flobaba wrote:
Yes, but that’s an indictment on our wing options rather than a credit to Fraser. This is his break out season, at 25. He’s never shown form like this ever in his career. And maybe we take the punt and his cross only skill set doesn’t fit in to the way we want to play, or he can’t reproduce his form this season. Then he becomes another waste of money and time. I don’t feel we can afford risky signings right now if we are truly looking to take concrete steps forward from a Europa league side to a Champions league side.
I don't really see any issue with having his breakout season at 24. Secondly, we're at a position as a club where we need to act early - let us assume he has another good season (or better) then suddenly the likes of United and City will be swooping down on him - the tragedy of our current position is that we can't afford to be cautious but equally we will be burned with a few transfers, all our rivals have been and they move on. Thirdly, I think taking a functional player with Premier league experience and getting him to play in a system that works is what Liverpool have done really well with over the past 12 months - we can do something similar, particularly since we'll be signing players of a similar profile from other leagues. I certainly can't see us signing too many 25 year olds that are proven CL players because this is about as good as it's going to get until we get back into the CL places. Lastly, obviously it isn't worth signing him if we don't play to his strengths but that's true of literally any player so it's a moot point. We don't really know what our identity will be next season but - assuming Emery has a role for him - Fraser would be a good player.
