You could do more, but improving the forward line significantly is the priority and Iād be happy with adding Rodrygo and Sesko. Or Williams and Gyokeres, just none of that Sane crap.
Isak isnāt available and Gyokeres is no more a game changer than Sesko.
If youāre not happy with Sesko and Rodrygo then youāre just somebody who is never going to be happy. There isnāt a clear better player at either position that we could realistically buy this summer.
As I said, these would be acceptable but Iād prefer Gyokeres because Sesko seems more of a project than a striker that can walk into the first team and make an immediate impact.
But anything less than that would be underwhelming.
IMO, its definitely enough to win the league as long as other things break reasonably well for us. If we have the same number of injuries and red cards, no transfers will win us the league.
IMO, Zubimendi and Rodrygo will start regularly right away. Zubimendi is a really experienced player, including in very similar systems, and Arteta clearly has been chasing him a long time. Rodrygo is just a class above Martinelli and Trossard.
I do wonder if the people who are championing Gyokeres over Sesko have actually watched enough games of him both players to be so adamant one is the better choice than the other?
Iām admittedly out of the loop with both bar the odd game so Iām not particularly bothered who we sign but feel like some people are really doubling down on Gyokeres with limited exposure to both players.
Of course none of us have, youād have to watch both every week really and nobodies doing that. Weāre all in the same boat and itās just preference.
Iām just tired of our lack of killer instinct up front and therefore the gyok gets me excited. I agree with your previous comments that itās not a sure bet but letās take the lesser risk.
Iām not watching whole games of either one but having seen a bunch of Gyokeres every touch videos I tend to think Sesko has both the higher ceiling and is less risky and easier to integrate into how we play.
Gyokeresā technical level is really questionable. The ball just doesnāt stick to him, especially when heās being challenged and the defenders doing the challenging are much weaker and worse than those heāll face in the PL. He also plays in a totally different kind of system to what we do with our striker. IMO, he is the riskier bet because his projection into our team and the PL is much more difficult.
Fair enough, I see the points and if sesko was 40-50m then Iād be a lot less bothered about it even if I want a guy more reliable for banging then in. I donāt think Gyokeres traits will have a problem translating to the Pl, he seems very suited.
Not many people look back on Aubaās time with disdain for what he did on the pitch before the contract, but he was actually very fucking limited outside of pace and goals. When you bang enough nobody cares, while for me sesko will be largely more of the same and put more pressure on the winger signing.
I donāt even love the idea of Rodrygo but at least if we get him I could live better with sesko as the CF.
I watched that Sporting game/cup final, where he tore them a new one when he drives down the left on his lonesome. We have no-one in the squad today with that level of ability to actually kickstart a counter-attack.
Grealish was great at Aston Villa but since then heās been too inconsistent.
If Arteta has learned anything as a manager here, itās do not buy Chelsea or Man City rejects.
Neither club need the money and they only sell to us because weāre mug enough to buy.