The Centre Forward thread

[Lemonade Money]

Al-Hilal, who have offered close to £40m, are not near to Aston Villa's asking price for Ollie Watkins. As next Tuesday's transfer deadline nears, Villa will play hardball for their all-time record Premier League goalscorer.

Not that I watch much other football, but Watkins for £45m seems a no brainer. What are the downsides apart from no sell on value?

 

[Gutter Boy]

A olayer that I would imagine would cost a similar amount (maybe a bit more) but has a MUCH bigger upside is Christian Kofane at Bayer Leverkusen. Only 20 and borderline good enough already for the PL but I think in 2 or 3 years time he could be in the best 10 in the world.

He ig big, physical, fast, holds the ball up well and is a good finisher. He’s not a good dribbler and nor is he a creative player but I think we’ll be getting that from the wings instead.

Kofane is who I've thought would be best for us (after Osinhen) all summer long

 

[Muttley]

De Zerbi rates Solanke, but obviously he needs to be fit and up to speed pretty quickly. I'm pretty sure we won't be signing another forward if Marmoush arrives, unless we can shift Richarlison before the deadline.

For some reason I think the non-homegrown quota plays into what you're saying about Richi....

Kinsky, Dubravka
Porro, Robbo, Udogie
JPvH, VDV, Danso, Senesi
Fernandez, Bentancur, Tonali, Sarr
Kudus, Savio, Kulusevski, Simons
Marmoush, Richi

There are 19 names there and we can only name 17 in the PL squad. At the moment, you have to think that the 2 to miss out would be Simons and Sarr.

Now if we were to bring in just one more non-HG player then you have to think that the next ones to miss out would be Richi or Kulu. If it was Kulu then it would inevitably mean a 6 month loan to get playing time.

I think it will be Richi though, if we bring anyone in at all.