shouldn't, I will say we should if the price is right. ie less than £50 million, which it won't be.
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Less than £50m? I’d still happily pay £80m in todays money
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