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Id go with Hernandez, simply because Aubameyang is so similar to Welbeck but a little better. Same pace, better finishing and of course far more healthy. Wenger wont give up on Danny yet and Hernandez is a goal poacher par excellence. We desperately need an accomplished DM who is ready to play right away. No chance of winning anything without that.
Aubameyang is a beast IMO, he's been playing at a really high level for 2 seasons now, especially this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
I think he's the most realistic and best striker in the market for us to sign but I think we're going to need to be very aggressive in our pursuit of him before the big boys get involved.
I'd pay 42m for him now without question, seems we are high on him but Dortmund don't want to sell.
Hernandez in my opinion is not worth the punt, I don't think he's any better than what we currently have.
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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Agree with this but the problem lies with us being very aggressive in our pursuit. We know Wenger is the opposite. Thinks everyone should be banging on his door under the impression that every world class footballer would want to come to Arsenal & for a fee that Wenger decides, not what the market dictates. Aubameyang's goals could win us the league - Wenger needs to weigh up what that's worth to us as a club, before he makes his usual derisory offer.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Aubameyang is a beast but I'd much rather go all in for Lukaku tbh. Premier league proven and with Everton unlikely to have CL football next year, probably easier to persuade.
what I like about Hernandez is that I think he is the type of player that could come off the bench and get a goal. Like Solskjaer used to. Don't we really have that type of player.
I don't see us signing a striker. I'd like to imagine we'd sign Hernandez, Lukaku, Aubameyang, Cavani....whoever else we're linked with but I can't see Wenger upsetting Giroud at this point. He hasn't had a long streak without a goal and even if he goes on a drought, he'll replace him with Theo. Giroud only replaced Theo because of injury. So that's two players Wenger needs to rapidly lose faith in for us to buy. It's not going to happen. He'll be scared off by the inflated fees and the lack of bargains on the table.
Aye, I'd happily take either, I think they'd both cost as much, 40-50mill +Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
Both will be relatively difficult signings to make, well they will for us if we insist on paying the "right" price or whatever it is Wenger says.
Yep, agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dein-machine
Won't be this window yes, but I think Wenger has made it pretty clear for a while now with his actions that he wants to upgrade on Giroud.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Firstly when he signed Alexis, he made a point of stressing how Alexis could play upfront, something he tried a few times last season but due to how bad things were then, something he couldn't really experiement much with.
He's also prefered Theo up front this season and it's only been our ridicolous injury crisis that has allowed him a way back into the team. The Welbeck signing as well, whilst being a panic buy imo, was also partly influenced by bringing in someone to compensate for Giroud's defiencies.
I think he clearly wants someone with more dynamic movement and pace up front than Giroud but because of factors beyond his control such as lack of availablity he's kind of had no choice but to persist with him. And to his credit, Giroud has always risen up to the challenge and done well for us.
And I wouldn't poo-poo the idead of us getting in a mega star like Lukaku in the summer - the Ozil and Alexis transfers have demonstrated that he's more than happy to spend on ..... ahem ... "super top top quality". And if Man Utd continue their ridicolous summer pursuits of attempting to sign Muller, Neymar and Bale, leaving us a free shot at Lukaku, it's something I can see happening. Won't be a penny under £50 million mind you.
Edit - To add to the earlier point, Wenger also publicly tried to sign Suarez a few seasons back.