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The all new Striker thread..

Now that Villa has gone Atletico then I have plumped for Soldado. Benteke would be a good buy at the right price for us but I just have a feeling that Soldado would be more interchangeable and mobile which would suit the front of the team more.

If we could sign Soldado plus someone to play a wide forward role like Nani, Salah, Bernard etc which again depends on what we have to spend, what we can raise and what we have spent already then I think we would have had a very good window. Personally, I think that Nani would be an amazing signing for us and with him playing all the time here by comparison to Man Utd, it would see us get the best out of him. If after signing a forward we can't stretch to signing someone of that value then Salah represents the cheaper option. More of a gamble but with just as big rewards if it works out and less damage if it doesn't.
 
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Carlos Vela would be a decent signing. Was impressed with him whilst at Arsenal, showed patches of genius but never fully progressed there, most likely due to a lack of consistent first team appearances, but at Sociedad he has very much turned potential into production. Technically great, comfortable in possession and can finish with variety.

That said, Sociedad being in the Champs League could be an issue in any attempt to prize him away.
 
I wouldnt be surprised if AVB wanted Villa, Baldini is pushing for Soldado, and Levy/Sherwood are in Benteke's corner......transfer committees, gotta love 'em!!

Sounds about right to me. If AVB persisted with a misfiring Torres at Chelsea, whilst isolating Drogba and Lukaku, there's no way Benteke is his kind of forward.

Benteke really is another Defoe/Bent/Crouch/Ade 'safe but limited' signing. Blimey, Baldini discovered Higuain and Cassano and signed Batistuta. Back him to find our man.
 
He didn't discover Higuain at all. He was very well known, he just brought him to Madrid. That'd be like saying the guy who bought Falcao to Porto discovered him, not true.

Cassano, I'll give you that. But he was what? 15 when he played for Lecce, so he was probably well known round Italy. He signed an old Batistuta off the back of great seasons in the Italian League.
 
He didn't discover Higuain at all. He was very well known, he just brought him to Madrid. That'd be like saying the guy who bought Falcao to Porto discovered him, not true.

Cassano, I'll give you that. But he was what? 15 when he played for Lecce, so he was probably well known round Italy. He signed an old Batistuta off the back of great seasons in the Italian League.

Discovered gets used for stuff like that quite regularly, if a word is used to describe a situation frequently in everyday colloquial use then that becomes the meaning of the word.

In the strict sense of the word very few people in roles like Baldini's ever discover a player.

GB: Don't you think if we blow a large chunk of our transfer budget on Benteke that Baldini is in agreement that he's (one of) the best possible options we can go for?
 
He didn't discover Higuain at all. He was very well known, he just brought him to Madrid. That'd be like saying the guy who bought Falcao to Porto discovered him, not true.

Cassano, I'll give you that. But he was what? 15 when he played for Lecce, so he was probably well known round Italy. He signed an old Batistuta off the back of great seasons in the Italian League.

Higuain was only 18 though, hardly proven quality. I only mentioned Batistuta to make the point that he should know what a world class CF looks like.


GB: Don't you think if we blow a large chunk of our transfer budget on Benteke that Baldini is in agreement that he's (one of) the best possible options we can go for?

Tbh I still don't trust the influence of Sherwood and his transfer committee mates. Benteke just looks like the type of signing we'd've made at any point during the Redknapp years. I just expected Baldini and AVB to come up with something smarter.
 
Higuain was only 18 though, hardly proven quality. I only mentioned Batistuta to make the point that he should know what a world class CF looks like.

If you're good enough you're old enough!

Regarding Batistuta, I imagine Villa could/would have been ours.
 
If you're good enough you're old enough!

Regarding Batistuta, I imagine Villa could/would have been ours.

Yeah. Baldini's signing record is a combination of teenagers who went on to become world class (De Rossi, Cassano, Samuel, Higuain, Lamela) and just past their best worldies (Batistuta, Guardiola, Cannavaro, van Nistelrooy). Villa definitely fits the latter group.
 
GS have their pre-season on these shores and will play the goons in the Effeminates cup. He'll score against them.

I know I know, a Youtube vid but I've seen him play many times and love his passion and team-spirit...


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I wouldnt be surprised if AVB wanted Villa, Baldini is pushing for Soldado, and Levy/Sherwood are in Benteke's corner......transfer committees, gotta love 'em!!

Fan's perceptions of things that happen behind closed doors and we know little or nothing about, gotta love 'em!!
 
We missed out on one that I'd have liked - Facundo Ferreyra. I think he has great potential and only cost Shakhtar $9m, so relatively cheap.
 
I wouldnt be surprised if AVB wanted Villa, Baldini is pushing for Soldado, and Levy/Sherwood are in Benteke's corner......transfer committees, gotta love 'em!!

It will be interesting to hear who AVB's personal preference is now when Jason Burt gets back from his holidays.
 
I don't know how prolific our striker has to be with Bale, Paulinho and one of Sig or Dempsey on the left (at worst) around him. Those players can all score goals. We need someone strong and good with his back to goal who can play a bit. I want Benteke or Michu.
 
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