But we can lose. We already have Studge and Origi. Assuming we are aiming for four CFs, buying Ings leaves just one spot to fill assuming we manage to shift the other four (Lambert, Balotelli, Borini and Aspas). That's quite a lot of 'ifs' with still a risk remaining on that one shot for the final place.
send him on loan then like we did with carson. print money on loan fees and sell him for double next year. financially it's a can't lose scenario. that was my point. who knows, he may actually gel with the other players and we've got a gem.
Whilst that is true, you're thinking of it purely from a we can get him for 4m and then sell him for 4m if he's a dud and if he's a gem then we've hit the jackpot and you have a quality player whos young and cheap. However, you haven't thought of the following scenarios (assuming you play 1 up front): Ideal scenario 1a) FSG see you have bought another striker, have 5 others competing for 1 spot and don't want to invest anymore in a striker. Sturridge gets injured Ings comes in and kills it. 2. You buy ings and another quality striker. Sturridge and your other quality striker gets injured Ings comes in and kills it. Scenario thats not great or bad 3. You buy ings. You get another quality striker. Sturridge and/or other quality striker does the business, Ings isnt used and you sell him for what you bought him for. Nothing lost nothing gained. Scenarios that are bad: 1b) FSG doesn't buy another striker or you can't afford that quality striker with the extra 4m spent on Ings, Sturridge gets injured and Ings is a flop and you again have no strikers (maybe Origi will do well) Most likely scenarios are 1b) and 3. 2. is likely and with 1a) you are actually thinking Ings is the quality striker you are expecting to take you to the next level as he is the starter. Else you are going to sign Ings who is unlikely to play if another striker is signed whilst that will impact your transfer funds of what you could sign (opportunity cost, by signing Ings you are impacting on other players you could be signing and will now not sign)
What does our 4th choice squad player striker who is so cheap he's basically free have to do with conceding goals? I don't get it.
Arsenal won the League at Anfield on 26 May 1989 because Liverpool were unable to score against them. The won by 2:0 . If Liverpool had scored one goal Liverpool should be the winner that year. More reason why your defense must be solid.
Don't know too much about him, but 12 goals in 32 league games (Wikipedia) for Villareal suggests he's not much better than Ings?
atletico are in for vietto. lets just get greeezman.. this way greez can keep his name and we get a worldie and everyone is happy. goooo team!
Paul Lambert on Benteke: But Lambert said: “It looks like if he is going to go, it will be this year. “But I had it every year I was there that he probably wanted to go, because he was playing that well, you can’t stop teams coming in with that level of money. “It depends how Aston Villa want to view it now. If Christian goes maybe they will get money to buy someone. But as a goalscorer and a player, he’s top class. “I saw it a few years ago. In his first year at Villa he was only behind Cristiano Ronaldo and (Lionel) Messi in terms of goalscoring ratio, which was an incredible achievement. “He’s certainly good enough. He’s only 24, he’s got years ahead of him. "Okay he didn’t have a good game on Saturday but he is a top, top player.”
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Benteke is ok, I would want better quality personally, but I think Benteke would hold out for Champions league anyway.
Hope that's true, would be very happy with that signing. Not as happy as I would be if we got Aubameyang or Tevez, but very happy non-the-less.
