With Undav arriving for pre-season, surely the club won’t be spending any more cash on a 1st team striker?
Annoyingly, the one player I think we really need is a similar player to Welbeck who has surely done enough to get himself another one or two year deal. Welbeck should be good for at least 50% of our matches but it’s when he is injured or not playing you see the need for a player with a physical presence in the box who can score the kind of header he has buried against Leicester twice the season.
However, despite my preference for Canda’s record scorer, Cyle Larin (who’ll be on a free in the summer), I don’t think the club will be splashing out, and maybe they shouldn’t?
Our forward line will probably consist of these four (with perhaps three of them down to a year on their contracts):
Trossard
Welbeck
Maupay
Undav
But I think we need two more to supplement that group and it’s pretty obvious where they’ll be coming from. We’ll be promoting from within.
As far as another striker goes, we really need some power up front and players like Sima, Ferguson and Tolaj offer this, but their lack of experience might mean they are sent out on more loans. Andone is surely set to sign permanently for Cadiz and Connolly is slowly making his way onto Boro’s bench, he might be done in the EPL. That leaves Zeqiri, if he has a good end to the season in Germany, he could be a 1st team player (again) next season.
Strikers:
Sima
Ferguson
Tolaj
Zeqiri
Connolly
Andone
And then there is the Trossard role which Mac can happily play but I think Potter will want someone with the ability to dribble and run at pace with the ball like Tross, Mac is more playmaker. We have three excellent prospects along with Arce. They all seem to have pace, confidence and an eye for goal. Sarmiento holds the shirt at present despite his current injury, his whacking great four year deal tells you exactly what Potter thinks of him (along with his start against West Ham), but don’t rule out Mitoma making an impact. We then have young Khadra who is showing that the Championship is probably below his level somewhat as he’s really impressing at Blackburn.
Wingers/No.10s:
Khadra
Mitoma
Arce
Sarmiento
Lot’s of options to consider, but I doubt our recruitment team will be looking beyond what we’ve already got to supplement Welbz, Maups, Undav and Tross next season.
Annoyingly, the one player I think we really need is a similar player to Welbeck who has surely done enough to get himself another one or two year deal. Welbeck should be good for at least 50% of our matches but it’s when he is injured or not playing you see the need for a player with a physical presence in the box who can score the kind of header he has buried against Leicester twice the season.
However, despite my preference for Canda’s record scorer, Cyle Larin (who’ll be on a free in the summer), I don’t think the club will be splashing out, and maybe they shouldn’t?
Our forward line will probably consist of these four (with perhaps three of them down to a year on their contracts):
Trossard
Welbeck
Maupay
Undav
But I think we need two more to supplement that group and it’s pretty obvious where they’ll be coming from. We’ll be promoting from within.
As far as another striker goes, we really need some power up front and players like Sima, Ferguson and Tolaj offer this, but their lack of experience might mean they are sent out on more loans. Andone is surely set to sign permanently for Cadiz and Connolly is slowly making his way onto Boro’s bench, he might be done in the EPL. That leaves Zeqiri, if he has a good end to the season in Germany, he could be a 1st team player (again) next season.
Strikers:
Sima
Ferguson
Tolaj
Zeqiri
Connolly
Andone
And then there is the Trossard role which Mac can happily play but I think Potter will want someone with the ability to dribble and run at pace with the ball like Tross, Mac is more playmaker. We have three excellent prospects along with Arce. They all seem to have pace, confidence and an eye for goal. Sarmiento holds the shirt at present despite his current injury, his whacking great four year deal tells you exactly what Potter thinks of him (along with his start against West Ham), but don’t rule out Mitoma making an impact. We then have young Khadra who is showing that the Championship is probably below his level somewhat as he’s really impressing at Blackburn.
Wingers/No.10s:
Khadra
Mitoma
Arce
Sarmiento
Lot’s of options to consider, but I doubt our recruitment team will be looking beyond what we’ve already got to supplement Welbz, Maups, Undav and Tross next season.
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