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Strider6003 said:
I don't think Higuaín is coming, just scored the winner after a goalless spell. 
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I didn't realize that AC Milan's loan deal was an OBLIGATION to buy, not an OPTION. I'm not particularly keen on Higuain for and 33M. Then it really does become a straight swap for Morata. Which is basically flushing Morata money down the drain. I was hoping for 6 months of Higuain, sell Morata for 35M+ and invest that money in a long term replacement this summer. 

We'd definitely have to negotiate that number down to Giroud like levels of 15M or so. 

We'll see. 

 
He looks massive. However at this point, I would take anyone for abit of fresh blood in our attack. 

 
Christ, if they wanted a chubby and slightly overweight thirty-something year old up front, they should've just offered me a contract.

 
TomCFC85 said:
Christ, if they wanted a chubby and slightly overweight thirty-something year old up front, they should've just offered me a contract.
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::HeAdS:::   :panicbutton:      Wonder if Sandro will help you out with a few tips...if you can find him.

 
In Italy many trusted website say the deal is done. I honestly think someone like Piatek would have been a much better buy but still a big upgrade compared to Morata. Hope he can get fit enough to play in PL cause right now he's slow even to Seria A. Concerns about lower goals scored by higuain this year can be explained by some injuries and a very bad mood of him in Milan team, he tends to get depressed when he doesn't receive the ball but still he made some incredible game this year. He's still a goal scoring machine. 

 
Giorgio said:
In Italy many trusted website say the deal is done. I honestly think someone like Piatek would have been a much better buy but still a big upgrade compared to Morata. Hope he can get fit enough to play in PL cause right now he's slow even to Seria A. Concerns about lower goals scored by higuain this year can be explained by some injuries and a very bad mood of him in Milan team, he tends to get depressed when he doesn't receive the ball but still he made some incredible game this year. He's still a goal scoring machine. 
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'tends to get depressed'...***king hell we already have one of those we are off loading.....are we running a therapy centre here or a football club? 

 
Wonder if we could somehow work it as a loan deal for the rest of the season?  Then buy our long term striker in the summer.

 
mwblue10 said:
Wonder if we could somehow work it as a loan deal for the rest of the season?  Then buy our long term striker in the summer.
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It is madness; Juventus won’t take him back, so why are we buying him? €40m for him is nuts.

 
Malcolm9 said:
Juventus moved him on to fund Ronaldo's transfer + wages.
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Yes; just can’t see the sense is paying the reported fee for an unwanted 31yr old forward in a new league.

Might be wise to shift out Giroud & have Tammy as a contingency till the summer. 

 
ducavis said:
Yes; just can’t see the sense is paying the reported fee for an unwanted 31yr old forward in a new league.

Might be wise to shift out Giroud & have Tammy as a contingency till the summer. 
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Much better options than a 31 year old who's too set in his ways to adapt to Sarri's high tempo, high energy football. I'd go for Raul Jimenez who's on loan at Wolves from Benfica. Very good movement and energy plus an eye for a goal.

 
Higuain is a goalscorer, if we finish in the top four / win the EL Cup due to his potential goals then it's business well done. We cannot afford to miss out on the CL again.

Tammy needs to stay at Villa. If he comes back and he doesn't score goals it will wreck him, the pressure would be too much.

 
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TomCFC85 said:
Christ, if they wanted a chubby and slightly overweight thirty-something year old up front, they should've just offered me a contract.
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Your to young mate! We don't promote youth, now I'm 49 and my Mrs is my agent, and I do what she says, she at present in negotiations with the board in Poundland!

 
Malcolm9 said:
Higuain is a goalscorer, if we finish in the top four / win the EL Cup due to his potential goals then it's business well done. We cannot afford to miss out on the CL again.

Tammy needs to stay at Villa. If he comes back and he doesn't score goals it will wreck him, the pressure would be too much.
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Personally think a goal scorer is just one of our problems; the biggest one on which  I agree.

I don’t have a problem with loaning him for the rest of the season, and sort out a long term option in the summer. Buying him at this point will be ridiculous when his parent club don’t want him back.

 
ducavis said:
Personally think a goal scorer is just one of our problems; the biggest one on which  I agree.

I don’t have a problem with loaning him for the rest of the season, and sort out a long term option in the summer. Buying him at this point will be ridiculous when his parent club don’t want him back.
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His parent club don't want him back due to Ronaldo, that's it. The guy has scored a load of goals and yes I would prefer a loan option, but if he was £40 million and he helped get us back to the CL then it's a wise investment.

 
The guy has how many seasons left in his legs at a world class level (which he debatably isn't actually even at presently), two? Two and a half? 

Throwing money at him in order to qualify for the CL is a very expensive form of standing still. It's the furthest thing from a wise investment as he'd have sod all resale value. We've surely learned our lessons from Sheva + Torres, because getting him would be a move in the same mould. Ditto Cavani, or any other fanciful ageing name the press want to dredge up. 

 
Not qualifying for the CL for the second time in a row could have huge implocations. If the board was told tjat they could pay 40 million today and be a shoe in for CL next season, they would trip over themselves to make the transaction. If Higuain can help us qualify for the CL maybe even win the EL that will be money truly well spent, then next sesson we can get our striker for the future

 
Xfaxtor said:
Not qualifying for the CL for the second time in a row could have huge implocations. If the board was told tjat they could pay 40 million today and be a shoe in for CL next season, they would trip over themselves to make the transaction. If Higuain can help us qualify for the CL maybe even win the EL that will be money truly well spent, then next sesson we can get our striker for the future
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And what if he needs the proverbial “settling period”? Signing him doesn’t guarantee CL, and we have been down this road before with ageing forwards. Sure loan him with an option to buy, but under no circumstance should we be paying upfront for a player his parent club want off the books.

 
Rumours breaking at the moment that Higuain has agreed to move to Chelsea. 

Wording is a bit funny at the minute so might be that Higuain has agreed to the move but we've still got to come to an agreement with Juventus/AC Milan. 

Some places saying it could be completed today... but that's rarely the case. 

Frustrating to lose Fabregas because we don't offer more than a year extension to current players over 30 and then we look set to sign a player who is 31... 

 
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