I would have signed him just for the name 
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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024
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I think people see Solanke as a come down after having Kane. I don't see why a player needs to be PL proven, lots of teams buy CFs from abroad.
As for the CL, we should have strengthened the team when we were flying high under Poch.
I'm not against Solanke, I'd just like us to get a world class CF, don't ask me who, I don't keep tabs on players abroad.
We've haven't really been having youth players coming through until recently. The scouting has been poor with the likes of GLC, Ndomble, Richarlison.
The situation is of our own making.
We'd all want another striker to come in alongside Solanke and preferably a wide forward hybrid who can play on the left hand side as well but we know what's gonna happen...our ST options for the season are going to be:
Solanke
Kulusevski
Son
Lankshear
I was watching the Overlap and they were all saying on there how if they missed some of preseason then it was hard to come back from. Neville said he missed all of two and he could never get to the same physical level as the rest of the players during the season. If we have players coming in and missing all of ours then it is going to be a problem. It’s why Ange probably wanted them in early. He knows that the way we train and play they’ll get injured. Although I guess that raises the question of why not give them a preseason again when they join and don’t play them for a month. Poch did this and got pelters, although I don’t remember the player then getting injured.
Where are the haters now? Watch them fans jump back on the band wagon
Toney is much less risk than Solanke. Hes consistent and ready for a step up. Solanke has fluffed his lines at 2 big clubs.
Cant speak for anyone else but i'm not sneering. He's alright, a small improvement on a fit Richarlison but it hardly sets the pulse racing does it. It feels like the signings we used to make like Ruel Fox, Chris Armstrong, Andy Sinton and more recently Richarlison. Decent mid level prem players that would be seen as good signing for a club pushing for 7th.
when he was a kid.
Stop. Posting. Jacobs.
Though to be fair, this does seem a bit like Spurs. Going for the weaker, cheaper option.
Whatever that even means. When did the season end? Irrespective of my own thoughts on seeking to buy Solanke, we are so unsure of what to do.
AS I WAS SAYING
I hadn't realised until I just looked that Archie Gray is currently our 7th highest transfer of all time (potentially). When you look at the top 15 transfers by total cost I'd say 3-4 have been a definite success, 5-6 have been either average or 'jury's out' (e.g. Maddison), and 6 have been disasters.
As much as I'm not that against the idea of signing him and agree that the prem proven alternatives are not much better... one season of 20 goals and just shy of 10 goals in the two seasons before that is not that exciting is it. Lets be honest, no one would be really kicking up a fuss if we could get him for 40 odd mill. I know it's a sign of the absurd times for transfer fees but 60 odd million for what he's achieved so far, along with the faffing of our club at moving players on when things don't go to plan, adds to the reluctance to go balls out!
Exactly mate. Foreign Joe always gets the nod before an English player. I’ve tried not to get involved in the usual transfer talk shit this year because it’s always the same. Solanke fits our system 100%. He’s big,quick,strong,good touch,can link,can run with the ball,runs in behind,can press and most importantly can score goals. His last two seasons his goals record is excellent. He’s coming into his prime in the next couple of years too. He’s a fit boy who doesn’t miss many games. Everything I said there is a massive upgrade on what options we have at centre forward. Massive upgrade.
Who gives a fuck about the money if he comes in and is successful. He could end up a waste of money or be the best signing we’ve made in years. Every transfer is a gamble. People go on about money,it’s not ours.
I’ll be honest and say he’s definitely not one I thought of for us but it actually makes sense. I want Gyokeres or Vlahovic because they make sense too. Even Toney makes sense. We need a focal point up top who won’t get pushed about and can take us up the pitch. All the ones I mentioned can do that. At the moment we have got fast weak players and strong slow players who play in those positions. That’s where our problems lie.
Solanke might just be the fix we are looking for.
Yes because we can keep him fresh because of squad depth.