Viktor Gyökeres

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

All this talk of a ‘Kane replacement’ - how many times has Ange said we aren’t getting a replacement? He has consistently said he wants the to share the goals around the team. Which last season we evidently did. Yes a new striker would be good but currently it seems we’re focusing on strengthening the wide positions in the front line, which will lessen the need for a specialist striker. Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool have proven in recent years that if you have goals coming from the wide areas and sprinkled throughout the team the system will ensure there are enough goals not to need a uber #9

 

[Finchyid]

All this talk of a ‘Kane replacement’ - how many times has Ange said we aren’t getting a replacement? He has consistently said he wants the to share the goals around the team. Which last season we evidently did. Yes a new striker would be good but currently it seems we’re focusing on strengthening the wide positions in the front line, which will lessen the need for a specialist striker. Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool have proven in recent years that if you have goals coming from the wide areas and sprinkled throughout the team the system will ensure there are enough goals not to need a uber #9

Agree..
My issue with this is more around who we have as 9 or striker. For me the issue we had at the back end of last year is Son cannot play as a striker. So we need to fill that spot with Richy or someone else. Personally and like you say sorting out the wide areas is priority, just hope Ange would give Scarlett, Veliz or Lankshear a go instead of Son

 

[arunspurs]

All this talk of a ‘Kane replacement’ - how many times has Ange said we aren’t getting a replacement? He has consistently said he wants the to share the goals around the team. Which last season we evidently did. Yes a new striker would be good but currently it seems we’re focusing on strengthening the wide positions in the front line, which will lessen the need for a specialist striker. Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool have proven in recent years that if you have goals coming from the wide areas and sprinkled throughout the team the system will ensure there are enough goals not to need a uber #9

Only City have a certain Haaland who bangs in 30 goal a season minimum.
For all the talk, Arsenal will most likely buy a no9 this window.
If we were indeed banging goals all over the field I would agree. For here & now, we have Richy who is averaging 6 goals a season in PL. May be he can stay fit & improve - may be not.

End of the day , we lost Kane contribution it’s about how we get it back. I don’t think Gray & Bergvall does that.

Let’s see what we do but am once again pessimistic we will not do enough

 

[Jiminio]

Goons have apparently started negotiations for him, according to caught offside anyway

 

[seanyboy]

No, actually the opposite. What humanity is in dire need of is reading skills, comprehension and the ability to think for ourselves.

The opposite is: we should rely more and more of what we need. Yeah, that'll work

And my apologies to the rest for the reaction, I thought I'd seen the YouTube highlights post date as hours prior, not months prior. Too much haste

 

[seanyboy]

Mate, this video is from four months ago. Romano is referring to a friendly played behind closed doors.

Stop spreading fake news

Yep my bad

 

[KirstyG]

Goons have apparently started negotiations for him, according to caught offside anyway

If true, it's why they are performing well. Acting like a big club (sickens me to say) that and Calafiori. Pulling away from us when a few years back we were at a similar pace. A proper striker is what they need and what they going for. We however could do with him and instead looks like we are gonna run Sonny (who is waning) into the ground and struggle this time next year for a replacement.

 

[THOWIG]

Goons have apparently started negotiations for him, according to caught offside anyway

Why I've never got behind our interest. A striker completes them pretty much and he's one of the only few around.

 

[THOWIG]

If true, it's why they are performing well. Acting like a big club (sickens me to say) that and Calafiori. Pulling away from us when a few years back we were at a similar pace. A proper striker is what they need and what they going for. We however could do with him and instead looks like we are gonna run Sonny (who is waning) into the ground and struggle this time next year for a replacement.

Or Lankshear could be the nuts? We are shopping in a different department at the minute.

 

[Tucker]

Goons have apparently started negotiations for him, according to caught offside anyway

Well if caught offside are saying it it must be true.

 

[KirstyG]

Or Lankshear could be the nuts? We are shopping in a different department at the minute.

We should have been getting in a proper goalscorer for some time. TBH it's not like we believed Kane would stay forever with us. Lankshear could be next big thing, but equally a bit of proven status would be nice. We have had years to plan for when Kane goes/Son declines.

 

[THOWIG]

We should have been getting in a proper goalscorer for some time. TBH it's not like we believed Kane would stay forever with us. Lankshear could be next big thing, but equally a bit of proven status would be nice. We have had years to plan for when Kane goes/Son declines.

There aren't many strikers around in the game though.

 

[KirstyG]

There aren't many strikers around in the game though.

Over last few years there have been players like Vlahovic, Watkins, Gyokeres, Isak etc that we have flashed a glance at but not gone after. There are probably loads of others too that I can't even think about. At the time we had Kane so we never properly went after anyone. Same with Son, we had him so just toyed around with bit part players rather than succession planning.

 

[kd2000]

Goons have apparently started negotiations for him, according to caught offside anyway

I imagine theres a pretty big list who have started negotiations. The difference would be if they were actively pursuing an agreement. Are they?, who knows?
Probably not caughtoffside

 

[carpediem991]

I don’t want to go into net spend game - after all this also includes Porro & Kulu valuation in it.

Kane money is pure profit on table now for club + saving 200k a week of wages.

I don’t care Kane replacement is 10m fee but we need proper one who can score 7/10 chances atleast. It’s been a season now, we don’t have a genuine no9.

I just follow these stats and having a look at that, there is no Kane money left: https://www.transfermarkt.de/tottenham-hotspur/alletransfers/verein/148

Obviously Kane is pure profit but if you look at it like this we still need to include the transfer fees of previous deals (Sess, Tanguy, Gio, Reguilon ,Bryan, Royal etc) in the books and guess what, they nearly all are pure losses without relevant return of investment.

If we sign a new striker for around 50-60m it won't be with "Kane-money", but more with "Richarlison-money", if we get a decent fee.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

Only City have a certain Haaland who bangs in 30 goal a season minimum.
For all the talk, Arsenal will most likely buy a no9 this window.
If we were indeed banging goals all over the field I would agree. For here & now, we have Richy who is averaging 6 goals a season in PL. May be he can stay fit & improve - may be not.

End of the day , we lost Kane contribution it’s about how we get it back. I don’t think Gray & Bergvall does that.

Let’s see what we do but am once again pessimistic we will not do enough

City won the title two seasons running without playing a recognised striker though? Not saying I want to go down that route but IF we sign Neto and Eze I think we’ll have enough potency from wide areas for us not to rely on a uber central striker.

 

[the yid]

If true, it's why they are performing well. Acting like a big club (sickens me to say) that and Calafiori. Pulling away from us when a few years back we were at a similar pace. A proper striker is what they need and what they going for. We however could do with him and instead looks like we are gonna run Sonny (who is waning) into the ground and struggle this time next year for a replacement.

Liverpool did it, Arsenal are doing it.

 

[Finchyid]

If true, it's why they are performing well. Acting like a big club (sickens me to say) that and Calafiori. Pulling away from us when a few years back we were at a similar pace. A proper striker is what they need and what they going for. We however could do with him and instead looks like we are gonna run Sonny (who is waning) into the ground and struggle this time next year for a replacement.

Thats a matter of opinion. Not sure how buying Toney at a cut price shows you are big club. What we need are players that fit the managers profile and striker seems to be low on Anges list

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Would be gutting if he went to Arsenal. Feels like there’s a slim chance of swapping him for Richi (you know what I mean) but, this would screw us

 

[SpartanSpur]

Arsenal clearly need to move on the likes of Nketiah and Smith-Rowe before committing to a deal like this.

If we are serious we'd need to move fast on this one, no doubt about it. Love Ange and he clearly has some pull but we wouldn't be able to compete with that lot on a transfer currently, especially being out of the CL next season.