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Want I think is clear is when Abraham got hurt and Bats replaced him it showed how important Tammy is to this team. We need two quality strikers, if Tammy gets injured for any amount of time, we’re in trouble!

 


Werner reminds me of Costa in his willingness to score any type of goal with any style and Mount in his energy and style of play.

As we have Tammy I really don't see how we would buy this star in the making for backup. I just don't see him wanting to move to Chelsea to maybe play football.
 
Werner will be first choice striker if we sign him. No doubt about it.

He's a star player and I expect he would flourish with us.

I would sell Giroud in January and the following strike options would be Werner, Abraham and Bats in that order.

 
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We utilise one striker and currently Tammy is great for us. He is English and Chelsea through and through. Timo Werner is looking at this situation and thinking will I play every match. He absolutely won't. He wants to go to a big club with a different striker-situation.

 
Jezz said:
Werner will be first choice striker if we sign him. No doubt about it.

He's a star player and I expect he would flourish with us.

I would sell Giroud in January and the following strike options would be Werner, Abraham and Bats in that order.
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Agree with that but might as well sell Abraham if after 11 league goals in the 1st half of the season he is relegated to a backup option.

 
evissy said:
We utilise one striker and currently Tammy is great for us. He is English and Chelsea through and through. Timo Werner is looking at this situation and thinking will I play every match. He absolutely won't. He wants to go to a big club with a different striker-situation.
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True! His options are limited though, bar Dortmund I can’t think of any top club with a role available for a starting No 9.

Bayern isn’t an option for the next 2 seasons, he will be foolish to move there as a backup to Lewandowski.

 
This could be a great signing to give Tammy competition. Even play with 2 strikers up top at times. I am all about bringing in top top talent to compete. Can't be afraid that an academy player won't step up to the plate. I think Tammy, Reece, Mason all would be even better and would step their game up if we signed direct competition with them. I don't think we need competition for Reece I was just including him in that he has that kind of mentality. Obviously he is currently competing with Azpi for playing time.

If we really brought in Timo Werner and Isco I think that would be outstanding business for January, but we will see how it plans out. Obviously with Leipzig's place in the Bundesliga and the fact that Werner is absolutely killing it makes it pretty unlikely that he leaves in January but I guess it could happen.

 
evissy said:
We utilise one striker and currently Tammy is great for us. He is English and Chelsea through and through. Timo Werner is looking at this situation and thinking will I play every match. He absolutely won't. He wants to go to a big club with a different striker-situation.
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I think that if you want to be at a big club, you are looking at a striker situation like Chelsea's everywhere unless they have an aging striker that needs to be replaced. I think Timo could be a great compliment to Tammy and they could, in fact, feed off of each other. Clearly, Tammy is not a weak spot, but no reliable backup behind him is less than ideal.

 
If Timo Werner joins and settles nicely, Abraham is 2nd fiddle to him.  In the same way if Isco joined and got up to his best, Mount is miles behind him.  Sancho would be ahead of CHO.  We all want the youth to do well but sometimes the need is there to bring in someone better, be it British or foreign.

We need a left back, striker, creative mid, centre back and possibly a winger over the next 2 windows.

 
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I think Timo Werner is the best buy we can make for our attack atm. He can rotate with Tammy Abraham as our main striker, he can play alongside Tammy as a second striker, or play as a left forward in a forward three. 

 
Doesn’t Werner only have 6 months left on his contract? Couldn’t we sign him to an agreement in January? I know it would be ideal to have him come next month, but to ensue we get him, it’s not a bad idea.

 
mwblue10 said:
Doesn’t Werner only have 6 months left on his contract? Couldn’t we sign him to an agreement in January? I know it would be ideal to have him come next month, but to ensue we get him, it’s not a bad idea.
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He signed a new contract in august, but there is a 30 mil release clause in his contract. For that price it should be a no brainer to try and sign him.

 
I think 20 odd teams are chasing him because of that laughable release clause. I feel there is a better fit for him than us.

What about Jovic on loan from Real? Untested in Prem so a bit of a risk.

 
He is a perfect fit for us though. He offers something very different from what we get with Tammy. He has the speed and dribbling of Salah, with technical ability and clinical finishing to go with it. RB Leipzig is playing him alongside a big striker in Poulsen (simillar to Abraham), or as a wide left forward in a 3-4-3. I'm sure he can play as a lone striker as well, if Abraham is rested, his movement and speed makes up for what we loose in a target man.

Jovic don't have the extreme attributes needed to be a top striker in my opinion.

 
evissy said:
I think 20 odd teams are chasing him because of that laughable release clause. I feel there is a better fit for him than us.

What about Jovic on loan from Real? Untested in Prem so a bit of a risk.
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There are just a few clubs that would be more attractive for him than us. Though Tammy is the first choice so he maybe would choose to go to a club where it would be easier for him to adapt...It's up to him then.

Jovic would be great, he would fit in fast with Pulisic and Kovacic.

 
I think Tammy is doing fine, I just think we need a viable backup striker.  Jovic and Werner, while they would be great additions, would likely push Tammy for starting time.  I am not sure who would be available that fits a mold to support, rather than take the spotlight away from, Tammy.

 
A sensible option would be to lure someone from the Prem. Werner and Jovic are both new to the Prem. That is if we want to have an impact this season.

 
evissy said:
A sensible option would be to lure someone from the Prem. Werner and Jovic are both new to the Prem. That is if we want to have an impact this season.
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Who in the PL outside the top 6 though? The best ones are either Jiménez/Ingz and it will take over £40m in Jan to lure either.

Still think Mitrovic might be the best reasonably priced forward we can get in Jan.

 
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