Considering the seasons Suarez and Higuain had that year and how our lack of goals killed our title run…you tell me? We set up to sign a star striker that year, we failed and still haven’t signed the striker that we were searching for back in 2013.Originally Posted by Letters
Do we need him?
Well yes, we do. But we need a top striker as well, not instead of.
We've spent a lot in recent years, with the exception of 2015 where we inexplicably only signed Cech.
I don't think there is a reluctance to spend in general anymore, probably more of a reluctance to compete with the biggest clubs because they can outspend us. For us to make a top signing, all the stars have to align. Ozil was sold last minute to fund the Bale transfer and Sanchez was out of favour with only Liverpool for us to compete with.
Back in 2013 not a single soul here said we needed an attacking midfielder. We had so many options for that position we were playing Jack, Ramsey, Rosicky or Santi wide just to give them game time which had the knock on effect of making our wing play much weaker. It was great to see us spend that sort of money on a star player but it wasn't what we needed.
Players like Ozil and Sanchez can win you a league, with the right supporting cast. So we absolutely do need players who are at that level, but we haven't had a really top striker since RvP.
And we probably need a new manager too.
I'm not too sure, if a player has a price you either pay it or don't, we know the price for Lacazette, we knew for Higuain and Suarez (or had an idea), we weren't competing we just didn't want to stump up, we seem to want to buy players for under the market value and seem to go after players who realistically are unattainable for us, either they've said they're staying at a particular club or are courted by the likes of Barca/Real.
Ozil was a last minute panic buy after a disastrous window, Sanchez like you say we only competed with Liverpool over and they had no CL and the price wasn't extortionate.
Seems to me we'll buy players up to a certain price but when it comes to the best players who come with a premium, we won't pay the rate the market dictates and just sit there in the hope the selling club will lower it's demands until someone else snaps up the player.
Last summer was another joke, pretty much every summer is a joke at this club, we never seem to have a plan in place, never get what we need in early and never really get the players we need.
From what I can see our buys are opportunist buys rather than thought about planned transfers in a lot of cases.
I think the point he was making was that we didn't need a player in that position particularly at that time, we needed a striker desperately and ended up signing a player in a position that we weren't really looking to fill. Pretty poor show to be honest, if you go out and need a new washing machine you don't come back with a dishwasher instead.
Last edited by Özim; 27-06-2017 at 01:25 PM.
What's the right sort of supporting cast? Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema, Higuain, Di Maria, Xabi Alonso, Khederia, Pepe, Ramos, Macelo....?
Ozil is great support player but if he's not around the right sort of players it effects his performance. A player like RVP, Suarez or Ronaldo...regardless of who they were playing with they'd find a way to score goals.
Of course, but a player who has consistently good assist stats will obviously help them score more. Ozil creates lots of goal scoring opportunities, with the right people on the end of them more of them would become goals.
Barca tapping up a player under contract again. Xhaka will probably be fined for that....Barcelona have courted the help of their midfielder Denis Suarez, who is currently playing with Bellerin in Poland. Speaking to local radio, he admitted he would love to see the Arsenal star return to Catalonia.
'The people want the best at Barcelona and I hope Bellerin can come,' Suarez told Radio Marca. 'The players of a top level are welcome.'
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