Nahki Wells

[HCxUK]

Available for £8m after rejecting a new contract at Huddersfield. Hasn't been playing much recently but has proven himself as a decent Championship goal scorer in recent seasons...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ospect-of-losing-nahki-wells-for-8m-in-janua/

 

[Peter Grummit]

https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?339128-Nahki-Wells&highlight=nahki+wells

 

[HCxUK]

Missed the thread, apologies, mods merge if possible?

 

[Marshy]

Not sure he is what we need, I dont see him as a like for like replacement of Baldock, hes a finisher with little team play for me..

If we have 8 million to spend... crikey we must be able to get a top top quality striker from abroad for that...

 

[Zebedee]

If only.

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

Not sure he is what we need, I dont see him as a like for like replacement of Baldock, hes a finisher with little team play for me..

If we have 8 million to spend... crikey we must be able to get a top top quality striker from abroad for that...

very much this !

 

[ditchy]

Available for £8m after rejecting a new contract at Huddersfield. Hasn't been playing much recently but has proven himself as a decent Championship goal scorer in recent seasons...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ospect-of-losing-nahki-wells-for-8m-in-janua/

yes please

 

[Seasidesage]

Not the right fit or the right price for me. We should ideally be looking for someone who can cope at PL level if we are going to spend that sort of money and for me Wells doesn't have that kind of quality. For £8m I'd prefer to see someone probably from abroad who can both hit the ground running and have scope to improve

 

[Prince Monolulu]

£800,000 about his price. Not for me at that dough Clive.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Not for me. That isn't arrogance or thinking we are too good for him. i just think we would be the wrong club. Baldock is great at what he does, he moved defenders around and makes space for the other striker, he doesn't score many but knows he has more to his game. I see Wells as a brilliant finisher that would play better with a larger hold up man in a 4-4-2. He could end up being the next CMS, a player of undoubted quality that just isn't right for our style.

I have said it before and will say it again. if we go up I would love to see us go for Giuseppe Rossi. He was on loan at a relegation threatened club in Spain last year after recovering from injury yet still looked absolutely brilliant at times. I probably only saw 3 or 4 games but he was pretty decent. looks like he has been loaned again this time to Celta Vigo

 

[theboybilly]

Hogan? If Brentford are still mid-table in January we could do a lot worse in my opinion

 

[Hornblower]

Hogan? If Brentford are still mid-table in January we could do a lot worse in my opinion

This for me.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Hogan? If Brentford are still mid-table in January we could do a lot worse in my opinion

I can't see Tony Bloom negotiating with Brentford or vice versa.

 

[GT49er]

Missed the thread, apologies, mods merge if possible?

No need, that's an old thread, done with months ago. This issue of Wells rejecting a contract and possibly becoming available is a different ball game altogether.

 

[theboybilly]

I can't see Tony Bloom negotiating with Brentford or vice versa.

What makes you say that? I ask because after the FA Cup game at Griffin Park I was talking to a Brentford official who told me the Albion were very involved in providing help and advice with the new stadium at Lionel Road

 

[NooBHA]

I think I had a 4 month Head Start on the Telegraph on that one - See my post on here of 10th July


https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?339128-Nahki-Wells/page6&highlight=nahki+wells

 

[Finchley Seagull]

Not the right fit or the right price for me. We should ideally be looking for someone who can cope at PL level if we are going to spend that sort of money and for me Wells doesn't have that kind of quality. For £8m I'd prefer to see someone probably from abroad who can both hit the ground running and have scope to improve

Agreed and I think this may be the reason we'll end up with a loan striker, or maybe two. It will be hard to attract the quality striker we need as we'll have more competition. If we go up, that will change. So, I think we need another loanee (or even two if you want to be certain) similar to Wilson will be enough as we're scoring goals, we just lack the back up options for Baldock.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Don't think he's the style of smaller forward we need. He's a poacher not a compliment to Murray though might work better with Hemed. Must be someone abroad we could use that money on but for a top of Champ side he's decent

 

[JBizzle]

Not sure he is what we need, I dont see him as a like for like replacement of Baldock, hes a finisher with little team play for me..

If we have 8 million to spend... crikey we must be able to get a top top quality striker from abroad for that...

Hang on... I thought the idea was that we had to spend big money on a striker? Their ability to fit into our team and be better than what we have hasn't previously been relevant

 

[HCxUK]

We need to sign a striker who'll hit the ground running. In the long run there is probably far better value for money abroad, but you are running the risk of it taking them a month or two to find their feet, which could be the difference between automatic promotion and the play-offs. Granted, it could still take a player who knows the division a while to settle in, but there's a much greater chance of them settling quicker than a player from abroad who doesn't know English football.

Wells might not be the right striker for us at that price, but I think he'd fit our system a lot better than some are suggesting, he's quick and could stretch defences the same way Baldock does, and is a far better finisher.