Nicolas Jackson is the best fit that’s available. He’s a scruffy finisher (much like Nunez), but his link up play is miles better. He’s good at stretching defences with his runs in behind and creating space for his teammates. Cole Palmer’s been half the player since he left.
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Transfers Summer 2026 Transfer Thread
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Nicolas Jackson is the best fit that’s available. He’s a scruffy finisher (much like Nunez), but his link up play is miles better. He’s good at stretching defences with his runs in behind and creating space for his teammates. Cole Palmer’s been half the player since he left.
Exactly although I'm sure Semenyo has more goals than that but he's not strictly a LW anyway.
You know the market is dead when Gordon is going to Barca for €70m and I don't think that Gordon is particularly a bad player but he represents amongst the best outside of Vinicius, Diaz and Karavastelia.
People didn't believe me when I said Summerville is one of the better deals we can do on the left, maybe because it's not a fashionable transfer, I dunno
Yeah Semenyo has more but he is an outlier.
I agree with you about Summerville
Seems some want to go down the untested in the prem route and there are way too many examples of wide players from other leagues coming to the prem and struggling in a league where players with pedigree in this league have been struggling.
Then spend that on a top striker. Not fill the squad with more dross like Summerville and Rashford. Leao is a LW, Godts as well. Just atay away from utter useless shit like Summerville.
Like who?
Tits Mcghee
Woltemade. Marmoush. Even Mateta to a certain extent.
By who? One, we’re not competing with Barcelona in any facet, in a sporting sense, or for signings. There’s not a world in which we were in for any of the players you just mentioned, we’ve just finished 17th for the second season in a row ffs.
Rashford and Leão are luxury players, proper lazy. Brilliant when attacking, but both switch off when they’ve got to track back, press or do the dirty work. That’s why Rashford suited Barcelona more, they dominate the ball and protect attackers defensively.
Roberto De Zerbi needs forwards that press and a lot of work off the ball. If attackers only fancy it when they’ve got the ball, they will not fit in with him.
Cheeky pay as you play ? Do it Vinny boy
This club makes me want to do needles
I hope we don't get his hopes up then leave him this way?
100% but no team could replace those 2 at the stage we had them. Simply impractical.
Maybe Philips finally gets a chance as a squad player? He's had over 100 championship games now and even captained Stoke for a bit.
Could allow us to spend some money elsewhere on the pitch if he serves as the 4th CB for a year.
I mean none of these are top strikers really, Marmoush I guess is the closest to it but I'm not convinced he's going to consistently score in the Prem.
Woltemade hasn't done anything yet in the Prem and Mateta is on his way down.
Rashford would be perfect signing for us. Fuck no to summervile though
I mean I like all three of those players, Mateta to a lesser extent but none of them are top strikers and there's no guarantee they'll do any better than what we already have.
There seems to be a real dearth of top strikers out there these days
Without comparing the stats I think they are similar players and despite neither being quite clinical enough there's a real lack of options out there.
I always felt nunez was a huge handful for defenses and hes got all the attributes and never shied away. Maybe going Liverpool when he did stunted him at the time. He just strikes me as perfect for what RDZ wants in a striker.
But Jackson is a good shout but hes one of those players that steps over the line too much and seems very capable of stupidness on a regular basis. I remember him being quite ridiculed at Chelsea.