Timothy wrote:

If we did buy Benteke i would be pretty happy with our forward and wide options. We'd still need certain players to step up a level, but the quality is there to do so.

Question would be, if Cazorla is going to be a fixture wide, is Jack really the answer at 10, and if not who else? Chambo? Rooney!? ;-) Personally i think Wilshere is a centre mid and thats where he should play always.

Agree with the first bit. To answer your question - if Cazorla is to play wide then we really need to buy a #10. There isn't anyone here i'd trust to play well enough in that role.

Benteke and Rooney. Aiight?!

Just sign Benteke

Any of Benteke, Michu, Soldado, Villa, Higuain + Jovetic will be a good summer. Or even just one of them will be good, as long as its an upgrade of Giroud.

Not sure that would represent much of a change of pace from previous summers. Certainly not the kind of 'new gear' that people seem to think we might step up to this season.

Nt that I'd mind any of them, apart from perhaps Villa.

They are all proper goalscorer, a key component we are desperately lacking in the team. Like I said, the sitters Giroud missed would have resulted in us comfortably in second and challenging for the title already.

But we probably need a goalscorer + another creative player like Jovetic, Isco etc to win titles.

Only Soldado, Higuain & Villa a really 'proven goalscorers' to a greater degree than Giroud was when we signed him, and all three have their drawbacks.

Personally, think they're all of a similar calibre of player to those we signed last summer. I'd still take Benteke from that list, because I think he has serious upside.

Higuain and Soldado are too weak, Benteke is PL proven.

People say the same about Aguero, Silva, and those midget technical players being too weak for PL as well.

If you are good enough it doesn't matter.

Aguero isn't weak at all, he's built like a bull, same with Tevez, Silva isn't a striker. Not to mention they play with two strikers.

I expect Higuain would be something similar to Vela.

Just hit a brace against spurs legend Dempsey and the U.S. of A.

Wenger must bring Bentekkers home.

Atletico wants him to replace Falcao

They sure know how to replace strikers

I don't think Atletico can afford him.

Seriously, why are we not looking at Benteke? I mean, young, Belgian (they speak french there!), strong, 19 goals in PL in first season in PL.

This is like when Rooney burst onto the scene at Everton. You know he's a talent, its a matter of which big club will take him.
Would he cost £25.6 million like Rooney? Maybe but I doubt it.

What money they gonna use? They're bordering on bankrupt and they're making virtually nothing out of selling Falcao. Due to Prem rules i don't think Villa will be allowed to transfer him to a third party either?

Wenger will never pay £20m+ for a guy who was available for £7m last year.

Don't think Benteke to Arsenal would cost £20m. A decent enough offer of between £12m - £15m and the player pushing for the move, which he will, should do it.

Rex wrote:

Don't think Benteke to Arsenal would cost £20m. A decent enough offer of between £12m - £15m and the player pushing for the move, which he will, should do it.

If thats the case, there really is no reason not to. Proven Premier League goal scorer who in my opinion is not just a flash in the pan. Give him more opportunities in a better Arsenal side and he could be massive. Saw him play against my home country, USA, yesterday and he scored two. Both clinical striker finishes, one a tap in and the other a decent lob off a through ball where he simply outpaced the CB. We won't be able to do much better at that price and then we could free up some cash to go after a dynamic wing player/creative type.