samthegooner Saka, Nwaneri and Jesus are really the only players we have that reliably create shots for themselves (and only Saka and Nwaneri have the requisite ball striking ability to take advantage of that).

It's not that Jesus doesn't have ball striking ability, it's that after creating room for a shot for himself, he decides to turn again, more often than not, back into the same defender he already turned. And it's definitely a mental thing, poor guy is just fragile mentally.

      Big Willie I don't see him strike through a ball that often when he does shoot though. Regardless, we aren't going to be able to rely on him much moving forward until 2026 anyways. Trossard has the ball striking (although hasn't shown it as often this year) but isn't able to get free as easily.

        @samthegooner -- you're winning me over on Ekitike!

        That said, I do think Sesko is a very willing runner and could wreak havoc by getting onto through balls from Odegaard. The issue is that we're seeing teams sitting deeper and deeper vs us, and those chances are disappearing.

          In regards to Zubimendi not exciting a few of us -- I would imagine that has as much to do with concerns around him (further) slowing down our game, rather than his quality. Zubimendi at 8 and Rice at 6 feels like another season of Arteta horseshoe ball with results overly reliant on Odegaard/Saka going off. I don't see that midfield improving our left flank or easing the pressure on our CF.

            MistaT I agree- either one of them will make us better IMO. I just love Ekitike's ability on the ball from what I've seen this year. He moves just like Isak to me. Sesko does look to be the better finisher but there's just something about me that makes me concerned he might not have that alpha personality that a top striker needs. But I'll take either of them happily this summer.

                Yeah I think we all would be.

                Sesko available for £62-66 million according to Sky. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13321953/benjamin-sesko-transfer-rb-leipzig-striker-attracting-premier-league-interest-as-release-clause-revealed

                Good to hear Spurs have little chance 😆 I think Sesko is the 1 Arteta wants. 6"5 and pretty quick. His poundland Haaland. Seems to score a nice variety of goals as well but will certainly take him time to adapt to the PL and I don't think he would hit the ground running but he should have lots of room for improvement and growth

                I only saw him at the Euros like most strikers thought he wasn't able to do much without the service however, he is still very young, physically impressive and won't be carrying the burden alone. Being able to share it with Havertz should ease some of the pressure on both of them.

                Even if he flops he is young enough that we probably would be able to recoup a good chunk of our money. So just get it done basically.

                Newcastle are never selling Isak don't even bother wasting our time.

                  Panda His poundland Haaland.

                  Sadly not cheaper than Haaland though! 😂

                  All things considered though, I'd say that's a decent price in this market. See no reason why won't get him in the summer unless we decide to move for someone else.

                    Osimhen would get injured after about 15 minutes of Premier League football.

                    Links to Frenkie as an alternative to Kimmich who now looks to be staying at Bayern.

                    Nico, Zubimendi, Frenkie, Lautaro and Garcia would be an epic summer

                      If we can't do Nico get Lookman. We need goals

                      If we are to continue to play in to wide attackers feet and expect them to beat players one on one those two would be perfect. Semenyo too.

                      Lautaro would be ace as he has that spikey determined to win attitude plus he has exceptional finishing. We lack that so much

                      Lautaro does seem a miss.

                      Felt like he was available a year or two back.