Blimey not heard that name for a while
Do we need to sign a striker?
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While we have Rashford on the books we will not be signing a new striker.
Mateta makes sense. PL proven - 20m fee. Can give us good 2-3 seasons. Wages will not be crazy. Leaves money in the bank for other positions.
Victor Osimhen is most underrated and best player not in a big 5 league. And maybe He doesn't need space. He is built for the prem. His shot is something else. His headers are too.
There are rumors that Chelsea are going to make a loan deal to get him. He will be a right pain to play against. Good thing Arsenal signed the wrong Victor. Otherwise they probably would be a dynasty
There are rumors that Chelsea are going to make a loan deal to get him. He will be a right pain to play against. Good thing Arsenal signed the wrong Victor. Otherwise they probably would be a dynasty
Not him again.
Who is paying his salary to come to the PL? Not just the salary but the agent fees too
Overpriced himself out of a move before and that’s why he’s in Turkey.
If he has decided that playing in the PL is more important than money then someone will nab a good striker, one who brings other qualities even if he doesn’t score a lot in the PL. His pressing is crazy
Reckon he will end up at Arsenal
He tore his ACL.
Can't believe some are mentioning Thiago oder Alvarez who would cost 60-120M€. We're obviously not going to spend that money on a additional striker. And Bowen ist also not a CF. He's a Winger, just like Mbeumo. I'am 100% sure we want go for another traditional CF like Sesko but, as Withwell said, an experienced one. But I am also sure that we won't sign the likes of Jimenez, Wellbeck or fecking Vardy because they are too old. It's not only about what they've done but also what they can give in the next 2-3 years.
I see three premier league experienced CFs who are not too old and could help us for at least three years and are gettable for probably less then 30M€: Richarlison, Mateta and Watkins.
I see three premier league experienced CFs who are not too old and could help us for at least three years and are gettable for probably less then 30M€: Richarlison, Mateta and Watkins.
We should target mateta
completely agree
That's who I'd go for at the right price
Short answer is: Yes
Sesko is good, but not that good. Plus he will have goal droughts, injuries etc. He essentially has no back ups as you can´t really count Zirkzee, he needs to be sold asap.
We should get a backup striker in the region of 30+M.
All those fancy new CM toys will do nothing if we don´t have enough firepower up front.
Sesko is good, but not that good. Plus he will have goal droughts, injuries etc. He essentially has no back ups as you can´t really count Zirkzee, he needs to be sold asap.
We should get a backup striker in the region of 30+M.
All those fancy new CM toys will do nothing if we don´t have enough firepower up front.
Demand big wages though i think
Good post.
Of these players, I think I would prefer Richarlison.
And while I agree with your rationale and it seems likely the club will do just that, I’m really not sure we should go down the route of bringing in a an average, experienced striker. Why not just do what all other top clubs to; use Mbeumo or Cunha there if Sesko is injured or we need another option.
I would also repeat that Darwin Nunez would be a decent option for free. I know it is not very realistic.
Everyone knows Zirkzee is not the answer and needs to go.
That leaves Sesko as our only striker. Whilst Mbeumo can cover - we clearly need an additional player.
We went the entire season with no striker option off of the bench (except when we played with no striker from the start!) and that’s only playing 40 games.
Who? That’s a difficult question to answer.
That leaves Sesko as our only striker. Whilst Mbeumo can cover - we clearly need an additional player.
We went the entire season with no striker option off of the bench (except when we played with no striker from the start!) and that’s only playing 40 games.
Who? That’s a difficult question to answer.
Don't see the point if they don't improve us, and Richarlison isn't coming to be back-up.
Might as well just play Mbeumo as back-up striker considering the alternatives available. Striker market is genuinely tragic these days.
Might as well just play Mbeumo as back-up striker considering the alternatives available. Striker market is genuinely tragic these days.
Amine giouri - 26, good season at marseille who need to sell players, lower wages. Never really became the player i expected as was really keen on us signing him2/3yrs ago.
But he gives a different option to sesko, lots of ability technically.
Seeing mainly top players for crazy wages...or physically strong players offer less but similar traits to sesko....think people overly thinking of resting sesko for games...rather than resting sesko within games and using a different option for certain games.
Thats something surprising me with lots of names linked this window....rogers, fernandes, hall, vlahovic for example are similar players and/or positionally areas we are strong in and costly...for me likes of nathanie brown, balde, baleba, tchouameni, giouri, kevin filling, monga, mateus mane are cheaper in several cases and also offer something different to what we already have...and more of what we actually need...feeling maybe spending lots on 4 of tge best players isnt as good as spending similar on 6/7 of right players
But he gives a different option to sesko, lots of ability technically.
Seeing mainly top players for crazy wages...or physically strong players offer less but similar traits to sesko....think people overly thinking of resting sesko for games...rather than resting sesko within games and using a different option for certain games.
Thats something surprising me with lots of names linked this window....rogers, fernandes, hall, vlahovic for example are similar players and/or positionally areas we are strong in and costly...for me likes of nathanie brown, balde, baleba, tchouameni, giouri, kevin filling, monga, mateus mane are cheaper in several cases and also offer something different to what we already have...and more of what we actually need...feeling maybe spending lots on 4 of tge best players isnt as good as spending similar on 6/7 of right players
Yeah that's what I thought too. I wanted to add another left winger (Ndiaye for examle) which would allow us to use Cunha as a CF occasionally. But thats obviously not what we are planning to do, at least according to withwell.
Richarlison is a backup at Tottenham currently. I think he would be delighted to join a way bigger Club like Manchester United where he can play in the champions league alongside Cunha and Ederson. Also he's free to compete with Sesko, no one says he HAS to sit on the bench if he's surprisingly banging in goal after goal.
Is he that good? But yeah, one More
flexible forward/attacker would give so many more options. I like Rogers, but really understand people prefer a natural winger as that is something we lack.
Get Kroupi, can play across the front line, knows the league and could be special
Will cost an arm and a leg
Age is a factor but I think Callum Wilson would be a good short term pick up.
Preference would be Mateta though as the back-up striker.
Preference would be Mateta though as the back-up striker.
Nunez can’t even make the squad in a Saudi team right now. He’s rubbish.
Welbeck would do nicely as an accompaniment to Sesko. If we want to spend a bit more, go for Patrick Schick - experienced, consistent scorer of goals, and should be less pricey given his age.
Short answer is yes, we clearly need another striker as we only have one right now. But if we have a set budget, I’d rather flex Cuena and Mbuemo to go alongside/in place of Sesko rather than doing anything to jeopardise our chances of rebuilding our midfield
I’d go Welbeck, if not Mateta (but I’d feel he’s less likely to understand that he’s second fiddle to Sesko).
I just don’t see either coming though.
I just don’t see either coming though.
In think with his knees, he'll welcome the break.
He is not.
One goal or assist every 119 min in the PL. Name a player with better stats than that who we are able to sign. «Free» too, I think.
Liverpool will probably resign him.
Kneesy does it
With Oshiemen, we could win the league
He's not backup at Spurs, is he? Seemed to start most of their games last season. Richarlison is also capable of playing across all three attacking positions, so he wouldn't just be limited to rotating with Sesko. He'd arguably be the most versatile of all our attacking options. I will say though that he seems to have been picking up a few injuries these last couple of years, especially hamstring injuries. That'd be a worry for the future, and I haven't really watched him to see if that's had an impact on his game (indeed I haven't really watched him much since he left Everton).
Really, any half-decent striker we bring in should be fancying his chances of getting ahead of Sesko in the pecking order. Sesko isn't at the level (yet) where he should be undisputed first choice, and proper competition that he can rotate with is probably a good thing.
Of the three experienced PL strikers that have been mentioned above, it'd be interesting to see what the club prioritised if we did go for one of them. Mateta is the best target man, Richarlison is the hardest working and most versatile, while Watkins tends to score the most (but always seems to be quiet to downright terrible whenever I watch him). Most likely I don't think we'll go for any of them though.
With oshimhen our profits would decrease and Jim would fire more staff
Joking
But there is no way we’d be adding him after getting rid of Casemiro, Sancho and Rashford wages to go too. Jim won’t go there
The only reason he is on those wages in Turkey is because all big clubs refused to buy him
Mateta at a decent fee would be a great backup / rotational option. Otherwise we're any Sesko injury back to the Cunha / Mbeumo up front scenario as the only option. Turns 29 later this month, so could definitely do a decent job for a few years.
I don't mind Nunez.
I've only seen him play a handful of times but he gave me the impression that he might just suit the PL.
I wouldn't say back-up. 32 appearances in the league and nearly 2000 minutes. He's playing a fair bit, and I would not want him ahead of Sesko. If we can get him for 30m, I would take him, but don't think that's realistic when talking about Spurs.
I'm intrigued to see how Cunha does at the world cup. If he's good enough to the starting world cup striker for Brazil you'd think he'd be good enough backup striker for us.
Dorgu is probably going to be a left wing option for us going forward and we have Mount. If needed it may be we just cope with Cunha backup for now.
Dorgu is probably going to be a left wing option for us going forward and we have Mount. If needed it may be we just cope with Cunha backup for now.