by Stranded »
31 Aug 2022 07:34
morganb Waiting for paperwork on Baba, hope to be training tomorrow.
Luongo has been training with the club, he’s one of 2/3 midfielders they’ve been looking at. Also want a striker, apparently we ‘will be surprised’ if he pulls it off. Intriguing
https://twitter.com/james_e1871/status/ ... syu-Q&s=19
The striker comment is interesting - could be taken one of two ways - we'll be surprised if the EFL allow it or it is a "name" striker, potentially one that hasn't been discussed in detail and one you would be surprised to see rock up at Reading but may be from an Ince contact etc...
Assuming free agent, options include (according to Transfermarkt at least):
Diego Costa - would be the biggest signing in Champ history - absolutely no chance
Frederik Gulbrandsen - Regular goal scorer in Austria, Turkey and Norway involved in a goal every other game through his career
Matej Vydra - my personal choice - still got regular PL minutes last year, only 30, fits our style.
Saido Berahino - was quality, could recapture some past glory in the right team
Mame Diouf - 34 now but was still banging them in in Turkey last season.
Daniel Sturridge - total left field shout given his issues in recent years but still a quality finisher in there - not sure his all round game would suit
Obviously our old friend Andy is still available too but don't think anyone would be surprised if he rocked up again.
On the midfielder front, great that we are looking at 2 or 3 but hope we pick one up soon - last night showed we really need another option in there to be able to rotate more. Interesting* to know if the other 2 are the names we already know or others.