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Striker hypothetical (non-LFC)

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Which striker you buying?

  • 21 year old striker with 10-15 goals in a top 4 non English league last year

    Votes: 15 88.2%

  • 27 year old striker with 30+ goals in a 5-9 ranked league

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 24 year old striker with 20-25 goals in the championship

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Total voters
    17
Fabio

Fabio

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I was thinking about Gyokeres and how he's started his Arsenal career looking very very meh (fitness?), and how in the summer the only other club really linked to him was United....why? Isn't solely down to the Portuguese league tax? Age? Fee? Newcastle paid more for a much less proven (younger) striker, and similar for an older PL striker.

So, in the time honoured tradition of killing time during international breaks....what would you rather? and what's your rationale?

Goals suggested are for that league/domestic cups only (not fair to include European adventures for everyone).

Fee is the same for all of them (let's say 40-50m as the market is shit)
 
I voted for the younger striker in a top 4 league because they've presumably got the greatest potential to develop and have proven at least a certain level of ability at the highest (among the three options) level.

And, as they're younger, they're likely to retain resale value if they don't work out and could even potentially be loaned for development if necessary.

Of course, it depends on where the buying club is at in their development cycle and what their objectives over the next season or two are. For a club like Arsenal who are in win-now mode, a Gyokeres-type signing might be seen as the sure thing (if he didn't look like utter turd so far).
 
Agreed. There's no point buying a flat-track bully from a farmer's league, and I'd only look at the lad in the Championship if I were strapped for cash. Too many Patrick Bamfords and Rob Earnshaws in the Championship for me.
 
The 21 year old. It's the safest bet in terms of performance and also resale value if doesn't work out, IMHO.

Half of Portuguese clubs are not better than league two clubs, and that's being generous.

The only slight caveat would be would be if the other options had a brilliant world Cup or Euros against some very good defenders, it might give me pause to consider them higher, but all things equal it's the youngster.
 
Hard to know fully what I'd pick, but I'd probably but the 27 year old last.

If the championship player was 21 and the non-english league one was 24, would it change minds?

I do feel the championship at the very least would prep the player for the rough and tumble/shite officiating of the PL, so should be less teething
 
What's the name of that former Blackburn striker who used score for fun in the lower Divisions?

Had like one season in the Prem and failed miserably.
 
Had a quick glance at the past 10 Championship seasons' top scorers. I don't think there's a single 24-year-old (or thereabouts) player in the Championship with 20 ~ 25 goals who has been a success in the Premier League. Younger ones who did well at the Championship level did somewhat better though.

I think of the players I saw (again, just a quick browse so I might've missed some names), Diogo Jota (RIP) is the most successful of the lot. Was 21 when on loan at Wolves in the Championship, scored 17 goals, came up with the Wolves, rest is history.

Solanke and Bowen are the other notables who've scored close to 20 or more at that level. Maddison scored 14. Tammy Abraham perhaps is another semi-successful case. Prolific in the Championship when on loan there (20+ goals in two spells); went on to score 17 for Roma in the Serie A, but then fell off soon after (I think due to injuries).

But the comparison is against a 21 year-old in a top 4 league outside the Premier League with 10~15 goals. So we're choosing from two different sized pools (4 leagues versus 1), and these other 4 leagues have several teams of much, much, higher quality. You're more likely to get it right with the latter. Isak, for example. 🙂
 
Modo said:
Yep thats the one.
My point is, scoring for fun in the Championship isn't always a good metric for success in the Prem.
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Now, is that because they're playing for the best championship clubs, then move (generally) to the worst premier league clubs? If they moved to a decent club, could they work out?
 
Fabio said:
Now, is that because they're playing for the best championship clubs, then move (generally) to the worst premier league clubs? If they moved to a decent club, could they work out?
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Daniel James
I know, not a striker and young and inexperienced.
 
Modo said:
It wasnt under Redknapp?
With Matty Taylor, Glenjo, Jamo, Kanu etc?
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But even then, none of those players are particularly good. Kanu on the wind down, jamo inconsistent, glenjo inconsistent, Matty Taylor just liked the wonder goals.

That team did as well as it did mainly due to redknapp
 
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