Anthony Elanga

[Nucasol]

7 hours ago, junkhead said:

 

There are some good foreign options but I agree, Elanga seems lower risk than most.. AND is mates with Isak.

 

Anyway, that's exactly the sort of discussion that I compiled my schizophrenic shortlist for:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZzMFGZEolVEY4AZFGc4JN02bvlHuPQrEcPjD3bXHahU/edit?usp=sharing

 

I’m all down for this level of detail. Respect brother.

[Froggy]

2 hours ago, Jewel said:

How much is the sell-on clause Man Utd have for Elanga? 

 

I'm loathe to give those cunts any money. For that reason alone, we should look elsewhere.

 

It's likely 20% of the profit. 

 

So we'd get around £7m if you buy him for £50m.

[Whitley mag]

Head down pacey wingers are great when there’s space and playing in transition, but we’ve got one of these in Gordon.

 

How many times last season would people pull their hair out with Gordon due to his lack of awareness and poor final ball.

 

Our biggest failing is composure in the final third where we can’t break teams down at home and we end up forcing things and running out of ideas.

 

If Elanga is our major attacking signing this summer he solves none of those problems, no matter how great a coach Howe is, after 2 plus years he still hasn’t solved this with Gordon.

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by Whitley mag

[SteV]

7 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

It's likely 20% of the profit. 

 

So we'd get around £7m if you buy him for £50m.

NUFC saving the dinner ladies and cleaning staff of Man Utd.

[TheBrownBottle]

I’m perfectly comfortable signing the lad if Howe wants him - Howe’s record on signings is as good as anyone in football 

[BergenMagpie]

1 minute ago, SteV said:

NUFC saving the dinner ladies and cleaning staff of Man Utd.

More likely gonna go to cover Casemiros salary for 3 months

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, TheBrownBottle said:

I’m perfectly comfortable signing the lad if Howe wants him - Howe’s record on signings is as good as anyone in football 

I am, I’m just more concerned it leaves us struggling to do enough business for the rest of the window. As ever though can’t judge it until it’s done.

[Gawalls]

9 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

Head down pacey wingers are great when there’s space and playing in transition, but we’ve got one of these in Gordon.

 

How many times last season would people pull their hair out with Gordon due to his lack of awareness and poor final ball.

 

Our biggest failing is composure in the final third where we can’t break teams down at home and we end up forcing things and running out of ideas.

 

If Elanga is our major attacking signing this summer he solves none of those problems, no matter how great a coach Howe is, after 2 plus years he still hasn’t solved this with Gordon.

 

 

 

For me - I have that much faith in Barnes we could sell Gordon for me if it boosted our cash to spend in other areas. I do like Elange though, seems to have the right attitude and hard working and a great season last year.

[NSG]

If Howe wants him then I’m fine with that.

 

I sort of trust the bloke who has taken us from 19th to the Champions League (twice), and won us our first cup since dinosaurs walked the planet.

[Tsunami]

Reminds me of a quicker version of Murphy, without the defensive awareness.

[sushimonster85]

Echo the sentiments re Howe. He and his team have turned worse players than Elanga into fantastic players. Imagine they will have the lad tearing it up by Jan.

[Keegans Export]

5 minutes ago, Tsunami said:

Reminds me of a quicker version of Murphy, without the defensive awareness.

"There's three ways to do things - the right way, the wrong way and the Anthony Elanga way"

"Isn't that just the wrong way?"

"Yes, but faster"

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

If were launching £50M at Eleange type players we must have more to spend than I thought 

 

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by RUHRLYASLEEVESUP

[Scoot]

6 minutes ago, NSG said:

If Howe wants him then I’m fine with that.

 

I sort of trust the bloke who has taken us from 19th to the Champions League (twice), and won us our first cup since dinosaurs walked the planet.

 

Exactly.

 

The same people twisting about Elanga will be the same people who cried about the Gordon signing only to then a year later be singing his praises whilst  pretending they never said a bad word about him.

 

Trust the manager. He's earned it.

[Crimson Cardigan]

Another thing, we’re in fairly desperate need of someone who can take a free kick and Elanga put in some great ones last season.

[SUPERTOON]

Still think this one has a long way to run, with our limited budget and other needs, I can’t see us paying 50 million. 

[Tsunami]

3 minutes ago, RUHRLYASLEEVESUP said:

A half decent comparison between Juice & Elange here for the 2025 season, perhaps Eddy thinks he can improve him beyond Murphys current stats I dont know ?

https://www.premierleague.com/stats/player-comparison
 

Well, so Murphy is better based on data but, slower. My main concern is that we pay upwards of 50M and bench him in favour of Murphy. He spent a chunk of time on Forest’s bench last season.

 

He doesn’t appear very disciplined or that good technically. 🤷‍♂️

[KaKa]

3 minutes ago, Scoot said:

 

Exactly.

 

The same people twisting about Elanga will be the same people who cried about the Gordon signing only to then a year later be singing his praises whilst  pretending they never said a bad word about him.

 

Trust the manager. He's earned it.

 

It's the exact same points being mentioned again too.

 

All pace. Just a transition player. His fbref passing is poor. Too expensive. Not good enough for where we need to get to etc.

 

If he joins we'll soon see.

[KaKa]

17 minutes ago, Tsunami said:

Reminds me of a quicker version of Murphy, without the defensive awareness.

 

I genuinely can't believe anyone could watch Murphy look so nervous and tentative on the ball in general play, and how easily he gets pushed off the ball when he tries to go by players, and compare him to Elanga.

 

Really very very strange comparing the two.

[Andy84]

9 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Still think this one has a long way to run, with our limited budget and other needs, I can’t see us paying 50 million. 

This.  I think the player is fine, if that’s who we’ve settled on. It’s the time it’s going to take to do this deal.  We’ve done business with Forest quite a bit so I think there’ll be a good relationship, I just can’t see them being willing sellers

 

[SteV]

[Fak]

[Cronky]

45 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

Head down pacey wingers are great when there’s space and playing in transition, but we’ve got one of these in Gordon.

 

How many times last season would people pull their hair out with Gordon due to his lack of awareness and poor final ball.

 

Our biggest failing is composure in the final third where we can’t break teams down at home and we end up forcing things and running out of ideas.

 

If Elanga is our major attacking signing this summer he solves none of those problems, no matter how great a coach Howe is, after 2 plus years he still hasn’t solved this with Gordon.

 

 

 

 

I get what you're saying, and I would rather we were signing someone who was a bit better on the technical side. Mbeumo would have been great, but maybe we just have to face the fact that the players who are most in demand at any given time won't be available to us yet.

 

If Elanga does sign, then I think either Gordon or Barnes will leave, and I reckon it will be Gordon.

 

I agree that we have difficulty in breaking down teams who come to defend because our players generally aren't technical enough when it comes to passing and controlling the ball through tight spaces. Maybe Grealish on loan, playing as a number 10 would help.

[Froggy]

45 minutes ago, SteV said:

NUFC saving the dinner ladies and cleaning staff of Man Utd.

 

Real Madrid will be doing the same with Carreras. 

 

Just need someone to buy Greenwood now. 

[KaKa]

55 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

It's likely 20% of the profit. 

 

So we'd get around £7m if you buy him for £50m.

 

Consider it payment for the Champions League place. Cheers.