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[Bishop]

They were the 2 most sought after strikers in the Summer though. Maybe it was a bit of a barren window for star signings but everyone thought they were the 2 best available strikers out there.

We are linked with the Porto striker and being quoted 80+ million and I doubt many on here know anything much about him. Good strikers are hard to find nowadays. Gyokeres had 100 odd goals in just 2 seasons! Yes it was Portugal but that included a decent record in CL games.

I just mean, are we better off focusing on scouting and looking at the next big thing or going for the so called best available players and paying a premium. Arsenal and United both thought they were paying extra for a more guaranteed return but its still a lottery aint it?

I would say we are best going for a player whose attributes best fit. Many times that is indeed the player bubbling under who is next up. It's less risky in terms of the total fee and there *should* be less pressure on them as well. However sometimes that player best suited might well be the name brand guy. It all comes down to you scouting and evaluation of how a player will likely fit and develop.

 

[glasgowspur]

The problem with your premise is that neither of those players were actually top bracket. So both signings are gambles hoping to unearth a top quality player, with Sesko it was always known he wouldn't hit the ground running and honestly might never really make it to the very top level. He was a very speculative buy.

Gyokeres had loads of doubts, again I don't know how you can think of him as a top bracket player to be honest.

Was gyokeres not billed as the missing piece, the game changer that would elevate arsenal to the title?