Neymar & Suarez interest me a lot, Suarez being a more realistic target.
Dude that deal wasn't a confirmed deal, i just suggested it in the wishlist thread.
That's not a great way to assess whether a player will be a success or not, remember Diego? He came off a stellar season with Werder & that didn't work out well, albeit for various factors. There are many examples i could make so lets avoid using that as a point.If we shouldn't sign players that are off form, why did we sign Aquilani? Weird how he proved his doubters wrong so far. Benzema is the safer option imo because it's a loan. If it doesn't work out, thanks for coming & goodbye.If we buy Dzeko & he flops, that's 40m down the drain.
Dzeko's scoring ratio was poor prior to joining Wolfsburg, check his stats if you don't believe me.Benzema too had poor stats before his last two seasons for Lyon but bare in mind he had major competition to contend with. Lyon were the unstoppable force back then & Benzema had to contend with a bench role.The same could be said for his international record. The man had to deal with Domenech & compete for a starting spot with strikers like Anelka, Henry etc, now compare that to Dzeko. The man has a guaranteed starting spot for Bosnia.
Let me remind you lot that Dzeko hasn't been scoring 30+ goals every season, it's only been two seasons in a row, so id on't know where this whole thing about him scoring consistently every season.
It boils down to money. Dzeko would cost 35/40m, Benzema would set us back 20/25m, now that would leave us with extra money to spend on our defense that needs extra attention.It's not like there's a HUGE gap in quality between the two strikers, please, it's not like Benzema hasn't got an eye for goal.