Erling Haaland

[simon23]

You're asking the wrong person. We have a team employed for that, hopefully, they are chasing the right horse.

Fair enough

But the list of obvious candidates is pretty short so the other choice to go for a hidden gem from somewhere...

Hence why people are coming out with comments "pay whatever it takes" - There is no gurantee of success as you say but if there is quality there (and Haaland ticks that box) you can understand why people may wanting this course of action - and there will be competition for him so we will have to if he is our choice

 

[simon23]

We need a player that suits our style of play

parachuting a player like Haaland into our team will not solve our problems unless there is a drastic change in the way we play

every team in the league now sits 10 men behind the ball and double up on our forwards

Haaland would have no space in behind and he’s not nimble enough on the turn to break a low block

he’s not that good in the air either for a big man which means crossing would have limited impact

personally I would advocate a change in style but our manager is wedded to the current set up

you can see why he doesn’t change because of the spectacular results but for some reason the team have stopped moving the ball at pace and running off the ball to create space

they look to be scared of taking risks as they may lose possession and control but this has stifled our creativity

if a player like sterling can score 30 goals in our system then we just need a competent striker that can slot into the way we play , not someone who will require a change

get the quick pass and move back and we will be flying again, Pep’s job is to get us playing without fear

Id love a clone of Kun but thats pretty impossible.....Kun under Pep at 22-23 years old would have been phenomenal

 

[FantasyIreland]

He’d struggle even more for us than he did for Liverpool.

He isnt struggling in the Southampton team,he looks superb.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

He isnt struggling in the Southampton team,he looks superb.

To be fair Southampton look a much better team than we do.

 

[FantasyIreland]

To be fair Southampton look a much better team than we do.

We'll soon find out.

 

[HelloCity]

He isnt struggling in the Southampton team,he looks superb.

Different expectations and styles. We need a world class striker. Only the elite are good enough when you’re coming up against a parked bus. Done well for himself though that’s for sure.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Different expectations and styles. We need a world class striker. Only the elite are good enough when you’re coming up against a parked bus. Done well for himself though that’s for sure.

We encourage the parked bus,that isnt an issue with our striker.

 

[Jamiblue]

We all want to get back to our imperious best

Indeed!

 

[Keeper!]

We encourage the parked bus,that isnt an issue with our striker.

This cnut could have scored goal for us two seasons ago and he would have made sure the ones parking the bus paid for a ticket as well!

 

[cjn]

Id love a clone of Kun but thats pretty impossible.....Kun under Pep at 22-23 years old would have been phenomenal

If a 22 year old Kun was available he'd be a hundred million pound player and half the thread would be people arguing that he's too expensive, it's not time to break the bank, "United style recruitment", etc.

 

[bluebaja]

If not this guy,Danny Ings would score for fun in our team.

I do like his directness and 'aggression' . It does seem to be something we are missing, and something Aguero has had.

 

[FantasyIreland]

I do like his directness and 'aggression' . It does seem to be something we are missing, and something Aguero has had.

I like it too,i also like the fact he knows where the net is.

 

[Ashleymcduff]

We need to stop Dicking about and hoping pep can polish these turds .

this lad should be top of the list.

who else is gonna score 20 plus a season who will be available ?? Martinez ain’t a natural goal scorer nor is Dybala


We need to spunk big cash on another 4/5 players of top quality and bin

zincencko
Mendy
Rodri
Mahrez

And also Cash in on sterling if anyone is stupid enough to buy him

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

AKA the United model of recruitment

Aka the right thing to do. How much do you think 23 year old Aguero would cost in the current market? We paid 35 to 38 M for Aguero in 2011 which was a relatively huge transfer fee back then but we reaped the benefits of that investment for years to come

 

[Ashleymcduff]

Aka the right thing to do. How much do you think 23 year old Aguero would cost in the current market? We paid 35 to 38 M for Aguero in 2011 which was a relatively huge transfer fee back then but we reaped the benefits of that investment for years to come

This 100%
We had it off getting Aguero , silva , yaya , vinny , David silva so cheap.

we need to start dinging at the big boys table for the best players.

otherwise we be stuck with the 60 million average crap we had our pants pulled down for like mendy , rodri etc

 

[shevtheblue]

It's between him and Mbappe for me, but no doubt we are looking at some random player from Real Betis and hope that he's able to cut the mustard.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

Aka the right thing to do. How much do you think 23 year old Aguero would cost in the current market? We paid 35 to 38 M for Aguero in 2011 which was a relatively huge transfer fee back then but we reaped the benefits of that investment for years to come

Aguero perfectly fitted our style of play and still does so was worth the money

haaland doesn’t so isnt

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

Aguero perfectly fitted our style of play and still does so was worth the money

haaland doesn’t so isnt

World class players are capable of adjusting themselves as per team requirement and that is why aguero has done well under different managers with different styles and how does haaland doesn't suit our style of play?

We need a potent finisher at this club as we only have aguero who is past his best and doesnt have the fitness level to be the no 1 striker. Haaland isnt only a good finisher but also gives our attack an aerial dimension which we have missed for a long time

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

World class players are capable of adjusting themselves as per team requirement and that is why aguero has done well under different managers with different styles and how does haaland doesn't suit our style of play?

We need a potent finisher at this club as we only have aguero who is past his best and doesnt have the fitness level to be the no 1 striker. Haaland isnt only a good finisher but also gives our attack an aerial dimension which we have missed for a long time

He doesn’t get involved in the build up, he hasn’t got a great first touch so isn’t really a target man , he’s not able to play the quick one twos around the box

he’s a goal scorer who in the right system will score bucketloads , can you see Pep changing our system to accommodate him?

also we won’t deal with his agent so all this is moot anyway

 

[Marvin]

I can see this happening because City know that Aguero will need replacing and this is the optimum time to do it.