Callum Wilson signs for Newcastle

[Twizzle]

Come on down, the price is right

 

[LegitimatelyKaned]

Assuming it's true I'd be happy with it. £10m for a home grown, PL acclimatised forward - even if he has just had a pretty poor season. Worth noting that everyone at Bournemouth has had a bad season.

 

[doobie]

This is the type of signing we've needed for the past 4 or 5 seasons. We cannot expect Kane and Son (especially if we play in Europe) to play 70 minutes a game, every game. He would be a fantastic signing and would get plenty of starts while rotating our first team.

 

[Derryank]

He's a Mourinho style CF to be fair. Wouldn't be the worst back up striker in the league at this price, in particular when the season ahead would appear on paper to be quiet for international or money spinning transfers.

Heck... wasn't Jose only interviewed on Friday proclaiming that he's aware of the financial situation all.clubs shall be faced with and needs to be smart in the upcoming window.

In my opinion £10M is a smart buy for a back up EPL striker.

In any event...at least it's not Lukaku for £75M (couldn't help myself ?).

 

[gibbospurs]

He’s poor. English and injury prone. No thanks.

 

[emiley heskey]

He is not mourinho style cf ... He is short, not battering ram ... Rather just get back llorente who has got more to his game and will suit mourinho's style ...

 

[dtxspurs]

Have thought he would be the perfect Kane backup for a few years now.

 

[hellava_tough]

He is not mourinho style cf ... He is short, not battering ram ... Rather just get back llorente who has got more to his game and will suit mourinho's style ...

Would be good on the counter attack though.

 

[hellava_tough]

Was waiting for this link. For 10m he’s a no brainer for me. I think he’d be a tremendous backup option for the price he’s quoted at.

Home grown, Premier League proven, England capped, and has been putting up close to an average of 10 Premier League goals a season in a bang average Bournemouth side [not to mention the 14G, 9A in 2500 minutes he had last season which was impressive].

He offers something different to Kane as he’s got more pace but he is still a pretty strong finisher both in the air and on ground.

Is he the best striker option on the market? No, probably not. But I’m struggling to think of any other striker that is 28 or younger and available for 10m or less that would be better for us than Callum Wilson. He could definitely do a job for us in the Europa League and the domestic cups and could be relied on for several more seasons.

I actually think he would be one of the better backup strikers in the league IMO.

Not to mention he’s a signing that poses very little financial risk as he’ll hold his value at 10m. If we loan out Parrott next season and he tears it up or if we return to a more competitive financial position in the upcoming window(s) and want to get a “better option”, we could definitely flog him off to another side for a similar [and potentially higher] fee.

Here’s a good montage of his goals for Bournemouth over the years without obnoxious music:

If that video is representative of the type of player he is then I'm in.

Quick, good movement and scores all sorts of goals.

And for £10m...what's not to like?

 

[HedgieSpur]

We literally have 0 back-up strikers bar someone who's barely played first-team football, and we're linked with a striker who has proven he can be very effective at Premier League level, and people are still moaning.

Seriously, who the fuck do you want? Who??? Milik? If Milik flopped, the same people would be abusing Levy for not signing someone who was PL-proven.

Fucks sake.

I don't want a "back up" striker. I want someone who will do what Kane did, CHALLENGE the incumbent with good attitude, workmate and application. My preference would also be for someone who can be a foil for Kane and/or play across the front 3.

Don't care what country they come from, just want the best we can get, given our price bracket. As for examples, I'd take Edouard or Sarr rather than Wilson (especially as he's on a lot of money).

 

[spursfan77]

Interesting. He has been a ghost of his International call up showings this season. His lack of running, enthusiasm, effort and performances is the major factor in Bournemouth’s drop off this season.
live inBournemouth and talking to season ticket holdersat a bbq this afternoon, they were saying the best he could hope for was a Newcastle coming in. 4/10 for a long time. He’s not Mr popular down here right now.
Sam Sturridge came on for the last few minutes vs Ston and did more in injury time than Wilson did in 90.
£10m sounds cheep, but on he is a 5 goal a season showing at best right now.
Maybe we need a bench striker but I’d hope there was £10m towards a decent RB first.

Either maybe his injuries have finally taken their toll or maybe he just needs a change of scenery (like their manager, but that’s a different point)?

If it’s the injuries we’d find out at a medical I suppose. On his day, If he can still have them like you say, he’d be the best back up we could get at a decent price.

 

[yankspurs]

Cheap, HG, proven goalscorer in the prem. Would be ideal backup to Kane. Cant look at 19/20. Almost everyone at Bournemouth's been shit. This piece of business would probably be too good & too sensible to actually be true though.

Classic SC sticking their noses up at him

 

[emiley heskey]

Typical Mourinho style CF has these three attributes that he craves:

1. Height must be 6ft plus.
2. Can link up play and pass the ball towards the channel to wingers or attacking midfielders.
3. Can score header from corners, freekicks and crossing situations and obviously need to bully opposition's two defenders with his physicality and height. He needs to win 70% to 90% aerial battle against opposition DM and Cbs when goalkeeper kick the ball towards opponent's goal.

Callum wilson doesn't fit in any of the attributes that mourinho craves in his CF. Callum Wilson is runner and finisher. He is similar profile to Jermaine Defoe albeit less finesse.

I would rather we go for Llorente if money is not there, or we should just get someone like Artem Dzuyba on free whom Mourinho likes and has same agent as Mourinho. Milik is not coming to Spurs as it seems so Dzuyba or Llorente is not a bad shout for free transfer.

If money is there, then I would just buy Vedat Muriqi whom I think is going to be huge if any PL club buy him. Perfect targetman, link up striker. Similar to Giroud.

 

[nedley]

I don't want a "back up" striker. I want someone who will do what Kane did, CHALLENGE the incumbent with good attitude, workmate and application. My preference would also be for someone who can be a foil for Kane and/or play across the front 3.

Don't care what country they come from, just want the best we can get, given our price bracket. As for examples, I'd take Edouard or Sarr rather than Wilson (especially as he's on a lot of money).

This.

The talk of 'back up' is nonsense and if we are to actually go on and win things then we need to buy somebody that would come in and compete. Whether Wilson is capable of that im not sure. He's certainly a decent PL player but I can't really pass comment as I've not seen much of him this season.

 

[spursfan77]

Typical Mourinho style CF has these three attributes that he craves:

1. Height must be 6ft plus.
2. Can link up play and pass the ball towards the channel to wingers or attacking midfielders.
3. Can score header from corners, freekicks and crossing situations and obviously need to bully opposition's two defenders with his physicality and height. He needs to win 70% to 90% aerial battle against opposition DM and Cbs when goalkeeper kick the ball towards opponent's goal.

Callum wilson doesn't fit in any of the attributes that mourinho craves in his CF. Callum Wilson is runner and finisher. He is similar profile to Jermaine Defoe albeit less finesse.

I would rather we go for Llorente if money is not there, or we should just get someone like Artem Dzuyba on free whom Mourinho likes and has same agent as Mourinho. Milik is not coming to Spurs as it seems so Dzuyba or Llorente is not a bad shout for free transfer.

If money is there, then I would just buy Vedat Muriqi whom I think is going to be huge if any PL club buy him. Perfect targetman, link up striker. Similar to Giroud.

I think that’s a fallacy, he used to play Gudjohnsen at centre forward for Chelsea who wasn’t a giant but good at the other aspects you describe. Wilson is about the same height, has a good leap on him, is quick, knows where the goal is etc.

The only negative I can see is the wage he is meant to be on (£110k pw) is a lot for a back up striker but I guess we paid Llorente that so maybe it wouldn’t be a problem.

I bet there would be a lot of competition for him (Leicester, Arsenal, Everton perhaps) so I think we would need to qualify for European competition to guarantee him games.

 

[HedgieSpur]

This.

The talk of 'back up' is nonsense and if we are to actually go on and win things then we need to buy somebody that would come in and compete. Whether Wilson is capable of that im not sure. He's certainly a decent PL player but I can't really pass comment as I've not seen much of him this season.

Agreed. The Callum Wilson I remember from a couple of seasons ago looked very good but I literally have barely seen him play this season. At the price, it might be worth a punt, but his wages would have to be significantly cut, I suspect.

 

[coy-spurs1882]

This.

The talk of 'back up' is nonsense and if we are to actually go on and win things then we need to buy somebody that would come in and compete. Whether Wilson is capable of that im not sure. He's certainly a decent PL player but I can't really pass comment as I've not seen much of him this season.

levy won't pay the money required to persuade someone who can compete with kane to come

 

[emiley heskey]

I think that’s a fallacy, he used to play Gudjohnsen at centre forward for Chelsea who wasn’t a giant but good at the other aspects you describe. Wilson is about the same height, has a good leap on him, is quick, knows where the goal is etc.

The only negative I can see is the wage he is meant to be on (£110k pw) is a lot for a back up striker but I guess we paid Llorente that so maybe it wouldn’t be a problem.

I bet there would be a lot of competition for him (Leicester, Arsenal, Everton perhaps) so I think we would need to qualify for European competition to guarantee him games.

Gudjohnsen is still 6ft and was presence in corner/free kick and crossing situation and if I am not wrong, his aerial dual winning ability was fantastic ...

All 3 of drogba, costa and kane are similar height 1.88m. He also used adebayor as back up of higuain and benzema in real madrid .. He had eto/milito/pandev/balotelli at inter (Eto was short though but then again it was Eto who could play as winger as well) ...

 

[coy-spurs1882]

He’s poor. English and injury prone. No thanks.

injury prone maybe, but does being English matter?

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

He’s poor. English and injury prone. No thanks.

He can’t be that skint, fuckers been on a 110k a week this season