Suarez should still be first port of call as he is the best striker in the league, however I can't see us getting him until the summer and by that time madrid will bid as well, only hope will be that thye get falcao off monaco and leave us to suarez. Failing that we should try to convince lewandoski, though he look a bit like a the sort of player we produce, someone who excels in his current team but fails to translate it out to other teams.

Bender and Reus should also be high on the shopping list as arteta will need to be phased out in the next couple of years, and I can see Walcott going off on one o another team or demanding a shedload of cash this summer to sign another deal.

Agüero, RVP, and Rooney are all better than Suarez IMO.

Suarez tops the bunch. His ability to create for self and others is unreal. I'd put RVP and then Aguero. Rooney is excellent, but not in the same class as these 3

I think Mista T made the point that Giroud is playing well at the moment, in fact the whole team is playing well, and any new signing will necessarily upset this.
Certainly don't want a racist cunt like Suarez at the club, that would destroy all the good feeling we have about the players, Bendtner is bad enough.

Zlatan

Van Persie is the best striker in the Premier League by a margin. Unfortunately.

LLorente is seemingly available in the winter and on a loan I would instantly take him. He'd be excellent competition for Giroud as he's also a relatively immobile but technical player so you have two similar strikers you can rotate. Get the big name in the summer when those types are available.

Higuain

Timothy wrote:

Van Persie is the best striker in the Premier League by a margin. Unfortunately.

:hmm:

Last season yeah.

Last 3 years yeah.

still wish we hadnt sold him, but water under the bridge.

agree with rex re: gundogan - no point even looking at that type of player. we need a 25m+ CF, and a starting RB this summer. good defensive-minded CM optional.

Gunner89 wrote:

LLorente is seemingly available in the winter and on a loan I would instantly take him. He'd be excellent competition for Giroud as he's also a relatively immobile but technical player so you have two similar strikers you can rotate. Get the big name in the summer when those types are available.

Llorente loan deal would make sense, he'll be desperate as well to get into the Spanish World cup squad so at least you'll know for that reason alone he will try his best!

Despite what people think & say I don't believe any top class striker will be available in January window.

Llorente looks well off the pace to me. Maybe thats to be expected given what happened last season but i'd be suprised if Wenger has any interest in him. Highly doubt he'll make the Spanish squad for the world cup.

I want Rossi, looks to be finding his best form again.

He's quality but can he play as #9 for us? I'm not so sure. I think he's more suited to teams like City or Atletico Madrid.

Don't see why not, it's just that we have Giroud upfront at the moment so people feel a similar striker would be best for the system but bring Rossi in and the team adjusts. Just like it would for Suarez.

Hard to imagine the team playing (excelling) with anyone but Giroud, or a striker of his mold right now. Were Walcott to be leading the line we'd look completely different, and either he would be left out of all build up play or it would be marginalized.

Balotelli would fit like a glove IMO.

Not from a team spirit point of view he wouldn't.