- Jul 29, 2004
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First of all, lets not lessen what he has done this season. King has scored 12 goals in last 14 games, including scoring against Chelsea, Liverpool, United, Everton (2), WestHam (3). Any player who does this has to be respected regardless of age. We may slate Vardy but a similar run was the core to the Leicester success last year.
Secondly, for someone who is 25, he has hardly started 100 games & importantly rarely played as a striker. Even this season, his move to a more forward role came because of a injury to Wilson & Afobe not being good enough. We have seen in the past including Drogba that some can be late bloomers.
From what little I have seen of him, he is an intelligent player who is constantly on the move & takes his chances cleanly when presented.
Where I agree with you is on the transferfee. We need someone to back up Kane but not at a huge fee. Given his recent exploits, I dont see a fee < 20m. But if we could get a fee between 15m to 20m, I am not against the move.
I'm not trying to lessen his achievements, I have said it's a big improvement. It's also something I have seen pretty much every season from various players. At 25 I just think he is far too much of a risk based on a three month scoring spree.