.....just a rumour that a deal is likely. Big lad, doesn't look the most mobile to me but he's a good age and would be a Pelle type option up top.
Apologies if already posted but his is written by the stats guy previously employed by fc midjytland
http://statsbomb.com/2016/04/statsb...senal-buy-in-midfield-more-transfer-shopping/
Who would you pick – Vincent Janssen or Sebastien Haller?
This is like making me choose between my kids. For those who don’t follow the Eredivisie, these are two of the top young center forwards in the league.
Do you know that Haller was bought by Utrecht on an option from Auxerre last spring for only 800k Euros? And bigger clubs than Utrecht wanted to buy him both last summer and in January and pay him a LOT more money, but he stayed put. Rumor in the Netherlands is he only has eyes for Ajax right now, but I could see bigger fish with more money testing his desire to stay in Holland.
I could also attempt to tell you an awful lot more about Haller and explain why I know a lot more about him, but that would trigger additional electrical shocks and I’m still kind of jittery after the last batch.
Meanwhile Janssen is one of the top scorers in Europe this season. A physical shot monster, I’m not sure about his pace, but he certainly causes huge problems for Dutch defenders. A couple of scouts I trust have also insisted he’s the real deal (stats suggested this was likely months ago), and from what I have seen they are probably right.
I would say Haller has a bit more potential and creates a few more goals for his teammates, while Janssen is a tremendous goalscorer right now. For me, Haller wins by a whisker, but it’s basically too close to call. (And in the end, it all comes down to price and what the player wants to do anyway.)
