Erling Haaland

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

What the fucking hell is that? Don’t give up the day job

It’s high level free verse rather than the traditional rhyming structure commonly used in football stadia.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

If there are slim pickings currently on the market there is no point in rushing signing players who you can't fully rely on.

I'd usually agree, but Haaland can't be the be all and end all, we operate smarter than that, anyhow.

We can't allow teams to make up the gap to us.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

What if we aren't able to agree terms with Dortmund but Haaland gives us his word and tells us he will join us next summer when the release clause hits?

Danny Ings and Grealish!

 

[doobyedoobye]

Can't lose sleep over the anti City stuff. Probably take another 10 years to see it turn to dust..

 

[Tricky_Trev]

If there are slim pickings currently on the market there is no point in rushing signing players who you can't fully rely on.

There are prices for both Haaland and Kane this summer. That’s the opposite of slim pickings! Won’t be many summers like this where elite strikers are effectively on the market.

 

[handsofstone]

Look as great as Haaland is he's not going to define us

He seems an truly elite talent but football is full of them

Haaland is gonna cost a bomb, I dont believe the reports as they don't have sources but given his agent and how wanted he is I can see him wanting a LOT of money (my opinion of course)

Want us to go in for him, but if we miss out we miss out...we aren't going to all of a sudden fall out of the title race even if he goes to a different English team

 

[RayCTID]

I'd usually agree, but Haaland can't be the be all and end all, we operate smarter than that, anyhow.

We can't allow teams to make up the gap to us.

The club usually have somebody else lined up off the radar if that is the case. None of us really know who though, but we can't afford making the mistake buying for the sake of it or buying the wrong player for big money.

 

[M18CTID]

Got a feeling Dortmund will price him out of a move even with the clause for next summer.....they may well lose around 30m in transfer fee but they strike me as the type of club that would be will8ing to take that hit.

If this is the case I wonder what we do....stick for a year with what we have or ho for someone different .if we got someone else that could then see us out of the race for him the following summer

In normal times, yes they could well hang on to him, but these aren't normal times and while every club has taken a hit during the pandemic, word is that Dortmund have take a bigger hit than many in relative terms so they may have little choice but to let him go in the summer even if they don't want that to be the case.

 

[RayCTID]

There are prices for both Haaland and Kane this summer. That’s the opposite of slim pickings! Won’t be many summers like this where elite strikers are effectively on the market.

I am talking about the alternatives to Haaland there are currently slim pickings

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Can't lose sleep over the anti City stuff. Probably take another 10 years to see it turn to dust..

Exactly. I now see training grounds dominated by kids in City training tops these days.

It's why signing Messi or another worldy this summer takes this club forward again in the immediacy, but also for another generation.

I will make a prediction that within ten years, we will be talked about in the same sentence as Real Madrid and Barcelona and have at least matched United's three Champions Leagues.

 

[M18CTID]

It's not Raiola propaganda, trust me!

It's United propaganda.

They can't afford him, fear City are in the box seat, so are trying to get their damage limitation in early, whilst also burnishing the narrative no top player would move to City but for ridiculous money.

The author of the £1m per-week wages at the weekend was Steve Bates and that's all you need to know... a United mouthpiece.

Others chancers such as Ornstein then further recycle the same myth the day after.

It's the same shit sandwich served with different bread.

I'm not saying we'll get him as there will be a big queue of potential suitors but you could smell the agenda in that Bates article a fucking mile off - he stated that the only 3 clubs who may be able to afford Haaland are "Abu-Dhabi owned City", "Real Madrid", and "Qatari-owned PSG"!

The million pound a week headline wasn't all that either - far from being just his wages, it was a load of other shite added on such as image rights, personal sponsorship deals, etc.

 

[waspish]

Exactly. I now see training grounds dominated by kids in City training tops these days.

It's why signing Messi or another worldy this summer takes this club forward again in the immediacy, but also for another generation.

I will make a prediction that within ten years, we will be talked about in the same sentence as Real Madrid and Barcelona and have at least matched United's three Champions Leagues.

if we can win the champs league this season get that monkey of our back we will win another in the next few years! The first one is always the hardest...

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I am talking about the alternatives to Haaland there currently slim pickings

Kane would certainly be obtainable at the right price. Mbappe coming on to the market as a possible free transfer next summer also impacts the thinking of Real Madrid.

Even Mane at Liverpool is making waves. I'm sure we have done our homework.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I only see them selling him this summer, not just because of next year’s clause, but also because they most likely won’t be in the Champions League next season.

They are 7 points off 4th, with 6 games left. Their 6 games are against 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th in the table. Whereas Frankfurt (in 4th) play 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 14th and 18th (bottom). So they are pretty much done. That loss of revenue forces them to sell now, surely. And we are in pole position imo. So I’m still quite relaxed about this.

 

[Gremlin]

The question is, would bringing in Haaland raise City to a point where, in terms of trophies won and profile, we could recoup the cost through increased sponsorship etc. At the prices being thrown around at the moment both in terms of fee and wages, I would suggest not. I suspect Txiki will be thinking the same.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I'm not saying we'll get him as there will be a big queue of potential suitors but you could smell the agenda in that Bates article a fucking mile off - he stated that the only 3 clubs who may be able to afford Haaland are "Abu-Dhabi owned City", "Real Madrid", and "Qatari-owned PSG"!

The million pound a week headline wasn't all that either - far from being just his wages, it was a load of other shite added on such as image rights, personal sponsorship deals, etc.

Absolutely correct. And he only included that other shite to try and make it look like he was 'informed'.

Even Bates knew it needed couching.

I saw another graphic in the Mail yesterday, £2bn - the true cost of a quadruple.

They took our annual wage bills and added it to a £600m transfer spend during Pep's tenure.

That's a big £1bn jump from somewhere and clearly no other club pays their players to play...

 

[M18CTID]

Fuck worrying about what other clubs and bitter opposition fans might think if we spend a fuck ton of money on him. If it works for us financially as a club, that's all that matters so just rock up at Dortmund on Wednesday with £200 million and get Haaland and Bellingham. Haaland, Foden, and Bellingham would be our attack sorted for the next fucking decade or so - injuries aside of course - and as a bonus would boil so much piss into the bargain. Oh, and two of those are our own anyway.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Kane would certainly be obtainable at the right price. Mbappe coming on to the market as a possible free transfer next summer also impacts the thinking of Real Madrid.

Even Mane at Liverpool is making waves. I'm sure we have done our homework.

Mane is a horrible little **** but a fabulous player. Had a worse season than Raz, so it's not out of the realms of possibility that they would cut him loose to keep Salah.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

if we can win the champs league this season get that monkey of our back we will win another in the next few years! The first one is always the hardest...

If we win it this season, we would be huge favourites to do back-to-back with Haaland up front!

 

[spider blue]

Exactly. I now see training grounds dominated by kids in City training tops these days.

It's why signing Messi or another worldy this summer takes this club forward again in the immediacy, but also for another generation.

I will make a prediction that within ten years, we will be talked about in the same sentence as Real Madrid and Barcelona and have at least matched United's three Champions Leagues.

That’s a great prediction one I totally agree with, but who’d of thought after the take over we’d be talking it would take 20 years for the media to take us for what we are.