Our team is almost unrecognisable from Fergies last year now...
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You can only hope to go there are no plans to give Hernandez another go with us.
Time for a which striker should we replace RvP with poll. Can someone organize a list of viable candidates who haven't already moved to other clubs (ie. not Jackson Martinez and similar players, and I'll make the thread/poll.
Or even Hernandez for that matter bar the caughtoffside to Liverpool rumours.
For starters - Kane, Griezmann, Lacazette, Cavani.
If we don't that leaves us with one recognisable first team striker left in our team. Talk about a clear out! Surely we should be on the cusp of signing another striker or two if we're letting them go?
Nani, Anderson, RVP and Falcao probably all gone in the last 6 months. That could easily have free up 700K per week in wages.
I'll always love RVP for his performances during no. 20. But I think he does serve as a warning on spending huge money on players close to 30. His decline since that season has been staggering. How much of that was down to SAF leaving and how much wasn't, is up for debate. Kagawa and RVP did seem the two players most affected by SAF's retirement.
I'll always love RVP for his performances during no. 20. But I think he does serve as a warning on spending huge money on players close to 30. His decline since that season has been staggering. How much of that was down to SAF leaving and how much wasn't, is up for debate. Kagawa and RVP did seem the two players most affected by SAF's retirement.
Is Griezmann a striker? I thought he played on the wing? I'd take Higuain or Icardi out of those, I think.
Maybe, but that would still leave questions about quality depth at CF.
Yep. People keep rattling out the "are his legs going to fall off after 30? Another 4-5 years at the top IMO" stance.
The problem is the risk involved of a decline, and it isn't this huge myth that's been created. It actually happens and to most players.
Well, he can play almost every position in attack, mostly played as a second-striker this season, but i wouldn't call him a striker either.
Wilson. That is 2. Then if we sign a striker that is 3, which is all we need really.
Aubameyang maybe
Wilson isn't good enough yet. He should be going out on loan. If Rooney got injured and we had Wilson up front, we'd be fecked.
If he really has gone, then LVG and Woody deserve a bit of credit for reducing the wage bill. As stated earlier, we have lost a stack of cash by getting rid of players deemed not good enough for LVG. Granted, we have got peanuts for them but if we give them such healthy contracts, what can the club do?
I do hope RvP going means a new striker coming in. I don't think Rooney, Hernandez and Wilson will give us enough goals. Something we lacked last term.
I do hope RvP going means a new striker coming in. I don't think Rooney, Hernandez and Wilson will give us enough goals. Something we lacked last term.
I disagree really. I think Wilson would be good enough to be a 3rd choice striker. I agree we shouldn't be going into the new season with just Rooney and Wilson though..we need to buy a striker.
Feck me. With Chicharito also on the move we are more or less left with only Rooney as a striker. And Wilson.
That makes sense, I read something about Fernerbache offering a 4 year deal, which I doubt most clubs would.
Yeah he never recovered from Fergie leaving, but he's looked shot physically to me as well, even when playing for Holland.
Milik, Gabbiadini
More realistic ones:
Icardi
Lacazette
Higuain
Kane
Remy
Benteke
Berahino
Cavani
Rondón
Lukaku
Austin
Players who seem unrealistic at this point but might be gettable:
Ibrahimovic
Müller
Morata
Would be good if we could let Rooney also go. But that will never happen.
Some pretty depressing options on the top list.
Yep. We are gonna play with one striker so the amount of game time for the third choice will be ideal for someone of Wilson's age. We don't need to go and spend millions on someone who wont play much.
Sad to see RVP go. I think he still could've been imporant part of the squad
Fellani as CF and release der kraken! 
Yeah. Who knows what LvG wants though. Maybe he'll be happy with a lesser quality backup.
Are they just going to pretend he never won the premier league
How many league titles have Arsenal won since then? Van Persie wasn't desperate the win the FA Cup since he already had done in 2005 and we actually got deeper in the Champions League with Moyes than they have since then too.Also, this source for the transfer is Jamie Jackson which rightly or wrongly means I'm sceptical of it's accuracy.
Will be sad to see RvP move on. Still a class striker who suffered because of lack of service. With LvG playing with 1 striker and making Rooney untouchable, hard to see a top class striker wanting to come in as backup. Lacazette would make the most sense, but would not mind Berahino or Benteke, but most people will turn their nose up at those players.
Forget depressing. Half the players on that list I have never heard of before. Its like one of those Jimmy Kimmel gags where he asks people going to coachella about random made up musicians and everyone is like "oh yeah..they are awesome"
Could this possibly mean Fellaini or Depay for options up front?
The little boy inside me says: FENERBACHE
I suppose I'm not the only one who's sceptical about Rooney being the first option with Wilson and some of the before mentioned players as his subs.
I simply don't trust Rooney's finishing ability that much.
I simply don't trust Rooney's finishing ability that much.
As falso nueve, fake 9.
It's a pretty horrific decision getting rid of RVP at this point especially considering just how poor the market is at the moment. For anyone suggesting Benteke then you must be delusional if you think he's actually better than even an off form RVP.
Whoever replaces him isn't likely to play much since we already have Rooney and Wilson. If we do replace him, I'd go for Higuain. 20 goal player who would blend in well with the rest of our Spanish speaking contingent.
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