TA fits the current profile of the signings we have made and looking at this summer re his age, physical attributes and being EPL ready. He also better fits the profile of the CF role we used last season and is not yet the finished article.
Saw a stat in an article = as at April of this calendar year he had the highest career goal contributions (including assists?) for current u23 strikers level with Haarland, and ahead of the likes of Martinez, Jovic & Calvert-Lewin. Rather than looking at his price as a cost he is not only cheaper than the player he would replace, but also most if not all of the CFs we have been 'linked' to thus far this summer.
As for coming from CFC = they are a level or 2 above us as current UCL Champions and they have a match day squad that is the result of having spent over 200m last summer to improve a squad that had won the EPL title 3 seasons earlier. TA started the season well under Lampard before Tuchel played a different shape and style with more a false9 and no need for a linking forward.
We are not competing with them for top4 let alone the title, and same applies re the likes of MC and LFC - we are not in the same ball park as yet. IMO he is probably the better/best available fit for us without having UEFA football.
My bigger concern re current transfer links is Ramsdale @30m+.
