Vesper 31,158 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 39 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said: Santos looks like a dribble merchant with tunnel vision in the final third. Will fit right in. I don't see that OhForAGreavsie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,277 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 This Marcus Thuram fella doesn't look good enough. kexik, Strike, mkh and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,277 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I'd rather Randal Kolo Muani Strike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,407 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Vesper said: I don't see that Still not convinced. Brief passing portion of the video and hardly anything was breath taking. Seems like another dribble merchant adding on to a profile we already have imo. Fofana I am excited about. Badiashile I’m on the fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,158 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 7 minutes ago, DDA said: I'd rather Randal Kolo Muani pretty much every viable CF option atm Victor Osimhen Dusan Vlahovic Jonathan David Ivan Toney (betting issues???) Amine Gouiri Randal Kolo Muani Arnaut Danjuma Youssoufa Moukoko (he is only 18 though) Marcus Thuram Gonçalo Ramos Aleksandar Mitrović (hard as fuck pull now) Noah Okafor Evanilson Benjamin Sesko (tracking to 20 goals, 0 assists over a full season's minutes, at age of 19) Hugo Ekitiké is likely NOT available, so doubt PSG will sell him (other than for CRAY dosh) stopgap: Duván Zapata Brasilian youth: Yuri Alberto Marcos Leonardo Vitor Roque Strike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,158 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said: Still not convinced. Brief passing portion of the video and hardly anything was breath taking. Seems like another dribble merchant adding on to a profile we already have imo. Fofana I am excited about. Badiashile I’m on the fence. as I always say I want to finish off buying Arsen Zakharyan and Moukoko grab a bloody Right-Back (madness this has not been sorted) and then see what we do in MF (older players, not youth) from (removing Enzo and Bellingham) the remotely available CMF/DMFs left that I rate: Nicolò Barella (probably impossible atm) Moisés Caicedo Roméo Lavia Manu Koné Alexis Mac Allister (scored a brace today) Martín Zubimendi Bruno Guimarães (very likely will not leave, after the Tchou turn-down in buying (GRRRRRRRR), the 2nd biggest DMF choke we made in ages) then Mikel Merino Amadou Onana Marcos Llorente Danilo (Palmeiras) Khéphren Thuram Manuel Ugarte side note: fucking Citeh snatched my Argie youth possible Enzo clone prospect (Máximo Perrone) but Manuel Ugarte (pic above) is a poor man's Uruguayan version, and is also only 21yo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,337 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Tbh, there really isn’t any standout, no-brainer CF to target right now. Hence why I’m seeing United linked with Wout fucking Weghorst today 🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,754 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 44 minutes ago, Pizy said: Tbh, there really isn’t any standout, no-brainer CF to target right now. Hence why I’m seeing United linked with Wout fucking Weghorst today 🤣🤣🤣 There's a reason the striker market is becoming scarse and that's because the game is moving on from the out and out striker. Even the best one's who still score shitloads look awkward fits (ala Haaland at City, breaking record for fun yet still may lose the title to Arsenal). Beigl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,337 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, Tomo said: There's a reason the striker market is becoming scarse and that's because the game is moving on from the out and out striker. Even the best one's who still score shitloads look awkward fits (ala Haaland at City, breaking record for fun yet still may lose the title to Arsenal). True. Thuram has the physique of your classic #9 but is still saucy on the ball so I wouldn’t be terribly upset if we got him for a decent price. But on the other hand I wouldn’t be mad either if we didn’t play with a traditional striker and brought in another winger who can score. Tomo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artandur 939 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I fear you guys are over-estimating Thuram's technical abilities Strike, dimmas, mkh and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,158 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Pizy said: Tbh, there really isn’t any standout, no-brainer CF to target right now. Hence why I’m seeing United linked with Wout fucking Weghorst today 🤣🤣🤣 well, there are two for me the same two as always it is just a matter of paying enough Osimhen Vlahovic (who will cost less) after those two, atm, the drop-off is fairly large in terms of who is actually available, again stressing ATM I do not truly rate Lautaro, even if he was available (he is not) as being at their level Kane will never play here, we passed on Gabriel Jesus Julián Álvarez is not for sale, and Mbappe and Håland are pipe dream land Rom was a HUGE bust, and Darwin is struggling a bit and also not for sale that is the entire top 10 in valuation right there Lewa and Benz are soon aged out in terms of top or near top WC level (2 to 4 more years MAX, and that is if they stay healthy) I cannot see them near the level they are now at 39, 40 years old BIG wild card, if you look at him as a CF only Youssoufa Moukoko IF we get him, I will be far less stressed about CF and failing (we likely will) on Osimhen and Vlahovic Edited January 7, 2023 by Vesper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,158 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 46 minutes ago, Artandur said: I fear you guys are over-estimating Thuram's technical abilities if we are not going to buy one of the only 2 actually available WC CF (Osimhen and Vlahovic) which we likely will NOT do then we need to just buy/sign Moukoko and roll with him and DDF as youth strikers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,150 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 9 minutes ago, Vesper said: if we are not going to buy one of the only 2 actually available WC CF (Osimhen and Vlahovic) which we likely will NOT do then we need to just buy/sign Moukoko and roll with him and DDF as youth strikers What makes you think they’re available and affordable? Moukoko seems like the obvious choice that we might actually be able to get in Jan. Not seeing much in the way of rumours tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I've said a number of times that the club shouldn't be wasting tens of millions on players that are filling squad places. We've wasted far too much money in that way in the past. Instead we need to strike a balance of creating spots and opportunities for academy and younger players to be promoted and fill them, alongside good value opportunities which are not costing the club a fortune in this day and age. I do think Thuram fits into that bracket if talk is correct that Gladbach are only looking at around £8 - 10m for him. He could easily be a very cost effective way of solving the empty abyss that seems to be our striking options at present, and offers the flexibility to play out wide or alongside another. The one thing he does offer which we completely lack is a direct, robust, physical presence in attack with pace. Our side at times looks so slow and one paced. Teams not only look at our current defence and feel they can attack it with pace and stop us pushing too high up the pitch but also at the other end, teams can do this and keep the pitch compact by pushing their own defensive line up as they're not worried about the space in behind because there's little pace in our team to expose that. At the very least Thuram would give something completely different for teams to consider. For the price, I wouldn't be against taking advantage of the expiring contract and snapping him up. He certainly feels like someone we'd be taking a bit of a punt on but hopefully we'd have a 25 year old seemingly on an improving, upward trajectory with his prime years ahead for a steal. At worst, we've got a player who should be more than capable fulfilling a squad role across a front line consisting of a number of players who are struggling to offer consistent output anyway. Stats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Also if we signed Thuram, given our current injury issues and threadbare squad, maybe we can ask his dad to sign up too. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,337 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Wonder why we aren’t really being linked with Joao Felix at all anymore. Just Arse and United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,158 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Mhsc said: What makes you think they’re available and affordable? Moukoko seems like the obvious choice that we might actually be able to get in Jan. Not seeing much in the way of rumours tho. I said nothing about January in that post, but Vlahovic is definitely in play (maybe even now), due to Juve's nightmare situ, and the figures I have seen for some time (€80m (£70.5m) or so) are far below the price it would take to prise Osimhen away next summer or the one after that I would not pay more than £75-80m or so for him £90m or so max for Osimhen, as that is over 100m euros (102m) I would NOT pay over £50-60m or so for any other available CF none out there atm ar worth more than that there are but a handful (8, 7 if you count Mbappe as a winger, and 3 of the 8 (or 7) are rapidly ageing, and even Kane is soon 30) of truly WC CFs out there (available or not) on the planet atm in Blue are the only under 30yo WC PURE CFs next season--- THREE Kylian Mbappé (and tbh, he is NOT a true CF, but he is the best player on the planet atm and does play at CF sometimes) Erling Haaland Robert Lewandowski Karim Benzema Harry Kane Victor Osimhen Dusan Vlahovic Ciro Immobile drop off best of the rest atm Lautaro Martínez Gabriel Jesus Julián Álvarez (will be WC IMHO) Moukoko was the potential to get there these are the best potential teen CFs atm (well Hugo is 20yo now) in order of current valuation Endrick 16 (may end up a winger) Youssoufa Moukoko 18 Hugo Ekitiké 20 Mathys Tel 17 Benjamin Sesko 19 Edited January 8, 2023 by Vesper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,158 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 32 minutes ago, Superblue said: Also if we signed Thuram, given our current injury issues and threadbare squad, maybe we can ask his dad to sign up too. his brother I rate this lad Superblue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, Vesper said: his brother I rate this lad I've seen a couple of highlights of him and he actually looks pretty decent to be fair. Strike and Vesper 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,158 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 27 minutes ago, Pizy said: Wonder why we aren’t really being linked with Joao Felix at all anymore. Just Arse and United. because he has huge money (AM are talking €100m or so) potential EPL flop written all over him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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