Take the name away, tell me you would be disappointed if I said we've found a striker who can cover all 3 positions up top, has a 1 in 3 strike rate in the PL with Premier league experience, has pace and is at a decent age experience wise (considering DCL is 21/22 and Richarlison is 23/24).
If the price is decent and his wages aren't astronomical then its a player who imo will be very useful not just to bring off the bench but also as a starter in some games and means we can change it up a little.
It was imperative we found someone
Oh, look - and I've said this before - as a player, he generally fits the bill.
But my point in the summer was, why not just do it then? It's probably not ended up costing us much less.
Or, why not push at the start of this window? Have it lined up, done.
I appreciate there's a lot of moving parts, but we now could be stuck with another player on possibly big wages (it'll be at least £60-70k) and even on a 2.5-year deal, that means he'll be 31 and a half by the time that runs out.
Wouldn't it have been more prudent to use the loan market? Wouldn't it have been more prudent to simply move for somebody else last summer, again on loan as a first option?
We were in for Zirkzee mate. A youngster at the other end of the spectrum. We wanted him, but needed to shift players. Fair enough, but then it's completely to the opposite end of the spectrum for King.
No profile of a player, no planning it seems.
I don't even think it's a 'panic' really, but it will end up looking like one.
I think he can be a useful player for us, but the argument that people had earlier that we were keeping our powder dry and Brands wasn't into signing anybody like Walsh would on big wages etc or whatever, well it's fallen down, again.
I'm actually more measured now than I was last night. Been on the bike and stuff - always helps
- but it seems like some disjointed thinking. Anyway, if he comes, it's better than nothing and he knows how to score in the league - it's genuine competition for Rich and Dom, so an improvement.
