OpenHeartZoo
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- Oct 18, 2004
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I would be looking at keeping Crouch, moving on the other 3, and bringing 2 in. Crouch is never going to get the goals we need over a season but as well us giving us "that option" I think he's proved his worth in Europe, has formed a solid partnership with VdV, and always works hard for the team.
Of the 2 we bring in, at least one of them needs to be that all round 'lead the line' centre forward. Llorente? Hulk? I've only seen bits and bobs of them but they look the most obvious and gettable options at the moment.
I would be fine with the second signing being of the shorter variety, as long as they're a more versatile player than Defoe. Perhaps someone who's able to play on the wing in a 4-3-3 to give us that option. Certainly someone who can provide assists and contribute in the way that VdV does. Suarez would've been ideal of course, but ho hum. We apparantly went in for Aguero with about 45 seconds of the transfer window left, if we're actually at all serious maybe we'll make an early offer in the summer. Unlikely, but worth a stab.
What is fairly certain though is that Harry is going to have to take a bit of a big money risk on preferably two players from abroad, which he doesn't seem keen on doing. Any of these strikers are going to cost in the region of £20-35m, and if we sell Pav, Keane and Defoe we're probably only going to get £25m, maybe £30m max back. If he's planning on leaving next summer for England though, maybe he'll throw caution to the wind a bit and give it a go.
Of the 2 we bring in, at least one of them needs to be that all round 'lead the line' centre forward. Llorente? Hulk? I've only seen bits and bobs of them but they look the most obvious and gettable options at the moment.
I would be fine with the second signing being of the shorter variety, as long as they're a more versatile player than Defoe. Perhaps someone who's able to play on the wing in a 4-3-3 to give us that option. Certainly someone who can provide assists and contribute in the way that VdV does. Suarez would've been ideal of course, but ho hum. We apparantly went in for Aguero with about 45 seconds of the transfer window left, if we're actually at all serious maybe we'll make an early offer in the summer. Unlikely, but worth a stab.
What is fairly certain though is that Harry is going to have to take a bit of a big money risk on preferably two players from abroad, which he doesn't seem keen on doing. Any of these strikers are going to cost in the region of £20-35m, and if we sell Pav, Keane and Defoe we're probably only going to get £25m, maybe £30m max back. If he's planning on leaving next summer for England though, maybe he'll throw caution to the wind a bit and give it a go.
