What ‘affordable striker’ will we buy in January?

gulli_G said:
We 100% do, all teams have competition for attacking places. Fergie didn't look at Andy Cole, Sheringham and Solsjkaer and say we have enough, when quality was available he bought (York). Same with Veron, even though that failed.

Top Teams keep doing that, Real Madrid do that regularly, they want to up their levels. City also to an extent.
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We shouldn't be attempting to replicate other teams falling for the illusion that we are somewhat comparable. You are right, Fergie brought in quality, when it was available, Real is doing it too. But those stories have two things in common, those are already heavy hitting teams and in Fergies case, he usually was the chip leader at the table so could splash others out of the water.

Doesn't apply to this day. We have no real wingback in the squad, our midfield option aren't great and considering age of the players, will get significantly worse in short time. Right now we don't know, who is able to really flourish in those wide forward roles of the new system. There is more than enough to do. And while understandably, we made our bed by bringing in Hojlund for that big amount of money. Zirkzee was odd, no question and I wouldn't be against bringing in another one but that shouldn't be someone expensive unless we get rid of Zirkzee, which I would be fine with, but it certainly isn't how we did things in the last years. I know there is a proud tradition of keep spending on one area while others erode further and further... we managed to splash on RW options how many years in a row? 3? How many CBs have been brought in? One per year?
 
Oscar Bonavena said:
I cannot believe there are people on this thread saying bringing in a centre forward is "not a priority".

Our centre forward options are currently Hojlund and Zirkzee.

I'll repeat that again, our centre forward options are currently Hojlund and Zirkzee.

Do we want our team to score f**king goals or not?
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They must have both heard you!
 
NZT-One said:
We shouldn't be attempting to replicate other teams falling for the illusion that we are somewhat comparable. You are right, Fergie brought in quality, when it was available, Real is doing it too. But those stories have two things in common, those are already heavy hitting teams and in Fergies case, he usually was the chip leader at the table so could splash others out of the water.

Doesn't apply to this day. We have no real wingback in the squad, our midfield option aren't great and considering age of the players, will get significantly worse in short time. Right now we don't know, who is able to really flourish in those wide forward roles of the new system. There is more than enough to do. And while understandably, we made our bed by bringing in Hojlund for that big amount of money. Zirkzee was odd, no question and I wouldn't be against bringing in another one but that shouldn't be someone expensive unless we get rid of Zirkzee, which I would be fine with, but it certainly isn't how we did things in the last years. I know there is a proud tradition of keep spending on one area while others erode further and further... we managed to splash on RW options how many years in a row? 3? How many CBs have been brought in? One per year?
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I don't disagree other positions need filling, but if Ruben goes for Gyokeres, I would trust him with that. Also I am sure we have plans for the other positions this Summer, along with a decision on outgoings further into the season.
 
croadyman said:
Well Ornstein linked him to us yesterday, so maybe that suggests there is interest
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There is a rumour that Ferguson might be going on loan in January but like Delap we really don't need a young trainee striker.
 
I’d rather we looked at signing a very solid LWB. Really want Davies from Bayern.
 
People mentioning Welbeck must be joking or they forgot he's never been a good goal scorer. Ever since he was 19 and zup zup was his celebration he never scored a decent amount of goals. And he's like what? 48? Might as well bring Cavani back, at least Pexbo can have his twangs.
 
No way we're signing a striker in Jan. It's going to be Gyokeres in the summer. For Jan we should put in a cheeky bid for Davies, Bayern rather sell for some cash than lose him on a free, but he's a starter for them so looks unlikely.
 
gulli_G said:
I don't disagree other positions need filling, but if Ruben goes for Gyokeres, I would trust him with that. Also I am sure we have plans for the other positions this Summer, along with a decision on outgoings further into the season.
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He's not going to buy Gyokeres anymore. All the strikers are already firing from all cylinders.
 
Captmfla said:
He's not going to buy Gyokeres anymore. All the strikers are already firing from all cylinders.
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Let's see, all 3 have different qualities, but Gyokeres can do everything they can, at £60m it's a complete no brainer, I think we should buy him even if to stop him going to a rival.

He can help all the strikers and they are young enough to take over when he tails off.
 
If we have any money would try and tempt Napoli to terminate Oshimen's loan, they have supposedly shown interest in Zirkzee, so maybe some horse-trading could be done

I do not see us buying any senior player in January but would not be surprised if we got a loanee or 2 in
 
MaMa given red said:
We can't forget it though because of PSR rules.

Isak would cost north of £100 million and he'd want around 200k a week minimum.
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Newcastle have PSR concerns too. Test the waters with 95. Part funded by selling some players
 
Zed 101 said:
If we have any money would try and tempt Napoli to terminate Oshimen's loan, they have supposedly shown interest in Zirkzee, so maybe some horse-trading could be done

I do not see us buying any senior player in January but would not be surprised if we got a loanee or 2 in
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I think he's one of those players that only has that one great season (i.e Michu). Think his star has faded.
 
TsuWave said:
what's Isak's contract situation? What a fecking player, man
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Best PL striker at this moment. I wonder would Newcastle sell him for big money next summer. He is worth every single euro.
But with our money situation and the fact that Hojlund is our project and Zirkzee is just bought, i have zero hopes that we will go for him. But Liverpool or Arsenal will be all over him.

But yeah, what a player he is.
 
If there is even a slight chance Isak is available we should part the sky to get this fella. For me the best all round striker in the premier league.
 
Zed 101 said:
If we have any money would try and tempt Napoli to terminate Oshimen's loan, they have supposedly shown interest in Zirkzee, so maybe some horse-trading could be done

I do not see us buying any senior player in January but would not be surprised if we got a loanee or 2 in
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This is a good angle. Zirkzee would be a perfect younger number 2 to Lukaku in Conte's system.

Osimhen has to be top priority, he is available and has a price set. Gyokeres is a good striker but Osimhen is world class and proven at a good level year in year out.
 
tentan said:
I think he's one of those players that only has that one great season (i.e Michu). Think his star has faded.
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First of all, Michu had his career ruined by injuries. He could barely play after his great season with Swansea. He retired at 31 after playing football in lower league Spain where moving around wasn't as much of a necessity.

Osimehn is currently having his 7th good season in a row. Belgium, France, Italy, Turkey, it doesn't matter.

The thing about him is he's very expensive because he's so good. Napoli bought him for 70m almost 5 seasons ago and his price has not gone down.
 
Apparently Osimhen wants GBP550k per week of wages which is why Chelsea didn’t sign him. Those wages represent Rashford and Antony’s combined wages. While he may give us better value than those two, I wonder whether his signing is consistent with the messaging we have been getting from INEOS.
 
Tallis said:
Apparently Osimhen wants GBP550k per week of wages which is why Chelsea didn’t sign him. Those wages represent Rashford and Antony’s combined wages. While he may give us better value than those two, I wonder whether his signing is consistent with the messaging we have been getting from INEOS.
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Wide birth if true.
 
Tallis said:
Apparently Osimhen wants GBP550k per week of wages which is why Chelsea didn’t sign him. Those wages represent Rashford and Antony’s combined wages. While he may give us better value than those two, I wonder whether his signing is consistent with the messaging we have been getting from INEOS.
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Either he reduces those demands or he can continue playing in Turkey and the likes whilst we move on
 
As others have said striker is way down the list of positions we need to improve. There is maybe a handful of players in the world who would be able to score goals all by themselves in this team and none of them are affordable or probably willing to come here atm.
 
I'd concentrate on getting the ball to the striker before signing one
 
If Juventus can sign Zirkzee in January and we somehow can offload Rashford, I’m sure that would be enough of cash to active Osimhen or Gyokeres release clause in January. Getting LWB and top striker in January would be massive boost.
 
Tallis said:
Apparently Osimhen wants GBP550k per week of wages which is why Chelsea didn’t sign him. Those wages represent Rashford and Antony’s combined wages. While he may give us better value than those two, I wonder whether his signing is consistent with the messaging we have been getting from INEOS.
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He can stay where he is. He seems to think he’s the new R9.
 
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