we need a 9, i'm okay with that. still, i have 3 things against this signing.
- his injury record + j-medical is a guaranteed train wreck
- even pre corona, milik never was an 50m player, let alone one when his contract expires in a year
- just look at our midfield and say with a straight face that before spending on a proper midfielder finally, we need to buy a cf first. if we swap pjanic for arthur, that's a sideways step in terms of the overall strength of the squad we need to make to balance the books. it's instrumental to actually strengthen the midfield, so bring someone like aouar, pogba, tonali, pellegrini, ferran torres, partey (etc, insert endless list of players who'd actually improve our midfield), and in case we still have some $$$ left, i don't mind milik. but even in that case, 50m for milik on the last year of his contract is a travesty.