Is it true that Mourinho was sniffing around?
He at least looks equally good up front or playing wider, which will give him an immediate advantage over Wesley.
Just to be clear he’s not aboard yet.
Hoping that the deal for Watkins goes through tomorrow.No doubt some will complain about the price and £28m might seem high.But:Tammy Abraham scored 26 goals in 40 games for us when we got promoted. How much would we have been prepared to pay for him last summer if he'd been available - £25m, £30m?Watkins scored 26 in 50 for Brentford. So you might think that Abraham has a better goals per game record.However:Abraham got 6 pens, so 20 in 40 from open play. An average of 1 in 2Watkins no pens at all. 26 from 50 in open play - just over 1 in 2, marginally better than Tammy.£28m seems reasonable.
I can’t say I’ve seen much of him, but his performance against Swansea in their play off semi final was brilliant. I won’t mention the final though.The fee is the fee, there is no point us getting wound up about it.I’m sure he’ll be miles better than all the forwards we have bought since Benteke.