Frazier Campbell is one of the youngsters a lot of reds have high hopes for. We desperately want to see United standard players come up through the academy and Campbell is someone United fans could argue might have what it takes.
He’s incredibly pacey and has a good eye for goal. He scored the winner in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s testimonial against Espanyol and was it not for Shay Given’s accidental save with his face, Campbell would have scored his first Premiership goal on the opening day against Newcastle.
Despite constant interest from Hull City, where he spent last season on local and played a crucial part in their promotion, Campbell wants to stay at United.
“Now I’m back at United, the plan is to try to force my way into the first team,” he said at the beginning of the month. “I’m going to continue to work hard and try to do enough to stay here and go on from there.”
However, with a bid from Hull coming in to sign Campbell, should we accept?
“We’ve put a £7m bid on the table to Manchester United,” said Paul Duffen, Hull’s chairman. “The complexities of their situation are that it depends on them getting one in, that one might well be Bulgarian. As I said all the way through the summer we need to be respectful of that and there’s nothing I can do to force the situation. If they do bring someone in I want to be at the front of the queue and I will do whatever it takes to bring him to the football club. They’ll be a lot of people alluding to the fact we’ve got carried away with ourselves. But I can absolutely guarantee that I’m here for the long term building the football club.”
There are several things for Manchester United to consider.
1. Can we afford to let him leave? With Louis Saha’s move to Everton still pending and no more news on Dimitar Berbatov, or any other potential striker signing for that matter, we would be leaving our squad very shallow. An injury to Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez or Cristiano Ronaldo could leave us in big trouble with no Campbell.
2. Is he actually good enough for United? There’s no point clinging on to a player with the hope that one day he’ll make it, if deep down, there isn’t much chance of that happening.
3. £7 million is a lot of money and could be double what we’d make from him if we were to sell him in a year or too. Hull are very eager to stay up and after the 15 goals he scored for them last season, they see him as a vital part to their success. In a couple of years time, there probably wouldn’t be that same interest if United deemed him not good enough.
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We definitely need to keep hold of Campbell. Let’s give him a chance on the fringes of the first team – at least for a season.
He’s definitely got something so let’s see how his talent develops.
Depends on if we sign Berbatov. I’d still like him to stay but I think we could use the money in our situation.
Not until a deal for another striker comes in should we even consider Hull’s offer. If we can sign Berba than a loan deal works, I would be disappointed to see a talent not get more of a chance to prove himself. 7 million won’t help any situation, especially after the sale of Saha to Everton. We should keep him regardless in my mind, we have Tevez, Rooney, Manucho, and Campbell. IF we bring Berba we have 5, a good number of strikers, going below that worries me, as we had more than 5 but needed a new striker, we certainly will need one if we are only left with Manucho as our only option to come in the game.
We need to keep hold. Do we need £7m that badly right now? If we give him games here and there his value can only go up
He’s too good to go, he was on fire at pre season and i’d much rather see him have half an hour or a full game every now and then because he’s got a edge to him that our players don’t seem to have at the moment, we’re already looking leggy.
Personally i dont think he’s good enough to cut the mustard ala many of the players we have dispatched recently….he’ll always be carling cup quality..a fringe player. UTD play at the highest standard..and he aint that am sorry and wont be either. But at present we cannot afford not to have him on the bench atleast…cos we are desperately short upfront….and average player is better than none.
If berba comes then sell him…but only for 10 mill
Should loan him to see how well he does in the PL but only if we get another striker in, just not Berba though.
It depends on a number of things:
First, is a new striker signed-sealed-and-delivered ?
Second, is Fraizer better than Manucho/Danny Welbeck ?
Third, is Hull the only interested purchaser ?
If the answers are “yes”, “no” and “yes” then I’d sell him; if not, keep him for another year as backup in case of emergencies in the spring.
I’d like to see either Wellbeck or Campbell get a chance this season.
I dont see a risk in keeping him for another year to give him a shot.
Hull are offering 7million now & I cant see his value dropping all that much if we were to get rid of him next year (if needs be)
I don’t think he’s good enough to make it at United. If we buy Berbatov he’ll be our fifth choice striker so he won’t get many games. Hull are bidding good money so I say sell, but include a buy back clause in the contract a la the Rossi deal.
i think we should hold onto him, he has potential and provides good cover
7mill take it!!
Already 20. Clearly not good enough.
I don’t think it is time to rush him out of the door. In the games he has actually played I think he has done well. It would be easy to let him go and become a top scorer for another team but surely we aren’t in a position to let him go just yet. Assuming we sign Berbatov, something I feel is 100% going to happen we still have only 3 forwards (excluding other youth / reserve players and the ever missing Manucho).
I, for some weird reason can’t help but think we are on the verge of signing TWO top forwards! I am greedy, yes, but it’s something I cannot rule out!
If come 2009, we are covered in that department, I am sure Hull would still bite our hands off, to sign a player that will help them stay up.
I don’t know about you, but I am glad there’s only 48 hours of this to go!!!
No, we have four forwards if Berbatov signs. Manucho’s work permit is sorted. He just has to get fit.
^Assuming Campbell is sold of course.
£7 million? He’s already 20 and clearly not good enough for your first team. Accept.
If we get Berbatov, then take the 7 million, as it is a significant sum of money for a player who has come up through the ranks. As much as I have high hopes for him, and would like to see him get the chance in the first team, the possible arrival of Berbatov and Manucho, could see his chances very much limited. Maybe Fergie will decide nearer to the close of the window as to what he will do about Frazier.
If we let Rossi got for less then you bet Campbell can go. He’s a good…prospect, nothing else. It’s a huge step up from the championship and just cause he scroed for fun with Hull doesn’t mean he can do it when the pressure is on with Utd. He’s years from providing us with steady supply of goals. Sell with a few clauses that ensures we can buy him back or % of sellon fee and i’ll be more then happy. The boy needs games to see if he can hack it in the top league and lets be honest, he won’t get more then 5-10 games this year.
Sell and use the money to buy Berbatov, someone who can do the job NOW! Or use him to sweaten the pot with Berba. Either way, don’t keep him here cause we *believe* he might be good in a few years. We’ve believed quite a few players would turn into stars, and fact is, only a handful truly do.
Sell and move on. It’s how footballs run these days…