The only reasonable argument I’ve heard is that Ollie Watkins is apparently top of the list for most clear-cut chances missed in the league this season.
Whilst Havertz is at #6th of #7th. Not sure if true, but I heard it on the Arsenal section of TalkSpot earlier today.
Would be cool to see him in an NLD. Being an Arsenal fan.
I don’t know if that is true or not, but last season his goal return was the highest we’ve had since Auba. He is a goal scorer!
Totally agree @Jules
Havertz has more goals than him this season
I don’t think it’s good value
I wouldn’t mind Watkins at all. Not suggesting that it shouldn’t happen, more it won’t unless we bid stupid money.
We should have tested the water earlier with a bigger bid. Start of Jan, 65 m before the cup games might have changed our season.
In the PL, Watkins has 10 goals and 5 assists. Havertz has 8 goals and 2 assists.
It’s becoming clearer to me that our main target was Sesko and we sought to try to do a deal for him…we’ve then turned to Watkins when it became clear Sesko was not available. I think it has also only become clearer that Villa need to sell, later in this window. £60m though isn’t that much in todays market.
I’m talking all comps
Watkins does miss a lot. This cannot be ignored.
He could just as easily be our Solanke.
Yeah I know and agree with you on that…I think PL is a good starting point though as a benchmark.
He can and I maintain that all the strikers we have been linked with would be a punt. I still think that Sesko would be our best bet, but ultimately no guarantee that he would work out for us. Watkins is proven at this level, so I would feel confident that he would get goals for us.
I’d rather go for Osimhen. Would probably cost roughly the same.
If he scores the ones Havertz misses and vice versa it could work out very well indeed
Problem with any Watkins deal is it is definitely gonna be coming off our summer budget. I’d rather us have that and go for a better target in the summer.
Who though? I’m not convinced by any striker bar Isak and he’s going to cost an astronomical sum.
I like Gyokeres and Osimhen, but there is no guarantee that they’d be more effective in this league than Watkins.
I’m with you on Isak. He is the one I’d love but we aren’t going to get him. Sesko for me is the next best bet.
Ornstein said Gyokeres isn’t on Arsenal’s agenda, and Arsenal isn’t on Gyokeres’s agenda either, so this isn’t happening.
I think Osimhen could be worth a punt but there is clearly reservations over his character.
Just like the other forwards mentioned, I think it’s a deal that can be done in the summer.
It’s why I’m fairly nonplussed about whether we buy anyone or not.
Well, if we’re talking about chances missed, Osimhen surely takes the cake.
Sky Sports saying tonight that one of their sources have said that Aston Villa approached Arsenal over the sale of Ollie Watkins. Pundits suggesting Arsenal must have had some encouragement to make a bid for the player.
Sky pundits also suggesting that the Arsenal bid was around the £40m mark, not the £60m bid as reported. £60m or thereabouts is the fee that Villa were reportedly willing to accept for Watkins.
If that’s the case, the door seems to be open still…
We’ve had this chances missed argument a thousand times on OA btw. That’s not showing that someone’s a good striker.
Just go over the years, there’s usually a correlation of the league’s top scorers usually topping these.
It’s weird to say given what the stat implies but if anything it’s a sign that the striker does well to find plenty of chances.
So we spend 60m+ on a 29 year old player that scored 3 more league goals (as of now) than an off form Kai??
Serious??