I'm very interested to hear some suggestions for big money and name strikers that we could realistically buy.
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I'm very interested to hear some suggestions for big money and name strikers that we could realistically buy.
causin to united's park i guess:unsure:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Emanuel Adebayor :gp:Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesy bites
Falcao, Forlan, Benzema, Llorente etc.
The biggest stumbling block?
None of them play in Ligue 1. :coffee:
Not fair on Park really, I'm sure he has something to give but I don't think this is a signing the fans will warm to, unless he's awesome from the get go. It's just frustrating how this league is always our first port of call.
Indeed. Is this the guy who's going to stand in for RvP? Let's hope we haven't paid any significant money for this guy. Chances of him making it in the PL? Who knows? And that's the point, we can't afford to be fucking around with prospects. Maybe this is just a guy Wenger's had his eye on, maybe this is not THE striker we need. Why weren't we even in the hunt for Forlan?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Falcao just moved to Athletico Madrid, Benzema will no way leave/be allowed to leave Real, Forlan is really not as big a signing as the other names mentioned. Llorente, I'll give you that one, possibly not a big enough name for some Gooners.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
When I first started reading the breaking BBC news , I thought Sunderland had gotten him.
We need players who are good at the present, ie Suarez type players, spend that £20 million or so ffs.
However he may turn out to be decent, but we can't take that risk !
Park Chu Young, eh? I've thought he's looked good whenever I've seen him (not much admittedly) and I've had some epic wins on PES involving him but if Monaco are willing to let him go for 3m he must be a bit shite, you shouldn't judge players on their price tags but no-one who's any good and over the age of 23 goes for that kind of money.
Woah didn't realise, the fee reported is €40 million plus €7 million in potential add-ons. So we had no chance really ...Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesy bites
I wouldn't go too much on price given they're in Ligue 2 now, not that there is a whole lot else to go on though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Vela
Fee of £2.6 million mentioned. We'll recoup that in shirt sales in Asia easily. Plus this beauty:
He’ll shoot He’ll score He’ll eat your Labrador Park chu Young
Hah PES was great with all the koreans, Lee Chun Soo was amazing upfront, more so than this guy ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Vela
Out of interest, how much would Mario Gomez go for?
£35 million absolute minimum
Ah, I didn't know that. Might go some way to explaining the price tag, not a ringing recommendation if his team was relegated though.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Bayern got him for ~£20 million, so perhaps £25mQuote:
Originally Posted by Gubby Allen
Oh great. Anyone seen him play properly?
Crikey, is he not even playing in Ligue 1?Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
What arre Lille's role in this? Were they trying to sign him too?
Well if we do get the guy, I'm not going to condemn him based on his transfer fee, until he plays a few games.
Monaco were surprisingly fun to play with as well, good balance against a similar level team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
Hardly a transfer that will inspire the club, but your right, he needs to be given a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesy bites
From The Goon BlogQuote:
Few details.... Fee €3m with €2m add-ons. Wages about €47,000 pw
That doesn't stop people wanting Parker. :ninja:Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Vela
Apparently so. And yeah Monaco were relegated last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gubby Allen
I have no problem with the signing...as long as Wenger gets good, established-quality players in at CM and CB (will probably cost £20m+ a piece)....not happening is it? We'll get the CB but miss out on a much needed CM. We probably need a left-back too considering we sold Clichy and Gibbs is always dead...but lets give that a miss.
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Fair point.
I'd quite like Parker myself, despite Frimpong being the best thing since sliced bread.
Exactly, it wasn't ST where we needed a huge star player. It would be nice, but the priority for spending big should be centermid and centreback. A cheap, effective striker who can score goals is exactly what we could do with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
Fair enough, let's condemn him based on his poor career goal record instead then.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesy bites
To be honest it's hard not to be disappointed when we sell two top players and then sign players that Championship teams are more likely to sign.
Wenger just doesn't understand the meaning of quality players, according to him this guy must be super quality if we sign him the, what a deluded fool.
You just can't trust the manager to get anything right in the transfer market it seems these days.
Yup but this guy has a poor goal record so he won't be scoring goals either.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesy bites
Great signing :good:
How do you know if you think you can do a better job voulnteer yourself or stop being negative. Maybe he was poor because his team was poor.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
If we get hazard after this it be well funny though.
We don't need a big money st tbh. Like said before we need a star player be ir hazard or Kaka. we need that signing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yeqMI3XiMcQuote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
What was that about not scoring goals? ##
How do I know...he's 26 has never scored many goals and noone knows anything about himQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
Sorry we've been here before, stop being in denial this discovering gems nonsense is well past it's sell by date.
We won't get Hazard, people need to stop believing in this pipedream.
I think we need a finisher, it's been years since we've had one and seeign Di Natale in midweek further convinced me that's exactly what we lack, someone who will shoot and head from anywhere and score goals others won't...like I said earlier poncy strikers running around doing who knows what are pointless.
Every striker will get a few goals, but his career record shows he won't score more than 1 in 4 games, that's Chamakh stats FFS.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesy bites
He's a 1 goal in 3 games type striker I think when you look over his career. He's probably not going to be a prolific goalscorer but I've never seen him play and am happy to give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm happy to see anyone but Bendtner or Chamakh. Also, with Theo/Campbell/Afobe I'd like to think we have some depth, albeit lacking great experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
Will be giving him a chance of course and happy that we're signing any striker as that means Chamakh will be relegated to the reserves but expecting us to sign two top notch players in defense and midfield now.
Not too sure whether he'll be able to make a difference as he's older than Chamakh was when we signed him with a similar goal record. That said he should add some leadership being a captain and any striker that comes to us should be capable of increasing his goal ratio by a fair bit.
1-3 in when playing for Seoul,but 1 in 4 for Monaco (South Korean League is sh*t so in reality you have to look at his record at Monaco which is the only other place he's played).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jam Persie
This is a joke of a signing to be honest and no better than Bendtner, I'd rather keep him than get this nobody.
He'll make absolutely no difference to our team IMO, the only difference between him and Chamakh is that this guy will run around more as Korean's work hard, we don't really need a workhorse up front though we desperately need a finisher.
:( Seriously this is the best we can do:(
might be a no body but im sure he's better then youQuote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe