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I really think it's going to be hard to find a quality experienced striker who would come to us to be stand in for a handful of games next season.
Even experienced strikers are a gamble (Torres, Soldado, etc etc) especially when they are just going to get games in fits and starts.
Chaldi effectively plays as a wide striker anyway, and he's experienced in this league, he has the attributes, I'd happily take him as striker back up.
Agreed we are unlikely to find an experienced striker - but maybe there is one towards the end of their career who might.
As we have no young strikers likely to come through after Kane for a few years - except a faint possibility that Coulthirst might come good, I'd advocate filling that 'hole' in the production line with a 19/20/21 year old striker - so I'm hopeful that the Anthony Martial link shows that Poch, Mitchell and co are thinking along similar lines.
Its a hole in the squad we need to fill - and atm with Chadli, Eriksen, Pritchard, Townsend and Lamela (5 for 3 positions) we are short (or at least over well endowed) in that area too, so a striker/WF would re-infoce both areas,