29 Dec 2022 08:07:16
Ed 002,

You mentioned that Utd may approach Jonathan David. Is Depay also an alternative target? Seeing as he's out of contract in the summer and isn't first choice at Barca.

{Ed002's Note - He was one of the options I listed.}

1.) 29 Dec 2022
29 Dec 2022 10:42:41
Ed - are the club able to make signings in Jan or are the they only looking at loan deals?

{Ed002's Note - It depends on what they wish to do.}

2.) 29 Dec 2022
29 Dec 2022 15:59:24
This is starting to whiff of Morata for 6 months.

3.) 29 Dec 2022
29 Dec 2022 16:23:19
Would love a striker of Morata's mould for 6 months. Even Depay will be useful if he can come. Felix and Jonathan David I'm guessing are not going to happen.

4.) 29 Dec 2022
29 Dec 2022 18:02:56
When you say ‘wish to do’ Ed, with the club up for sale, what options do you see them as having?

5.) 29 Dec 2022
29 Dec 2022 13:20:00
Ed, is there anyone else you've heard recently that we may be looking at? Seems we don't have many options.

{Ed002's Note - I have said before there are a few options, but most clubs will not want disruption in the Winter.}

6.) 29 Dec 2022
29 Dec 2022 20:07:07
Unruly I agree with you there on Morata. Not so much on depay.
I. Not all that fussed to get honest. I don't see a big fee being paid and unless it's a top choice then it would be daft Imo.
A loan deal for a good experienced cf could pay off. A guy like morata is used to coming off bench for big clubs and starting when required and has the knack of scoring goals.
Never prolific but weighs in with his quota regularly.
I'm sure we'll get a body but who that will be and will they make a difference is anybody 's guess.
If be happy to go with what we have and hope we get lucky with injuries.
Mad schedule ahead and if we stay in the cups we will be stretched no doubt and possibly knackered for the last 10 games when the prizes are being given out.

7.) 29 Dec 2022
29 Dec 2022 20:14:24
Morata? Really? Oh dear we are in the poop.

8.) 29 Dec 2022
29 Dec 2022 20:14:24
Morata? Really? Oh dear we are in the poop.

9.) 29 Dec 2022
29 Dec 2022 20:56:51
I would rather Morata for a 6 mo than loan than splashing tens of millions on a makeweight permanently.

Either we get a guy that Ten Hag wants and believes is or will become the Striker he needs or we don't bother with a permanent signing, get the best loanee who will do a job in this system and look again in summer.

10.) 29 Dec 2022
29 Dec 2022 21:43:07
Has to be a loan. As Ken suggests, we will run out of steam towards the end when the really crucial fixtures come up. Not to mention our only recognized striker used to be a winger, is injured half the time and isn't even good enough when he actually plays. We are absolutely desperate for a striker. We will not make top 4 without one coming in.

11.) 30 Dec 2022
30 Dec 2022 07:56:39
Morata is an interesting one. Had all the technical and physical attributes to be a worldie, but he never quite seems to settle anywhere since he left Real. Seems to me that’s a mental limitation that has stopped him being an elite player. He’s not set the world alight in Madrid (at both clubs), Chelsea or Juventus.

Might be worth exploring for a loan only as a last resort, but I don't see why he’d leave his home town unless Atletico have some serious cash flow problems and need to free up some wages. Not a signing that I feel fits into what ETH is trying to do even in the short term.