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abramovich said:
I think Solanke is a replacement for Defoe. Plus, Bournemouth will be reluctant to sell their first choice striker halfway through the season. In any case, I find it hard to get excited at the idea of buying Callum Wilson. Maybe I haven't seen him enough but apart from being homegrown I don't see what value he can bring to a top PL club. Is he really that good?
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Depends on what you mean by «that good». He is better then what we got and is a decent fit for Sarris system, would give us a better chance at top 4 this year. Not a long term solution by any stretch

 
abramovich said:
I think Solanke is a replacement for Defoe. Plus, Bournemouth will be reluctant to sell their first choice striker halfway through the season. In any case, I find it hard to get excited at the idea of buying Callum Wilson. Maybe I haven't seen him enough but apart from being homegrown I don't see what value he can bring to a top PL club. Is he really that good?
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I'm not overly excited over him either but it seems Sarri and Zola like him and he's been one of the best strikers in the league this term. Anyone but Morata I guess. 

 
If Solanke is worth 19M, don't think they will let him go for anything under 50M. I'm totally cool with spend big to buy quality players , or buy the high potential players, not sure about those in between, unfortunately I see Wilson as one of those.The other issue is how long will takes him to adapt to the Sarri ball, like we have seen, that system takes time for a player to adapt.

 
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Please no, this is a terrible idea. The guy just isn’t top 4 class.

 
Theafonis said:
Arnautovic turns 30 this year. And he's a bit of a diva given the way he left Stoke. 

I wouldn't mind Wilson. Pacey player who knows where the net is. 
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So is Arnie, but he has a bit of arrogance and confidence that you need to play up top for one of the big clubs. Plus he great technically and can link up with Hazard.

 
Arnautovic has an awful attitude which we don't need more of. Have enough already with our Brazilian clique.

Wilson I haven't seen enough of to really know. He's done well this year from all reports and Howe's style would probably translate to ours. Can't help but feel it's a homegrown thing again. We're very thin with Fab and possibly Cahill, Drinkwater and Moses all on the way out.

 
Sky sports reporting we are willing to pay £50 million, and i got slaughtered for saying our board is incompotent.. if they do pay 50 mill would be an abdolute joke. Say we sell morats for 40m.. add that to the 50 and buy icardi ffs

 
Jamjar1986 said:
Sky sports reporting we are willing to pay £50 million, and i got slaughtered for saying our board is incompotent.. if they do pay 50 mill would be an abdolute joke. Say we sell morats for 40m.. add that to the 50 and buy icardi ffs
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Don’t worry, I’m with you. We pay 50m for this guy and we have completely lost it.

 
I think this would be a great move. He is young, English and very talented. Our Home Grown quota will be helped and he has the skill and tenacity to do very well in the league.

He offers something very different to Morata, in that he isn't sh*t.

 
Not young in a youth squad sense, but certainly towards the younger end of the spectrum. He still potentially has 7-8 years left in his career at top level.

 
EngineerJoe said:
Not young in a youth squad sense, but certainly towards the younger end of the spectrum. He still potentially has 7-8 years left in his career at top level.
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For a player that relies mostly on pace and power, with a history of serious knee injuries, I would be very surprised if he had more than 3 years left at the top level

 
There is absolutely no chance in hell of the board splashin out on a 80m+ striker in the summer if they buy wilson for 50.Also imagine its not the greatest for trying to persuade hazard to sign a contract, really cant stress how far back this could set us,

 
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