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Dominic Solanke

Saudis are being massively impacted financially by the Iran war and their own battle with the Houthis. Lots of players looking to leave as it’s not safe.
Don’t think that would be anywhere near a players mind of their still getting £500k tax free and have Saudi security
But what do I know
 
Don’t think that would be anywhere near a players mind of their still getting £500k tax free and have Saudi security
But what do I know

The Saudi clubs are not going to be getting the same level of investment as they were previously. Paticuarly the PIF clubs. So they are going to be looking to cut costs.
 
Esposito at Inter is another in that class
He's getting better and better. Might well be the new Vialli for Italy. I like him! Big, strong and fast and has been hitting the net increasingly more often during the last seasons. I'd rather sign someone who does decent numbers over an extended period, than flavor of the last 6 months, like Krouipi.
 
The bigger problem in my eyes is game strategy.
The way we want to play, and more specifically, how we want our centre forward to pay, is drastically different when comparing a marmoush to Solanke.

So even if Solanke comes into a bit of form, if he then gets injured, we are back to square one, figuring out how it all works with Marmoush. (And vice versa ).

Without Richie in the squad, who could do a rough interpretation of Solanke, and the punting on of Lankshear (who I now think would have got minutes this season, after thinking there wasn't much chance of that without European games), we are left in a pickle. I'm sure in training they don't want to work on two systems depending on who is CF this week?

Fwiw I don't think RDZ wants a focal point striker anyway. He wants a mobile mover, an integrator with the other 3 forwards. I believe he thinks Marmoush can be that, but a Joao Pedro/Ekitike type, possibly why we want Kroupi, is his ideal imo.

(Thinking about it, I think Gakpo would have been a good signing, especially for this season, and this issue)
 
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