Borja Baston

[john e]

is he cup tied ?

[Chris_Jephcott]

Just watched a few videos of him. It does look like he can finish and head.

Although this does feel a bit like Crespo all over again a bit.

[PeterWithesShin]

is he cup tied ?

No, unless being an unused sub counts.

[GarTomas]

Just watched a few videos of him. It does look like he can finish and head.

Although this does feel a bit like Crespo all over again a bit.

Hernan Crespo hopefully!

[Damo70]

Borja Baston was a proven one goal in three games striker in La Liga from 2012-2016.  He seems to have tailed off and lost his goalscoring form in the last three years but at 27 should be in his prime. It depends which way you want to spin it as glass half full or glass half empty. A proven top level goalscorer who seems to have lost his goalscoring touch in recent times. Similar to if we had resigned Benteke.

[Risso]

is he cup tied ?

No, unless being an unused sub counts.

"Rule 15 (g):
A substitute who does not play in a match is entitled to play for another Club in the
Competition in the same season."

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What's unrealistic about us staying up?

I'd love us to have spent a £40m fee on somebody proven to be amazing, but it doesn't appear we can afford to do so owing to the constraints of the rules. We've spent £32 million in 6 months on forwards and given we have spent £100m in addition across the squad that appears the best we are allowed to do.

We have Samata and Davis as options 1 and 2, a 3rd was needed, we are constrained by what we can spend, so we've gone with somebody familiar and cheap to warm the bench.

15 points needed from 14 games. Hopefully its 12 from 13 by tomorrow, with 2 strikers available to feed on the best English midfielder's de Bruyne level creativity.

[KevinGage]

is he cup tied ?

No, it's just the cut of his trousers etc.

[Fasth56]

Apart from the keeper, can anyone honestly say that this has been a successful window? A third choice striker in a dysfunctional Swansea team is not the answer, even if free surely?!

Yes, it's cheap, but it's more about the negative message it sends out to potential targets (players that would actually 'improve' us). If FFP is the reasoning behind it then fair enough, but we've seen what impact an out of sorts striker can have on our performances for most of this season... we don't need a mk2 - Better off playing a false 9 like we have been recently if it comes to it imo.

What kind of window were you expecting? We've already thrown £140m at it a few months back. We've bought in two strikers, a goalkeeper and a midfielder. If they see us over the line and  keep us up then it's job done.

I understand the FFP issue, but Drinkwater was a waste of a squad spot and as Soccer HQ mentioned above, this Swansea guy we're linked with has been out of sorts for the past few years... Whats the difference between him and Benteke? Benteke would have been a much lower risk imo, and the lift it would have given him to be back playing for the fans who adored him would have pushed him back into form imo.

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know that Drinkwater wasn't going to work, and I'm going to hazard a guess that it will be exactly the same with this guy. Didn't perform at lower levels - What evidence is there to suggest he's going to suddenly turn into a player capable of playing in the Premier League. For every Mings, there seems to be a Tom Carroll, when it's obvious it's not going to work.

Given that Wickham could be off to Sheff Wed, then can't see Palace letting Benteke go anywhere

[brontebilly]

Is this a loan or a buy?

It's a fucking joke is what it is.

2 points outside the relegation zone and the likes of Drinkwater and Baston are who we end up with.

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Is this a loan or a buy?

It's a fucking joke is what it is.

2 points outside the relegation zone and the likes of Drinkwater and Baston are who we end up with.

And Reina and Samatta, with Davis back now too..McGinn in March. Cheer up.

[Five Villa Tattoos]

On the positive there’s lots of offers from Swansea fans to provide him with free transport away from their club.
So that’ll save us a few quid to put towards someone from the Jupiler Pro League or someone who knows Suso.

[papa lazarou]

I've always liked him.

[dave.woodhall]

Is this a loan or a buy?

It's a fucking joke is what it is.

2 points outside the relegation zone and the likes of Drinkwater and Baston are who we end up with.

Perhaps if you could tell us who else we could have signed and would have wanted to join.

[timeoutbigbar]

I was fully expecting nobody at all so i'll take this as a bonus.  He has scored goals for fairly poor outfits in Spain.  He was a real handful, which is why Swansea paid the money for him.  This is a chance for him back in the PL, five months to prove he still has something.  Think he needs to be given a chance, some very strong opinions on here from people, based on a quick check on wikipedia and a youtube collection.