06-06-2017, 11:15
Alvaro 'The Beast' Negredo is definitely the Pulis type. Experienced, strong and very good in the air. Personally I've been a fan for years, great all round striker.
Okay, he'll be 32 at the start of the season, isn't the player he was at Sevilla and City and isn't the youthful injection we need. BUT we clearly need a couple of strikers (having only Rondon and HRK was criminal and we're lucky neither suffered injury) and if we signed him in addition to a young, pacy striker, I'd be happy.
The fact he chipped in with goals for a Middlesborough side who made us look expansive shows he still has something to offer for a year or two.
I see Negredo as a replacement for Rondon, who I expect to be sold to China (or elsewhere) to free up funds. Given that Negredo will probably be a freebie or close, this should give us a few quid to spend on another striker and a decent midfielder, hopefully.
Okay, he'll be 32 at the start of the season, isn't the player he was at Sevilla and City and isn't the youthful injection we need. BUT we clearly need a couple of strikers (having only Rondon and HRK was criminal and we're lucky neither suffered injury) and if we signed him in addition to a young, pacy striker, I'd be happy.
The fact he chipped in with goals for a Middlesborough side who made us look expansive shows he still has something to offer for a year or two.
I see Negredo as a replacement for Rondon, who I expect to be sold to China (or elsewhere) to free up funds. Given that Negredo will probably be a freebie or close, this should give us a few quid to spend on another striker and a decent midfielder, hopefully.