Jamie Vardy - BBC Sport - Vardy set to reject Arsenal

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Originally Posted by alexander

This. For those that bemoan his age. I read o. Here we signed Wright at a similar age, and that went well. Yes he uses his pace which will go in time, but he knows his way to goal, looks a natural tbh. Many are saying it's not their first choice, but he might just be one of two, and we get a younger player to bed in. If we get two seasons out of him and a decent tally of goals, £20mil is a bargain in today's market. So what if it's a stop gap? People are making out its easy to go get any top striker, but it isn't. There are not many around, some will want to stay with their current clubs, some clubs will ask silly money, some players will want silly money. It's not like playing championship manager, it's complex stuff.
As far as I am concerned, he will get us goals, he will take the burden off Giroud, it's another option, he is better than Theo, so for £20mil, I'm happy. He is 29, this will be his last move of note, so looking st the way he plays, he will bust a gut trying to make it work and become successful.

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It's not just his age. Higuain, Cavani, Benzema, Suarez are around the same age but they have years experience playing at the top level. It's a bad comparison.

He's shown he can do what it takes to win in the Premier League. It'd be magic if was 25. Wrighty was no spring chicken when he joined us.

It may not work out, but if you look at current form, for me he is the right guy for right now.

With Welbeck probably out for 90% of the season and Walcott likely moving on, you'd think two forwards would be a priority. Otherwise it's just Giroud and Vardy for the whole season and one of them is certain to pick up a six-month injury.

If a Janssen, Batshuayi or Embolo are available for £30m or less, than getting PL experience and future potential for £50m or so could be ideal. Certainly better than splashing a shitload on BIG NAME or players with flaws in their game like Lukaku.

It's not actually a given he would be cheap....How much did Memphis cost? Let's not get carried away, his club will hardly give him away.

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Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice

It's not actually a given he would be cheap....How much did Memphis cost? Let's not get carried away, his club will hardly give him away.

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For Vardy?

Release clause is apparently less than £20m

I'm more than happy with us getting Vardy. Much better than spunky get £50-£60m on average shite like Morata.

At the end of the day we need someone who is better than Walcott and Giroud - and Vatdy was better than both last season. Fact.

Just because he isn't a big name doesn't mean he won't do the business again next season.

Hope it happens :pray:

From what I hear the €38m (£29m) fee Gazzetta cite for Vardy via Ranieri is closer to what #AFC will pay than the £20m in British press.
https://twitter.com/gunnerblog/statu...51514325901312

We have as well Sanogo who can play there.

£29 million for a 29 year old with one good season behind him and no kinda record behind it, that's rather expensive.

We're sitting on more money than Smaug. The price isn't really important.