Who will we sign up front in the summer

[DeeGame]

Leroy Lita.

After watching Reading v Villa - i'd say he is no better than bellers in terms of finishing

[DeeGame]

This is the striker we need

[carheex]

Power? Not really. Small fellah, not very strong.
Pace, yes, quick enough.
Heading ability? Ability, yes, but he is a shortarse.
Finishing, excellent.

We're not going for either player - we're going for La Liga's top scorer this season............Freddi Kanoute!!

[AFII]

This is the striker we need

I agree with you. Villa and Klose would be a partnership that has everything.

[DeeGame]

I agree with you. Villa and Klose would be a partnership that has everything.

Kuyt and Klose would work & Klose has a high goal scoring ratio:

[lfc4ever]

After watching Reading v Villa - i'd say he is no better than bellers in terms of finishing

And he plays for Eng U21s, ie he's English & young, he's scored more than Bellamy, imagine what he could do with our type of service, and he has still to mature yet.

Much better option than many of those being mentioned, who haven't even played in the PL, and many strikers just don't make it.

[ARIMAN]

I`d go for Yakubu and Ashton

Both well suited for the EPL - big, fast, strong, relatively cheap as WHU are going down and we could unsettle Middlesboro

In the other positions

Baines (local lad, good U21 player)

Richards (great,great prospect, probably cant afford him, but would cover RB and CB)

Bid for Lennon (Spurs have been poor this season, and ultimately they are a selling club (RE: Carrick) and perhaps NZogbia at Newcastle (finding good LM is pretty hard in the EPL)

[Armchairkopite]

Yakubu and Ashton are both good players but i really think the likes of Klose and Villa are on another level, the level that we need to aspire to if we are to become Champions.

The problem with good english players is that they come with World class price tags and Rafa will not pay over the odds.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

A goalscorer.

I'm sure Rafa is looking for one.

[mikeg]

I know this has been done to death but the fact remains that we are still short a super forward who can hold the ball up, score with his head and is a deadly finisher with that in mind who do you think our REALISTIC targets are for the coveted No. 9 shirt this summer?

realistically we are now capable of signing anybody now

[Johnny]

I think we should get Villa and Torres they compliment each other nicely

So do most managers in Europe.They won`t go to the same club!!IMHO>

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

realistically we are now capable of signing anybody now

How do you know this?

There will be funds avalible during the summer, that much is certain, but I still cannot see us buying someone for £30m.

[Neil Young]

Villa is an excellent player. The issue is whether he could translate his form to the Premiership. Well, that and the fact that Balague says he doesn't want to play for Liverpool, as I mentioned the other day.

Villa, Kuyt, Crouch and someone else (possibly Bellamy - I think he's doing OK given for £6.5m) would give us plenty of possibilities.



Actually I can't believe I'm indulging in this fantasy thread - not my bag at all.

[Shaggy]

Villa, Kuyt, Crouch and someone else (possibly Bellamy - I think he's doing OK given for £6.5m) would give us plenty of possibilities.

Agreed. While Kuyt, Crouch and Bellamy alone clearly aren't good enough to score us the goals required, I reckon they'd be perfect 'supplements' to a prolific goalscorer - if we can find one.

If Villa turned out to be that man, the four of them would make up a tremendous pool and would offer us so many possibilities and permutations.

[Armchairkopite]

So thats Villa ruled out then, damn.

Torres or Klose so and i will take Klose.