Do we need a new striker?

Brennan · May 6, 2013

Remy and Nani ? Come on. As if we're going to sign them ffs

Goat · May 6, 2013

Brennan said:
Remy and Nani ? Come on. As if we're going to sign them ffs

Both are utter turbo gash.

FTY · May 6, 2013

Great Dane said:
IMO we should get one more quality striker in. Why only one? Because in Mirallas we have a quality striker that I think we should stick up front. That means that we should look at a right winger and for me the top choice would be James Morrison from WBA, he has performed for a number of seasons now and being Scottish his pricetag will not be as inflated as a Scott Sinclair like English option.

Our link with Andreas Cornelius from Danish Champions FC Copenhagen is interesting. While being top scorer in Denmark does not mean anything, he has recently taken over from Bendtner in the national team. He is strong, but I'm not too sure whether he would offer anything different than Anichebe. I would take for his potential and I doubt he would be expensive - £1-2 m. at the most.

Central midfield and the lack of creativity in there is where a new manager - hopefully - will look. We all want Barkley to be our new number 10, but we need another body in there. Presumable Fellaini will be sold, and as a replacement we should look at someone like Fer or a player similar to him. I would also get James McCarthy for the DM postion - he will be as good as Keane IMO.

This just screams mid table.

Housequake · May 6, 2013

We have this conversation EVERY PISSING SEASON.

Brennan · May 6, 2013

Housequake said:
We have this conversation EVERY PISSING SEASON.

Probably because the transfer window opens soon.

Brennan · May 6, 2013

FTY said:
This just screams mid table.

Morrison and McCarthy.

Eurgh.

Tree13 · May 7, 2013

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Aidey9 said:
As for strikers, ive seen that the likes of Cornelius & Finnbogason are valued at around £5m, so for me, 2 young strikers doing very well in there respected leagues and at a price surely we can afford this summer, and IMO, worth taking a shot on!. I think Cornelius as got 20 goals this term for Copenhagen and Finnbogason is one or two goals behind Wilfried Bony in the goalscroing charts in Holland and look at the price he's valued at and the clubs he's being linked to, and Finnbogason's club Heerenveen havent done aswell as Vitesse this season so it's some feet to be up there in the scoring stakes!

I know zip about Cornelius and Finnbogason, but I wouldn't dismiss them out of hand. On a basic level I'd prefer a young striker with scope to develop costing less than £8m, rather than a 27/28 year old at his peak costing £12m plus, because there's not a lot of cash in the bank and we need more than just one more player.

Aidey9 said:
As for Negredo, Sevilla are in finacial shtie!. Tbh, alot of Spanish clubs are and i read a while ago that when all Spanish clubs debts were totalled up, from top to bottom, the value ammassed £3bn!. So by all accounts there's pressure on clubs to find ways of easing there debts off and thats why Negredo could be available for as little as 8-10 million this summer, going by reports anyway?!

If only it were that simple. If he's that good and he's available at that price, Arsenal and Spurs will be in for him, and I would expect the RS will show an interest too. We can't win a bidding war. And if the Spanish clubs are having a collective firesale, let's nab Ivan Rakatic from Sevilla too, and Jonathan De Guzman from Villareal.... £6m for the pair? We can but dream.