If there is a continuation of the transfer ban who should be our centre forward next season?

I'm really undecided as while there are options I'm not overly excited about any of them. Will Giroud improve his goal count? Could Higuain do the same? Should we consider bringing back Batshuayi? Morata seems a waste and Abraham/Mount would also be a risk?

Are there other options?

Need to send back Higuain without a doubt. 

If we don't/can't sign anyone, it looks like it'll be Giroud and Tammy as our options and maybe Bats

If we serve the transfer ban I would go into the season with Giroud, Abraham and Michy B all in the squad. 

Higuain is past it and if Sarri is off to Juventus they'll be happy enough together. 

I'd start the season with Giroud but giving 25/30 minutes to Abraham and Michy in each game. You get the League Cup start early in the season so it would be a chance for Tammy and Abraham to show what they can do and maybe steak a claim for the first team. 

35 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

If we serve the transfer ban I would go into the season with Giroud, Abraham and Michy B all in the squad. 

Higuain is past it and if Sarri is off to Juventus they'll be happy enough together. 

I'd start the season with Giroud but giving 25/30 minutes to Abraham and Michy in each game. You get the League Cup start early in the season so it would be a chance for Tammy and Abraham to show what they can do and maybe steak a claim for the first team. 

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2 minutes ago, ENygma said:

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He meant Tammy and Michy.  Don’t worry I got you @ForeverCarefree

39 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

If we serve the transfer ban I would go into the season with Giroud, Abraham and Michy B all in the squad. 

Higuain is past it and if Sarri is off to Juventus they'll be happy enough together. 

I'd start the season with Giroud but giving 25/30 minutes to Abraham and Michy in each game. You get the League Cup start early in the season so it would be a chance for Tammy and Abraham to show what they can do and maybe steak a claim for the first team. 

With a ban in place, this is definitely our best option

I'd start Tammy to see if he can hit the ground running. Maybe we'll be given a comfortable opening few fixtures.

 

--------Tammy

Cho--------------Pulisic

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-RLC(when fit)-Kova---

-------Kante

Emerson-Christensen-Rudi-Azpi

------------Kepa

 

Bench: Willy, Luiz, James, Barkley, Mount, Pedro/Willian, Giroud/Batshuayi

I don't expect a title challenge from this team but I hope we can challenge for the top 4, qualify for the knockout stages of the CL and go for a domestic cup.

 

 

 

 

 

Improve the service and any of the 5 strikers on our books will bang in the goals ... they all know where the goal is (well, maybe not Morata LOL)

Given our wing options (Hazard gone, CHO injured, Pulisic unproven in the PL) I'd even be tempted to play two up top to start 2019/20 ...

 

Club career records:

Higuain 295 goals in 596 appearances

Giroud 214 goals in 527 appearances

Morata 133 goals in 360 appearances

Batman 114 goals in 301 appearances

Tammy 60 goals in 130 appearances

 

 

 

If Sarri stays he will have a full pre-season to plan it out. IMO Abraham deserves a chance in the first team after scoring 26 goals.

36 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Improve the service and any of the 5 strikers on our books will bang in the goals ... they all know where the goal is (well, maybe not Morata LOL)

Given our wing options (Hazard gone, CHO injured, Pulisic unproven in the PL) I'd even be tempted to play two up top to start 2019/20 ...

 

Club career records:

Higuain 295 goals in 596 appearances

Giroud 214 goals in 527 appearances

Morata 133 goals in 360 appearances

Batman 114 goals in 301 appearances

Tammy 60 goals in 130 appearances

 

 

 

Just a shame our options up top aren't much better than our options out wide lol

2 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Just a shame our options up top aren't much better than our options out wide lol

Trying to be positive ?

 

Don't want Higuain. I imagine it will be a rotation of Batshuayi/Giroud/Abraham - one of them needs to take the job over.

Morata isn't going to do anything in London, his mind seems already set that he needs to go back to Spain so off ya go (if he wasn't so frail mentally, I think Morata could bang in the goals but... well we have all seen what he was in Chelsea blue).

Morata is on a 5 year contract until 2022 and Chelsea have loaned him to Athletico until next June. He has scored 6 goals  for them in 15 appearances so isn't setting the place on fire. Athletico can buy him for £48m anytime during the loan period so if they did take up this option we could recoup quite a serious lump of cash. If they didn't and he had a stinker next season they may not take up the option. It would be good to recoup a big chunk as we definitely need to invest in the centre forward position. With the money from Hazard, Morata and probably a few others we could be big players in next summers transfer market. Haven't a clue who we could buy.