How is he a big upgrade? As another poster said, Cavani barely played 30 games in the last 2 seasons due to many injuries.
We won’t be registering four keepers whether they’re still here or not though.
We wont challenge this season anyway. I meant more for another top 3/4 fight. That is the reality. Liverpool will win with ease.
See, that's why I think Ole would want him. He would provide a sterling work rate, be the focus of multiple opponent players and tactics, which would free up the other teammates, gain a trustworthy set piece taker in the age of VAR, and his reputation and status would also boost the team (and a notable chunk of the fanbase, as added bonus).
This is a bit worrying.
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This is a fair assessment for me, even if I don't fully agree with it. I think there will be days where he'll genuinely be our best striker option, and he's a very different kind of striker compared to Martial, which to me is a huge plus (as it offers us versatility). If Martial can't handle competition, then that's completely on him. Right now, no one is challenging him for that position, and he has had a poor start to the season.
Ighalo probably won't play at all until his loan is over. Basically no role.
How much is the Cavani deal costing us? If it's such a good deal for us then why didn't we do it in August? No point having a backup option who spends half the time injured himself. If Martial got a long term injury on Tuesday, could we rely on Cavani to play all season? Behave.
We didn't offer Ighalo a new contract, we extended the loan beyond June because we still had games this summer.
I'd imagine there is next to no reason Lee Grant needs to be registered.
Where does this myth originate from. Martial and Marcus fought for the left for years. Things only got complicated when Sanchez was undeservedly given the starting spot.
We didn't 'offer him a new contract', we extended his loan when the season was put on hold.
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Value it how you like, we didn't pay a fee for him. Smiley went over your head, too.
How many players have we signed for the academy this year?
like Sanchez
Don’t need to register 4 keepers surely, release Grant then just need to sell loan a couple (as well as Smalling). Easier said than done though as it’s been our biggest weakness for years imo.
He leaves in 2 months and isn't showing enough to warrant attempting to keep him again
It screams of poor planning. Like Ogden says this is a deal that we could have got done ages ago.
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Well It looks like it will only be for two years so at least we didnt bow to the long term contract.
Schweinsteiger was a WC winner and a Bayern Munich legend, an iconic midfielder of his whole generation. Still flopped massively.
I'm not so sure it could have been. We're the last top club circling around him and it looks like we wont be giving him everything he wanted i.e. long term deal. If we had done this earlier maybe the demands would have been more, but he's probably as desperate as we are.
And also on the wane,
Hes only available as a rotation piece. He's not a surefire starter, if he was still in his prime, he would take martial spot. Stop acting like we dont know hes old, but hes still good and versatile
We could have, but i think Ole thought Ighalo was good. Guy was shocking since the restart. Now it is pretty much panic station
That's fantastic. How many of them are going to help us vs Spurs tomorrow afternoon?
Nah this is Ed stepping in and making that call. Tragic
Or... he wanted a lot more “ages ago” and now it’s clear no-one is giving him that he’a lowered his demands.
Not how I like. How it was valued in the club accounts.
Brilliant work. No one else wants him so we’ll give him a bumper contract, a huge signing on fee, and make sure his agents pockets are lined for the rest of his life.
Are you joking?
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10m a euros year. About 200k a week I think
