Owen and Gabriel Milito.

[Pacman]

If we can afford Eto'o we should buy him

Personally I dont rate Torres that highly and I think even at circa £20 million he'd be a HUGE gamble

Agreed

[Zapater]

Villa and eto-o would cost more than torres though, he has been yop scorer for A.madrid for 4 years and has had to play as a lone striker for plenty of that period to.

I think Torres would blossom at a bigger team

I can't see him being a big goal scorer, never can. I don't particularly rate Torres at all. Well, Torres has only had one really good season in his whole career. He hasn't played as a lone striker the whole time btw, recently he has had Aguero/Mista this season with him and last season he had Kezman next to him, 2 of his least successful seasons.

Atleti are going to pretty much going to try to force anyone who wants him to shell out around 30m and I know that is too much for Torres. If Eto'o was available I can't exactly seeing him costing too much more. But I don't think he is leaving Barça nor available for any price. But they have been interested in Henry so maybe if they did they'd be willing to let Eto'o go. But I can't see it happening. I'd love him to come though.

I'd be disappointed if we signed him. I'd spit, I don't think Rafa is too interested tbh.

To Joe Le Toff

Eto aside, IMO his game would be more suited to the EPL than Villa, I think the high tempo physical games suit Torres better than Villa

Villa is a lot stronger than your giving him credit for. He may be short but boy is he strong. I watch Valencia almost every week, and I can tell you the way he can hold off defenders is very impressive. He is short but quite stocky giving him a low centre of gravity. His play would suite the physical demands of EPL imo.

Again, Eto aside, these players seem to be our main targets from what we know, and quite honestly i dont think any of them score as many as they should.

Well if they not scoring I don't want them, we have some extra money now and we need to take advantage of it buying players that'll score us the goals we require.

I think he has the makings of a tremendous player, and hes gone a little stale at AM. That said, its a lot of money to shell out to find he isnt as good as thought, but that could be said of any player, every transfer is a risk

He may, we won't know until someone takes a risk. Atleti is a decidedly average team which has overachieved greatly this season pushing for a spot in the EUFA Cup. It is possible that in a better environment he'll play better but I don't think he is the player we need. With Aguero, Mista, Galletti, Jurado etc all playing with him thats more than enough players that can create a lot of opportunities but he has barely scored anything other than penalties this season. Not to mention he has missed 3 pens too. I wouldn't take a risk as expensive on a player that hasn't shown the ability to score a lot of goals in more than one season in a top league(remember Atleti were in segunda not so long ago)

Somewhere between 15 and 20 million would secure him IMO, anymore and i would be a little miffed.

Atleti have stated on numerous occasions that it'll be 25m+ btw I think we're getting euros and pounds confused.

Who would you suggest?
Well if we were going to take a risk, I'd buy Klaas Jan Huntelaar. He would cost around 20m I think, even though he has had a bit of indifferent form this season I think he'd score a hatfull here. He isn't the most complete overall, but his finishing is amazing. He has good strength too. The thing that impresses me is he also scores different kinds of goals which is very important. If Huntelaar was available he would be my ideal.

I know stats won't back me up on this one, but I wouldn't mind seeing Amauri of Palermo being signed(my second choice after Huntelaar). He is strong, skillfull and is capable of quite some damage. At Chievo I didn't really see him, when I did he was pretty average. But eariler this season at Palermo prior his injury he was a beast. Some amazing goals and the way he set some plays up was very very impressive. If we signed someone like Tevez and played him off of Amauri I think it'd be quite something. At Palermo he had the luxury of di Michelle(playing behind him) who is a second striker with superb technique and creativity. Maybe if we signed someone like Tevez and him we could recreate that sort of thing.

I'd also take Diego Milito over Torres with a high number of other strikers

Under no circumstances do i want us to go for Bent. We need top quality up front for next season and he doesnt fit the bill in any way, shape or form

Amen brother, I agree. Hope we go nowhere near him. Having Vorinin is bad enough, Bent too would be disastrous.

[Maestro]

Welcome to the site Zapater. Some very promising early posts.

[Lecter]

Not worth the gamble??No never know unless you try

There are no guarantees in anyone you buy, I just think we need a surer bet than Torres

I know what you are saying but the club has rolled the dice previously, spent big money and basically bought a bag of ****e

Rafa cant afford mistakes this summer, its probably going to be the one season when he will be totally backed to the hilt

As I said I'd prefer Eto'o hes less of a gamble imo

[red g]

Welcome to the site Zapater. Some very promising early posts.

even if your wrong about torres

[red g]

There are no guarantees in anyone you buy, I just think we need a surer bet than Torres

I know what you are saying but the club has rolled the dice previously, spent big money and basically bought a bag of ****e

Rafa cant afford mistakes this summer, its probably going to be the one season when he will be totally backed to the hilt

As I said I'd prefer Eto'o hes less of a gamble imo

Eto-o is the only one of the spanish three that i would say i would feel 150% confident about being a hit in the premiership. Pace, power, positioning and an eye for a goal.....all the other strikers have BIG elements of risk.

[simey85]

Eto-o is the only one of the spanish three that i would say i would feel 150% confident about being a hit in the premiership. Pace, power, positioning and an eye for a goal.....all the other strikers have BIG elements of risk.

we have to break the bank for eto'o imo we cant afford having to sign players who were not first choice then having to plump for the back up! villa and torres are quality players but eto'o is the best!

[Sir Bob]

Eto'o must be the no.1 target this summer, he's quite simply as good as there is around at the moment. If he comes & replaces say Bellamy, i'd be more than happy with our strikers.

Next up must be a left sided midfielder. We simply don't have one class player in this position. ribery would be my choice.

elsewhere we need a CB and from what I've seen of Milito, he looks ideal. Carra & Agger are excellent but we only have an ageing Sami after that. Paletta looks a million miles away. I know momo & Arbeloa can play there but in big games away from home you can't get by with bits & pieces players.

So Eto'o, Ribery & Milito plus a few youngsters would be a brilliant summer's work from Rafa.

[red g]

Eto'o must be the no.1 target this summer, he's quite simply as good as there is around at the moment. If he comes & replaces say Bellamy, i'd be more than happy with our strikers.

Next up must be a left sided midfielder. We simply don't have one class player in this position. ribery would be my choice.

elsewhere we need a CB and from what I've seen of Milito, he looks ideal. Carra & Agger are excellent but we only have an ageing Sami after that. Paletta looks a million miles away. I know momo & Arbeloa can play there but in big games away from home you can't get by with bits & pieces players.

So Eto'o, Ribery & Milito plus a few youngsters would be a brilliant summer's work from Rafa.

What about the right hand side? still think we need a quality player there

[thesilverfoxlfc]

There are no guarantees in anyone you buy, I just think we need a surer bet than Torres

I know what you are saying but the club has rolled the dice previously, spent big money and basically bought a bag of ****e

Rafa cant afford mistakes this summer, its probably going to be the one season when he will be totally backed to the hilt

As I said I'd prefer Eto'o hes less of a gamble imo

For sure Lecter, Eto'o would be the number one

A 20+ goalscoring machine would firer us to the title or close.

Signing Eto'o would make the footballing world stand up and take notice. If that was Rafa's first signing then it would back up what Hicks and Gillette have been saying since they arrived. A massive show of intent that will send a message to Chelski and Manure that their going to get toppled off that perch!!

[red g]

Eto'o must be the no.1 target this summer, he's quite simply as good as there is around at the moment. If he comes & replaces say Bellamy, i'd be more than happy with our strikers.

Next up must be a left sided midfielder. We simply don't have one class player in this position. ribery would be my choice.

elsewhere we need a CB and from what I've seen of Milito, he looks ideal. Carra & Agger are excellent but we only have an ageing Sami after that. Paletta looks a million miles away. I know momo & Arbeloa can play there but in big games away from home you can't get by with bits & pieces players.

So Eto'o, Ribery & Milito plus a few youngsters would be a brilliant summer's work from Rafa.

What about the right hand side? still think we need a quality player there

[Guest]

For sure Lector, Eto'o would be the number one

A 20+ goalscoring machine would firer us to the title or close.

Signing Eto'o would make the footballing world stand up and take notice. If that was Rafa's first signing then it would back up what Hicks and Gillette have been saying since they arrived. A massive show of intent that will send a message to Chelski and Manure that their going to get toppled off that perch!!

FFS, it's Lecter, not Lector.

[Abro100]

I just want us to get Quagliarela an Pandev

[thesilverfoxlfc]

FFS, it's Lecter, not Lector.

Sorry Mr Frodo

[Sir Bob]

What about the right hand side? still think we need a quality player there

In an ideal world we would get a RM as well but Eto'o, Ribery & Milito would cost plenty.
For RM we have the improving Pennant plus Garcia to come back. On top of that SG is bound to play his fair share of games there as well. Plus if we bought Ribery he can also play RM with either Aurelio or JAR playing LM.