Adebayor is allegedly headed to Eastlands! Let it be, dear lord, let it be.
Now the question: What will happen to the better than 20 million quid headed to Ashburton Grove?
Does the manager get all of it? Any of it? Does he buy a striker or a holding midfielder? Does he get an experienced player for more money or buy another "promising youngster?"
The squad is actually pretty big. It's just young. There's talent. Some of it is world class, some of it looks like rubbish. But for sake of the argument, let's say there are currently these forwards/strikers available:
van Persie
Bendtner
Eduardo
Arshavin
Vela
and possibly Walcott
Jay Simpson has been given a squad number as well.
From what I've seen, IF this group can stay healthy, it's a very potent strike force with a nice mix of styles and abilities. There is pace, power, and guile. Bendtner and Vela need more matches to fulfil their potential, which I believe is abundant, but the others are ready. If you had six strikers, five of which are very important internationals for their countries, and the other one has featured on the wing for England, then in my unprofessional opinion, that's quite a collection.
Bendtner scores goals and has a good engine. And please remember he's only 21, and Vela is only 20.
So...
What I wish is that Wenger would go into the season with this group of forwards and spend whatever money he can on an experienced defensive midfielder. That's a wish; unfortunately, what I think will happen is that he doesn't get to spend this money, or he only gets a small bit of it, or he is told that he can have some of it in the January transfer window once we see how this squad performs.
Either way, now that I've typed this, I'm actually impressed with the group of strikers Wenger as assembled. WITHOUT Adebayor, the worthless git.
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