My problem with Gakpo is that he is clearly not the finished article and we/ETH are under huge pressure to deliver. We have not been and are not a place to develop talent and help players achieve their potential. The pressure and structure at the club has seen many young players struggle when joining and very few players actually getting better when they join us.
for €50 million we should be getting at least someone who is an established and confident professional that can come in and perform as needed. Cavani, injuries aside, had no issue adapting…Ibra, Ighalo even. We need someone in that mould right now…we can’t afford to blow half of next summers budget on a young moments player. Who ends up being another body on the bench…(VDB, Sancho, Amad, Pellistri, Fred for a long time - in years gone by Kagawa, Miki, Memphis round 1)
At this point, Memphis for free makes more sense if we can line up a proper CF signing for the summer. He has matured and will come in with much less pressure. He could do a job for the second half of the season and allow us to really scout and pursue a top striker for the summer.