flobaba wrote:It's about the mentality of the club now.
That's essentially how I see it too. Just add up all the great strikers who have switched teams since we sold van Persie. There should have been more than enough of them for us to get at least a couple during that time. Instead the only player we've bought who even resembles a decent striker is Alexis... whom Wenger only stuck up front out of pure necessity last season, and then removed again at first convenience.
We finally have the cash to go big for the best quality we can find, and instead we look likely to end up with a dud that no one but Atletico wanted despite him scoring about 100 goals in the last three years. Bloke's as unwanted by his own national team as he is by the rest of the top clubs in Europe. How much time and money do we have to waste before we realise how flawed our approach is? You pay the extra money for better quality, whether it's £10 or £20 or even £30 million. We can absolutely afford it.
Our big problem last year wasn't the sheer number of goals we scored at any rate. We scored more across all competitions than we've done in a single season since the 1930s. What we lacked was players who could swing games in our favours, who could do it in the small moments where a football match is actually being decided. Lacazette will do absolutely nothing for us in that respect.
