Ekitike looks decent, would definitely prefer him to Sesko... Gives me a bit of Adebayor vibes which is both good and bad... Can't say either are getting me THAT excited.
Summer 2025 Transfer Window
I have a feeling in the back of my head that the bust factor is much higher for Sesko than it is for Ekitike. It's probably due to personal bias against taller forwards who have stiffer movements and players who don't seem to have the "dog" in them. I am in love with Sesko's ball striking ability but I'm worried that he might be closer to someone like Scamacca than someone like Haaland and that we would be looking for another striker sooner rather than later. I have been bullish on him but candidly, hoped he would be more of a main man this year for Leipzig as opposed to continuing to look like a work in progress. That being said, he's on pace to improve on his production numbers from last year so it's really tough to tell how he would translate.
Ekitike just looks so much more involved game to game but I'm wary of the Frankfurt striker machine. I think it will be very interesting to see how both players finish the season and I hope we are keeping a completely open mind despite having done a lot of legwork on Sesko over the last 12 months.
Qwiss hadn’t heard of him. One of the guys I’ve just played football with is the St Johnstone fan as well so I could’ve asked him if I’d known.
Seems like he’s been training or trialing with us for a while though. Had a quick read of a forum but most mentions of him are about expecting him to leave. I don’t think he's been anywhere near the first team, seems like he’s spent more time with us than them in recent months.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/02/07/matheus-cunha-wolves-exit-but-future-different-now/
Really good price for Cunha. Maybe not what we're looking for but he's going to be a great signing for someone in that top 4 chasing pack.
The comparison doesn’t account for team effects, but this a substantial difference for strikers at a similar age.
No point comparing Sesko and Ekitike because we're getting Nunez.
Don Pacifico Nunez is already on our books. Didn't you watch the Villa game?
Alabe and Zubi sound locked in
lorddulaarsenal yup. If Alabe can invite Isak over for BBQ, he won’t need to do another deal ever again in his life.
TambourineMan has the whiff of Liverpool trying to replace Salah on it.
TambourineMan Never going to happen but I'd love us to sign him as our creative attacking midfielder along with a promising CF, starter level LW and Zubimendi. That would be a perfect summer in my book.
Think he will end up at Chelsea/Spurs/Liverpool.
Panda has Chelsea written all over him.
Claudius "ELO adjusted" 
sounds like that's just been a substantial multiplier to Ekiteke's stats across the board? That can be misleading for sure.
Burnwinter What's Jeff Lynne got to do with anything? 
RocktheCasbah I mean it might be slightly more confidence-boosting than a "Travelling Wilburys adjusted" player ratings system ...
Many complain that we don't get the young developing players often enough. I think this is a guy at the right stage. He's not yet established but he has displayed enough to suggest that his floor will be okay but there is scope for incredible upside.
I have a longer list of attacking talents, in this order. Number 1 and 2 would be highly dependent on things going wrong for their respective clubs.
Primary targets
- Isak
- Rodrygo (7 goals and 5 assists in 2025)
- Ekitike
- Sesko
- Williams
- Barcola
Fall backs
- Cunha
- Martinez
- Thuram
- Watkins
- Osimhen
- Samu Aghehowa
- Gyokeres
No love for Liam Delap?
