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Very highly rated young centre mid.
 
Hojbjerg off to Marseille for £17m.

I think he's a decent player but probably doesn't fit the current management style.
 
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He's one that I'm not quite willing to move out of the 1 season wonder bracket just yet but he was very good last season unlucky not to go to the Euro's ahead of Toney.
 
Richarlison has turned down a move to Saudi to stay at Spurs.

Guess this means Son will move back to his wide role.

I think it's going to be a tough season for Spurs with the extra games and the way Ange likes to play. Not sure how seriously they'll take the Europa League.
 
He's one that I'm not quite willing to move out of the 1 season wonder bracket just yet but he was very good last season unlucky not to go to the Euro's ahead of Toney.
Yeah he needs to back it up this season to really show he has turned a corner from an indifferent career to date. To me he’s still in that Michu, Santa Cruz etc category.
 
Yeah he needs to back it up this season to really show he has turned a corner from an indifferent career to date. To me he’s still in that Michu, Santa Cruz etc category.

He had a big season in the championship to get them promoted which gives me a little bit more faith that he is actually a proper player.

Bournemouth had a shocking start last year but once that new manager got his system bedded in they were a good side.

Solanke will be a massive miss for them but I suspect they always knew he was likely to go.
 
I think he's better than both of our strikers, and he's going to cost less than Hojlund and is a proven Premier League striker. I think the doubters are just a little bit jealous.
 
He is 26 so they're buying him at his peak and this is probably him at his very best, would you want to pay £60m for him off the back of 1 good season in the top flight?

Both our strikers were bought on the basis that they will be much better players than Solanke

If you had to ask me honestly over the next 2 seasons who scores more goals Solanke (Spurs) and Hojlund (Utd) I'd say it's a coin toss.

For what it's worth I'd have been happy with Solanke as the competition for Hojlund next season but they're gone for Zhirkzee who cost a lot less in terms of transfer fee and likely on a lot less money.

I think Utd and Spurs fans should be pretty happy with the strikers they've managed to get in.
 
I think it's an absolutely crazy signing at that price.

Outside of last season he's got 10 goals in 86 premier league games. Maybe it has all suddenly clicked for him nearing 27 but I'd guess he had a purple patch.

The sort of fees they were talking about for Calvert-Lewin after a decent season and no one would go near that now. I'd still prefer DCL is his injuries are behind him.
 
He is 26 so they're buying him at his peak and this is probably him at his very best, would you want to pay £60m for him off the back of 1 good season in the top flight?

Both our strikers were bought on the basis that they will be much better players than Solanke

If you had to ask me honestly over the next 2 seasons who scores more goals Solanke (Spurs) and Hojlund (Utd) I'd say it's a coin toss.

For what it's worth I'd have been happy with Solanke as the competition for Hojlund next season but they're gone for Zhirkzee who cost a lot less in terms of transfer fee and likely on a lot less money.

I think Utd and Spurs fans should be pretty happy with the strikers they've managed to get in.
The problem is neither of our strikers are better than Solanke and until they are it's a moot point. Solanke is the better Premier League player and last season proves it. It doesn't matter what any of you think, he did the business last season and that's as good as you get. He could easily still have six seasons in him for them. He's only going to be surrounded in much better players, which means even more chances to score. I think it'll end up being money well spent.

I'm not unhappy with our options, but I really would have liked someone like him, who for me is guaranteed goals.

Hojlund could end up costing £72m and for that up to now, we haven't gotten a lot.

The Solanke signing might end up being the reason we finish below them again.
 
I think he's better than both of our strikers, and he's going to cost less than Hojlund and is a proven Premier League striker. I think the doubters are just a little bit jealous.
A proven PL striker? Not quite yet.

A number of underwhelming seasons in the top flight followed by a very good one doesn’t equal proven.

Fair to play him if he does succeed at Spurs because he did do very well for Bournemouth last year but I wouldn’t swap him for Hojlund.
 
A proven PL striker? Not quite yet.

A number of underwhelming seasons in the top flight followed by a very good one doesn’t equal proven.

Fair to play him if he does succeed at Spurs because he did do very well for Bournemouth last year but I wouldn’t swap him for Hojlund.
This is a very different Solanke though - a man on fire. He's playing with a smile on his face, and loving his football. That is the best sign you can get from any player.

If 21 goals isn't proving he's doing it right, then I'm struggling to see what you will deem worthy.

It really doesn't matter what has went on before, the only thing thing that matters is what's going on now. It's the same with Martinez for example. All of our fans are still going on about how important he is and how great he was two years ago. None of that matters as he's been utterly useless for ages. Is he now unproven to you? Form and current exploits are all that matters.

Solanke's stock is through the roof with good reason. You don't score easy in the Premier League. Something has clicked for him and we may well be very annoyed we didn't at least try to sign him.

Don't worry though, It's not only you that undervalues him, I'm reading a lot of the same everywhere.

As for not swapping him and Holjlund? Well, that's a more difficult one, as Hojlund may well become world-class, who knows? Right now though there is no comparison really. Solanke wins hand down.

 
The problem is neither of our strikers are better than Solanke and until they are it's a moot point. Solanke is the better Premier League player and last season proves it. It doesn't matter what any of you think, he did the business last season and that's as good as you get. He could easily still have six seasons in him for them. He's only going to be surrounded in much better players, which means even more chances to score. I think it'll end up being money well spent.

I'm not unhappy with our options, but I really would have liked someone like him, who for me is guaranteed goals.

Hojlund could end up costing £72m and for that up to now, we haven't gotten a lot.

The Solanke signing might end up being the reason we finish below them again.

Tricky one to compare as a Bournemouth player prem seasons only 123 games 32 goals (1 in 4 games) with most of them coming last season. Include 2 seasons in the championship 216 games 77 goals so roughly 1 in 3.

Hojlund 43 games 16 goals at Utd roughly 1 in 3. You’d hope he will get better and closer to a 1 in 2 as he matures.

Form is temporary class is permanent. Solanke will only be classed as a top player if he continues to score 20 a season and prove that last season wasn’t a one off,the top players do it year after year.

If we end up paying the full fee then things have gone very very well.

As for finishing above them this season really that depends on what we do to sort the midfield out before the window shuts.
 
Tricky one to compare as a Bournemouth player prem seasons only 123 games 32 goals (1 in 4 games) with most of them coming last season. Include 2 seasons in the championship 216 games 77 goals so roughly 1 in 3.

Hojlund 43 games 16 goals at Utd roughly 1 in 3. You’d hope he will get better and closer to a 1 in 2 as he matures.

Form is temporary class is permanent. Solanke will only be classed as a top player if he continues to score 20 a season and prove that last season wasn’t a one off,the top players do it year after year.

If we end up paying the full fee then things have gone very very well.

As for finishing above them this season really that depends on what we do to sort the midfield out before the window shuts.
Yeah, but you have to admit Solanke is way ahead of Holjlund right now.

I think he might of struggled to keep up the goals at Bournemouth, but now he has the perfect platform to really kick on.

His goals last season had everything too. Interceptions, clever pieces of skill. Runs in behind.... it was just a bit of a masterclass.
 
Yeah, but you have to admit Solanke is way ahead of Holjlund right now.

I think he might of struggled to keep up the goals at Bournemouth, but now he has the perfect platform to really kick on.

His goals last season had everything too. Interceptions, clever pieces of skill. Runs in behind.... it was just a bit of a masterclass.

I would say he’s slightly ahead he’s got more of an all round game but Hojlund’s finishing is lethal and there a 6 year age gap.

Like all strikers Solanke will want to get an early goal as he’s got a hell of an act to follow.
 
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Yeah, but you have to admit Solanke is way ahead of Holjlund right now.

I think he might of struggled to keep up the goals at Bournemouth, but now he has the perfect platform to really kick on.

His goals last season had everything too. Interceptions, clever pieces of skill. Runs in behind.... it was just a bit of a masterclass.
Solanke’s stock was probably at an all time high after last season so Bournemouth are probably being wise cashing in.

Will definitely be interested to see how he does at Spurs and can kick on. Last season it did look like something clicked with him but it’s hard for a lot of players to back up a stellar season with another one.
 
Solanke’s stock was probably at an all time high after last season so Bournemouth are probably being wise cashing in.

Will definitely be interested to see how he does at Spurs and can kick on. Last season it did look like something clicked with him but it’s hard for a lot of players to back up a stellar season with another one.
Yeah, it'll be no walk in the park. Our league is no joke and getting goals is hard.

Integrating with his new team will be the hardest part. We don't know how long he'll take to do that. If I'm honest it's only usually the truly special players that manage it season one, so he could be looking at a year where he's not up there with the best, but the season after I'm expecting him to be back at last seasons level.
 
we could have done with a signing like this. I think goals is definitely going to be a problem for us.
 
Last season, creating chances was definitely the issue.

Think it was a bit of both we had spells where we created loads but didn't take them and other spells where we couldn't create anything.
 
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Bentancur charged by the FA over comments he made about Son in an interview during pre season.

Basically he said all Koreans look the same. He has apologised and Son said he made a mistake and has accepted the apology.

Could face a minimum 6 game ban.

Makes you wonder where is that charge for Enzo Fernandes?
 
I hate racism on any level when it's actual racism.

I don't see how that is, it's one of those where it sits in your head and you try and make sense of why that comment is racist.

It's not like he's made fun of how he looks...

But I get why it's seen that way, but for me it's a nothing comment.
 
It is racism but there’s the difference between racism intended to cause offence and provoke and a bad joke.

You are making a joke about his race playing up to a stereotype about all Asian people looking the same. It isn’t on and he should know better and hopefully he now does.

The ban apparently ranges from 6 to 12 games to me this looks like it will be on the lower end of the scale if he’s found guilty.
 
Yep and Park asked people to stop singing it although I think this happened after the chant was well established.

As did Lukaku when Utd fans sang a song about him having a rather large member.
 
People need to stop being such whinging cry babies.

If someone told me I looked the same as the rest of my country, I'd respond: "So, f*ck?!"

Honestly, the world is crazy now.
 

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