2019/2020 Forwards Rumours Thread

[Revv]

According to some Portuguese journalist (Claudio Garcia) Rafael Leao, the kid that we apparently wanted as the 'young' striker is reportedly already in talks with Milan. They want to replace Cutrone with him as he's probably on his way to Wolves.

Yea they were also sure Bbilan was getting Correa and Ceballos, theyre so fucked

 

[GenDire]

Pietro Pellegri is basically code for FFP dodging. Inter need 40m for Mario & Dalbert, Monaco don't want to pay that much. Enter Pietro. Now Monaco will happily pay 40m for Mario and Dalbert, while Inter will sign an "exciting prospect" for 15m. Everyone happy, FFP sorted.

And then Genoa buy Pellegri for 15m with a buyback clause :challenge:

 

[Gaindé]

Pietro Pellegri's name has resurfaced. Talks with Monaco to continue next week and a swap of JM and Dalbert will be discussed.

Great talent but, so young and already injury prone. But it doesn't suprise me, two years ago we tried to get him from Genoa so it makes sense that we are still after him.
What doesn't make sense is the fact that we didn't keep Pinamonti and now are looking for a young striker. SO DUMB!

 

[Cris]

My guess is we are trying to spread our "net" far and wide in hope of landing a whale. We already have a gentlemen's agreement with Genoa for Pinamonti, so if he shines again then we have that option. Better for him getting real minutes at Genoa than whatever small appearances he would have here.

 

[Gaindé]

That's true, but then what about Marotta saying that we need one expert striker and another who is younger , meaning Dzeko and another one?
Couldn't we have kept the italian and just went for another striker? As a backup honestly, I think that Pina is more than fine.
Say we get Pellegri, next year we'ill have, Pinamonti,Salcedo,Colidio and Pellegri, what are we going to do with all of them?

 

[ElDuccio]

That's true, but then what about Marotta saying that we need one expert striker and another who is younger , meaning Dzeko and another one?
Couldn't we have kept the italian and just went for another striker? As a backup honestly, I think that Pina is more than fine.
Say we get Pellegri, next year we'ill have, Pinamonti,Salcedo,Colidio and Pellegri, what are we going to do with all of them?

If we have to believe the last news it's still Dzeko + Lukaku. Maybe Marotta forgot that Lukaku is already 25 and not 20-22 Because he said " a young striker" and some people think it's not Lukaku

 

[Cris]

That's IF we buy-back Pinamonti, but I agree with what you're saying. In reality I would expect at least one to be our yearly FFP youth sales and the other/s go out on loan.

 

[Il Drago]

If we have to believe the last news it's still Dzeko + Lukaku. Maybe Marotta forgot that Lukaku is already 25 and not 20-22 Because he said " a young striker" and some people think it's not Lukaku

Marotta spoke of a young player with potential. Lukaku is already 26 years old so he doesn't have a lot of room for improvement. That's why people think Marotta wasn't talking about Lukaku. Anyway, it remains to be seen whether Marotta meant Lukaku or someone else.

 

[Johnny Ludlow]

I would obviously take Pellegri in a deal containing Dalbert or Mario. Problem is that we would still need two senior strikers. He is not good enough to form an attacking quartet with, say, Lukaku, Lautaro and Politano. On the other hand, having him as fifth choice would ruin his development.

Of all young strikers at our disposal, we would be lucky if one became a starting striker for Inter. So, signing Pellegri is not stupid from this perspective.

 

[Il Drago]

Lille President Gérard Lopez believes Nicolas Pépé decision will be made by middle of next week

Speaking in an interview with Tuttosport, Lille President Gérard Lopez discussed the future of Ivorian starlet Nicolas Pépé.

“For Pépé, we have received 4 acceptable offers from 4 big clubs. For Leão there are 8 interested clubs, including 4 Italian ones. Napoli have made a bid for Pépé which satisfies our €80m demand… Up to the player now to decide where to go, with the contract offers made by the 4 clubs. Pépé will come back from holiday on Monday & I think he’ll decide in the middle of the week.”

According to L'Equipe, the four offers for Pepe are from Arsenal, Liverpool, Napoli and Inter.

 

[Gaindé]

If we have to believe the last news it's still Dzeko + Lukaku. Maybe Marotta forgot that Lukaku is already 25 and not 20-22 Because he said " a young striker" and some people think it's not Lukaku

Lukaku is 26, it isn't young anymore for a striker, at this age he should be at the top of his game (like Icardi was at this point one year ago).
I believe it's gonna be something like Dzeko and Leao or some other young player.
I think that Lukaku isn't coming anymore. Thank you so much MU, I do love you a lot more now.

 

[thatdude]

According to L'Equipe, the four offers for Pepe are from Arsenal, Liverpool, Napoli and Inter.

That would be shocking to me and make zero sense. Why would we want a flashy winger for a 3-5-2 system. Don’t think this guys ever played as a SS. If we go 3-4-3 what does that mean for Lautaro? Does Perisic all of a sudden become our LW again? This would be very strange.

On the other hand the Monaco deal for Pellegri makes sense. We offload deadweight without taking a hit on FFP and we get a highly rated young Italian prospect that we can loan out. I don’t see a problem with controlling Pinamonti, Esposito, and Pellegri because odds are only 1 if any will become quality enough to play for Inter.

 

[Bluenine]

Realistically speaking, Pepe is only deciding between Liverpool and Napoli. At Napoli he is a guaranteed starter, while at Liverpool there are no such guarantees with Salah and Mane around.

I hope he picks Liverpool. So Napoli come back for Icardi and now they know that we know that they have money :trolldad:

 

[thatdude]

I’m surprised Man U is not in for him, that would make more sense as being one of the 4 clubs. I feel like they’ve had a hole at RW for years now.

 

[El Matador]

United need to sell players before they can buy. I'd love it if our management gives up on Lukaku. They will never ever get an offer of over 60 million for Lukaku from any club from now till the end of time. We're the only ones in for Lukaku and they're playing hard ball because they know Conte is desperate for him. These cunts deserve it.

 

[monster09]

United need to sell players before they can buy. I'd love it if our management gives up on Lukaku. They will never ever get an offer of over 60 million for Lukaku from any club from now till the end of time. We're the only ones in for Lukaku and they're playing hard ball because they know Conte is desperate for him. These cunts deserve it.

Not sure whether it's because of financial crisis or bloated squad.

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I’m surprised Man U is not in for him, that would make more sense as being one of the 4 clubs. I feel like they’ve had a hole at RW for years now.

Yeah, Right wing has been problem for years. One of the reason for all the struggles as team relies on left wing too much. Also every player looks comfortable playing as LW and looks half the player when they play as RW.

Only rumor I saw was ManUtd will try to sign him if Lukaku is sold.

Also rumors about Inter making bid doesn't make sense at all, unless he is signed to play as striker.

 

[Puma]

Dzeko and Pepe…?

 

[Il Drago]

In France they claim Inter have made an 80m offer for Pepe since June so this is nothing new. I believe we were interested in Pepe when Spalletti was still our coach but i doubt there's anything with him since Conte became our coach. Pepe simply doesn't fit Conte's 3-5-2. Pepe's agents were probably using Inter to make other teams bid for him. Anyway, i am curious where Pepe is going to end up. It's common knowledge Pepe's preferred destination is PSG but, unless they sell Neymar, it seems unlikely they're going to make an offer for him.

 

[El Matador]

We should go for Richarlison for our striker.

If the 3-5-2 doesn’t work out he can always play out wide if Conte does what he did at chelsea and switch formations

 

[andrei]

That's true, but then what about Marotta saying that we need one expert striker and another who is younger , meaning Dzeko and another one?
Couldn't we have kept the italian and just went for another striker? As a backup honestly, I think that Pina is more than fine.
Say we get Pellegri, next year we'ill have, Pinamonti,Salcedo,Colidio and Pellegri, what are we going to do with all of them?

Plusvalenza.