United after the exits look toothless up front. Not important in the league perhaps, but the Europa League is a realistic chance of getting a Champions League place for next season, and the lack of a decent No 9 won't help that campaign.
United after the exits look toothless up front. Not important in the league perhaps, but the Europa League is a realistic chance of getting a Champions League place for next season, and the lack of a decent No 9 won't help that campaign.
Seriously, I know I moan about Levy but how bloody obvious is it that they needed a proper centre forward for the last 2-3 years since they let Aubangyournan go? WTF is their board playing at?
It just defies belief that they haven't addressed it. If they did, you would have to fancy them to get proper close to Liverpool if not pass them. They'd also be properly in the hunt for the CL. It makes so sense at all.
Granted they wouldn't want to spend big money on a relatively old player but Toney would have got 20-25 goals a season in their side with Saka and Odegaard serving chances up on a plate for him?
(Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining because there's fuck all chance of them winning anything but jeez!)
Didn’t they go after Toney but he chose the money? Cant blame them for not playing chicken with Saudis. Just don’t think there are many top level CFs around right now, Isaak should be the target.
They also sold Nketiah, who might not have been good enough to be first choice, but definitely would do a job for them.
A number of the "top" sides don't like signing short term players, it's the modern obsession with signing either top players or young players with resale value, and end up signing nobody instead of a competent short term deputy. Arsenal would never sign a Chris Wood type for example.
Just find their inability to sign a striker totally bizarre. Toney would have been ideal , there's plenty of strikers out there that would have done a job for them in their formation.
Just find their inability to sign a striker totally bizarre. Toney would have been ideal , there's plenty of strikers out there that would have done a job for them in their formation.
The issue was the money. He's on £400k a week and with add ons means £500k and tax free too. Arsenal would need to pay him close to £1m a week. Their whole wage structure would go up in smoke if they paid him anything near that.
Just find their inability to sign a striker totally bizarre. Toney would have been ideal , there's plenty of strikers out there that would have done a job for them in their formation.
The issue was the money. He's on £400k a week and with add ons means £500k and tax free too. Arsenal would need to pay him close to £1m a week. Their whole wage structure would go up in smoke if they paid him anything near that.
Oh no one is going to be paying Toney anywhere near that over here. Wonder if a summer move for Ollie Watkins could be on the cards? Doesn't solve their problems now but someone of that ilk feels like the kind of target they'd go for.
Liverpool have got Wolves (h) Villa (a) Man City (a) Newcastle (h) Soton(h) Everton (h) Fulham (a) West Ham (h) Leicester (a) Tottenham (h) Chelsea (a) Arsenal (h) Brighton (a) Palace (h)
Arsenal have got Leicester (a) West Ham (h) Forest (a) Man Ud (a) Chelsea (h) Fulham (h) Everton (a) Brentford (h) Ipswich (a) Palace (h) Bournemouth (h) Liverpool (a) Newcastle (h) Soton (a)
To be honest it would be very funny to see Liverpool blow it, plus lose to Newcastle in the league cup and bow out of the CL to end the season trophy-less.
To be honest it would be very funny to see Liverpool blow it, plus lose to Newcastle in the league cup and bow out of the CL to end the season trophy-less.
To be honest it would be very funny to see Liverpool blow it, plus lose to Newcastle in the league cup and bow out of the CL to end the season trophy-less.
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WTF is their board playing at?
It just defies belief that they haven't addressed it.
If they did, you would have to fancy them to get proper close to Liverpool if not pass them. They'd also be properly in the hunt for the CL.
It makes so sense at all.
Granted they wouldn't want to spend big money on a relatively old player but Toney would have got 20-25 goals a season in their side with Saka and Odegaard serving chances up on a plate for him?
(Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining because there's fuck all chance of them winning anything but jeez!)
A number of the "top" sides don't like signing short term players, it's the modern obsession with signing either top players or young players with resale value, and end up signing nobody instead of a competent short term deputy. Arsenal would never sign a Chris Wood type for example.
Then 3 minutes of VAR checking it...GOAL!
Should stay off the pitch though
The issue was the money. He's on £400k a week and with add ons means £500k and tax free too. Arsenal would need to pay him close to £1m a week. Their whole wage structure would go up in smoke if they paid him anything near that.
Oh no one is going to be paying Toney anywhere near that over here. Wonder if a summer move for Ollie Watkins could be on the cards? Doesn't solve their problems now but someone of that ilk feels like the kind of target they'd go for.
Liverpool have got
Wolves (h)
Villa (a)
Man City (a)
Newcastle (h)
Soton(h)
Everton (h)
Fulham (a)
West Ham (h)
Leicester (a)
Tottenham (h)
Chelsea (a)
Arsenal (h)
Brighton (a)
Palace (h)
Arsenal have got
Leicester (a)
West Ham (h)
Forest (a)
Man Ud (a)
Chelsea (h)
Fulham (h)
Everton (a)
Brentford (h)
Ipswich (a)
Palace (h)
Bournemouth (h)
Liverpool (a)
Newcastle (h)
Soton (a)
Rewarded with a new contract at a different club? 😉