WolfLing
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Interesting to hear that Bruno wants a target man this summer.
Opens up a whole can of worms of questions!
Does he want that type of player to play instead of Raul, or with Raul in a change of formation?
Is it give us a 'plan B' in the same forward setup?
Raul can play the target man role, but is often so involved in our build-up that playing alongside another striker could really help him. Haris Seferovic did that job very well for Bruno at Benfica, either centrally in a 4-3-3 or with Jonas or Joao Felix playing off him as a second striker.
So who is out there that we could target?
Keiffer Moore has gone to Bournemouth, which is a relief! There's not a lot else out there at our level.
I like the look of Wout Weighorst at Burnley and for £12.6m that's looking like a good Chris Wood replacement. But he is 29, so maybe a bit old for the type of player we target.
Mitrovic is one, although I think he will stay at Fulham when they are promoted and continue his struggles stepping up in the Premier League.
Alexander Sorloth has PL experience, but was awful at Palace. Got his career back on track since and at 26 is a decent age and could be a reasonably priced option.
Or do we go for an older head if they are available for a smaller fee, like Luuk de Jong or even Bruno's player Haris Seferovic?
Ivan Toney is a player I like, but if I could choose I'd go with Kasper Dolberg of Nice. Looks very good and at 24 is only going to get better.
Opens up a whole can of worms of questions!
Does he want that type of player to play instead of Raul, or with Raul in a change of formation?
Is it give us a 'plan B' in the same forward setup?
Raul can play the target man role, but is often so involved in our build-up that playing alongside another striker could really help him. Haris Seferovic did that job very well for Bruno at Benfica, either centrally in a 4-3-3 or with Jonas or Joao Felix playing off him as a second striker.
So who is out there that we could target?
Keiffer Moore has gone to Bournemouth, which is a relief! There's not a lot else out there at our level.
I like the look of Wout Weighorst at Burnley and for £12.6m that's looking like a good Chris Wood replacement. But he is 29, so maybe a bit old for the type of player we target.
Mitrovic is one, although I think he will stay at Fulham when they are promoted and continue his struggles stepping up in the Premier League.
Alexander Sorloth has PL experience, but was awful at Palace. Got his career back on track since and at 26 is a decent age and could be a reasonably priced option.
Or do we go for an older head if they are available for a smaller fee, like Luuk de Jong or even Bruno's player Haris Seferovic?
Ivan Toney is a player I like, but if I could choose I'd go with Kasper Dolberg of Nice. Looks very good and at 24 is only going to get better.