KingArthur

No sense with that price.

Probably? No chance he starts. Maybe teams like Fulham or Bournemouth give him a chance

If Elliot goes abroad, no one is paying 40-50 million for him

I mean Howe sees something in him because we were willing to pay a fee for him earlier. That is why looks certain we are interested when he is free. He would take Wilson’s place. Wilson cannot run behind, hold up the ball or win duels. You could see when he came on last season he offered nothing. DCL would be target player and at least a some kind of physical precense in the box for the last moments. Signing DCL does not mean we don’t get a versatile forward player. We offered Wilson a deal and certainly wouldnt start another season with Wilson and Isak as the only options.

The point is that surely a) we are after DCL given all the links b) Howe sees DCL brings something to the squad that Wilson doesnt (he does) c) given our PSR restraints, it is quite easy to count 1+1 and understand that why we might look for a player like him. Like we were after Tosin, who isnt great either.

Me too. I dont think anyone should talk with me about football. Sorry.

Because he is expensive and not good enough.

OK, you seem like a nice chap. Hopefully you arent too depressed come September.

OK, whatever. You seem to know better than anyone on this Earth that we have never been after DCL, although we were linked all through last summer AND he even has his own topic right here because of all the rumours!

DCL? Last year there were rumours we were asking about him. Again, clearly we are interested. But maybe they should ask you to find us this quality striker. https://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/12691/13158077/dominic-calvert-lewin-newcastle-end-transfer-talks-for-everton-striker

Oh ffs. Pedro is not a striker, so yea, dont think I am clueless. We have been linked with DCL in the past. Howe sees something in him. But maybe you know better than Eddie.

DCL is not worse than current Wilson who offers nothing.

If we loan Miley out we need 2 midfielders. But i agree the RW should be someone who can play up top. Mbeumo would have been a lot better than Pedro bc of this. Our squad is way too thin for UCL games. We will have a drop again in results if we dont bring number of bodies in.

And the fact that you are giving no examples of what these ”quality players” are that we should be after, tells me enough about your knowledge. I dont think DCL is any worse than Wilson, who was offered a new deal and played a part last season. I take you more seriously when you tell me who should we look for

Well, I am hoping for some example. Well you just said we need quality player Quality players cost a lot of money. We are not spending more than 10-15 million on a striker, if we get Gk, RCB and RW.

What is extra length? If you mean Pedro, Romano said he only wanted to move to Chelsea, so no chance there.

So you do not have any examples. Like I said, we will most likely get a freebie like DCL or someone cheap from abroad. If you think it is going to be big money striker, prepare to be disappointed.

I ask you again: Who are these proven strikers we should be after, given our current squad, it's flaws and PSR situation? I am happy with 3-4 names

Our cover for RW is to play people out of position. We are not getting a big money striker as a Isak backup. That just does not happen with PSR. Thinking that is a joke tbh. We are getting a backup option, either a free like DCL or cheap from abroad. If we were going to get expensive striker, why offer Wilson new deal? To be a 3rd choice?

We need a RW first and foremost. Offering Wilson contract makes it look like we are sharing the minutes Isak is not playing with Gordon, Osula, 3rd striker. We are not going to bring big money striker, and we haven't even been linked with one.

How do we get this "striker of quality", when we have more pressing concerns in other areas of the pitch? Any examples who we should look for? If we buy GK, RCB and RW all of quality, we have no money for this "striker of quality". And this leaves us with 5 midfielders for 3 places, which is way too few. You can't understand people's thinking and I can't understand your thinking.

Well of course we need to take that into account. But Osula as a Isak backup is not an option at all. DCL playes 26 games last season, (yea, only 1600 minutes in PL) and 32 before that. 23/24 he played 100 minutes less than Isak. I don't think everyone is calling Isak "injury ridden player" Yes, I don't think he is by no means a perfect player, but we have to get GK, RCB, RW and most likely a CM with very limited budget. Getting a 2nd or 3rd striker for free is not a worst possible move.

Certainly he can replace Wilson? We need bodies in, and DCL coming in to replace totally useless Wilson is a start. Of course we need a good RW more than that, but we can't buy them all now.

Osula is not ready to be a second choice striker.

I saw that news credited to some saudi sport site. Romano is of course doing his job and getting clicks.