Future Strikers

His price would probably be quite ridiculous now, but I think Richarlison would do a job for us.

Very direct and aggressive with plenty of skill and pace to boot. A pretty reliable finisher from what I've seen too.
 
cjn said:
Haaland is the obvious answer and it's not close in my opinion. I'm a huge fan of Lautaro also but Haaland is the killer in front of goal that we simply don't have in the team right now.
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Ederson's smiley tattoo said:
I don't care if Haaland's dad played for us or not, he doesn't suit our playstyle at the moment. He's very similar lukaku, who's also a brilliant player but not suited to our football. His passing and technique is far below the standard required to play as a striker for us. Fantastic player on his day, and could still do a good job at City, but we will not get the most out of him in unless Pep drastically changes his system.

People who actually watches Haaland instead of just highlights and stats will recognize that he needs space to run in to in order to be effective, which is space he will not find against the low blocks the opponents always use against us. He's not suited to us the way Werner isn't suited to us either, both brilliant players but would suit a more counter based team like United or Chelsea better, hence why we passed on buying Werner.

More all round strikers like Lautaro Martinez, Alexander Isak or even Sebastien Haller would work a lot better. They are players who can create chances on their own or link up with teammates really good. While Haaland is a top notch finisher he might as well be a 70m training cone when we struggle. For people who bring up Mbappe he doesn't work as a lone striker, not even in the french league. He needs a striking partner or to play on the wings to be at his best
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think we need a different type of striker aswell because in a lot of games we seem to run out of ideas . We should not pass on a player like Haaland as he will score for fun in our team .
 
Ederson's smiley tattoo said:
Alexander Isak

Natural finisher, tall (almost 6'4), very technical and got an elite first touch, fast, completely two footed, excellent movement. He's a very smart player with excellent mentality. Plays like a little bit less skillfull Henry or Eto'o while being 192cm tall



Here is every touch of his performance against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu where he single handedly knocked them out of Copa del Rey pretty much by himself. 2 wondergoals, 1 assist, Odegaard scored his rebound for the first goal and even had a nice goal dissalowed for offside. I feel like Pep could bring out such performances a bit more frequently because the talent is there to show

Scored this worldie just minutes ago:
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If that first video is representative of a player you think has an elite first touch, I'd love to know what you think of the two Silva's, Mahrez, De Bruyne and even Gundogan. It's a good job the lad is quick because he seems to spend half his time chasing his first touch. Are you Swedish by any chance and on commission?
 
ctid1894 said:
If that first video is representative of a player you think has an elite first touch, I'd love to know what you think of the two Silva's, Mahrez, De Bruyne and even Gundogan. It's a good job the lad is quick because he seems to spend half his time chasing his first touch. Are you Swedish by any chance and on commission?
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Bad first half but came to his own in the second half. Usually his first touch is really good, especially in the final third
 
Teams are increasingly just sitting in against us with no notion of getting out of their own half, sometimes with 10 in the box. There’s no space to play, we’re just putting in cross after cross playing to defences strength. We need someone who is an aerial threat, even if only squad player.
 
City Raider said:
Teams are increasingly just sitting in against us with no notion of getting out of their own half, sometimes with 10 in the box. There’s no space to play, we’re just putting in cross after cross playing to defences strength. We need someone who is an aerial threat, even if only squad player.
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I honestly don't think Pep would go for someone like that unless they have other elements in their game. Pep had this problem at Barca and we've had this problem in the past 2 seasons as well. We've just managed to get late winners sometimes. Even putting wingers on their strong foot and having someone like Sane won't help most times.

I think what's needed, especially when Dave leaves is a cog that would be a link up person to free the striker. Last season at Brighton, Laporte fizzed a ball into Dave's feet, where he flick it to Aguero to dispatch. Similarly Kev and Phil played a 1,2 against Liverpool and Phil scored. Phil could be the cog, but you really would rather have him score the goal because he is clinical. Hopefully we can get Aouar who can be this cog who can play back to goal and create. We will have Aguero for another season, but beyond that I think it would benefit us to get a striker who work in tight spaces by shooting first time or linking up for Phil or someone else who can dispatch it.
 
I’ve no idea who, Martinez aside there doesn’t appear to be anybody who would seem ideal for us right now. hopefully the scouts can earn their crust and find someone from nowhere. Whoever it is they need to have similar qualities to Sergio. We don’t need another player who can join in with the pretty stuff when it’s going well but has no goal instinct and nor will we make use of a target man type. Needs to be mobile, possess predatory instincts and good pace.

Key thing is we don’t panic buy and make the wrong choice. If we bring in a sane replacement who can also play upfront (Aubameyang for me is the ideal candidate) it will buy us more time to properly Identify the prime target and then go all out to get him, overpay if we have to.
 
Messi or Mbappe would be my dream signings. Never going to happen though...

Haaland is probably slightly more achievable, though will still be difficult. I also like the look of Martinelli, but he has just signed a new contract. Son would make a pretty good false nine, but Spurs are a nightmare to deal with. I’d take Aubameyang on a short-term deal.
 
Tammy Abraham?

Two years left on his contract and is apparently angling for a new one, with Werner coming in and Lampard seemingly want to pack in the attackers behind him e.g. Havertz, Mount, Willian, Ziyech, Pulisic etc I wonder if a deal could be done.

I think under a bit of guidance from Pep he could be good, has some raw attributes but scores goals. English and homegrown also.
 
In my eyes the only realistic signing out there who could help to fill the huge void that is going to be left when Sergio leaves is Haaland.

Great finisher and would give us another option with his physicality. Would score loads of goals being supplied by the likes of KDB, Bernardo and Foden in years to come.
 
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