NUFC Transfer Rumours

[Ashley17]

He was 20 when in the Championship with Fulham, seems a bit dumb to carry that opinion over for another 4 years

[TRon]

28 minutes ago, Jesse Pinkman said:

Muniz would be a poor signing. Work colleague is a Fulham season ticket holder and he said many thought he wasn’t good enough when in the championship. He has improved and is a bruiser up top with the occassional nice finish but Jimenez is more clinical. 

 

 

I watched a highlight video yesterday when our interest was reported. I don't normally do this, but I figured he's someone we could probably sign if we really pushed for it. 

 

His highlights were really shit. A lot of his goals were deflected dribblers, and I didn't really see him hit a decent strike on any of them. 

[KaKa]

26 minutes ago, Jesse Pinkman said:

Muniz would be a poor signing. Work colleague is a Fulham season ticket holder and he said many thought he wasn’t good enough when in the championship. He has improved and is a bruiser up top with the occassional nice finish but Jimenez is more clinical. 

 

This is just not true man 

 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/13384654/rodrigo-muniz-and-yoane-wissa-among-the-strikers-flying-under-the-radar-in-this-transfer-window

 

Muniz has been unfortunate not to play more for Fulham over the past year - and a post on the club's social media channels unwittingly shone a light on this at the end of the season.

 

The graphic celebrated how many Premier League goals Fulham's two main strikers had scored. Raul Jimenez, the first choice, had 12 in 30 starts, while Muniz had eight in eight.

 

Considering three of Jimenez's goals were scored from penalties, and Muniz didn't take a spot-kick for Fulham, then the Brazilian's record becomes even more impressive.

 

Broaden the comparison further and the numbers will shock you: excluding penalty goals, Muniz has the best strike rate per 90 of anyone in the Premier League (0.76) to have played at least 20 per cent of available minutes this season.

 

Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak, arguably two of the most valuable strikers in world football, are closest behind him with a return of 0.62 per 90.

Even when you include penalties, Muniz ranks second to Mohamed Salah, Premier League top scorer last season, narrowly ahead on 0.77 after scoring nine times from the spot.

 

Muniz is right up there in terms of Expected Goals per 90 too, ranking fifth in the Premier League when penalties are excluded - a clear indication that he is consistently getting into good goalscoring opportunities.

 

Well over 6ft, Muniz is also a handful for defenders, shown in his unique ability to win both aerial duels and fouls at a higher rate than almost anyone in the Premier League. Handy when leading the line.

 

He ranks second for aerial duels won per 90 (6.34) and seventh for fouls won per 90 (2.93) - but when you measure player performance across both metrics, Muniz stands alone among other strikers.

 

So why has he not played more? Well, the numbers suggest Marco Silva tends to prioritise experience. His Fulham teams have been the second-oldest on average over the past two seasons - and were the oldest the season before.

 

Perhaps for Muniz, who turned 24 in May, that has counted against him in the battle with 34-year-old Jimenez for minutes. Silva can point to a steady progression as a sign that his methods are working after recording his best points return at Fulham.

 

But Muniz also has a strong case to say he deserves more minutes. These numbers suggest he is the under-the-radar striker in the Premier League.

[duo]

I would rather Muniz than Wissa personally

[KaKa]

36 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

I watched a highlight video yesterday when our interest was reported. I don't normally do this, but I figured he's someone we could probably sign if we really pushed for it. 

 

His highlights were really shit. A lot of his goals were deflected dribblers, and I didn't really see him hit a decent strike on any of them. 

 

Are you sure you've watched him the past two seasons at all 

 

Can't be bothered to go looking for all his best goals, but since you said you didn't see one decent strike at all!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 31, 2025 by KaKa

[Jewel]

4 hours ago, Jesse Pinkman said:

Muniz would be a poor signing. Work colleague is a Fulham season ticket holder and he said many thought he wasn’t good enough when in the championship. He has improved and is a bruiser up top with the occassional nice finish but Jimenez is more clinical. 

 

He'd be a poor signing at the prices I've seen bandied about. 40m? No thanks.

 

You can't bleat on about PSR and budget constraints if you're going to spunk the best part of 40m on the likes Rodrigo fucking Muniz lol.

[Jewel]

And you just know Fulham won't make it easy for us to sign him, just as Brentford haven't with Wissa.

 

It will turn into another multi-week saga at the end of which we will once again come away empty-handed. 

[Optimistic Nut]

12 hours ago, ponsaelius said:

Not even looking at CBs ffs

 

Guess this is the problem with renewing Schar & Burn and Lascelles still being around. On paper we have 4 senior centre-backs and Krafth as back up. As good and loyal as they've been, at least one should have gone to free up space.

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

Guess this is the problem with renewing Schar & Burn and Lascelles still being around. On paper we have 4 senior centre-backs and Krafth as back up. As good and loyal as they've been, at least one should have gone to free up space.

If we don't sign a top notch centre half this window it's an auto fail from me. 

[Optimistic Nut]

5 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

If we don't sign a top notch centre half this window it's an auto fail from me. 

 

One of them needs to go really. 

[r0cafella]

2 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

One of them needs to go really. 

Regardless of that, or anything else for Me no top notch centre half then the window is a fail. 

 

We've got 6 keepers FFS. 

[Menace]

Stats are absolutely pointless at times like. People are really arguing about Muniz being a good player ffs

[Loki679]

Article linking us with Samu.  Would be a great signing if we can get him.

 

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Aston Villa and Newcastle United could go head-to-head for Porto striker Samu Aghehowa, TEAMtalk understands, though three other Premier League sides are also keen.

The 21-year-old has emerged as one of the most sought-after strikers in the summer transfer window, after notching 27 goals in 45 games for Porto, after joining from Atletico Madrid last summer.

Porto paid €17million (£14.7m / $19.4m) to sign Samu from Atletico, and he has certainly proven his worth in Portugal.

TEAMtalk understands that his impressive form has captured the attention of Aston Villa and Newcastle, who have both listed him as an option as they look to bolster their striker options.

 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/aston-villa-and-newcastle-plotting-spectacular-move-for-27-goal-striker-but-transfer-dominos-must-fall/ar-AA1JF2wi

 

 

Edited August 1, 2025 by loki679

[Ben]

6 minutes ago, loki679 said:

Article linking us with Samu.  Would be a great signing if we can get him.

 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/aston-villa-and-newcastle-plotting-spectacular-move-for-27-goal-striker-but-transfer-dominos-must-fall/ar-AA1JF2wi

 

 

 

 

TBF our record of going head to head with another club this summer is catastrophically bad so I'm not holding out much hope here

[Loki679]

Just let me have this one, Ben.  At least for a little while.

[r0cafella]

11 minutes ago, loki679 said:

Article linking us with Samu.  Would be a great signing if we can get him.

 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/aston-villa-and-newcastle-plotting-spectacular-move-for-27-goal-striker-but-transfer-dominos-must-fall/ar-AA1JF2wi

 

 

 

Desperate times when we are citing teamtalk. 

[Sibierski]

8 hours ago, Alberto2005 said:

I still can't believe how shit this window has been.

 

I really thought CL football would be a big pull, seemingly made fuck all difference.

 

There's still a small part of me that is hopeful, but with 4 weeks left my confidence is draining fast.

For all clubs who are not part of the cartel, it’s been a wank window.

 

But that’s PSR doing its thing. They can sign sign sign, load up on a squad and worry about if they can shift players or not end of window (and sell their youth for big book profits because they can hoover up the young talent to keep them ahead of everyone else).

 

Whilst rest of league is going to have to shop right up to final day, taking the scraps that are left (even from the cartel clubs themselves). PSR doing its thing, keeps the gap from cartel to rest of league, which their fans lap up.

 

Probably be the norm now moving forward this type of window. Broken concept that nullifies any ambition. Palace have qualified for Europe and are needing to act like a club that are in a relegation battle rather then ambition to kick on. Just a load of shite.

[Optimistic Nut]

Just now, Sibierski said:

For all clubs who are not part of the cartel, it’s been a wank window.

 

But that’s PSR doing its thing. They can sign sign sign, load up on a squad and worry about if they can shift players or not end of window (and sell their youth for big book profits because they can hoover up the young talent to keep them ahead of everyone else).

 

Whilst rest of league is going to have to shop right up to final day, taking the scraps that are left (even from the cartel clubs themselves). PSR doing its thing, keeps the gap from cartel to rest of league, which their fans lap up.

 

Probably be the norm now moving forward this type of window. Broken concept that nullifies any ambition. Palace have qualified for Europe and are needing to act like a club that are in a relegation battle rather then ambition to kick on. Just a load of shite.

 

Aye, Sky 6 will be fine, some promoted clubs will spend a load to stand a chance, the rest are hamstrung. 

[Sibierski]

2 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

Aye, Sky 6 will be fine, some promoted clubs will spend a load to stand a chance, the rest are hamstrung. 

Cartel spend big, drive up the market prices, which makes it even harder too since the allowed loss is the same across the league.

 

Alright for cartel who likely always have European money to boost revenues (and already larger commercial income), but rest of league are then operating on reduced margins due to inflated transfer fees and wages, all thanks to the cartel clubs.

 

A rolling yearly 15m loss for cartel is like £100m+ spending difference to the rest of the league. Fair financial rules.

[KaKa]

1 hour ago, Menace said:

Stats are absolutely pointless at times like. People are really arguing about Muniz being a good player ffs

 

I can tell you haven't actually watched him play.

[Menace]

Then you're a fucking idiot.

[Menace]

[r0cafella]

29 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

I can tell you haven't actually watched him play.

 

1 minute ago, Menace said:

Then you're a fucking idiot.

 

Just now, Menace said:

[Menace]

This guy is always quick to criticize people's opinions as if he's an expert - I've literally been Craven Cottage in excess of 20+ times, my friends a season ticket holder ffs  

[El Prontonise]

30 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

I can tell you haven't actually watched him play.