I think Gyokeres is a good striker. But I think he’s someone that needs to a side that’s established.
look what they got for Marmoush, look what the got for Kolo Muani. That’s just recent strikers. Frankfurt is not doing anyone a favor. Ekitike is under contract and Frankfurt have UCL
I think 100% of Chelsea fans would tell you that there are zero regrets over the Caicedo transfer. He was the best midfielder in the Premier League this season.
As I have said, this is Michael Edwards if the valuation is not matching the player he will move on to another player. Wirtz is a different beast than Ekitike.
PSG tried to hold on a lower price for Kolo Muani. They didn't get serious, to Frankfurt's perspective, until too late in the window for Frankfurt to replace him, which caused the final price to escalate as much as it did.
I mean im sure you lot have no regrets over the transfer (funds are largely meaningless to Chelsea ) He's a great player and all that but he's hardly worth over 100M. He isnt a unicorn and he isnt really doing anything that a player who went for half that isnt doing.
Which is also why I do not believe that 100M price tag. LFC will not go that high when a guy like Gyokeres is there at 70M or Osimhen probably at even lower cost. It's negotiaton tactics. I also do not believe the Sesko price tag either.
For what it's worth, I don't hate Cunha and I could see him being successful in the Amorim system. I just have him behind other guys.
This is a "helps me sleep at night" level of post only because KFC is rumoured to be after Ekitike lol. I've seen too many players fail coming from great BuLi years to the EPL to think that Ekitike is a better or safer option than Sesko or Gyokeres. What worries me about Hugo is that this is like his third team in four years or something, and Sesko had similar stats being in a much worse situation. You'd be wrong to spend anything close to 100 million on Ekitike and you'd be wrong to take him over Gyokeres or Sesko.
No. I think Ekitike has a higher ceiling because he has better feet. He runs better. Passes better, dribbles better. Think he’s a decent presser. Think his finishing is erratic which is a red flag for me, but Sesko also erratic and Gyokeres isn’t really a style fit so I stand by it
Sesko would also be coming from BuLi though wouldn’t he? Gyokeres coming from Portuguese league which is worse. And he’s about to be 27. Which for some teams is fine, but we usually aren’t signing players that age.
LFC kind of like the profile of the guys that went big club for big money too soon, had to take a step back and rebuild themselves. So I don’t think that’s a deterrent to them.
I wouldn’t spend 100m on any of the three
He was just injured all season. He and Timber will split time at RB, I think, depending on what is needed. Timber is better defensively so will play against teams where that's needed while White is so much better at unlocking low blocks and creating the dynamic right side triangle with Saka and Odegaard.
Not sure I agree with the bolded BUT I do think Caicedo having a good season this season is also why Enzo looked good this year. I'm not sure if that's necessarily worth 116M because in theory one 100M midfielder shouldn't need another 100M next to him to look good, but also money is irrelevant to Chelsea.
All the strikers available all have issues and worries that they will bust. There isn't a proven Haaland out there this window if you'd ask me. Osimhen is easily the best, but I feel a ton of clubs (aka Arsenal) are steering clear because he would be immensely expensive. If Chelsea couldn't get the deal done last year, hard to think we would be in the same conversation. Sesko has awesome potential, but all it is is potential and he has a similar game to Havertz. Ekitike is way too hard to gauge atm to be a considerable target for his price range. Gyokeres failed in the EPL before, a big risk that he could bust again in the EPL's style of football.
I answered that sentence below this one. Ekitike had a great season, while Sesko had a bad season, yet both posted similar stats. Never buy high on a player, or you'll get Pepes'. I suggest that dribbling can get you only so far and I def wouldn't take a striker who has poor finishing skills as a striker. This sounds like a Nunez 2.0 level of player for me. Because of that, I'd comfortably say that Sesko is better, and Sesko isn't going for 100 million. All the rumours I keep seeing are that he'd be available for around 50 million pounds (I believe it was Sterling and not Euros). That is not a bad value.
I am not too much into him because he seems like another Havertz type of profile, while Gyokeres would be actually different. Nonetheless, from the matches I saw of Sesko (which I admit are not a ton), he has always looked decent. I also do agree with you, though that he does a bunch of nothing when he's not performing good, which is very Havertz-esque.
If they don’t get Ekitike I think they just sign another winger or attacking midfielder. I don’t think we are going to compromise on a lousy striker market
I think they really like a striker that can interchange with a winger from time to time and that can drop deep and create for other. That's why they used Diaz as a striker instead of Nunez.
You get Pepe when you pay for a player whose goals were artificially inflated by being switched onto PKs.
Neither are amazing finishers. Both are erratic. Ekitike does more stuff than Sesko does though. I don’t think there’s a ton of evidence that suggests Sesko is “better” (or that he is worse) but Ekitike was his teams best forwards for half the season, and his team made UCL with him playing and important role. Sesko can’t say any of that
Frankfurt doesn’t have to sell. Leipzig probably does. That’s why there is a delta in the transfer fees
I’d rather sign Havertz than any of the other three
I don’t think we know what they like, but I think LFC are probably going to be say “hey we just won the league without a striker and we are (hopefully) adding Wirtz - let’s try and get a striker next summer”. Honestly I don’t think any of the acknowledged available strikers are undoubtedly raising the ceiling on this team. Maybe this develops differently later in the window. Maybe we make some sales and the calculus changes, but as of today if they can get their top three in - I’m cool sitting back seeing what the outgoings look like and re-assessing
No way they just do that after investing so much for next season team. They will 100% get a striker in, loan with option to buy is what could be on the table for LFC if they don't get their prefered choice.
