I consider Richardson an inside forward myself, rather than a natural no 9, which I think both Watkins and Ings are. It’s like Son and Kane, I consider him an inside forward to, to Kane no 9. Two forward positions granted but separate skill sets and roles.
I think the idea would be player trading, if Moise goes we need a support striker in my opinion. So your looking at making a profit on flipping Moise for someone like Ings, that was my take anyway.
Given the context business wise it’s a great deal for Southampton, in footballing terms it could be catasphruc, he will be a huge miss for them, footballing wise he’s worth more to Southampton then 25 mill.
As Villa fan says, if they get 4 years out of him, at 10- 15 goals a year, it’s about 6 mill a year, it’s defo worth that for PL goals, presuming fitness of course which is a risk.
It’s the equation you run, we took Jamo on last season, on the same basis really, we knew we might only get 20 games a season out of him, but PL goals are valuable, and we took a risk on his output, Villa doing like wise, I know we got Jamo on a free but we’re likely paying him a lot more than Villa are paying Ings.
