Which striker options are left ?

[sim0n]

Burak Yilmaz

Actually prefer him to Soldado. Power-house striker, 6'2, great strength & pace, can finish with either foot and is excellent in the air. 32 goals in 39 apps, including 8 in 9 in the CL last season. Mourinho described him as ''World Class'', adding ''Burak could play for any team in the world''.

Yilmaz an Soldado are 28 yo,... just sayin'

 

[sim0n]

Berbatov moved to United for £30.5m at 27.

Robin Van Persie moved at 29...

Yes, but both transferred within the Premier League (same league) for those 2 respective moves - not quite the same level of readjustment needed. Both thoroughy adapted to and proven in PL. Just an observation

 

[dontcallme]

I think there are still options out there.

If we can agree a fee for Soldado then I'd be happy enough with a Spanish international even if we're unlikely to recoup much money for him in the future. Will be worth the money if he performs.

There rumours of Osvaldo being available for around £8m. Wonder why he hasn't left yet. Could be a good option.

Looking around the PL there aren't many options. Benteke has singed a new contract. Cisse hasn't had a great season at Newcastle but that doesn't mean we should write him off. Berbatov and Ruiz at Fulham are also possibilities. Michu sounds too expensive.

 

[sim0n]

There rumours of Osvaldo being available for around £8m. Wonder why he hasn't left yet. Could be a good option.

Reported bad attitude/disrutive to squad regarding Osvaldo,... inconsistency on the pitch also reported

 

[SpurSince57]

I think there are still options out there.

If we can agree a fee for Soldado then I'd be happy enough with a Spanish international even if we're unlikely to recoup much money for him in the future. Will be worth the money if he performs.

There rumours of Osvaldo being available for around £8m. Wonder why he hasn't left yet. Could be a good option.

Looking around the PL there aren't many options. Benteke has singed a new contract. Cisse hasn't had a great season at Newcastle but that doesn't mean we should write him off. Berbatov and Ruiz at Fulham are also possibilities. Michu sounds too expensive.

Six goals in 54 appearances? Just what we need! And as someone said a while back, Berbatov's not coming back whie Levy's got a hole in his arse.

 

[dontcallme]

Six goals in 54 appearances? Just what we need! And as someone said a while back, Berbatov's not coming back whie Levy's got a hole in his arse.

I just think he looks like an intelligent player who could bring others into play. In a better team he could score more.

If we'd been offered a striker who had scored 10 in 50 games in 2 seasons in the Prem then I'm sure by your logic we'd say no. We would have said no to RVP.

Looking at goal scoring records rather than ability leads to us looking to people like Bent.

 

[sim0n]

there's always this promising striker:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Watt

one for the future, eh?

not understanding what Spurs' strategy or even who they are truly targetting is unsettling...

 

[kaz Hirai]

we could look to brazil again if we miss out on Sol

1. Bernard, not a striker but with him and bale in the side you might not need one
2. Leandro, not the Damiao the one. The 19 yr old he is being compared to Neymar, though his stock has fallen a lot recently so could probably get him if we wanted
3. Osvaldo as mentioned already
4.Leandro Damioa of course.

interesting times considering our first choices are falling away. Least we are screwing up deals very early instead of right at the end. very refreshing change

 

[SpurSince57]

I just think he looks like an intelligent player who could bring others into play. In a better team he could score more.

If we'd been offered a striker who had scored 10 in 50 games in 2 seasons in the Prem then I'm sure by your logic we'd say no. We would have said no to RVP.

Looking at goal scoring records rather than ability leads to us looking to people like Bent.

He is an intelligent player who brings others into play (at least, on my limited viewings of Fulham over the past couple of seasons he is). But call me old-fashioned if you will, I rather like strikers who can find the back of the net on a regular basis. There's no comparison with RvP, by the way. In his first couple of seasons with Arsenal RvP was a promising youngster Wenger was bringing on; a certain Thierry Henry was leading their line, if you recall, still aided and abetted by Dennis Bergkamp; Ruiz is nearly 28 and should be doing a whole lot more than setting up chances; his conversion rate last season was 1 in 8, which makes Ade's 1 in 6 look pretty good and makes the statement that he'd score more in a better team a highly questionable one; they both created a goalscoring opportunity roughly every hour they were on the pitch, which, considering how poor Ade was for most of last season, is hardly a flattering comparison. In fact, we have several midfielders who provide as much as Ruiz and more besides, so what would the point of a non-scoring 'striker' be?

Bent does what it says on the tin, if not much else. (Although last season he also created a scoring opportunity every hour.)

 

[bceej]

Everton said to be looking at Philipp Hosiner who I've been aware of for a while. Decent frame, composed, intelligent (albeit in a lesser league)...could be worth a punt at the touted £4 million.

 

[dontcallme]

He is an intelligent player who brings others into play (at least, on my limited viewings of Fulham over the past couple of seasons he is). But call me old-fashioned if you will, I rather like strikers who can find the back of the net on a regular basis. There's no comparison with RvP, by the way. In his first couple of seasons with Arsenal RvP was a promising youngster Wenger was bringing on; a certain Thierry Henry was leading their line, if you recall, still aided and abetted by Dennis Bergkamp; Ruiz is nearly 28 and should be doing a whole lot more than setting up chances; his conversion rate last season was 1 in 8, which makes Ade's 1 in 6 look pretty good and makes the statement that he'd score more in a better team a highly questionable one; they both created a goalscoring opportunity roughly every hour they were on the pitch, which, considering how poor Ade was for most of last season, is hardly a flattering comparison. In fact, we have several midfielders who provide as much as Ruiz and more besides, so what would the point of a non-scoring 'striker' be?

Bent does what it says on the tin, if not much else. (Although last season he also created a scoring opportunity every hour.)

Not saying RVP is a good comparison with Ruiz but just saying goal-scoring records aren't the be-all and end-all.

Put Ruiz into a better team and there's no saying how many he'd set up for Bale and Chadli and with better service he might score more as well. He's nowhere near the top of my list thought.

 

[HodisGawd]

Ruiz no. Stop talking about him - it's making me depressed!

 

[Mediocrates]

Doumbia's stock is probably as low as it's been since he joined cska. You'd want a very thorough medical report though after the 18 months he's had... Still I'd certainly have a look at that.

 

[Harry_Snatch]

RvP was actually signed on his potential; he didn't score much at Feyenoord and didn't really get going at Arsenal until he'd been there for two or three seasons. RvN was very obviously different gravy, as were Ibrahimovic and Suarez. Even Bergkamp and Kuyt couldn't replicate their Dutch goalscoring exploits over here, although Bergkamp re-invented himself as a superb support striker and Kuyt became a Duracell bunny wide forward.

Still the number of high profile recruits that succeed from the Dutch league out ways those that fail. Which is why the bullshit cliche about Dutch strikers failing is very boring.

 

[13VanDerBale13]

so, if the Soldado deal actually falls through, who would be the next best option?

 

[shelfmonkey]

Everton said to be looking at Philipp Hosiner who I've been aware of for a while. Decent frame, composed, intelligent (albeit in a lesser league)...could be worth a punt at the touted £4 million.

Looks to be an intelligent finisher, no thunderbolts, alot of deft, lever finishes in those clips. Wouldn't come in as the 1st choice but could see him improving over time as he gets used to the prem, worth a punt imo!!

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

If there were, we'd be in for them, and so would all the other top clubs in Europe. There are quite a few people who bang on about Bony but don't ask themselves why Milan, Chelsea, United, Juve, Bayern, Arsenal, Dortmund etc. didn't move for him. They don't ask themselves what happened to other Eredivisie top scorers, either (Suarez is the exception that proves the rule).

Think we have to go for it and keep our fingers crossed that he isn't another Morientes.

No one has asked themselves that question because it means nothing.

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

If we can't get a proven goalscorer maybe we should just bite the bullet and go for younger players who may become a bit special. The premiership is a tough league and i'd want to see us try players who have looked good against good competition rather than flat track bullies who have torn it up against poor defences. I'm not talking buying promising 17 year olds but rather players in their early 20s.

There have been a couple of tournaments this summer that I have watched which have been of a very decent standard; the Euro U21s and the World U20s. Both of these tournaments have produced some absolutely top class talent in the past (Euro U21 Golden players include Rudi Voller, Davor Suker, Luis Figo, Fabio Cannavaro, Andrea Pirlo, Petr Cech, Juan Mata and the U20 Golden Ball winners include Prosinecki, Maradona, Saviola, Messi and Aguero). Players who perform well in these tourneys are often on the verge of great things although it's often wise to avoid the Africans and Mexicans due to doubts over their real age .

These tournaments also often show up overhyped players who have built their reputation against weak opposition (for example Jese Rodriguez and Gerard Deulofeu who looked mediocre in the latter stages of the tournament) but also uncover real gems.

Alvaro Morata absolutely tore up the Euro U21s despite not being the 1st choice starter and forced his way into the team ending the competition as the top scorer just as he had done in the Euro U19s in 2011. He is premiership ready and could be our Benteke or Michu next season. A classic centre forward who has been likened to Fernando Morientes. He'd cost about £15M.

From the World U20s Chile's Nicolas Castillo looked the best striker in the competition and would cost about £5M. More of a gamble than Morata but at a 1/3rd of the price. He can play as a lone striker or as part of a front 3.

Seeing as we got knocked back for the Croat youngsters i'd love to see us spend that money on these two.

Sinama Pongolle.

 

[fatpiranha]

Sinama Pongolle.

I presume your rather cryptic post indicates why we shouldn't go for youngsters who have performed well in the U20 World Cup or the Euro U21s.

One problem. Florent Sinama-Pongolle won the Golden Ball at the U17s World Cup which has a terrible record of predicting quality footballers which is precisely the reason I said we should not buy promising 17 year olds but rather wait a bit until they were 19-21 and have finished growing. Of course not all players who perform well in the World U20 and Euro U21 tournaments go on to great careers but historically they have an excellent record.

 

[Ginolas_Hair]

Personally, i'd love Lavezzi from PSG but he is not a true out-and-out striker or Michu

Both will probably be expensive and I imagine Lavezzi's wages will be high