Thuram I reckon.
Who will be our next stopgap striker?
- Thread starter Sparky Rhiwabon
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Please no more stop-gaps
Im no expert on him, only know him as Iran’s talisman and through playing games like Football Manager etc. But he seems like a bit of a “late bloomer”type and I was pleasantly surprised when I saw his stats. Watching his highlights he seems to have a bit of everything: link up play, first time finishes, finishes with both feet, strength, not slow (but also not rapid), good positioning, etc.
Any Liga Nos supporters have a take?
Horsechoker
Taremi and Ben Yedder would be my oick
Vardy party
Return of Danny Welbeck from Brighton to fill the 'experienced striker' role we require.
What’s Cavani up to these days?
Diego Costa
That 80 year old Japanese striker
Finally, no commercial kick back and no women teams stating problems either at that Ldn club and hasn't missed a game when he was fit.
Maybe we can talk Zlatan out of retirement... 
Martial has been a stop-gap for as long as I can remember
Martial has been a stop-gap for as long as I can rememberUnfortunately so, I can't hide the hype I had when he returned though, but has left a real sour aftertaste!
Delighted with how ETH dealt with the while situation and the season as a whole. Least having this hype seems to be going places.
Another average Dutch player I’d guess. Luuk de Jong, Brian Brobbey, Vincent Janssen, anyone?
Moussa Dembele and Weghorst I reckon.
I actually felt we should have gone for him after the league win but he was all kinds of not right for us. I'd still have him tbh
Iheanacho until Ferguson.
Welbeck “knows the club inside out” or something like that
I feel like we've been in a perpetual state of having stop gap strikers for like a decade. Seriously the last time we had a genuine world class striker was Van Persie in 12/13.
Next season whoever we get I doubt it will make much difference if it's not someone like Kane or Osimhen.
Next season whoever we get I doubt it will make much difference if it's not someone like Kane or Osimhen.
Will probably continue so long as the Glazers clueless business men buddies are still involved in transfers
Wrote it in other threads but I think Rodrigo of Leeds would be the perfect stopgap striker. Apparently has a 3m relegation clause, knows where the goal is and is EPL-proven. Scored 13 league goals with a struggling team last season. Surely a huge upgrade on Weghorst.
Upgrade on Weghorst? He'd be an upgrade on Martial, Weghorst and Elanga. But it's a great shout and a very Glazers-embossed January sort of signing. It SHOULDN'T happen, but then to be honest Weghorst and Ighalo should never have been necessary for a club our size.
Moussa Dembele on a free from lyon aint a bad shout
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Yeah not against that
There are cheap options out there not for a just a stop gap striker but a potential back up. Rodrigo, Dembele on a free would be great. Watch us not makes those deals happen and have some people in this forum try to convince us we couldn't have done better. Just see how much the weghorst loan is defended even when people bring out a list of better strikers that went on cheap loans.
Vardy. Release clause. Ties to the club. Albert Steptoe love-in.
What's his tie to the club
Never realised Rodrigo was so cheap
His wife was sued by Rooney.
That’s super cheap
Wouldn't mind Giroud.
No thanks. Well past his best. Two years ago work have been a great stop-gap, but not now.
Isn't that the whole point of a stop-gap?
Might as well bring back Welbeck if the requirement is to be better than Weggy. The bar isn't high.
3m? Even if he flops and doesnt play a game he could be sold for more than that. I imagine Barcelona would be all over that
They should just join forces into one super bid. In fact, they should also merge bodies to become one super human while they're at it.
Sir Sheikh Jasjim ... Ruler of all Worlds
Sir Sheikh Jasjim ... Ruler of all Worlds
Mbappe. 12 month loan from psg before he joins Madrid next year.
Bebe