turtle
Active Member
I have been in this forum for a long time just reading and not make a post. But now I want to give my view on this.
We have heard a lot of shout for a new striker in the january transfer windows and we are going to have a shortage in the forward position. I tried to look at them in sensible way and here is what I thought.
Kluivert
He is the most talkabout in this forum. He is a world class striker, the transfer fee for him is believed to be between 1M to 3M at most. He has proven himself in Serie A and La Liga. However, he has not proven himself in EPL, and will he adapt right away here, this is a big question mark.
Looking at the striker we got recently from other leagues.
Suker is a proven world class striker coming from Real, he scored for us but not a big hit.
Henry had a tough time settling with EPL and the striker position as we all know before he became the Henry he is now.
Wiltord did not really lived up to that price tag for the first season too.
So will Kluivert be good here right away to solve everything, I have doubts even though he is a proven world class striker.
Looking at Kluivert's form at the moment, he hasn't been scoring for Barcelone, will he started scoring in EPL, I don't know. He is more of a finesse player. The only type of striker who fit in right away in EPL are powerful striker like RvN and Crespo.
Another problem with him is his big wage bill. he may want a 60k to 80k per week. That would be more than 1M pound for the rest of the season. The reason he is so cheap is because he is having a problem with Barcelona. Wiltord had a problem with his previous club so we can sign him and now he may go for free at the end of the season. We had an Anelka problem already. Kluivert is fighting with RvN and Makaay for a striker position at the Holland squad, he will not stick around like Kany if he is not playing regularly and the wage we will be paying for him is down the drain. Plus, he will block the promising youth from coming up. This is a big risk for us that we are unlikely to take.
Will he be here in the summer, I don't know. Depends on who is available in the summer and the price.
Eto'o and Reyes
They are young and haven't played for a big club before and they command a high transfer fee. They will be a big risk for us now to take their wage for the rest of the season even if their wage is way lower than Kluivert. They look more like summer target than now.
Kezman
PSV have a habit of asking for more than market value. He is older than the players listed above and he is not proven in a top league too. He may be good, but not worth the risk now or in summer.
Alan Smith
Now take a look in EPL. People have mentioned his name in this forum but I don't think he is available. He is proven in EPL and is doing well except for little card problem but he is not available now Leeds got financial backing. They need to keep the players they have to fight for survival, they need to stay up to save themself. Relegation will spell doom for them because which billionaire will want to buy a club in division one. They need to stay in EPL and they need him, why would they sell him to get a few millions if they are going to lose more if they relegate. He is a risk that we may take but not definitely Leeds can take.
Other players in EPL
Players I can think of are either not available, too expensive or not good enough to play for Arsenal.
So who should we bring in?
I said no to them so somebody must be in my list and they are:
Bentley, Papadopulos, Thomas or even Owusu-Abeyie and Ryan Smith.
We are lucky we will not play any big team when Bergkamp, Kanu, Wiltord and Aliadiere are out. We should win those match whether we have Bentley as our forward or Kluivert as our forward.
We are in a situation that we must calculate every risk and their return. We don't want to end up like Leeds so we must be safe in this period of time and not get over passionate. It's a good thing we have intelligent Wenger as our manager and I can see why he will not spend now.
Here is my view and hope it make sense to other people. Sorry for the long post
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We have heard a lot of shout for a new striker in the january transfer windows and we are going to have a shortage in the forward position. I tried to look at them in sensible way and here is what I thought.
Kluivert
He is the most talkabout in this forum. He is a world class striker, the transfer fee for him is believed to be between 1M to 3M at most. He has proven himself in Serie A and La Liga. However, he has not proven himself in EPL, and will he adapt right away here, this is a big question mark.
Looking at the striker we got recently from other leagues.
Suker is a proven world class striker coming from Real, he scored for us but not a big hit.
Henry had a tough time settling with EPL and the striker position as we all know before he became the Henry he is now.
Wiltord did not really lived up to that price tag for the first season too.
So will Kluivert be good here right away to solve everything, I have doubts even though he is a proven world class striker.
Looking at Kluivert's form at the moment, he hasn't been scoring for Barcelone, will he started scoring in EPL, I don't know. He is more of a finesse player. The only type of striker who fit in right away in EPL are powerful striker like RvN and Crespo.
Another problem with him is his big wage bill. he may want a 60k to 80k per week. That would be more than 1M pound for the rest of the season. The reason he is so cheap is because he is having a problem with Barcelona. Wiltord had a problem with his previous club so we can sign him and now he may go for free at the end of the season. We had an Anelka problem already. Kluivert is fighting with RvN and Makaay for a striker position at the Holland squad, he will not stick around like Kany if he is not playing regularly and the wage we will be paying for him is down the drain. Plus, he will block the promising youth from coming up. This is a big risk for us that we are unlikely to take.
Will he be here in the summer, I don't know. Depends on who is available in the summer and the price.
Eto'o and Reyes
They are young and haven't played for a big club before and they command a high transfer fee. They will be a big risk for us now to take their wage for the rest of the season even if their wage is way lower than Kluivert. They look more like summer target than now.
Kezman
PSV have a habit of asking for more than market value. He is older than the players listed above and he is not proven in a top league too. He may be good, but not worth the risk now or in summer.
Alan Smith
Now take a look in EPL. People have mentioned his name in this forum but I don't think he is available. He is proven in EPL and is doing well except for little card problem but he is not available now Leeds got financial backing. They need to keep the players they have to fight for survival, they need to stay up to save themself. Relegation will spell doom for them because which billionaire will want to buy a club in division one. They need to stay in EPL and they need him, why would they sell him to get a few millions if they are going to lose more if they relegate. He is a risk that we may take but not definitely Leeds can take.
Other players in EPL
Players I can think of are either not available, too expensive or not good enough to play for Arsenal.
So who should we bring in?
I said no to them so somebody must be in my list and they are:
Bentley, Papadopulos, Thomas or even Owusu-Abeyie and Ryan Smith.
We are lucky we will not play any big team when Bergkamp, Kanu, Wiltord and Aliadiere are out. We should win those match whether we have Bentley as our forward or Kluivert as our forward.
We are in a situation that we must calculate every risk and their return. We don't want to end up like Leeds so we must be safe in this period of time and not get over passionate. It's a good thing we have intelligent Wenger as our manager and I can see why he will not spend now.
Here is my view and hope it make sense to other people. Sorry for the long post
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