TambourineMan 22/23 Jesus best ever season was league 14 goals. And that was 5 years ago playing for Man City. Cunha is currently on 10 with the rest of the season still to come and he's playing for Wolves. I think he's better than Jesus full stop.
samthegooner I still think the logic of “player X is better than signing no one” is completely ignoring the opportunity cost down the line if we then have more limited funds this summer.
We heard this all last summer and we ended up short and its going to cost us a title. We've actually been hearing it for a couple of years now and yet this better forward never appears. Its been 5 years and we haven't signed this world class forward you want us to hold out for. The forwards we've signed are Havertz, Jesus and Trossard. Cunha isn't some back up to these guys or some stap gap. He's genuinely an excellent player with the potential to step up even more in a better team. This is the sort of signing we need to make. He's in the sort of position Sadio Mane was before joining Liverpool. We aren't going to buy Vinicius Jr or Isak, we can't keep waiting around for someone who has already proven they are a 20 goal a season man because we aren't going to get those players.
I'm honestly surprised how many United fans are up in arms about selling Garnacho for the fees they've discussed, but admittedly I really don't rate him. 70m for him and I would drive him to Napoli/Chelsea if I were a United fan (gross). Personally, I'm hoping Chelsea go for him to take them out of the Gittens chase. Although I have yet to see any links to Gittens for us, which is unfortunate.
Qwiss It's a good point. I'm an optimist and while I'm not holding out for Isak, I would like to ensure we can still bring in a winger and striker this summer, along with Zubimendi. Hopefully, with what Swiss Ramble has shown to be our ample headroom with PSR, KSE will invest in kind because I think a combo of Cunha, a winger, striker and Zubimendi would be a great couple of windows before next season. Add in someone like Hato if we move on from Zinchenko and/or Tomiyasu and then we are close to ideal IMO.
samthegooner can Hato play CB? It's a bit of an urgent position to sign for when you look at the mess we find ourselves in if Gab or Saliba are out.
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert I believe he came up as a CB but I think he's been mostly playing LB this year. Honestly, I'm not sure how well he would cover as CB- would have to defer to someone who has seen him play more recently but I've loved what I've seen from him at LB this year.
If we keep Kiwior and ideally have White and Timber healthy, we should have decent cover at CB next year. I'm not even going to count on Tomiyasu since he's just hurt all the time. Also let's not forget that Calafiori plays CB too so between Kiwior, Calafiori, White and Timber we have a lot of cover at CB- its just that right now 2 of them are hurt and the other is our starting RB. We will never be able to adequately cover Saliba and Gabriel's quality since they are just too good of a partnership but if our injury luck improves just slightly next year, I think we should have the 4 defensive positions well covered by good, PL quality defenders.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 Just get it done. I am a Sesko believer. He definitely needs development and isn't a ready made article but his production this early in his career is elite, especially his conversion rate. We need more players that can just thunder the ball home at any moment and unlike someone like Haaland (clearly a better finisher and killer), he can actually play football and not look like a baby giraffe if he has to take more than 1-2 touches. There's risk of course but everyone has mentioned how we didn't take the chance with Isak when he came to Newcastle despite the concerns over his production and finishing - this is that chance we need to take.
I don't think signing him now would make a difference in the title race this year but not having to chase a CF this summer and moving forward would be such a breath of fresh air and allow us to address the remaining gaps in our attack. I still think he needs to be more aggressive and selfish - he needs to shoot more and also develop his body to be able to be stronger in the PL but he's 21 and I'm confident we can get him there.
Both our wish listed strikers scored in the same game. Sesko and Gyokeres.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 Who is this guy? Some random grifter or reliable?
Just get this done, if at all possible. This team is dying for someone that can just hammer the ball towards the goal with either foot.
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He’s reliable to be fair. Gets team news ahead of time.
Don’t know if this is ‘negotiating tactics’ or the truth but :
I’d be shocked if Sesko moved based on what he, DoF and manager have all said
Our net spend was just above £20m last summer. We definitely have money to spend.
I probably favour sesko a bit more because he seems to be a longterm target for us, so there upside into the future. cunha is going to have more of an immediate impact but I can't shake the feeling we might regret signing him in 18-24 months
TambourineMan not 22/23 Jesus.
We ain't getting that guy again man
I wonder if Sesko is going to be the game changer people think. I saw some tweets from people who watched him the other day and while he scored a good goal they said he looked a bit raw and did give the ball away cheaply as well. He sounds more like a project rather than someone who we will sign and score 15 goals and lead us to the title. He is only 21 so for his age he definitely looks a top prospect. I trust the clubs judgement though on this and I think for us it isn't even just quality we need, we are desperately short on numbers as well.
Someone like Cunha or even someone like Mbeumu I think possibly have more of an immediate impact, they are both familiar with the league and settled into the country. Again I am just throwing names out because we don't know if they are available.
JazzG buying Sesko is like buying Hojlund or Zikrkzee. Fortunately, we have Havertz who is doing a good job at CF. For now, I would expect Sesko to come in and replace Havertz in a few games either from the start or at the 60th minute. Havertz has looked completely spent in a lot of matches - he's already racked up 2500 minutes in January, which is an incredible number.
I don't expect Sesko to unseat Havertz. But I'm a big believer in having gears in attack. Being able to bring a fresh player on in the 60th minute. Even Nwaneri statistically pumped out more than Sterling yesterday in half the time on the field. (but then again...)
